2000 MLS SuperDraft

College draft for soccer teams August 2023 2000 MLS SuperDraft Soccer February 6, 2000 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Steve Shak, MetroStars 72 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 Key *Denotes a player contracted under the Project-40 program§Denotes a player who won the MLS Rookie of the Year ^Denotes player who has been selected to an MLS All-Star Game † Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team ~Denotes a player who won the MLS MVP Round 1 thumb|The Chicago Fire selected Carlos Bocanegra 4th overall. He is a 2x MLS Defender of the Year, 2x MLS Best XI selection and was named the 2000 MLS Rookie of the Year. He earned 110 caps with the US Men's National Team, being selected to the 2006, and 2010 FIFA World Cup squads. thumb|The LA Galaxy selected Danny Califf 6th overall. Califf is 2005 MLS Best XI selection. He earned 26 caps for the US Men's National Team and was selected for the 2003 and 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup squads. thumb|D.C. United selected Bobby Convey 12th overall. Convey earned 46 caps with the US Men's National Team and was selected to the 2006 FIFA World Cup squad. Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 1 MetroStars Steve Shak D UCLA 2 Kansas City Wizards Nick Garcia* D Indiana University 3 Colorado Rapids#3: New England Revolution → D.C. United → Miami Fusion → Columbus Crew → Dallas Burn → Colorado Rapids. 6 February 2000: Colorado Rapids acquired this first-round pick from Dallas Burn in exchange for the #5 pick in the 2000 SuperDraft and a first-round selection in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft. Earlier the same day, Dallas had acquired this first-round pick from Columbus Crew in exchange for forward Dante Washington. 3 January 2000: Columbus had acquired this first-round pick from Miami Fusion in exchange for midfielder Andy Williams. 17 July 1999: Miami had acquired this first-round pick, defender Brian Kamler, and forward Roy Lassiter (originally "future considerations" from D.C. United in exchange for forward Chris Albright and midfielder John Maessner. 2 February 1999: D.C. had acquired this first-round pick and a second-round pick in the 2000 SuperDraft from New England Revolution in exchange for midfielder John Harkes. "R1 trade" Adin Brown GK College of William & Mary 4 Chicago Fire#4: San Jose Earthquakes → Chicago Fire. 29 June 1999: Chicago Fire acquired this first-round selection and a sixth-round selection in the 2000 SuperDraft, originally a third-round selection in the canceled 2000 MLS Supplemental Draft, from San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for the #8 selection in the 2000 Superdraft and midfielder Ryan Tinsley. "R1 trade" Carlos Bocanegra*§^† D UCLA 5 Dallas Burn#5: Miami Fusion → D.C. United → Colorado Rapids → Dallas Burn. 6 February 2000: Dallas Burn acquired this first-round pick and a first-round selection in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft from Colorado Rapids in exchange for the #3 pick in the 2000 SuperDraft. 7 February 1999: Colorado had acquired this first-round pick from D.C. United in exchange for midfielder Antonio Otero. 5 December 1998: D.C. had acquired this first-round pick and a second-round selection in the 1999 MLS College Draft from Miami Fusion in exchange for midfielder Mario Gori and a second-round pick in the 1999 MLS College Draft. "R1 trade" Aleksey Korol F Indiana University 6 Los Angeles Galaxy#6: Tampa Bay Mutiny → Chicago Fire → Los Angeles Galaxy. 6 February 2000: Los Angeles Galaxy acquired this first-round pick and a first-round selection in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft from Chicago Fire in exchange for midfielder DaMarcus Beasley. On 6 May 1999, Chicago had acquired this first-round pick from Tampa Bay Mutiny in exchange for midfielder Josh Keller. "R1 trade" Danny Califf*† D University of Maryland 7 Colorado Rapids Wes Hart M University of Washington 8 San Jose Earthquakes#8: Chicago Fire → San Jose Earthquakes. 29 June 1999: San Jose Earthquakes acquired this first-round selection and midfielder Ryan Tinsley from Chicago Fire in exchange for the #4 selection in the 2000 Superdraft and a sixth-round selection in the 2000 SuperDraft, originally a third-round selection in the canceled 2000 MLS Supplemental Draft. "R1 trade" Travis Mulraine M Joe Public F.C. 9 Kansas City Wizards#9: Columbus Crew → Miami Fusion → Kansas City Wizards. 7 February 1999: Kansas City Wizards acquired this first-round pick and a first-round pick (#5) in the 1999 MLS College Draft from Miami Fusion in exchange for a first-round selection (#2) in the 1999 MLS College Draft. Earlier the same day, Miami had acquired this pick from Columbus Crew in exchange for a second-round pick (#18) in the 1999 MLS College Draft and defender Matt Kmosko. "R1 trade" John Wilson M Charleston Battery (A-League) 10 Colorado Rapids#10: Dallas Burn → New England Revolution → Colorado Rapids. 6 February 2000: Colorado Rapids acquired this first-round pick and a third-round selection (#26) in the 2000 SuperDraft from New England Revolution in exchange for a third-round selection (#31) in the 2000 SuperDraft and forward Wolde Harris. On 13 August 1999, New England had acquired this first-round pick, originally "future considerations", and midfielder Leonel Álvarez from Dallas Burn in exchange for forward Ariel Graziani. "R1 trade" Alan Woods D Clemson University 11 Los Angeles Galaxy Sasha Victorine M UCLA 12 D.C. United Bobby Convey* M Project-40 Round 1 trades R1 trade Round 2 Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 13 D.C. United#13: MetroStars → New England Revolution → D.C. United. 2 February 1999: D.C. United acquired this second-round pick and a first-round pick in the 2000 SuperDraft from New England Revolution in exchange for midfielder John Harkes. On 20 January 1999, New England had acquired this second-round pick and forward Giovanni Savarese from MetroStars in exchange for forward Raúl Díaz Arce. "R2 trade" Stephen Armstrong M Butler University 14 New England Revolution#14: Kansas City Wizards → New England Revolution. 2 January 2000: New England Revolution acquired this second-round pick and third-round and fourth-round picks in the 2000 SuperDraft from Kansas City Wizards in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2000 SuperDraft and midfielder Jeff Baicher. "R2 trade" Rusty Pierce* D UNC-Greensboro 15 Kansas City Wizards#15: Pick originally belonged to New England Revolution. → Colorado Rapids → Kansas City Wizards. 3 February 2000: Kansas City Wizards acquired this second-round selection, defender Peter Vermes, and midfielder Matt McKeon from Colorado Rapids in exchange for a second-round pick (#20) in the 2000 SuperDraft, an international allocation, and defender Scott Vermillion. More information needed. "R2 trade" Peter Byaruhanga F University of Alabama at Birmingham 16 San Jose Earthquakes Justin Evans M Pittsburgh Riverhounds (A-League) 17 Miami Fusion Martín Machón M Santos (Mexico) 18 San Jose Earthquakes#18: Tampa Bay Mutiny → San Jose Earthquakes. 27 January 1999: San Jose Earthquakes acquired this second-round selection from Tampa Bay Mutiny in exchange for goalkeeper Andy Kirk. "R2 trade" Joseph Ragusa D Long Island Rough Riders (A-League) 19 D.C. United#19: Colorado Rapids → San Jose Earthquakes → D.C. United. 6 February 2000: D.C. United acquired this second-round selection from San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for a second-round pick (#24) in the 2000 SuperDraft and a second-round selection in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft. On 2 February 2000, San Jose had acquired this second-round pick from Colorado Rapids in exchange for goalkeeper David Kramer. "R2 trade" Eric Denton D Santa Clara University 20 Colorado Rapids#20: Pick originally belonged to Chicago Fire. → Kansas City Wizards → Colorado Rapids.3 February 2000: Colorado Rapids acquired this second-round selection, an international allocation, and defender Scott Vermillion from Kansas Cit Wizards in exchange for a second-round pick (#15) in the 2000 SuperDraft, defender Peter Vermes, and midfielder Matt McKeon. More information needed. "R2 trade" Keyeno Thomas M Joe Public F.C. 21 Columbus Crew Roland Aguilera M Tahuichi Academy 22 Dallas Burn Antonio Martínez M Cal State-Fullerton 23 Los Angeles Galaxy Peter Vagenas M UCLA 24 San Jose Earthquakes#24: D.C. United → San Jose Earthquakes. 6 February 2000: San Jose Earthquakes acquired this second-round pick and a second-round selection in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft from D.C. United in exchange for a second-round pick (#19) in the 2000 SuperDraft. "R2 trade" Adrian Narine F Joe Public F.C. Round 2 trades R2 trade Round 3 thumb|The Miami Fusion selected Nick Rimando 35th overall. He holds the Major League Soccer records for career wins, shutouts, saves, minutes played and overall appearances. He earned 22 caps with the US Men's National Team and was selected to the 2014 FIFA World Cup squad. Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 25 Miami Fusion'#25: Pick originally belonged to MetroStars. → Miami Fusion. "R3 trade" David Wright D Creighton University 26 Colorado Rapids#26: Kansas City Wizards → New England Revolution → Colorado Rapids. 6 February 2000: Colorado Rapids acquired this third-round pick and a first-round selection (#10) in the 2000 SuperDraft from New England Revolution in exchange for a third-round selection (#31) in the 2000 SuperDraft and forward Wolde Harris. On 2 January 2000, New England had acquired this third-round pick and second-round and fourth-round picks in the 2000 SuperDraft from Kansas City Wizards in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2000 SuperDraft and midfielder Jeff Baicher. "R3 trade" Jeff DiMaria F Saint Louis University 27 D.C. United'#27: Pick originally belonged to New England Revolution. → D.C. United. "R3 trade" Sergio Salas* F Project-40 28 San Jose Earthquakes Jon Conway GK Rutgers University 29 Los Angeles Galaxy#29: Miami Fusion → Los Angeles Galaxy. 6 February 2000: Los Angeles Galaxy acquired this third-round pick from Miami Fusion in exchange for a third-round pick (#35) in the 2000 SuperDraft and a second-round selection in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft from Los Angeles Galaxy . "R3 trade" José Retiz M Rancho Santiago – Santa Ana 30 Kansas City Wizards#30: Pick originally belonged to Tampa Bay Mutiny. New England Revolution → Kansas City Wizards. 2 January 2000: Kansas City Wizards acquired this third-round selection in the 2000 SuperDraft and midfielder Jeff Baicher from New England Revolution in exchange for second-round, third-round, and fourth-round picks in the 2000 SuperDraft. More information needed. "R3 trade" Kerry Zavagnin† D Lehigh Valley Steam (A-League) 31 New England Revolution#31: Colorado Rapids → New England Revolution. 6 February 2000: New England Revolution acquired this third-round selection and forward Wolde Harris from Colorado Rapids in exchange for a first-round selection (#10) and a third-round selection (#26) in the 2000 SuperDraft. "R3 trade"Shaker Asad* M North Carolina State University 32 Chicago Fire Yuri Lavrinenko M Indiana University 33 Columbus Crew Brian Winters M University of Portland 34 Dallas Burn Steve Bernal D Creighton University 35 Miami Fusion#35: Los Angeles Galaxy → Miami Fusion. 6 February 2000: Miami Fusion acquired this third-round pick and a second-round selection in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft from Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for a third-round pick (#29) in the 2000 SuperDraft. "R3 trade" Nick Rimando*^ GK UCLA 36 New England Revolution'#36: Pick originally belonged to D.C. United. → New England Revolution. "R3 trade" Fabio Zúñiga F Raritan Valley Community College Round 3 trades R3 trade Round 4 Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 37 MetroStars Daniel Alvarez M Furman University 38 New England Revolution#38: Kansas City Wizards → New England Revolution. 2 January 2000: New England Revolution acquired this fourth-round pick and second-round and third-round picks in the 2000 SuperDraft from Kansas City Wizards in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2000 SuperDraft and midfielder Jeff Baicher. "R4 trade" Adam Eyre D Santa Clara University 39 New England Revolution Bo Oshoniyi GK Atlanta Silverbacks (A-League) 40 San Jose Earthquakes Andrew Hemmerich D Stanford University 41 D.C. United#41: Miami Fusion → D.C. United. 6 February 2000: D.C. United acquired this fourth-round selection from Miami Fusion in exchange for a fourth-round selection in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft and midfielder Keith Beach. "R4 trade" Michael Burke F Charleston Battery (A-League) 42 Tampa Bay Mutiny Amos Magee F Minnesota Thunder (A-League) 43 Colorado Rapids Lance Key D Trinity University 44 Chicago Fire John Wolyniec F Long Island Rough Riders (A-League) 45 Columbus Crew Christof Lindenmayer F Loyola College in Maryland 46 Dallas Burn Brian Piesner M Rutgers University 47 Los Angeles Galaxy Josh Henderson F Lehigh Valley Steam (A-League) 48 MetroStars'#48: Pick originally belonged to D.C. United. → MetroStars. "R4 trade" Orlando Perez M Orange County Zodiac (A-League) Round 4 trades R4 trade Round 5 Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 49 MetroStars Colby Jackson F Cal State-Fullerton 50 Kansas City Wizards Tom Zawislan GK Creighton University 51 Tampa Bay Mutiny#51: New England Revolution → Tampa Bay Mutiny. 7 February 1999: Tampa Bay Mutiny acquired this fifth-round pick, originally a second-round selection in the canceled 2000 MLS Supplemental Draft, from New England Revolution in exchange for a second-round selection in the 1999 MLS College Draft. "R5 trade" Mark Schulte D Twin Cities Tornado (PDL) 52 San Jose Earthquakes Ian Russell F Seattle Sounders (A-League) 53 Miami Fusion Pablo Gentile D Miami Breakers (PDL) 54 Tampa Bay Mutiny Brian Waltrip F University of South Florida 55 Colorado Rapids Peter Scavo F Seton Hall University 56 Chicago Fire Alejandro Rincon M Southern Connecticut State 57 Columbus Crew Dominic Schell D University of Mobile 58 Dallas Burn Seth Marks D Furman University 59 Los Angeles Galaxy Thomas Serna F Rancho Santiago (Mexico) 60 D.C. United Micah Cooks* M Project-40 Round 5 trades R5 trade Round 6 Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 61 MetroStars Jake Dancy D Kansas City Wizards 62 Kansas City Wizards Casey Sweeney D Indiana Blast (A-League) 63 New England Revolution Tom Hardy D Vancouver 86ers (A-League) 64 Tampa Bay Mutiny#64: San Jose Earthquakes → Chicago Fire → Tampa Bay Mutiny. 6 February 2000: Tampa Bay Mutiny acquired this sixth-round selection and another sixth-round selection (#65) from Chicago Fire in exchange for a sixth-round selection in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft. On 29 June 1999, Chicago Fire acquired this sixth-round selection, originally a third-round selection in the canceled 2000 MLS Supplemental Draft, and a first-round selection in the 2000 SuperDraft from San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for midfielder Ryan Tinsley. "R6 trade" Ubusuku Abukusumo D Columbus Crew 65 Tampa Bay Mutiny#65: Miami Fusion → Chicago Fire → Tampa Bay Mutiny. 6 February 2000: Tampa Bay Mutiny acquired this sixth-round selection and another sixth-round selection (#64) from Chicago Fire in exchange for a sixth-round selection in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft. On 19 February 1999, Chicago had acquired this sixth-round pick, originally a third-round selection in the canceled 2000 MLS Supplemental Draft, from Miami Fusion in exchange for defender Tomasz Wygonik. "R6 trade" Ernest Inneh F Staten Island Vipers (A-League) 66 Tampa Bay Mutiny Mike Gentile M Minnesota Thunder (A-League) 67 Colorado Rapids Rich Cullen GK Air Force Academy 68 Chicago Fire Kevin Jackson M Lehigh University 69 Columbus Crew PASS 70 Dallas Burn Angel Rivillo M Creighton University 71 Los Angeles Galaxy Ali John Utush F San Francisco Bay Seals (A-League) 72 D.C. United PASS Round 6 trades R6 trade 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. References 2 "ref" Colorado Rapids All-Time Draft History http://www.coloradorapids.com/club/history/draft Colorado Rapids 22 November 2014 L.A. trades Beasley for Fire's first-round pick http://espn.go.com/soccer/news/2000/0206/340511.html https://web.archive.org/web/20030225102831/http://espn.go.com/soccer/news/2000/0206/340511.html dead February 25, 2003 ESPN.com 6 February 2000 22 November 2014 Miami gets Williams for draft pick, Baicher goes to Kansas City. http://www.soccertimes.com/mls/2000/jan03.htm Soccer Times 3 January 2000 26 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103240/http://www.soccertimes.com/mls/2000/jan03.htm 24 September 2015 dead MLS: Fire trades Josh Keller back to Tampa Bay http://www.socceramerica.com/article/8954/mls-fire-trades-josh-keller-back-to-tampa-bay.html Soccer America 6 May 1999 26 November 2014 MLS: Fire trades midfielder Tinsley to San Jose http://www.socceramerica.com/article/8602/mls-fire-trades-midfielder-tinsley-to-san-jose.html Soccer America 29 June 1999 19 November 2015 Rapids acquire International Allocation and defender from Kansas City for Peter Vermes and Matt McKeon http://www.intermark.com/rapids/rp000203b.html Colorado Rapids 4 February 2000 26 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924035516/http://www.intermark.com/rapids/rp000203b.html 2015-09-24 dead Transactions – February 8, 1999 https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/08/sports/transactions-243108.html New York Times 8 February 1999 26 November 2014 New England Revolution Dates of Note http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/history/dates-of-note New England Revolution 22 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141128022248/http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/history/dates-of-note 28 November 2014 dead dmy-all Columbus Crew Important Dates http://www.thecrew.com/media/important-dates Columbus Crew 26 November 2014 7 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130907135110/http://www.thecrew.com/media/important-dates dead D.C. 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United 15 November 2014 23 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923213504/http://www.dcunited.com/media-guide/history/All-Time-Player-Transactions dead Chicago Fire 2011 Media Guide http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/sites/g/files/g211536/f/2011%20Chicago%20Fire%20Media%20Guide.pdf Chicago Fire 22 November 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140718044012/http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/sites/g/files/g211536/f/2011%20Chicago%20Fire%20Media%20Guide.pdf 18 July 2014 San Jose Earthquakes Media Guide 2011 http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/sites/mlsdigitalpr.drupalgardens.com/files/2011%20San%20Jose%20Earthquakes%20Media%20Guide.pdf San Jose Earthquakes 22 November 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214322/http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/sites/mlsdigitalpr.drupalgardens.com/files/2011%20San%20Jose%20Earthquakes%20Media%20Guide.pdf 3 March 2016 MLS Superdraft: The Trades http://www.socceramerica.com/article/14453/mls-superdraft-the-trades.html Soccer America 6 February 2000 22 November 2014 Fusion Maneuvers To Draft Duke Star http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-02-08/sports/9902080042_1_fusion-supplemental-draft-jay-heaps https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235642/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-02-08/sports/9902080042_1_fusion-supplemental-draft-jay-heaps dead March 3, 2016 Sun-Sentinel 8 February 1999 26 November 2014 MLS: Fusion acquires Kamler, sends Maessner to D.C. http://www.socceramerica.com/article/8514/mls-fusion-acquires-kamler-sends-maessner-to-dc.html Soccer America 19 July 1999 26 November 2014 Transactions – February 19, 1999 https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/19/sports/transactions-414417.html New York Times 19 February 1999 26 November 2014 Category:Major League Soccer drafts SuperDraft MLS SuperDraft Category:Soccer in Florida Category:Sports in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Category:Organized events in Fort Lauderdale, Florida MLS SuperDraft