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2000 MLS SuperDraft
College draft for soccer teams
College draft for soccer teams
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2000 MLS SuperDraft |
| sport | Soccer |
| date | February 6, 2000 |
| location | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| first | Steve Shak, MetroStars |
| overall | 72 |
| next | 2001 |
The 2000 Major League Soccer SuperDraft was held on February 6, 2000 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and consisted of six rounds.
One of the most successful draft picks was goalkeeper Nick Rimando, a third round pick, who went on to hold the record for most MLS career shutouts. Additionally, first round pick defender Carlos Bocanegra earned over 100 caps with the United States men's national soccer team.
Player selection
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Round 1
| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MetroStars | Steve Shak | D | UCLA | |||||||||||||
| Kansas City Wizards | Nick Garcia* | D | Indiana University | |||||||||||||
| Colorado Rapids | Adin Brown | GK | College of William & Mary | |||||||||||||
| Chicago Fire | Carlos Bocanegra*§^† | D | UCLA | |||||||||||||
| Dallas Burn | Aleksey Korol | F | Indiana University | |||||||||||||
| Los Angeles Galaxy | Danny Califf*† | D | University of Maryland | |||||||||||||
| Colorado Rapids | Wes Hart | M | University of Washington | |||||||||||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | Travis Mulraine | M | Joe Public F.C. | |||||||||||||
| Kansas City Wizards | John Wilson | M | Charleston Battery (A-League) | |||||||||||||
| Colorado Rapids | Alan Woods | D | Clemson University | |||||||||||||
| Los Angeles Galaxy | Sasha Victorine | M | UCLA | |||||||||||||
| D.C. United | Bobby Convey* | M | Project-40 |
Round 1 trades
Round 2
| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.C. United | Stephen Armstrong | M | Butler University | |||||||||||||
| New England Revolution | Rusty Pierce* | D | UNC-Greensboro | |||||||||||||
| Kansas City Wizards | Peter Byaruhanga | F | University of Alabama at Birmingham | |||||||||||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | Justin Evans | M | Pittsburgh Riverhounds (A-League) | |||||||||||||
| Miami Fusion | Martín Machón | M | Santos (Mexico) | |||||||||||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | Joseph Ragusa | D | Long Island Rough Riders (A-League) | |||||||||||||
| D.C. United | Eric Denton | D | Santa Clara University | |||||||||||||
| Colorado Rapids | Keyeno Thomas | M | Joe Public F.C. | |||||||||||||
| Columbus Crew | Roland Aguilera | M | Tahuichi Academy | |||||||||||||
| Dallas Burn | Antonio Martínez | M | Cal State-Fullerton | |||||||||||||
| Los Angeles Galaxy | Peter Vagenas | M | UCLA | |||||||||||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | Adrian Narine | F | Joe Public F.C. |
Round 2 trades
Round 3
| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Fusion | David Wright | D | Creighton University | |||||||||||||
| Colorado Rapids | Jeff DiMaria | F | Saint Louis University | |||||||||||||
| D.C. United | Sergio Salas* | F | Project-40 | |||||||||||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | Jon Conway | GK | Rutgers University | |||||||||||||
| Los Angeles Galaxy | José Retiz | M | Rancho Santiago – Santa Ana | |||||||||||||
| Kansas City Wizards | Kerry Zavagnin† | D | Lehigh Valley Steam (A-League) | |||||||||||||
| New England Revolution | Shaker Asad* | M | North Carolina State University | |||||||||||||
| Chicago Fire | Yuri Lavrinenko | M | Indiana University | |||||||||||||
| Columbus Crew | Brian Winters | M | University of Portland | |||||||||||||
| Dallas Burn | Steve Bernal | D | Creighton University | |||||||||||||
| Miami Fusion | Nick Rimando*^ | GK | UCLA | |||||||||||||
| New England Revolution | Fabio Zúñiga | F | Raritan Valley Community College |
Round 3 trades
Round 4
| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MetroStars | Daniel Alvarez | M | Furman University | |||||||||||||
| New England Revolution | Adam Eyre | D | Santa Clara University | |||||||||||||
| New England Revolution | Bo Oshoniyi | GK | Atlanta Silverbacks (A-League) | |||||||||||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | Andrew Hemmerich | D | Stanford University | |||||||||||||
| D.C. United | Michael Burke | F | Charleston Battery (A-League) | |||||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Mutiny | Amos Magee | F | Minnesota Thunder (A-League) | |||||||||||||
| Colorado Rapids | Lance Key | D | Trinity University | |||||||||||||
| Chicago Fire | John Wolyniec | F | Long Island Rough Riders (A-League) | |||||||||||||
| Columbus Crew | Christof Lindenmayer | F | Loyola College in Maryland | |||||||||||||
| Dallas Burn | Brian Piesner | M | Rutgers University | |||||||||||||
| Los Angeles Galaxy | Josh Henderson | F | Lehigh Valley Steam (A-League) | |||||||||||||
| MetroStars | Orlando Perez | M | Orange County Zodiac (A-League) |
Round 4 trades
Round 5
| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MetroStars | Colby Jackson | F | Cal State-Fullerton | |||||||||||||
| Kansas City Wizards | Tom Zawislan | GK | Creighton University | |||||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Mutiny | Mark Schulte | D | Twin Cities Tornado (PDL) | |||||||||||||
| San Jose Earthquakes | Ian Russell | F | Seattle Sounders (A-League) | |||||||||||||
| Miami Fusion | Pablo Gentile | D | Miami Breakers (PDL) | |||||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Mutiny | Brian Waltrip | F | University of South Florida | |||||||||||||
| Colorado Rapids | Peter Scavo | F | Seton Hall University | |||||||||||||
| Chicago Fire | Alejandro Rincon | M | Southern Connecticut State | |||||||||||||
| Columbus Crew | Dominic Schell | D | University of Mobile | |||||||||||||
| Dallas Burn | Seth Marks | D | Furman University | |||||||||||||
| Los Angeles Galaxy | Thomas Serna | F | Rancho Santiago (Mexico) | |||||||||||||
| D.C. United | Micah Cooks* | M | Project-40 |
Round 5 trades
Round 6
| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MetroStars | Jake Dancy | D | Kansas City Wizards | |||||||||||||
| Kansas City Wizards | Casey Sweeney | D | Indiana Blast (A-League) | |||||||||||||
| New England Revolution | Tom Hardy | D | Vancouver 86ers (A-League) | |||||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Mutiny | Ubusuku Abukusumo | D | Columbus Crew | |||||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Mutiny | Ernest Inneh | F | Staten Island Vipers (A-League) | |||||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Mutiny | Mike Gentile | M | Minnesota Thunder (A-League) | |||||||||||||
| Colorado Rapids | Rich Cullen | GK | Air Force Academy | |||||||||||||
| Chicago Fire | Kevin Jackson | M | Lehigh University | |||||||||||||
| Columbus Crew | PASS | |||||||||||||||
| Dallas Burn | Angel Rivillo | M | Creighton University | |||||||||||||
| Los Angeles Galaxy | Ali John Utush | F | San Francisco Bay Seals (A-League) | |||||||||||||
| D.C. United | PASS |
Round 6 trades
Unresolved 2000 SuperDraft Trades
- 21 January 1999: MetroStars traded F Raúl Díaz Arce and MF Marcelo Vega to San Jose for a player to be named and future considerations.
- 29 March 1997: Kansas City Wizards acquired D John Diffley from the Tampa Bay Mutiny for a conditional third-round draft pick in 1999 or 2000.
- 28 January 1999: D.C. United traded second round and third round picks in 2000 college draft to New York/New Jersey MetroStars for Diego Sonora.
- 28 January 1999: San Jose sent third-rounder to MetroStars in Diego Sonora three-way deal.
- 7 February 1999: New England Revolution acquired two second round selections in the 2000 MLS College Draft from the New York/New Jersey MetroStars in exchange for a second round selection in the 1999 MLS College Draft.
- 7 February 1999: MetroStars acquired D.C.'s first-round 1999 supplemental draft pick for its 2000 first-round supplemental draft pick (4th round SuperDraft).
- 5 May 1999: Chicago acquired Ryan Tinsley via trade with Kansas City Wizards in exchange for Jesse Van Saun and Fire's No. 1 selection in the 2000 MLS Supplemental Draft (4th round SuperDraft). -Chi2011
- 5 June 1999: Miami Fusion acquired a 2000 second-round pick and forward Tony Kuhn from New England Revolution in exchange for midfielder Carlos Parra.
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