2004 MLS SuperDraft

New England Revolution (4 selections) (10 selections)

The 2004 MLS SuperDraft, held in Charlotte, North Carolina on January 16, 2004, was the fifth incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The draft was most notable at the time for the selection of one of the youngest athletes in American sporting history, Freddy Adu, with the first pick by D.C. United after a trade from the Dallas Burn. The trade was initiated by the league after Adu had signed in November 2003 with the intent of playing for D.C., his local team.

The draft also included Clint Dempsey (1st round), who later won MLS Rookie of the Year, and teenager Michael Bradley (4th round), the son of MetroStars coach Bob Bradley. Both players went on to earn over 120 caps with the U.S. national team and play overseas for European teams before returning to MLS.

Player selection

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Round one

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position		Affiliation
1	D.C. United	USA Freddy Adu*^	F	Project-40
2	Columbus Crew	USA Chad Marshall*†	D	Stanford University
3	Los Angeles Galaxy	ZIM Joseph Ngwenya	F	Coastal Carolina University
4	Kansas City Wizards	USA Matt Taylor	F	UCLA
5	San Jose Earthquakes	USA Ryan Cochrane*	D	Santa Clara University
6	Dallas Burn	HND Ramón Núñez	M	SMU
7	Dallas Burn	USA Clarence Goodson*	D	University of Maryland
8	New England Revolution	USA Clint Dempsey*^§†	M	Furman University
9	Chicago Fire	USA Scott Buete	M	University of Maryland
10	San Jose Earthquakes	USA Steve Cronin*	GK	Santa Clara University

Round one trades

Round two

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position		Affiliation
11	Chicago Fire	USA Leonard Griffin	D	UCLA
12	Columbus Crew	USA Chris Wingert	D	St. John's University
13	Los Angeles Galaxy	USA Josh Gardner*	M	University of Cincinnati
14	Los Angeles Galaxy	USA Ned Grabavoy*	M	Indiana University
15	Colorado Rapids	USA Adolfo Gregorio	M	UCLA
16	Colorado Rapids	CAN Adrian Cann	D	University of Louisville
17	Kansas City Wizards	USA Will Hesmer	GK	Wake Forest University
18	MetroStars	USA Seth Stammler	D	University of Maryland
19	Chicago Fire	USA Matt Pickens	GK	SMS (now Missouri State)
20	Chicago Fire	GHA Sumed Ibrahim	M	University of Maryland

Round two trades

Round three

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position		Affiliation
21	MetroStars	USA Zach Wells	GK	UCLA
22	Los Angeles Galaxy	USA Memo Arzate	M	UC Santa Barbara
23	New England Revolution	USA Jeremiah White	F	Wake Forest University
24	D.C. United	USA Kevin Ara	M	Harvard University
25	Colorado Rapids	USA Kevin Taylor	D	University of Michigan
26	MetroStars	CAN Olivier Occéan	F	So. Connecticut State University
27	San Jose Earthquakes	New Zealand Mike Wilson	M	Stanford University
28	Chicago Fire	JAM Khari Stephenson	M	Williams College
29	Dallas Burn	USA Ty Maurin	M	UCLA
30	San Jose Earthquakes	USA Lindon Pecorelli	M	University of Connecticut

Round three trades

Round four

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position		Affiliation
31	Dallas Burn	USA David Wagenfuhr	D	Creighton University
32	Columbus Crew	USA Jamal Sutton	F	SMS (now Missouri State)
33	Los Angeles Galaxy	IRE David McGill	M	UC Santa Barbara
34	D.C. United	USA Josh Gros^	M	Rutgers University
35	Colorado Rapids	BER Kevin Richards	D	University of Notre Dame
36	MetroStars	USA Michael Bradley*^	M	Project-40
37	Kansas City Wizards	USA Jay Alberts	M	Yale University
38	Chicago Fire	USA Denny Clanton	D	University of Dayton
39	Chicago Fire	USA Phil Hucles	D	The College of William & Mary
40	San Jose Earthquakes	CRO Marin Pusek	M	UAB

Round four trades

Round five

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position		Affiliation
41	Columbus Crew	USA Adom Crew	M	Brown University
42	Columbus Crew	USA Luke Vercollone	M	Seton Hall University
43	Los Angeles Galaxy	USA Jason Perry	D	Oakland University
44	D.C. United	USA Kevin Hudson	M	SMU
45	Colorado Rapids	USA Gary Sullivan	D	Adelphi University
46	MetroStars	USA Johnny David	M	Fairleigh Dickinson University
47	Kansas City Wizards	USA Justin Detter	F	University of Notre Dame
48	Kansas City Wizards	USA Ryan Barber	D	UMKC
49	Chicago Fire	USA Ian Pilarski	M	Cornell University
50	San Jose Earthquakes	USA Tighe Dombrowski	M	UW-Milwaukee

Round five trades

Round six

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position		Affiliation
51	Chicago Fire	AUS Ryan McGowan	M	Seton Hall University
52	Columbus Crew	USA Matthew Haefner	GK	University of Pennsylvania
53	Los Angeles Galaxy	USA Alan Gordon	F	Oregon State University
54	Dallas Burn	SLV Edwin Miranda	D	Cal State Northridge
55	Colorado Rapids	COL John Pulido	M	Florida International University
56	New England Revolution	CAN Félix Brillant	F	Franklin Pierce College
57	Los Angeles Galaxy	USA Chris Aloisi	D	Syracuse University
58	New England Revolution	WAL Andy Dorman	M	Boston University
59	Chicago Fire	USA Tony McManus	D	UAB
60	MetroStars	USA Jeff Parke	D	Drexel University

Round six trades

Trade Note

• MetroStars received a conditional 2004 SuperDraft pick from Chicago Fire in exchange for the rights to midfielder Andy Williams on March 27, 2003. Instead of the conditional pick, MetroStars received defender Edgar Bartolomeu from Chicago on June 25, 2003, to complete the trade.