2008 MLS SuperDraft

2008 MLS SuperDraft
Date(s)	January 18, 2008
Time	2:00pm (ET)
Location	Baltimore, Maryland
Network(s) (US)	ESPN2
Picks
First selection	Chance Myers, Kansas City Wizards
Fewest selections	San Jose Earthquakes; Chivas USA; (1 selection)
Most selections	Chicago Fire; Kansas City Wizards; Los Angeles Galaxy; (6 selections)
Overall selections	56
	← 2007; MLS SuperDrafts; 2009 →;

The 2008 MLS SuperDraft took place on January 18, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland. It was the ninth annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The first selection was made by the Kansas City Wizards, after acquiring the selection from the expansion San Jose Earthquakes. It was followed by the Supplemental Draft.

Player Selection

Any player whose name is marked with an * was contracted under the Generation Adidas program.

*	Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team

Round one

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position	Affiliation
1	Kansas City Wizards^{[R1 trade 1]}	*Chance Myers	D	UCLA Ventura County Fusion
2	FC Dallas^{[R1 trade 2]}	*Brek Shea	M	Generation adidas
3	Real Salt Lake	*Tony Beltran	D	UCLA Los Angeles Storm
4	Los Angeles Galaxy	Sean Franklin	D	Cal State Northridge San Fernando Valley Quakes
5	Colorado Rapids	*Ciaran O'Brien	M	UC Santa Barbara Tacoma Tide
6	Columbus Crew	Andy Iro	D	UC Santa Barbara
7	Chicago Fire^{[R1 trade 3]}	*Patrick Nyarko	F	Virginia Tech
8	FC Dallas	*Josh Lambo	GK	Generation adidas
9	Toronto FC^{[R1 trade 4]}	Julius James	D	Connecticut
10	Toronto FC^{[R1 trade 5]}	Pat Phelan	M	Wake Forest
11	Kansas City Wizards	*Roger Espinoza	M	Ohio State
12	Chicago Fire	Dominic Cervi	GK	Tulsa
13	New England Revolution	*Rob Valentino	D	San Francisco San Jose Frogs
14	Real Salt Lake^{[R1 trade 6]}	David Horst	D	Old Dominion Hampton Roads Piranhas

Round one trades

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Round two

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position	Affiliation
15	San Jose Earthquakes	Shea Salinas	M	Furman Carolina Dynamo
16	New York Red Bulls^{[R2 trade 1]}	Eric Brunner	D	Ohio State Michigan Bucks
17	Real Salt Lake	*Alex Nimo	F	Generation adidas
18	New England Revolution^{[R2 trade 2]}	Michael Videira	M	Duke Cary RailHawks U23's
19	FC Dallas^{[R2 trade 3]}	*Eric Avila	M	UC Santa Barbara Ventura County Fusion
20	Columbus Crew	George Josten	M/F	Gonzaga Michigan Bucks
21	Los Angeles Galaxy^{[R2 trade 4]}	Ely Allen	F/M	Washington
22	Columbus Crew^{[R2 trade 5]}	Ricardo Pierre-Louis	F	Lee University Cape Cod Crusaders
23	Kansas City Wizards^{[R2 trade 6]}	Yomby William	D	Old Dominion Hampton Roads Piranhas
24	D.C. United	Andrew Jacobson	M	California
25	Kansas City Wizards^{[R2 trade 7]}	Jonathan Leathers	D	Furman Atlanta Silverbacks U23's
26	Chicago Fire	Peter Lowry	M/F	Santa Clara San Jose Frogs
27	New England Revolution	Joe Germanese	M	Duke Cary RailHawks U23's
28	Toronto FC^{[R2 trade 8]}	Brian Edwards	GK	Wake Forest

Round two trades

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Round three

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position	Affiliation
29	Los Angeles Galaxy^{[R3 trade 1]}	Julian Valentin	D	Wake Forest
30	Toronto FC	Mike Zaher	D	UCLA San Fernando Valley Quakes
31	Columbus Crew^{[R3 trade 2]}	Ryan Miller	D	Notre Dame Indiana Invaders
32	New York Red Bulls^{[R3 trade 3]}	Luke Sassano	M	California San Jose Frogs
33	D.C. United^{[R3 trade 4]}	Ryan Cordeiro	M/F	Connecticut
34	Los Angeles Galaxy^{[R3 trade 5]}	Matt Allen	GK	Creighton Des Moines Menace
35	Toronto FC^{[R3 trade 6]}	Joseph Lapira	F	Notre Dame Baton Rouge Capitals
36	Colorado Rapids^{[R3 trade 7]}	Adrian Chevannes	D	SMU
37	Real Salt Lake^{[R3 trade 8]}	Brennan Tennelle	M	UC Santa Barbara
38	Chicago Fire^{[R3 trade 9]}	Dwight Barnett	F	Lynn University Cape Cod Crusaders
39	Kansas City Wizards	Matt Marquess	D	Santa Clara San Jose Frogs
40	Chicago Fire	Stephen King	M	Maryland
41	New England Revolution	Matt Britner	D	Brown
42	Houston Dynamo	Geoff Cameron	M	Rhode Island Rhode Island Stingrays

Round three trades

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Round four

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position	Affiliation
43	Chivas USA^{[R4 trade 1]}	Keith Savage	M	West Florida Central Florida Kraze
44	New York Red Bulls^{[R4 trade 2]}	David Roth	M	Northwestern Chicago Fire Premier
45	FC Dallas^{[R4 trade 3]}	Jamil Roberts	D	Santa Clara
46	Los Angeles Galaxy	Brandon McDonald	M	San Francisco San Jose Frogs
47	Colorado Rapids	Brian Grazier	M	Saint Louis
48	Columbus Crew	Steven Lenhart	F	Azusa Pacific Southern California Seahorses
49	Colorado Rapids^{[R4 trade 4]}	Scott Campbell	M	North Carolina
50	FC Dallas	Ben Nason	M	Virginia Tech
51	Los Angeles Galaxy^{[R4 trade 5]}	Matt Hatzke	D	Santa Clara
52	D.C. United	Tony Schmitz	M	Creighton
53	Kansas City Wizards	Rauwshan McKenzie	D	Michigan State Chicago Fire Premier
54	Chicago Fire	Austin Washington	D	Gonzaga Spokane Spiders
55	New England Revolution	Spencer Wadsworth	F	Duke
56	Houston Dynamo	Jeremy Barlow	M	Virginia

Round four trades

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Other draft day trades

Los Angeles sent Chris Albright to New England for allocation money.
Real Salt Lake sent Alecko Eskandarian to Chivas USA for allocation.

References

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Notes

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[R3 trade 1]

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Former teams	Tampa Bay Mutiny (1996–2001) Miami Fusion (1998–2001) Chivas USA (2005–2014)
Personnel	Foreign players National team players International slots Designated Players Homegrown Players Generation Adidas Cup Transfers Coaches Owners
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v t e 2008 MLS season by team
SuperDraft All-Star Game Playoffs MLS Cup Transfers
Eastern	Chicago Fire Columbus Crew D.C. United Kansas City Wizards New England Revolution New York Red Bulls Toronto FC
Western	Chivas USA Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Houston Dynamo Los Angeles Galaxy Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes

2008 MLS SuperDraft

Contents

Player Selection

Round one

Round one trades

Round two

Round two trades

Round three

Round three trades

Round four

Round four trades

Other draft day trades

See also

References

Notes

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