2003 MLS SuperDraft
College draft for soccer teams
title: "2003 MLS SuperDraft" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["major-league-soccer-drafts", "2003-major-league-soccer-season", "2003-in-sports-in-missouri", "soccer-in-kansas-city,-missouri", "organized-events-in-kansas-city,-missouri", "january-2003-sports-events-in-the-united-states", "2000s-in-kansas-city,-missouri"] description: "College draft for soccer teams" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_MLS_SuperDraft" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary College draft for soccer teams ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2003 MLS SuperDraft |
| sport | Soccer |
| date | January 17, 2003 |
| location | Kansas City, Missouri |
| network | Fox Sports World |
| first | Alecko Eskandarian, D.C. United |
| overall | 60 |
| prev | 2002 |
| next | 2004 |
| :: |
| name = 2003 MLS SuperDraft | image = | caption = | logo = | logosize = | sport = Soccer | date = January 17, 2003 | time = | location = Kansas City, Missouri | network = Fox Sports World | league = | teams = | first = Alecko Eskandarian, D.C. United | fewest = | most = | overall = 60 | prev = 2002 | next = 2004
The 2003 MLS Superdraft was held January 17, 2003 in Kansas City, Missouri. It was the fifth annual SuperDraft held by Major League Soccer.
Player selection
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Round One
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Round one trades
Round Two
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Round two trades
Round Three
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| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Burn | David Comfort | GK | University of Virginia | |||||||||||
| New England Revolution | Dimelon Westfield | F | Clemson University | |||||||||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | Roger Levesque | F | Stanford University | |||||||||||
| Chicago Fire | Logan Pause* | M | University of North Carolina | |||||||||||
| Chicago Fire | Ryan Mack | M | Indiana University | |||||||||||
| Chicago Fire | Phil Swenda | F | Seton Hall University | |||||||||||
| Colorado Rapids | Jason Cole | D | St. Louis University | |||||||||||
| Colorado Rapids | Alex Blake | F | Williams College | |||||||||||
| New England Revolution | Kyle Singer | GK | Boston College | |||||||||||
| MetroStars | Tim Glowienka | D | University of South Carolina | |||||||||||
| :: |
Round three trades
Round Four
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| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.C. United | Hayden Woodworth | M | Messiah College | |||||||||||
| MetroStars | Kenny Arena | D | University of Virginia | |||||||||||
| Kansas City Wizards | Taylor Graham | D | Stanford University | |||||||||||
| Dallas Burn | Mike Tranchilla | F | Creighton University | |||||||||||
| Chicago Fire | Rob Friend | F | UC Santa Barbara | |||||||||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | Josh Saunders^ | GK | University of California | |||||||||||
| Columbus Crew | Michael Ritch | F | Auburn University | |||||||||||
| Colorado Rapids | Matt Crawford | M | University of North Carolina | |||||||||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | Jamil Walker | M | Santa Clara University | |||||||||||
| Los Angeles Galaxy | Hamid Mehreioskouei | F | Bradley University | |||||||||||
| :: |
Round four trades
Round Five
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Jack_Jewsbury_Portland_Timbers_vs_Colorado_Rapids_2016-10-16_(30342171046).jpg" caption="Kansas City Wizards]] selected [[Jack Jewsbury]] 43 overall. He was selected to the [[2011 MLS All-Star Game]]."] ::
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| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.C. United | John Swann | D | Indiana University | |||||||||||
| MetroStars | Jacob LeBlanc* | M | University of Virginia | |||||||||||
| Kansas City Wizards | Jack Jewsbury^ | M | St. Louis University | |||||||||||
| Chicago Fire | Chad Dombrowski | D | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee | |||||||||||
| Dallas Burn | Michael Mariscalco | M | Butler University | |||||||||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | Johanes Maliza | M | Stanford University | |||||||||||
| Columbus Crew | Guy Abrahamson | M | Rutgers University | |||||||||||
| Colorado Rapids | Casey Schmidt | F | Boston College | |||||||||||
| MetroStars | Marco Vélez | M | Barry University | |||||||||||
| Los Angeles Galaxy | Jimmy Frazelle | M | UCLA | |||||||||||
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Round five trades
Round Six
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| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.C. United | Michael Behonick | GK | American University | |||||||||||
| Dallas Burn | Andy Rosenband | F | Ohio State University | |||||||||||
| Kansas City Wizards | Kevin Friedland | D | Southern Methodist University | |||||||||||
| Chicago Fire | Ryan Futagaki | M | UCLA | |||||||||||
| Los Angeles Galaxy | Joe Barton | GK | Cal State-Northridge | |||||||||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | Frank Sanfilippo | M | San Jose State University | |||||||||||
| New England Revolution | PASS | |||||||||||||
| Columbus Crew | Jake Traeger | M | Ohio State University | |||||||||||
| D.C. United | PASS | |||||||||||||
| Kansas City Wizards | Byron Carmichael | F | Marshall University | |||||||||||
| :: |
Round six trades
Notable undrafted players
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| Player | Pos | Affiliation | Played in MLS | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Perkins | GK | University of Evansville | 2004–07; 2010–15 | 7 caps with U.S. national team; 2006 MLS Best XI |
| :: |
References
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