2010 MLS SuperDraft

2010 MLS SuperDraft
Date(s) January 14, 2010
Time 2:00pm (ET)
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Network(s) (US) ESPN2
Picks
First selection Danny Mwanga, Philadelphia Union
Fewest selections D.C. United
Los Angeles Galaxy
(1 selection)
Most selections Philadelphia Union
(6 selections)
Overall selections 64

The 2010 MLS SuperDraft was the eleventh annual SuperDraft presented by Major League Soccer. It was held on January 14, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the 2010 NSCAA Convention. The 2010 SuperDraft consisted of four rounds with sixteen selections each, for a total of 64 players selected during the draft. The draft preceded the 2010 MLS season.

Philadelphia served as host to the 2010 draft the same year the Philadelphia Union begin play in MLS. As an expansion team, Philadelphia received the rights to the first selection in each of the four rounds. As the champion from the 2009 MLS season, Real Salt Lake had the rights to the final selections in each round. As similar in other drafts, teams may trade these rights away to other teams for other rights such as players, special roster spots, or other rights of interest.

Player Selection

Any player whose affiliation is marked with an * is a player who is part of the Generation Adidas group.

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

Round one

Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation
1 Philadelphia Union Democratic Republic of the Congo *Danny Mwanga Forward Oregon State University
2 New York Red Bulls Cameroon *Tony Tchani Midfielder University of Virginia
Hampton Roads Piranhas
3 San Jose Earthquakes United States *Ike Opara Defender Wake Forest University
Cary Clarets
4 Kansas City Wizards United States *Teal Bunbury Forward University of Akron
Rochester Thunder
5 FC Dallas[R1 trade 1] United States Zach Loyd Midfielder University of North Carolina
Carolina Dynamo
6 Philadelphia Union[R1 trade 2] United States *Amobi Okugo Midfielder UCLA
7 Philadelphia Union[R1 trade 3] United States *Jack McInerney Forward Cobb Soccer Club
8 Columbus Crew[R1 trade 4] United States *Dilly Duka Midfielder Rutgers University
Newark Ironbound Express
9 New England Revolution United States Zack Schilawski Forward Wake Forest University
Cary Clarets
10 Chivas USA United States *Blair Gavin Midfielder University of Akron
Bradenton Academics
11 Seattle Sounders FC United States David Estrada Forward UCLA
Salinas Valley Samba
12 Columbus Crew Nigeria Bright Dike Forward University of Notre Dame
Indiana Invaders
13 Chicago Fire United States *Corben Bone Midfielder Wake Forest University
Carolina Dynamo
14 New York Red Bulls[R1 trade 5] United States Austin da Luz Midfielder Wake Forest University
Austin Aztex U23
15 Real Salt Lake [R1 trade 6] United States Collen Warner Midfielder University of Portland
Portland Timbers U23's
16 Los Angeles Galaxy [R1 trade 7] United States Michael Stephens Midfielder UCLA
Chicago Fire Premier

Round one trades

  1. #5: Toronto FC → FC Dallas. 2009-02-24: FC Dallas acquired this first-round pick and allocation money from Toronto FC in exchange for defender Adrian Serioux.[ref 1]
  2. #6: FC Dallas → Philadelphia Union. 2010-01-14: Philadelphia Union acquired this first-round pick from FC Dallas in exchange for allocation money.[ref 2]
  3. #7: D.C. United → Philadelphia Union. 2010-01-14: Philadelphia Union acquired this first-round pick, allocation money, and midfielder Fred from D.C. United in exchange for the #1 selection in the MLS Allocation Order. D.C. used the allocation pick to select goalkeeper Troy Perkins.[ref 3]
  4. #8: Colorado Rapids → Columbus Crew. 2009-06-15: Columbus Crew acquired this first-round pick and allocation money from Colorado Rapids in exchange for forward Pat Noonan.[ref 4]
  5. #14: Houston Dynamo → New York Red Bulls. 2009-05-27: New York Red Bulls acquired this first-round pick and a second-round selection in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft from Houston Dynamo in exchange for forward Dominic Oduro.[ref 5]
  6. #15: Los Angeles Galaxy → Real Salt Lake. 2010-01-14: Real Salt Lake acquired this first-round pick and a third-round selection in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft from Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for midfielder Clint Mathis and the #16 pick in the 2010 SuperDraft.[ref 6]
  7. #16: Real Salt Lake → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2010-01-14: Los Angeles Galaxy acquired this first-round pick and midfielder Clint Mathis from Real Salt Lake in exchange for the #15 pick in the 2010 SuperDraft and a third-round selection in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft.[ref 6]

Round two

Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation
17 Philadelphia Union Finland Toni Ståhl Midfielder University of Connecticut
18 New York Red Bulls United States Tim Ream Defender Saint Louis University
Chicago Fire Premier
19 San Jose Earthquakes United States Michael Thomas Midfielder University of Notre Dame
Kansas City Brass
20 Kansas City Wizards England Korede Aiyegbusi Defender North Carolina State University
Cary Clarets
21 FC Dallas[R2 trade 1] United States *Andrew Wiedeman Forward University of California
NorCal Lamorinda United
22 Colorado Rapids[R2 trade 2] United States Andre Akpan Forward Harvard University
Chicago Fire Premier
23 Colorado Rapids[R2 trade 3] United States Ross LaBauex Midfielder University of Virginia
Chicago Fire Premier
24 Toronto FC[R2 trade 4] United States *Zachary Herold Defender West Pines United Club
25 New England Revolution United States Seth Sinovic Defender Creighton University
Chicago Fire Premier
26 Chicago Fire [R2 trade 5] United States Kwame Watson-Siriboe Defender University of Connecticut
Westchester Flames
27 Seattle Sounders FC United States Mike Seamon Midfielder Villanova University
28 San Jose Earthquakes[R2 trade 6] United States Justin Morrow Defender University of Notre Dame
Chicago Fire Premier
29 Chicago Fire United States Drew Yates Midfielder University of Maryland
30 San Jose Earthquakes[R2 trade 7] Iran Steven Beitashour Defender San Diego State University
San Jose Frogs
31 New England Revolution[R2 trade 8] United States Zak Boggs Forward University of South Florida
Bradenton Academics
32 Real Salt Lake United States Justin Davis Midfielder University of New Mexico
Des Moines Menace

Round two trades

  1. #21: Toronto FC → FC Dallas. 2008-06-13: FC Dallas acquired this second-round pick, originally a conditional selection, from Toronto FC in exchange for forward Abdus Ibrahim. The conditional draft pick became a second-round pick when Ibrahim played fewer than 10 regular season games and was not traded away by Toronto. The trade also included a provision that FC Dallas is to receive 50% of any future foreign transfer fee for Ibrahim.[ref 7]
  2. #22: FC Dallas → Colorado Rapids. 2009-08-31: Colorado Rapids acquired this second-round pick, defender Drew Moor, and allocation money from FC Dallas in exchange for defender Ugo Ihemelu.[ref 8]
  3. #23: DC United → Colorado Rapids. 2009-02-09: Colorado Rapids acquired this second-round pick, a designated player spot, and midfielder Iván Guerrero from D.C. United in exchange for midfielder Christian Gomez, goalkeeper Mike Graczyk, an international roster spot, and salary cap considerations.[ref 9]
  4. #24: Colorado Rapids → Toronto FC. 2009-02-27: Toronto FC acquired this second-round pick from Colorado Rapids in exchange for forward Gregory Richardson.[ref 10]
  5. #26: Chivas USA → Chicago Fire. 2008-01-22: Chicago Fire acquired this second-round pick, originally a conditional selection, from Chivas USA in exchange for defender Jim Curtin.[ref 11]
  6. #28: Columbus Crew → FC Dallas → Real Salt Lake → San Jose Earthquakes. 2009-07-15: San Jose Earthquakes acquired this second-round pick and a conditional selection in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft from Real Salt Lake in exchange for forward Pablo Campos.[ref 12] On 2009-04-28, Real Salt Lake had acquired this pick from FC Dallas in exchange for defender Kyle Davies.[ref 13] On 2008-01-18, FC Dallas had acquired this pick and a third-round pick in the 2010 SuperDraft from Columbus Crew in exchange for second-round and third-round picks in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft.[ref 14]
  7. #30: Houston Dynamo → San Jose Earthquakes. 2009-06-09: San Jose Earthquakes acquired this second-round pick, originally a conditional selection, and forward Chris Wondolowski from Houston Dynamo in exchange for forward Cam Weaver.[ref 15]
  8. #31: LA Galaxy → New York Red Bulls → New England Revolution. 2010-01-14: New England Revolution acquired this second-round pick and pick #48 in the 2010 SuperDraft from New York Red Bulls in exchange for defender Chris Albright.[ref 16] On 2009-01-14, New York had acquired this pick from Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for midfielder/forward Mike Magee.[ref 17]

Round three

Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation
33 Philadelphia Union United States Kyle Nakazawa Midfielder UCLA
Los Angeles Legends
34 New York Red Bulls United States Conor Chinn Forward University of San Francisco
Orange County Blue Star
35 Chivas USA[R3 trade 1] United States Kevin Tangney Defender University of Maryland
36 Kansas City Wizards United States Nick Cardenas Defender San Diego State University
Ogden Outlaws
37 San Jose Earthquakes[R3 trade 2] United States Andrew Hoxie Forward The College of William & Mary
38 FC Dallas United States Jason Yeisley Forward Penn State University
Reading Rage
39 Real Salt Lake[R3 trade 3] United States Chris Schuler Defender Creighton University
Chicago Fire Premier
40 Colorado Rapids United States Chad Borak Defender Cal State Northridge
Orange County Blue Star
41 Kansas City Wizards[R3 trade 4] United States Mauro Fuzetti Midfielder University of Michigan
Michigan Bucks
42 Chivas USA Ghana Isaac Kissi Midfielder University of Dayton
43 Houston Dynamo[R3 trade 5] United States David Walker Midfielder UC Santa Barbara
44 FC Dallas[R3 trade 6] United States Eric Alexander Midfielder Indiana University
Kalamazoo Outrage
45 Chicago Fire United States Steven Kinney Defender Elon University
Carolina Dynamo
46 Houston Dynamo Ghana Samuel Appiah Midfielder Boston University
47 Chivas USA[R3 trade 7] United States Ben Zemanski Midfielder University of Akron
Cleveland Internationals
48 New England Revolution[R3 trade 8] England Jason Griffiths Midfielder University of Kentucky
Des Moines Menace

Round three trades

  1. #35: San Jose Earthquakes → Chivas USA. 2009-09-11: Chivas USA acquired this third-round pick from San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for defender Bobby Burling.[ref 18]
  2. #37: Toronto FC → San Jose Earthquakes. 2009-06-09: San Jose Earthquakes acquired this third-round pick from Toronto FC in exchange for defender Nick Garcia and the discovery rights to forward Ali Gerba.[ref 19]
  3. #39: D.C. United → Los Angeles Galaxy → Real Salt Lake. 2010-01-14: Real Salt Lake acquired this third-round pick from Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft.[ref 20] On 2009-03-10, Los Angeles had acquired this pick, originally a conditional selection, from D.C. United in exchange for goalkeeper Josh Wicks.[ref 21]
  4. #41: New England Revolution → Kansas City Wizards. 2009-06-30: Kansas City Wizards acquired this third-round pick from New England Revolution in exchange for use of an international roster spot in 2009 and 2010.[ref 22]
  5. #43: Seattle Sounders → Houston Dynamo. 2009-01-26: Houston Dynamo acquired this third-round pick, originally a conditional selection, from Seattle Sounders in exchange for defender Patrick Ianni.[ref 23]
  6. #44: Columbus Crew → FC Dallas. 2008-01-18: FC Dallas acquired this third-round pick and a second-round pick in the 2010 SuperDraft from Columbus Crew in exchange for second-round and third-round picks in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft.[ref 14]
  7. #47: Los Angeles → Chivas USA. 2009-07-01:: Chivas USA acquired this third-round pick, originally a conditional selection, and allocation money from Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for forward Alecko Eskandarian.[ref 24]
  8. #48: Real Salt Lake → New York Red Bulls → New England Revolution. 2010-01-14: New England Revolution acquired this third-round pick and pick #31 in the 2010 SuperDraft from New York Red Bulls in exchange for defender Chris Albright.[ref 16] On 2008-02-27, New York had acquired this pick, originally a conditional selection, from Real Salt Lake in exchange for midfielder Dema Kovalenko.[ref 25]

Round four

Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation
49 Philadelphia Union United States Brian Perk Goalkeeper UCLA
Seattle Wolves
50 New York Red Bulls United States Irving Garcia Midfielder University of California Irvine
Orange County Blue Star
51 Chicago Fire[R4 trade 1] United States *Sean Johnson Goalkeeper University of Central Florida
Atlanta Blackhawks
52 Kansas City Wizards United States Ofori Sarkodie Defender Indiana University
53 Toronto FC Cameroon Joseph Nane Midfielder Old Dominion University
Hampton Roads Piranhas
54 FC Dallas United States Dane Saintus Midfielder Southern Methodist University
DFW Tornados
55 D.C. United United States Jordan Graye Defender University of North Carolina
Cary Clarets
56 Colorado Rapids United States Chris Cutshaw Midfielder Bradley University
Chicago Fire Premier
57 New England Revolution United States Adam Welch Defender Lehigh University
Reading Rage
58 Chivas USA United States Chris Ross Midfielder Colgate University
DFW Tornados
59 Seattle Sounders FC United States Jamel Wallace Midfielder San Diego State University
60 Columbus Crew Switzerland Kwaku Nyamekye Defender Harvard University
61 Columbus Crew[R4 trade 2] United States Othaniel Yanez Midfielder University of Louisville
Yakima Reds
62 Houston Dynamo United States Euan Holden Defender University of New Mexico
Austin Aztex U23
63 Columbus Crew[R4 trade 3] Jamaica Shaun Francis Defender Lindsey Wilson College
Thunder Bay Chill
64 Real Salt Lake United States Kris Banghart Defender University of Denver
Real Colorado Foxes

Round four trades

  1. #51: San Jose Earthquakes → Chicago Fire. Though not confirmed, Chicago likely acquired this pick in exchange for the rights to forward Ryan Johnson on 4 April 2008. That trade was for a 2010 fourth-round supplemental draft choice but the supplemental draft was abolished after 2008.[ref 26]
  2. #61: Chicago Fire → Columbus Crew. 2008-01-21: Columbus Crew acquired this fourth-round pick from Chicago Fire in exchange for the MLS rights to forward Andy Herron.[ref 27]
  3. #63: Los Angeles Galaxy → Columbus Crew. 2009-01-09: Columbus Crew acquired this fourth-round pick from Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for midfielder Stefani Miglioranzi.[ref 28]

Selections by affiliation

Rank Affiliation No.
1 Chicago Fire Premier 8
2 UCLA 5
T3 Wake Forest University 4
T3 Cary Clarets 4
T5 University of Akron 3
T5 University of Notre Dame 3
T5 San Diego State University 3
T5 Carolina Dynamo 3
T5 Orange County Blue Star 3
T10 15 Affiliations 2
T24 44 Affiliations 1

Selections by position

Round Forwards Midfielders Defenders Goalkeepers
1st 6 9 1 0
2nd 3 6 7 0
3rd 3 8 5 0
4th 0 7 7 2
Totals 12 30 20 2

Trade note

2010 Supplemental Draft Trades

In December 2008 the league decided to cancel the Supplemental Draft, which had typically been held shortly after the annual SuperDraft.[1] Prior to the cancellation a few trades were made involving 2010 Supplemental Draft picks. It is unknown what compensation, if any, clubs trading for 2010 Supplemental Draft picks received in lieu of the draft picks. Announced trades involving 2010 Supplemental Draft selections include:

References

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