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2005 MLS SuperDraft

College draft for soccer teams

Field	Value
name	2005 MLS SuperDraft
logo	2005 MLS SuperDraft logo.png
sport	Soccer
date	January 14, 2005
time	12:00 p.m. (ET)
location	Baltimore, Maryland
network	Fox Sports World
first	Nikolas Besagno, Real Salt Lake
fewest	D.C. United
MetroStars
(2 selections)
most	Chicago Fire
San Jose Earthquakes
(7 selections)
overall	48
prev	2004
next	2006

MetroStars (2 selections) San Jose Earthquakes (7 selections)

The 2005 MLS SuperDraft, held in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 14, 2005, was the sixth incarnation of the annual MLS SuperDraft. Expansion club Real Salt Lake had the first pick as the result of a coin toss (fellow newcomers C.D. Chivas USA got to go first in the expansion draft). RSL drafted Under-17 midfielder Nikolas Besagno with the first selection.

A collective bargaining agreement with the MLS Players' Union dictated that the draft be reduced from six to four rounds, although a supplemental draft was held to equip newly formed reserve teams and compensate for expansion.

Player selection

;Key

Round one

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Pos
1	Real Salt Lake	USA Nikolas Besagno*	M	Generation Adidas
2	Chivas USA	USA Brad Guzan*^†	GK	University of South Carolina
3	Chicago Fire	USA Chad Barrett*	F	UCLA
4	San Jose Earthquakes	USA Danny O'Rourke	M	Indiana University
5	Los Angeles Galaxy	USA Ugo Ihemelu	D	SMU
6	F.C. Dallas	USA Drew Moor*^	D	Indiana University
7	Colorado Rapids	USA Hunter Freeman*	D	University of Virginia
8	Los Angeles Galaxy	USA Troy Roberts	D	University of California
9	New England Revolution	USA Michael Parkhurst*^§†	D	Wake Forest University
10	Chicago Fire	USA Jack Stewart	D	University of Notre Dame
11	Kansas City Wizards	TRI Scott Sealy	F	Wake Forest University
12	MetroStars	USA Tim Ward*	D	Saint Louis University

Round one trades

Round two

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position
13	Real Salt Lake	USA Jamie Watson*	F	University of North Carolina
14	C.D. Chivas USA	USA Christian Jimenez*	M	University of South Florida
15	Los Angeles Galaxy	USA Michael Enfield	M	UCLA
16	Kansas City Wizards	USA Ryan Pore*	F	University of Tulsa
17	San Jose Earthquakes	USA Kevin Goldthwaite	D	University of Notre Dame
18	Chicago Fire	USA Will John*	M	Saint Louis University
19	D.C. United	USA Nick Van Sicklen	M	University of Wisconsin–Madison
20	Columbus Crew	USA Marcus Storey	M	University of North Carolina
21	New England Revolution	USA James Riley	D	Wake Forest University
22	Real Salt Lake	USA Jay Nolly	GK	Indiana University
23	Columbus Crew	USA Domenic Mediate	M	University of Maryland
24	Kansas City Wizards	USA Christopher Sawyer	GK	University of Notre Dame

Round two trades

Round three

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position
25	MetroStars	USA Chris Corcoran	M	St. Johns University
26	C.D. Chivas USA	USA Aaron Lopez	D	UCLA
27	F.C. Dallas	CAN Winston Marshall	D	Wright State University
28	F.C. Dallas	USA Chris Gomez	GK	Brown University
29	Chicago Fire	USA Chris Rolfe	F	University of Dayton
30	San Jose Earthquakes	USA Victor Arbelaez	M	UNLV
31	San Jose Earthquakes	USA Orlando Ramirez	F	Fresno Pacific University
32	San Jose Earthquakes	USA C.J. Klaas	D	University of Washington
33	New England Revolution	New Zealand Tony Lochhead	D	UC Santa Barbara
34	Los Angeles Galaxy	USA Quavas Kirk*	F	Generation adidas
35	Chicago Fire	CRC Gonzalo Segares	D	Virginia Commonwealth University
36	Chicago Fire	RSA Thabiso Khumalo	M	Coastal Carolina University

Round three trades

Round four

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position
37	Real Salt Lake	USA Luke Kreamalmeyer	M	Bradley University
38	C.D. Chivas USA	USA Esteban Arias	D	University of Connecticut
39	Chicago Fire	GER Karim Deitz	F	Birmingham Southern College
40	F.C. Dallas	USA Julian Nash	F	Creighton University
41	San Jose Earthquakes	SWE Antouman Jallow	F	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
42	San Jose Earthquakes	USA James Twellman	D	Stanford University
43	Colorado Rapids	ISR Guy Melamed	D	Boston College
44	Columbus Crew	USA Knox Cameron	F	University of Michigan
45	Colorado Rapids	USA Amir Lowery	M	Wake Forest University
46	Los Angeles Galaxy	ZIM Mubarike Chisoni	M	Coastal Carolina University
47	Kansas City Wizards	USA John Minagawa-Webster	M	Michigan State University
48	D.C. United	USA Tim Merritt	D	University of North Carolina

Round four trades

Other draft day trades

MetroStars traded its natural second-round selection in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft to Real Salt Lake in exchange for a youth international slot.

Notable undrafted players

No.	Player	Pos.
1	USA Bobby Boswell^†	D	MLS Defender of the Year (2006); MLS Best XI (2006, 2014);
U.S. national team (2006–07)
2	USA Chris Wondolowski^†~	F	Not picked in the SuperDraft; taken in the supplemental draft. He scored an MLS record 171 MLS goals.
3	USA Jeff Larentowicz ^	D	Not picked in the SuperDraft; taken in the supplemental draft. He is a member of the 400 games played club.

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(January 14, 2005). "Earthquakes Select Seven Players and Make Two Major Trades at 2005 MLS SuperDraft in Baltimore". Our Sports Central.
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