2006 MLS SuperDraft

2006 MLS SuperDraft
General information
SportSoccer
Date(s)January 20, 2006
Time12:00pm (ET)
LocationPhiladelphia
Network(s)Fox Soccer Channel
Overview
48 total selections
First selectionMarvell Wynne, MetroStars
Most selectionsFC Dallas
(7 selections)
Fewest selectionsChivas USA
Colorado Rapids
Real Salt Lake
(2 selections)
← 2005
2007 →

The 2006 MLS SuperDraft, held in Philadelphia on January 20, 2006, was the seventh incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The first selection originally belonged to Chivas USA, but they traded it to the MetroStars for the fifth overall selection and Jason Hernandez. The MetroStars then drafted Marvell Wynne. The draft was followed by the 2006 MLS Supplemental Draft.

The draft has produced multiple United States men's national soccer team players, including Sacha Kljestan, Jozy Altidore (2nd round), and Jonathan Bornstein (4th round).

Player selection

Chivas USA selected Sacha Kljestan 5th overall. The 2016 MLS All-Star is a 2x MLS Best XI selection and earned 52 caps with the U.S. men's national team.
FC Dallas selected Dax McCarty 6th overall. He is a 2x MLS All-Star, a 2015 MLS Best XI selection and a member of the 400 games played club. He earned 13 caps with the U.S. national team.
The Columbus Crew selected Kei Kamara 9th overall. The 2x MLS All-Star is a 2015 MLS Best XI selection and won the 2015 MLS Humanitarian of the Year. He is a member of both the 100 goals club and 400 games played club. He's earned 39 caps for the Sierra Leone national team leading them to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
Key
* Denotes a player contracted under the Generation Adidas program
^ Denotes player who has been selected to an MLS All-Star Game
§ Denotes a player who won the MLS Rookie of the Year
† Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team
~ Denotes a player who won the MLS MVP

Round one

Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation
1 MetroStars[R1 trade 1] United States Marvell Wynne* D UCLA
2 Real Salt Lake Morocco Mehdi Ballouchy M Santa Clara
3 Columbus Crew United States Jason Garey F Maryland
4 Kansas City Wizards Armenia Yura Movsisyan* F Pasadena City College
5 Chivas USA[R1 trade 2] United States Sacha Kljestan*^† M Seton Hall
6 FC Dallas United States Dax McCarty*^† M North Carolina
7 D.C. United United States Justin Moose M Wake Forest
8 Houston Dynamo United States Patrick Ianni* D UCLA
9 Columbus Crew[R1 trade 3] Sierra Leone Kei Kamara*^† F Cal State Dominguez Hills
10 Chicago Fire United States Calen Carr F California
11 New England Revolution Brazil Leandro de Oliveira M UAB
12 Los Angeles Galaxy United States Nathan Sturgis* D/M Clemson

Round one trades

  1. ^ #1: Chivas USA → MetroStars. 2006-01-20: MetroStars acquired this pick from Chivas USA in exchange for the #5 pick and defender Jason Hernandez.[ref 1]
  2. ^ #5: MetroStars → Chivas USA. 2006-01-20: Chivas USA acquired this pick and defender Jason Hernandez from MetroStars in exchange for the #1 pick.[ref 1]
  3. ^ #9: Colorado Rapids → Columbus Crew. 2005-01-14: Columbus acquired this pick from Colorado in exchange for forward Jeff Cunningham.[ref 2]

Round two

The MetroStars selected 2x MLS All-Star Jozy Altidore 17th overall. Altidore earned 115 caps with the U.S. men's national team and was named to the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup squads.
FC Dallas selected Dominic Oduro 22nd overall. in 13 seasons, he would play in over 300 MLS games.
Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation
13 Columbus Crew[R2 trade 1] United States Jed Zayner* D Indiana
14 Chicago Fire[R2 trade 2] United States Jeff Curtin D Georgetown
15 FC Dallas[R2 trade 3] United States Justin Moore M Clemson
16 Kansas City Wizards United States Lance Watson M New Mexico
17 MetroStars[R2 trade 4] United States Jozy Altidore*^ F Generation adidas
18 FC Dallas United States Blake Wagner* D/M Generation adidas
19 Kansas City Wizards[R2 trade 5] United States Tyson Wahl D California
20 Chicago Fire[R2 trade 6] United States Brian Plotkin M Indiana
21 Colorado Rapids United States Jacob Peterson* F Indiana
22 FC Dallas[R2 trade 7] Ghana Dominic Oduro F VCU
23 New England Revolution Guatemala Willie Sims* F Cal State Northridge
24 Los Angeles Galaxy United States Marc Burch D Maryland

Round two trades

  1. ^ #13: Chivas USA → New England Revolution → Columbus Crew. 2006-01-20: Columbus acquired this pick and a third-round selection in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft from New England in exchange for an allocation.[ref 3] New England had acquired this pick (originally a conditional pick) and the traded third-round 2007 selection from Chivas USA in exchange for salary considerations on 2005-09-10.[ref 4]
  2. ^ #14: Real Salt Lake → Chicago Fire. 2005-01-03: Chicago acquired this pick and a third-round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft from Real Salt Lake in exchange for defender Evan Whitfield and forward Dipsy Selolwane.[ref 5]
  3. ^ #15: Columbus Crew → FC Dallas. 2005-04-26: FC Dallas acquired this pick and a youth international slot for the 2005 season from Columbus in exchange for forward Cornell Glen.[ref 6]
  4. ^ #17: MetroStars → Real Salt Lake → MetroStars. 2005-02-01: MetroStars acquired this pick and an allocation from Real Salt Lake in exchange for defender Eddie Pope.[ref 7] MetroStars had the choice of swapping first-round selections in the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft with Real Salt Lake or taking the highest RSL second-round 2006 SuperDraft selection. MetroStars chose the latter. Real Salt Lake had previously acquired this pick from MetroStars in exchange for use of a youth international slot for the 2005 season on 2005-01-14.[ref 8]
  5. ^ #19: D.C. United → Chicago Fire → Kansas City Wizards. 2006-01-11: Kansas City acquired this pick and midfielder Will John from Chicago in exchange for midfielder Diego Gutiérrez.[ref 9] Chicago had acquired this pick from D.C. United in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft on 2005-01-14.[ref 10]
  6. ^ #20: Houston Dynamo → Chicago Fire. 2005-06-14: Chicago acquired this pick from San Jose in exchange for defender Kelly Gray.[ref 11] The San Jose franchise moved to Houston after the 2005 MLS season.
  7. ^ #22: Chicago Fire → FC Dallas. 2005-01-14: FC Dallas acquired this pick and goalkeeper Henry Ring from Chicago in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft.[ref 12]

Round three

Real Salt Lake selected Ryan Johnson 26th overall. In 7 MLS seasons, he played 181 games. He earned 36 caps with the Jamaica national team.
Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation
25 Los Angeles Galaxy[R3 trade 1] United States Kyle Veris D Ohio State
26 Real Salt Lake Jamaica Ryan Johnson F/M Oregon State
27 Columbus Crew United States Brandon Moss M New Mexico
28 Kansas City Wizards United States Matt Groenwald M St. John's
29 Kansas City Wizards[R3 trade 2] Scotland Stephen Shirley D/M Virginia Commonwealth
30 FC Dallas United States Ray Burse GK Ohio State
31 D.C. United Russia Rod Dyachenko M UNLV
32 Houston Dynamo United States Andre Schmid F St. John's
33 Columbus Crew[R3 trade 3] United States Dayton O'Brien M/F Memphis
34 Chicago Fire United States Jordan Russolillo D So. Connecticut State
35 New England Revolution United States Kyle Brown F Tulsa
36 Los Angeles Galaxy United States Chris Dunsheath GK Bradley

Round three trades

  1. ^ #25: Chivas USA → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2005-03-11: Los Angeles acquired this pick (originally a conditional pick) from Chivas USA in exchange for defender Ryan Suarez.[ref 13]
  2. ^ #29: MetroStars → Kansas City Wizards. 2005-11-22: Kansas City acquired this pick from MetroStars in exchange for the rights to defender Taylor Graham.[ref 14]
  3. ^ #33: Colorado Rapids → Columbus Crew. 2006-01-20: Columbus acquired this pick from Colorado in exchange for goalkeeper Matt Jordan.[ref 15]

Round four

Chivas USA selected Jonathan Bornstein 37th overall. the 2006 Rookie of the Year is a 2x MLS All-Star, and a 2007 MLS Best XI selection. He's earned 38 caps with the U.S. Men's national team and was selected to the 2010 FIFA World Cup squad.
Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation
37 Chivas USA United States Jonathan Bornstein^§† D UCLA
38 Columbus Crew[R4 trade 1] United States Duke Hashimoto F Southern Methodist
39 D.C. United[R4 trade 2] United States Jeff Carroll M/D St. John's
40 Kansas City Wizards United States Eric Kronberg GK California
41 MetroStars[R4 trade 3] United States Blake Camp M Duke
42 FC Dallas United States Michael Dello-Russo D Maryland
43 FC Dallas[R4 trade 4] United States Mike Ambersley F Indiana
44 Houston Dynamo United States Mike Chabala M Washington
45 Colorado Rapids United States Josh Brown D New Mexico
46 Chicago Fire United States Jeremy Ashe M Marshall
47 D.C. United[R4 trade 5] United States Kenney Bertz D Maryland
48 Los Angeles Galaxy United States Aaron King F NC State

Round four trades

  1. ^ #38: Real Salt Lake → FC Dallas → Columbus Crew. 2006-01-20: Columbus acquired this pick from FC Dallas in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft.[ref 16] FC Dallas had acquired this pick (originally one of two "future considerations") from Real Salt Lake in exchange for forward Jason Kreis on 2004-11-17.[ref 17][ref 18]
  2. ^ #39: Columbus Crew → D.C. United. 2004-01-30: D.C. United acquired this pick, originally "future considerations", from Columbus in exchange for forward Devin Barclay.[ref 19][ref 15]
  3. ^ #41: MetroStars → Houston Dynamo → MetroStars. 2006-01-20: MetroStars re-acquired this pick from Houston in exchange for goalkeeper Zach Wells.[ref 20] Houston (then San Jose) had acquired the pick from MetroStars in exchange for goalkeeper Jon Conway on 2005-12-05.[ref 21]
  4. ^ #43: D.C. United → FC Dallas. 2004-07-23: FC Dallas acquired this pick and a second-round selection in the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft (originally "future considerations") from D.C. United in exchange for forward Jason Thompson.[ref 22]
  5. ^ #47: New England Revolution → D.C. United. 2005-01-20: D.C. United acquired this pick from New England in exchange for goalkeeper Doug Warren.[ref 23]

See also

References

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  11. ^ "Fire Sends Kelly Gray to San Jose for 2006 Draft Pick". Our Sports Central. June 14, 2005. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  12. ^ "FC Dallas Acquires GoalKeeper Henry Ring and 2006 Second Round Pick". Our Sports Central. January 14, 2005. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  13. ^ "Galaxy acquire 2006 MLS SuperDraft pick from CD Chivas USA". Our Sports Central. March 11, 2005. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  14. ^ "MetroStars acquire rights to Taylor Graham from Wizards". Our Sports Central. November 22, 2005. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
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  20. ^ "MetroStars Reacquire 41st Overall Pick; Tab Blake Camp". Our Sports Central. January 20, 2006. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  21. ^ "MetroStars acquire Joe Conway from Earthquakes for top draft pick". Our Sports Central. December 5, 2005. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  22. ^ "D.C. United Signs F Jason Thompson". Our Sports Central. July 23, 2004. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  23. ^ "D.C. United Trades GK Doug Warren to New England". Our Sports Central. January 20, 2005. Retrieved December 17, 2010.