2008 MLS SuperDraft
College draft for soccer teams
title: "2008 MLS SuperDraft" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["major-league-soccer-drafts", "2008-major-league-soccer-season", "2008-in-sports-in-maryland", "2008-in-baltimore", "soccer-in-baltimore", "organized-events-in-baltimore", "january-2008-sports-events-in-the-united-states"] description: "College draft for soccer teams" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_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 | 2008 MLS SuperDraft |
| sport | Soccer |
| date | January 18, 2008 |
| time | 2:00pm (ET) |
| location | Baltimore, Maryland |
| network | ESPN2 |
| first | Chance Myers, Kansas City Wizards |
| fewest | San Jose Earthquakes |
| Chivas USA | |
| (1 selection) | |
| most | Chicago Fire |
| Kansas City Wizards | |
| Los Angeles Galaxy | |
| (6 selections) | |
| overall | 56 |
| prev | 2007 |
| next | 2009 |
| :: |
| name = 2008 MLS SuperDraft | image = | caption = | logo = | logosize = | sport = Soccer | date = January 18, 2008 | time = 2:00pm (ET) | location = Baltimore, Maryland | network = ESPN2 | league = | teams = | first = Chance Myers, Kansas City Wizards | fewest = San Jose Earthquakes Chivas USA (1 selection) | most = Chicago Fire Kansas City Wizards Los Angeles Galaxy (6 selections) | overall = 56 | prev = 2007 | next = 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
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Round one
::data[format=table] | Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | | Affiliation | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Kansas City Wizards | USA Chance Myers* | D | UCLA Ventura County Fusion | | 2 | FC Dallas | USA Brek Shea^† | M | Generation adidas | | 3 | Real Salt Lake | USA Tony Beltran^ | D | UCLA Los Angeles Storm | | 4 | Los Angeles Galaxy | USA Sean Franklin^§ | D | Cal State Northridge San Fernando Valley Quakes | | 5 | Colorado Rapids | USA Ciaran O'Brien* | M | UC Santa Barbara Tacoma Tide | | 6 | Columbus Crew | ENG Andy Iro | D | UC Santa Barbara | | 7 | Chicago Fire | GHA Patrick Nyarko* | F | Virginia Tech | | 8 | FC Dallas | USA Josh Lambo* | GK | Generation adidas | | 9 | Toronto FC | TRI Julius James | D | Connecticut | | 10 | Toronto FC | USA Pat Phelan | M | Wake Forest | | 11 | Kansas City Wizards | HND Roger Espinoza* | M | Ohio State | | 12 | Chicago Fire | USA Dominic Cervi | GK | Tulsa | | 13 | New England Revolution | USA Rob Valentino* | D | San Francisco San Jose Frogs | | 14 | Real Salt Lake | USA David Horst | D | Old Dominion Hampton Roads Piranhas | ::
Round one trades
Round two
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::data[format=table] | Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | | Affiliation | |---|---|---|---|---| | 15 | San Jose Earthquakes | USA Shea Salinas | M | Furman Carolina Dynamo | | 16 | New York Red Bulls | USA Eric Brunner | D | Ohio State Michigan Bucks | | 17 | Real Salt Lake | USA Alex Nimo* | F | Generation adidas | | 18 | New England Revolution | USA Michael Videira | M | Duke Cary RailHawks U23's | | 19 | FC Dallas | USA Eric Avila* | M | UC Santa Barbara Ventura County Fusion | | 20 | Columbus Crew | USA George Josten | M/F | Gonzaga Michigan Bucks | | 21 | Los Angeles Galaxy | USA Ely Allen | F/M | Washington | | 22 | Columbus Crew | HAI Ricardo Pierre-Louis | F | Lee University Cape Cod Crusaders | | 23 | Kansas City Wizards | CMR Yomby William | D | Old Dominion Hampton Roads Piranhas | | 24 | D.C. United | USA Andrew Jacobson | M | California | | 25 | Kansas City Wizards | USA Jonathan Leathers | D | Furman Atlanta Silverbacks U23's | | 26 | Chicago Fire | USA Peter Lowry | M/F | Santa Clara San Jose Frogs | | 27 | New England Revolution | USA Joe Germanese | M | Duke Cary RailHawks U23's | | 28 | Toronto FC | USA Brian Edwards | GK | Wake Forest | ::
Round two trades
Round three
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::data[format=table] | Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | | Affiliation | |---|---|---|---|---| | 29 | Los Angeles Galaxy | USA Julian Valentin | D | Wake Forest | | 30 | Toronto FC | USA Mike Zaher | D | UCLA San Fernando Valley Quakes | | 31 | Columbus Crew | USA Ryan Miller | D | Notre Dame Indiana Invaders | | 32 | New York Red Bulls | USA Luke Sassano | M | California San Jose Frogs | | 33 | D.C. United | USA Ryan Cordeiro | M/F | Connecticut | | 34 | Los Angeles Galaxy | USA Matt Allen | GK | Creighton Des Moines Menace | | 35 | Toronto FC | IRE Joseph Lapira | F | Notre Dame Baton Rouge Capitals | | 36 | Colorado Rapids | USA Adrian Chevannes | D | SMU | | 37 | Real Salt Lake | USA Brennan Tennelle | M | UC Santa Barbara | | 38 | Chicago Fire | JAM Dwight Barnett | F | Lynn University Cape Cod Crusaders | | 39 | Kansas City Wizards | USA Matt Marquess | D | Santa Clara San Jose Frogs | | 40 | Chicago Fire | USA Stephen King | M | Maryland | | 41 | New England Revolution | CAN Matt Britner | D | Brown | | 42 | Houston Dynamo | USA Geoff Cameron^† | M | Rhode Island Rhode Island Stingrays | ::
Round three trades
Round four
::data[format=table] | Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | | Affiliation | |---|---|---|---|---| | 43 | Chivas USA | USA Keith Savage | M | West Florida Central Florida Kraze | | 44 | New York Red Bulls | USA David Roth | M | Northwestern Chicago Fire Premier | | 45 | FC Dallas | USA Jamil Roberts | D | Santa Clara | | 46 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Guam Brandon McDonald | M | San Francisco San Jose Frogs | | 47 | Colorado Rapids | USA Brian Grazier | M | Saint Louis | | 48 | Columbus Crew | USA Steven Lenhart | F | Azusa Pacific Southern California Seahorses | | 49 | Colorado Rapids | USA Scott Campbell | M | North Carolina | | 50 | FC Dallas | USA Ben Nason | M | Virginia Tech | | 51 | Los Angeles Galaxy | USA Matt Hatzke | D | Santa Clara | | 52 | D.C. United | USA Tony Schmitz | M | Creighton | | 53 | Kansas City Wizards | USA Rauwshan McKenzie | D | Michigan State Chicago Fire Premier | | 54 | Chicago Fire | USA Austin Washington | D | Gonzaga Spokane Spiders | | 55 | New England Revolution | USA Spencer Wadsworth | F | Duke | | 56 | Houston Dynamo | USA Jeremy Barlow | M | Virginia | ::
Round four trades
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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