2008 MLS SuperDraft

The 2008 MLS SuperDraft, is scheduled for January 18, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the ninth annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The first selection belongs to the Kansas City Wizards, after acquiring the selection from the expansion San Jose Earthquakes.

Draft day trades

Los Angeles send Chris Albright to New England for allocation money.
Real Salt Lake send Alecko Eskandarian to Chivas USA for allocation.
Dallas trades 22nd overall pick and 31st overall pick to Columbus for a 2nd round pick and a 3rd round pick in 2010.
Los Angeles trades 28th overall pick to Toronto FC for allocation money.

Round 1

Pick	Player	Pos.	MLS Team	Previous Team
1	Chance Myers	D/M	Kansas City Wizards^[1]	UCLA
2	Brek Shea	M	FC Dallas^[2]	Generation adidas
3	Tony Beltran	M	Real Salt Lake	UCLA
4	Sean Franklin	M	Los Angeles Galaxy	Cal State Northridge
5	Ciaran O'Brien	M	Colorado Rapids	UC Santa Barbara
6	Andy Iro	D	Columbus Crew	UC Santa Barbara
7	Patrick Nyarko	F	Chicago Fire^[3]	Virginia Tech
8	Josh Lambo	GK	FC Dallas	Generation adidas
9	Julius James	D	Toronto FC^[4]	Connecticut
10	Pat Phelan	D	Toronto FC^[5]	Wake Forest
11	Roger Espinoza	M	Kansas City Wizards	Ohio State
12	Dominic Cervi	GK	Chicago Fire	Tulsa
13	Rob Valentino	D	New England Revolution	San Francisco
14	David Horst	D	Real Salt Lake^[6]	Old Dominion

Round 2

Pick	Player	Pos.	MLS Team	Previous Team
15	Shea Salinas	M	San Jose Earthquakes	Furman
16	Eric Brunner	D	Red Bull New York^[7]	Ohio State
17	Alex Nimo	F	Real Salt Lake	Generation adidas
18	Michael Videira	M	New England Revolution^[8]	Duke
19	Eric Avila	M	FC Dallas^[9]	UC Santa Barbara
20	George Josten	M	Columbus Crew	Gonzaga
21	Ely Allen	F	Los Angeles Galaxy^[10]	Washington
22	Ricardo Pierre-Louis	F	Columbus Crew^[11]	Lee University
23	Yomby William	D	Kansas City Wizards^[12]	Old Dominion
24	Andrew Jacobson	M	D.C. United	California
25	Jon Leathers	D	Kansas City Wizards^[13]	Furman
26	Peter Lowry	M	Chicago Fire	Santa Clara
27	Joe Germanese	M	New England Revolution	Duke
28	Brian Edwards	GK	Toronto FC^[14]	Wake Forest

Round 3

Pick	Player	Pos.	MLS Team	Previous Team
29	Julian Valentin	D	Los Angeles Galaxy^[15]	Wake Forest
30	Mike Zaher	D	Toronto FC	UCLA
31	Ryan Miller	D	Columbus Crew^[16]	Notre Dame
32	Luke Sassano	D	Red Bull New York^[17]	California
33	Ryan Cordeiro	M	D.C. United^[18]	Connecticut
34	Matt Allen	GK	Los Angeles Galaxy^[19]	Creighton
35	Joseph Lapira	F	Toronto FC^[20]	Notre Dame
36	Adrian Chevannes	D	Colorado Rapids^[21]	SMU
37	Brennan Tennelle	M	Real Salt Lake^[22]	UC Santa Barbara
38	Dwight Barnett	F	Chicago Fire^[23]	Lynn University
39	Matt Marquess	D	Kansas City Wizards	Santa Clara
40	Stephen King	M	Chicago Fire	Maryland
41	Matt Britner	D	New England Revolution	Brown
42	Geoff Cameron	M	Houston Dynamo	Rhode Island

Round 4

Pick	Player	Pos.	MLS Team	Previous Team
43	Keith Savage	M/F	Chivas USA^[24]	West Florida
44	David Roth	M	Red Bull New York^[25]	Northwestern
45	Jamil Roberts	D	FC Dallas^[26]	Santa Clara
46	Brandon McDonald	F	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Francisco
47	Brian Grazier	M	Colorado Rapids	Saint Louis
48	Steve Lenhart	M	Columbus Crew	Azusa Pacific
49	Scott Campbell	M	Colorado Rapids^[27]	North Carolina
50	Ben Nason	M	FC Dallas	Virginia Tech
51	Matt Hatzke	D	Los Angeles Galaxy^[28]	Santa Clara
52	Tony Schmitz	M	D.C. United	Creighton
53	Rauwshan McKenzie	D	Kansas City Wizards	Michigan State
54	Austin Washington	D	Chicago Fire	Gonzaga
55	Spencer Wadsworth	F	New England Revolution	Duke
56	Jeremy Barlow	M	Houston Dynamo	Virginia

Notes

^ acquired from the San Jose Earthquakes for Nick Garcia. Link
^ acquired from Toronto FC for Richard Mulrooney and partial allocation.
^ acquired from Red Bull New York for head coach Juan Carlos Osorio.
^ acquired from Chivas USA for Paulo Nagamura.
^ acquired from D.C. United for Rod Dyachenko.
^ acquired from Toronto FC along with Alecko Eskandarian for Jeff Cunningham. The pick originally belonged to the Houston Dynamo, which was traded to Toronto FC along with Kevin Goldthwaite for Richard Mulrooney.
^ acquired from Toronto FC along with a partial allocation for Marvell Wynne.
^ acquired from the Los Angeles Galaxy along with the 5th pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft for a partial allocation.
^ acquired from the Colorado Rapids for Greg Vanney and the 36th pick.
^ acquired from Red Bull New York along with the 45th pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft for John Wolyniec.
^ acquired from FC Dallas along with the 31st pick for 2nd and 3rd round picks in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft.
^ acquired from Chivas USA for Alex Zotinca.
^ acquired from the Los Angeles Galaxy for Shavar Thomas. The pick originally belonged to the Kansas City Wizards, which was traded along with the 16th pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft for Kevin Hartman.
^ acquired from the Los Angeles Galaxy for an allocation. The pick originally belonged to the Houston Dynamo, which was traded along with Kelly Gray for Nate Jaqua.
^ acquired from the San Jose Earthquakes for head coach Frank Yallop.
^ acquired from FC Dallas along with the 22nd pick for 2nd and 3rd round picks in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. The pick originally belonged to Real Salt Lake, which was given to Dallas as a penalty for Salt Lake violating league procedure and business etiquette in speaking with and hiring Dallas goalkeeper coach Jeff Cassar.
^ acquired from the Los Angeles Galaxy for Clint Mathis.
^ acquired from the Colorado Rapids along with the 32nd pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft for Brandon Prideaux .
^ acquired from the Columbus Crew for Stefani Miglioranzi.
^ acquired from the Colorado Rapids along with an allocation and the rights to Riley O'Neill for Conor Casey. The pick originally belonged to Red Bull New York, which was traded along with a 4th round pick in the 2009 MLS Supplemental Draft for Hunter Freeman.
^ acquired from FC Dallas along with Greg Vanney for the 19th pick.
^ acquired from Chivas USA for Atiba Harris.
^ acquired from D.C. United for Jerson Monteiro.
^ acquired from the San Jose Earthquakes for Preston Burpo.
^ acquired from Toronto FC for Abbe Ibrahim.
^ acquired from Real Salt Lake for the 48th pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft.
^ acquired from Red Bull New York.
^ acquired from Red Bull New York for Santino Quaranta. The pick originally belonged to Chivas USA who gave the pick to Real Salt Lake, who traded it to New York for Nick Rimando.

Preceded by 2007	MLS SuperDraft 2008	Succeeded by 2009

[1] quired from the San Jose Earthquakes for Nick Garcia. Link

[2] quired from Toronto FC for Richard Mulrooney and partial allocation.

[3] quired from Red Bull New York for head coach Juan Carlos Osorio.

[4] quired from Chivas USA for Paulo Nagamura.

[5] quired from D.C. United for Rod Dyachenko.

[6] quired from Toronto FC along with Alecko Eskandarian for Jeff Cunningham. The pick originally belonged to the Houston Dynamo, which was traded to Toronto FC along with Kevin Goldthwaite for Richard Mulrooney.

[7] quired from Toronto FC along with a partial allocation for Marvell Wynne.

[8] quired from the Los Angeles Galaxy along with the 5th pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft for a partial allocation.

[9] quired from the Colorado Rapids for Greg Vanney and the 36th pick.

[10] quired from Red Bull New York along with the 45th pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft for John Wolyniec.

[11] quired from FC Dallas along with the 31st pick for 2nd and 3rd round picks in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft.

[12] quired from Chivas USA for Alex Zotinca.

[13] quired from the Los Angeles Galaxy for Shavar Thomas. The pick originally belonged to the Kansas City Wizards, which was traded along with the 16th pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft for Kevin Hartman.

[14] quired from the Los Angeles Galaxy for an allocation. The pick originally belonged to the Houston Dynamo, which was traded along with Kelly Gray for Nate Jaqua.

[15] quired from the San Jose Earthquakes for head coach Frank Yallop.

[16] quired from FC Dallas along with the 22nd pick for 2nd and 3rd round picks in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. The pick originally belonged to Real Salt Lake, which was given to Dallas as a penalty for Salt Lake violating league procedure and business etiquette in speaking with and hiring Dallas goalkeeper coach Jeff Cassar.

[17] quired from the Los Angeles Galaxy for Clint Mathis.

[18] quired from the Colorado Rapids along with the 32nd pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft for Brandon Prideaux .

[19] quired from the Columbus Crew for Stefani Miglioranzi.

[20] quired from the Colorado Rapids along with an allocation and the rights to Riley O'Neill for Conor Casey. The pick originally belonged to Red Bull New York, which was traded along with a 4th round pick in the 2009 MLS Supplemental Draft for Hunter Freeman.

[21] quired from FC Dallas along with Greg Vanney for the 19th pick.

[22] quired from Chivas USA for Atiba Harris.

[23] quired from D.C. United for Jerson Monteiro.

[24] quired from the San Jose Earthquakes for Preston Burpo.

[25] quired from Toronto FC for Abbe Ibrahim.

[26] quired from Real Salt Lake for the 48th pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft.

[27] quired from Red Bull New York.

[28] quired from Red Bull New York for Santino Quaranta. The pick originally belonged to Chivas USA who gave the pick to Real Salt Lake, who traded it to New York for Nick Rimando.

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