2005 MLS SuperDraft

College draft for soccer teams August 2023 2005 MLS SuperDraft 2005 MLS SuperDraft logo.png Soccer January 14, 2005 12:00 p.m. (ET) Baltimore, Maryland Fox Sports World Nikolas Besagno, Real Salt Lake D.C. UnitedMetroStars(2 selections) Chicago FireSan Jose Earthquakes(7 selections) 48 2004 2006 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 thumb|Chivas USA selected Brad Guzan 2nd overall. The 2007 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year is a 2x MLS All-Star and named to the 2007 MLS Best XI. He earned 64 caps with the US Men's National Team and was selected to the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup squads. thumb|FC Dallas selected Drew Moor 6th overall. The 2015 MLS All-Star is a member of 400 games played club and holds the record for the most consecutive games played by a field player at 68 matches. thumb|New England selected Michael Parkhurst 9th overall. The 2005 MLS Rookie of the Year is a 6x All-Star and in 2007 won the MLS Defender of the Year and was named to the MLS Best XI. Key * Denotes a player contracted under the Generation Adidas program ^ Denotes player who has been selected to an MLS All-Star Game§ Denotes a player who won the MLS Rookie of the Year † Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team ~Denotes a player who won the MLS MVP Round one Pick # MLS Team Player Pos Position Affiliation1 Real Salt Lake USA Nikolas Besagno* M Generation Adidas2 Chivas USA USA Brad Guzan*^† GK University of South Carolina3 Chicago Fire USA Chad Barrett* F UCLA4 San Jose Earthquakes#4: FC Dallas → San Jose Earthquakes. January 14, 2005: San Jose acquired this pick, midfielder Brad Davis, and an allocation from FC Dallas in exchange for the #6 pick, the #29 pick, midfielder Richard Mulrooney, and midfielder Arturo Alvarez. "R1 trade" USA Danny O'Rourke M Indiana University5 Los Angeles Galaxy#5: San Jose Earthquakes → Los Angeles Galaxy. January 12, 2005: Los Angeles acquired this pick, defender Todd Dunivant, and goalkeeper Steve Cronin from San Jose in exchange for the #6 pick, forward Alejandro Moreno, and defender Chris Aloisi. "R1 trade" USA Ugo Ihemelu D SMU6 F.C. Dallas#6: MetroStars → Los Angeles Galaxy → San Jose Earthquakes → FC Dallas. January 14, 2005: FC Dallas acquired this pick, the #29 pick, midfielder Richard Mulrooney, and midfielder Arturo Alvarez from San Jose in exchange for the #4 pick, midfielder Brad Davis, and an allocation. San Jose had acquired this pick, forward Alejandro Moreno, and defender Chris Aloisi from Los Angeles in exchange for pick #5, defender Todd Dunivant, and goalkeeper Steve Cronin on January 12, 2005. Los Angeles had acquired this pick and future considerations from MetroStars in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft on January 14, 2004. "R1 trade"USA Drew Moor*^ D Indiana University7 Colorado Rapids USA Hunter Freeman* D University of Virginia8 Los Angeles Galaxy#8: Columbus Crew → Los Angeles Galaxy. January 12, 2004: Los Angeles acquired this pick from Columbus in exchange for midfielder Simon Elliott. "R1 trade" USA Troy Roberts D University of California9 New England Revolution USA Michael Parkhurst*^§† D Wake Forest University10 Chicago Fire#10: Los Angeles Galaxy → Chicago Fire. January 16, 2004: Chicago acquired this pick from Los Angeles in exchange for the #14 pick in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. "R1 trade" USA Jack Stewart D University of Notre Dame11 Kansas City Wizards TRI Scott Sealy F Wake Forest University12 MetroStars#12: D.C. United → MetroStars → FC Dallas → MetroStars. January 14, 2005: MetroStars re-acquired this pick from FC Dallas in exchange for forward Cornell Glen. FC Dallas had acquired this pick (originally future considerations) from MetroStars in exchange for midfielder Joselito Vaca on February 5, 2004. The future considerations were to be either MetroStars' 2006 natural first- and second-round selections or a 2005 first-round selection should MetroStars acquire a first-round pick prior to the draft. Earlier in the day, MetroStars had acquired this pick and pick #25 from D.C. United as final compensation for the March 2, 2004 trade which sent Jaime Moreno from MetroStars to D.C. United. "R1 trade"USA Tim Ward* D Saint Louis University Round one trades R1 trade Round two thumb|New England selected James Riley 21st overall. He would go on to play in 249 Major League Soccer games. Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation13 Real Salt Lake USA Jamie Watson* F University of North Carolina14 C.D. Chivas USA USA Christian Jimenez* M University of South Florida15 Los Angeles Galaxy#15: Chicago Fire → FC Dallas → Kansas City Wizards → Los Angeles Galaxy. January 14, 2005: Los Angeles acquired this pick from Kansas City in exchange for midfielder Sasha Victorine. Kansas City had acquired this pick (originally a conditional selection), the #4 selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft, and defender Shavar Thomas from FC Dallas in exchange for defender Carey Talley, midfielder Eric Quill, and the #7 selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft on January 16, 2004. FC Dallas had acquired this pick (originally a conditional selection) from Chicago in exchange for goalkeeper DJ Countess February 20, 2004. "R2 trade" USA Michael Enfield M UCLA16 Kansas City Wizards#16: FC Dallas → Colorado Rapids → Kansas City Wizards. January 13, 2005: Kansas City acquired this pick from Colorado in exchange for pick #33 and pick #36. Colorado had acquired this pick from FC Dallas in exchange for goalkeeper Scott Garlick on December 17, 2003. "R2 trade"USA Ryan Pore* F University of Tulsa17 San Jose Earthquakes USA Kevin Goldthwaite D University of Notre Dame18 Chicago Fire#18: MetroStars → Chicago Fire. January 16, 2004: Chicago acquired this pick from MetroStars in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. "R2 trade"USA Will John* M Saint Louis University19 D.C. United#19: Colorado Rapids → D.C. United. June 29, 2004: D.C. United acquired this pick from Colorado in exchange for the rights to discovery player Alberto Delgado. "R2 trade" USA Nick Van Sicklen M University of Wisconsin–Madison20 Columbus Crew#20: Columbus Crew → Colorado Rapids → Columbus Crew. January 16, 2004: Columbus re-acquired this pick from Colorado in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft and the rights to defender Stephen Herdsman. Colorado had acquired this pick (originally a conditional pick) and pick #16 in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft from Columbus in exchange for defender Robin Fraser on January 14, 2004. "R2 trade" USA Marcus Storey M University of North Carolina21 New England Revolution USA James Riley D Wake Forest University22 Real Salt Lake#22: Los Angeles Galaxy → Real Salt Lake. January 14, 2005: Real Salt Lake acquired this pick from Los Angeles in exchange for an allocation. "R2 trade" USA Jay Nolly GK Indiana University23 Columbus Crew#23: Kansas City Wizards → Columbus Crew. January 15, 2004: Columbus acquired this pick from Kansas City in exchange for midfielder Diego Walsh. "R2 trade" USA Domenic Mediate M University of Maryland24 Kansas City Wizards#24: D.C. United → Kansas City Wizards. January 16, 2004: Kansas City acquired this pick and pick #36 from D.C. United in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. "R2 trade" USA Christopher Sawyer GK University of Notre Dame Round two trades R2 trade Round three thumb|Chicago selected Chris Rolfe 29th overall. Rolfe appeared in 239 MLS matches and earned 10 cap with the US Men's National Team. An injury in 2010 ruled him out of participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation25 MetroStars#25: Real Salt Lake → Chicago Fire → D.C. United → MetroStars. January 14, 2005: MetroStars acquired this pick and pick #12 from D.C. United as final compensation for the March 2, 2004 trade which sent Jaime Moreno from MetroStars to D.C. United. Earlier the same day, D.C. United had acquired this pick from Chicago in exchange for D.C.'s natural second-round selection in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. Chicago had acquired this pick and a second-round selection in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft from Real Salt Lake in exchange for forward Dipsy Selolwane and defender Evan Whitfield on December 30, 2004. "R3 trade" USA Chris Corcoran M St. Johns University26 C.D. Chivas USA USA Aaron Lopez D UCLA27 F.C. Dallas#27: Chicago Fire → FC Dallas. August 31, 2004: FC Dallas acquired this pick from Chicago in exchange for the discovery option on forward Andy Herron. "R3 trade" CAN Winston Marshall D Wright State University28 F.C. Dallas USA Chris Gomez GK Brown University29 Chicago Fire#29: San Jose Earthquakes → FC Dallas → Chicago Fire. January 14, 2005: Chicago acquired this pick from FC Dallas in exchange for goalkeeper Henry Ring and a second-round selection in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. Earlier on the same day, FC Dallas had acquired this pick, the #6 pick, midfielder Richard Mulrooney, and midfielder Arturo Alvarez from San Jose in exchange for the #4 pick, midfielder Brad Davis, and an allocation. "R3 trade" USA Chris Rolfe F University of Dayton30 San Jose Earthquakes#30: MetroStars → San Jose Earthquakes. August 21, 2003: San Jose acquired this pick from MetroStars in exchange for a discovery player to be named later. The player was forward Andrzej Juskowiak. "R3 trade" USA Victor Arbelaez M UNLV31 San Jose Earthquakes#31: Colorado Rapids → San Jose Earthquakes. August 19, 2003: San Jose acquired this pick, pick #41, and a first-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft from Colorado in exchange for the rights to goalkeeper Joe Cannon. "R3 trade" USA Orlando Ramirez F Fresno Pacific University32 San Jose Earthquakes#32: Columbus Crew → San Jose Earthquakes. January 13, 2004: San Jose acquired this pick from Columbus in exchange for midfielder Manny Lagos. "R3 trade" USA C.J. Klaas D University of Washington33 New England Revolution#33: New England Revolution → Kansas City Wizards → Colorado Rapids → New England Revolution. January 14, 2005: New England re-acquired this pick from Colorado in exchange for pick #45 and a player to be named later. Colorado had acquired this pick and pick #36 from Kansas City in exchange for pick #16 on January 13, 2005. Info needed on how Kansas City acquired this pick from New England. "R3 trade"New Zealand Tony Lochhead D UC Santa Barbara34 Los Angeles Galaxy USA Quavas Kirk* F Generation adidas35 Chicago Fire#35: Kansas City Wizards → Chicago Fire. April 5, 2004: Chicago acquired this pick from Kansas City in exchange for midfielder Khari Stephenson. "R3 trade" CRC Gonzalo Segares D Virginia Commonwealth University36 Chicago Fire#36: D.C. United → Kansas City Wizards → Colorado Rapids → Chicago Fire. June 11, 2004: Chicago acquired this pick (originally a conditional selection) from Colorado in exchange for forward Rey Ángel Martínez. To fulfill the trade requirements, Colorado acquired this pick and pick #33 from Kansas City in exchange for pick #16 on January 13, 2005. Kansas City had acquired this pick and pick #24 from D.C. United in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft on January 16, 2004. "R3 trade" RSA Thabiso Khumalo M Coastal Carolina University Round three trades R3 trade Round four Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation37 Real Salt Lake USA Luke Kreamalmeyer M Bradley University38 C.D. Chivas USA USA Esteban Arias D University of Connecticut39 Chicago Fire GER Karim Deitz F Birmingham–Southern College40 F.C. Dallas USA Julian Nash F Creighton University41 San Jose Earthquakes#41: San Jose Earthquakes → Colorado Rapids → San Jose Earthquakes. August 19, 2003: San Jose re-acquired this pick, pick #31, and a first-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft from Colorado in exchange for the rights to goalkeeper Joe Cannon. Colorado had acquired this pick (originally a conditional selection) from San Jose in exchange for midfielder Wes Hart on February 28, 2004. "R4 trade" SWE Antouman Jallow F University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee42 San Jose Earthquakes#42: MetroStars → San Jose Earthquakes. December 10, 2004: San Jose acquired this pick from MetroStars in exchange for defender Jeff Agoos. "R4 trade" USA James Twellman D Stanford University43 Colorado Rapids ISR Guy Melamed D Boston College44 Columbus Crew USA Knox Cameron F University of Michigan45 Colorado Rapids#45: New England Revolution → Colorado Rapids. January 14, 2005: Colorado acquired this pick and a player to be named later from New England in exchange for pick #33. "R4 trade" USA Amir Lowery M Wake Forest University46 Los Angeles Galaxy ZIM Mubarike Chisoni M Coastal Carolina University47 Kansas City Wizards USA John Minagawa-Webster M Michigan State University48 D.C. United#48: D.C. United → San Jose Earthquakes → D.C. United. January 14, 2005: D.C. United re-acquired this pick from San Jose for a player to be named later. San Jose had acquired this pick and a first-round selection in the 2003 MLS supplemental draft from D.C. United in exchange for forward Devin Barclay and a first-round selection in the 2003 MLS supplemental draft on February 11, 2003. "R4 trade" USA Tim Merritt D University of North Carolina Round four trades R4 trade 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. Notes1USA 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. See also Draft (sports) Generation Adidas Major League Soccer MLS SuperDraft References 2 "ref" Galaxy acquire Todd Dunivant and Steve Cronin from Earthquakes http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3116416 Our Sports Central January 12, 2005 December 19, 2010 FC Dallas Acquires Richard Mulrooney, Arturo Alvarez, Picks from San Jose http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3117014 Our Sports Central January 14, 2005 December 18, 2010 MetroStars Execute Trade with Los Angeles http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=2993593 Our Sports Central January 14, 2004 December 19, 2010 L.A. Galaxy Acquire First Round Pick in 2005 http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=2993097 Our Sports Central January 12, 2004 December 19, 2010 Galaxy Select Eight Players at 2004 MLS SuperDraft http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=2994342 Our Sports Central January 16, 2004 December 19, 2010 FC Dallas Acquires Cornell Glen from MetroStars in exchange for 12th Pick at 2005 SuperDraft http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3117901 Our Sports Central January 17, 2005 December 19, 2010 Burn Trades Midfielder Joselito Vaca To MetroStars http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=2999939 Our Sports Central February 5, 2005 December 19, 2010 Rapids Prepare for Friday's MLS SuperDraft; Rules and Selection Order Revealed http://ww2.mlsnet.com/content/rapids-prepare-fridays-mls-superdraft-rules-and-selection-order-revealed MLSSoccer.com March 25, 2010 December 19, 2010 Re-posted date September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes MetroStars Select Two Players in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3117076 Our Sports Central January 14, 2005 December 18, 2010 Wizards Reload with Five Picks in 2004 MLS SuperDraft and Pick Up Veteran Defender http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=2994319 Our Sports Central January 16, 2004 December 19, 2010 Burn Trades Goalkeeper DJ Countess To Chicago http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3004432 Our Sports Central February 20, 2004 December 19, 2010 Wizards Bolster Attack in 2005 MLS SuperDraft, Land Sasha Victorine in Trade http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3117083 Our Sports Central January 14, 2005 December 18, 2010 Rapids Gain 2005 Third Round Draft Pick In Trade With Wizards http://www.mlssoccer.com/content/rapids-gain-2005-third-round-draft-pick-trade-wizards MLSSoccer.com January 13, 2005 December 19, 2010 Burn get Garlick http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=87501 BigSoccer.com December 16, 2003 December 19, 2010 MetroStars Pick Six In 2004 MLS SuperDraft http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=2994327 Our Sports Central January 16, 2004 December 19, 2010 Rapids pick defensively - eventually Pearce Alan Rocky Mountain News January 17, 2004 Scoreboard http://airwolf.lmtonline.com/sports/archive/011704/pageb2.pdf Laredo Morning Times January 17, 2004 December 19, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721072514/http://airwolf.lmtonline.com/sports/archive/011704/pageb2.pdf 2011-07-21 dead Crew Acquires Fraser from Colorado http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=2993658 Our Sports Central January 14, 2004 December 19, 2010 Galaxy select five players at 2005 MLS SuperDraft http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3117086 Our Sports Central January 14, 2005 December 18, 2010 Crew Trades Diego Walsh to Kansas City http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=2993917 Our Sports Central January 15, 2004 December 19, 2010 D.C. United Adds New Talent at 2004 MLS SuperDraft http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=2994291 Our Sports Central January 16, 2004 December 19, 2010 D.C. United Lands Nick Van Sicklen, Tim Merritt in Draft http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3117069 Our Sports Central January 14, 2005 December 18, 2010 Real Salt Lake Acquires Selolwane, Whitfield from Chicago Fire http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3112773 Our Sports Central January 14, 2005 December 19, 2010 Fire Signs Costa Rican National Team Forward Andy Herron http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3081458 Our Sports Central August 31, 2004 December 19, 2010 FC Dallas Acquires GoalKeeper Henry Ring and 2006 Second Round Pick http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3117038 Our Sports Central January 14, 2005 December 17, 2010 Comings and Goings: Metros transactions under Bradley http://www.bigapplesoccer.com/article.php?article_id=4164 Big Apple Soccer October 7, 2005 December 19, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110807214802/http://www.bigapplesoccer.com/article.php?article_id=4164 August 7, 2011 dead mdy-all MetroStars to sign Andrzej Juskowiak on Tuesday http://metrofanatic.com/story.jsp?ID=1503 MetroFanatic.com September 15, 2005 December 19, 2010 Rapids Gain 2005 Third Round Draft Pick In Trade With Wizards http://www.mlssoccer.com/content/rapids-gain-2005-third-round-draft-pick-trade-wizards MLSSoccer.com January 13, 2005 December 19, 2010 San Jose Earthquakes Acquire 2005 Third Round SuperDraft Selection From Columbus Crew http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=2993297 Our Sports Central January 13, 2004 December 19, 2010 Fire midfielder dealt to Wizards https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/04/09/fire-midfielder-dealt-to-wizards/ The Chicago Tribune April 9, 2004 December 19, 2010 Rapids Acquire First Cuban Player in MLS History, Rey Ángel Martinez http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3046520 Our Sports Central June 11, 2004 December 19, 2010 Rapids, Wizards exchange places http://www.mlssoccer.com/content/rapids-wizards-exchange-places MLSSoccer.com January 13, 2005 December 19, 2010 Re-posted January 23, 2010 Earthquakes Receive Veteran Midfielder/Defender Wes Hart In Trade With Colorado Rapids http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3006992 Our Sports Central February 28, 2004 December 19, 2010 Earthquakes Trade Defender Jeff Agoos to MetroStars http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3108324 Our Sports Central December 10, 2004 December 19, 2010 No. 1 Pick Nikolas Besagno of Real Salt Lake Becomes Second Youngest Player Drafted in MLS History http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3117089 Our Sports Central January 14, 2005 December 19, 2010 Earthquakes Select Seven Players and Make Two Major Trades at 2005 MLS SuperDraft in Baltimore http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3117105 Our Sports Central January 14, 2005 December 18, 2010 Earthquakes ship Barclay to D.C. 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