2003 MLS SuperDraft

College draft for soccer teams August 2023 2003 MLS SuperDraft Soccer January 17, 2003 Kansas City, Missouri Fox Sports World Alecko Eskandarian, D.C. United 60 2002 2004 The 2003 MLS Superdraft was held January 17, 2003 in Kansas City, Missouri. It was the fifth annual SuperDraft held by Major League Soccer. Player selection thumb|The MetroStars selected Ricardo Clark second overall. A 3x MLS All-Star, he was named to the 2006 MLS Best XI. Clark earned 34 caps with the US Men's National Team and was selected to the 2010 FIFA World Cup squad. thumb|The MetroStars selected Mike Magee 4th overall. In 2013, he won the Major League Soccer MVP and was named to the MLS Best XI. thumb|San Jose selected Todd Dunivant 6th overall. He was named to the 2011 MLS Best XI. Key * Denotes a player contracted under the Project-40 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 Position Affiliation 1 D.C. United Alecko Eskandarian*^ F University of Virginia 2 MetroStars Ricardo Clark*^† M Furman University 3 Chicago Fire#3: Kansas City Wizards → Chicago Fire. 2003-01-07: Chicago Fire acquired this first-round pick from Kansas City Wizards in exchange for forward Josh Wolff. "R1 trade" Nate Jaqua*^ F University of Portland 4 MetroStars#4: Chicago Fire → Dallas Burn → MetroStars. 2003-01-17: MetroStars acquired this first-round pick from Dallas Burn in exchange for midfielder Brad Davis. On 2002-05-18, Dallas had acquired this pick from Chicago Fire in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2003 SuperDraft and an undisclosed amount of salary cap relief. "R1 trade" Mike Magee*^†~ F Nike Project-40 5 D.C. United#5: Dallas Burn → MetroStars → D.C. United. 2002-12-23: D.C. United acquired this first-round pick, defender Mike Petke, and an allocation from MetroStars in exchange for defender Eddie Pope, midfielder Richie Williams, and forward Jaime Moreno. On 2002-03-13, MetroStars had acquired this pick and midfielder Winston Griffiths from Dallas Burn in exchange for goalkeeper D.J. Countess and a second-round pick in the 2003 SuperDraft. "R1 trade" David Stokes* D University of North Carolina 6 San Jose Earthquakes Todd Dunivant D Stanford University 7 Columbus Crew Diego Walsh M Southern Methodist University 8 Los Angeles Galaxy#8: Colorado Rapids → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2001-04-02: Los Angeles Galaxy acquired this first-round pick from Colorado Rapids as part of a trade for defender Robin Fraser. "R1 trade" Guillermo Gonzalez* M Nike Project-40 9 New England Revolution#9: New England Revolution → Miami Fusion → New England Revolution. 2001-08-16: New England Revolution re-acquired this first-round pick and acquired defender Leo Cullen from Miami Fusion in exchange for forward Johnny Torres and midfielder Shaker Asad. On 2001-06-20, Miami had acquired this pick and defender Brian Dunseth from New England in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2003 SuperDraft and defender Jay Heaps. "R1 trade" Pat Noonan^ F Indiana University 10 Dallas Burn#10: Los Angeles Galaxy → Dallas Burn. 2003-01-17: Dallas Burn acquired this first-round pick from Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for selections in the second-round and sixth-round. "R1 trade" Shavar Thomas D University of Connecticut Round one trades R1 trade Round Two thumb|The MetroStars selected Eddie Gaven12th overall. He was named to the 2004 MLS Best XI. thumb|The Earthquakes selected Arturo Álvarez 13th overall. With the National Team from El Salvador, he earned 46 caps. Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 11 D.C. United Brian Carroll* M Wake Forest University 12 MetroStars#12: MetroStars → Dallas Burn → Los Angeles Galaxy → MetroStars. 2003-01-17: MetroStars acquired this second-round pick from Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for a first-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. Earlier in the day, Los Angeles had acquired this pick and a sixth-round pick from Dallas Burn in exchange for a first-round selection. On 2002-03-13, Dallas had acquired this pick and goalkeeper D.J. Countess from MetroStars in exchange for midfielder Winston Griffiths and a first-round pick in the 2003 SuperDraft. "R2 trade" Eddie Gaven*^† M Nike Project-40 13 San Jose Earthquakes#13: Kansas City Wizards → D.C. United → Kansas City Wizards → San Jose Earthquakes. 2003-01-17: San Jose Earthquakes acquired this second-round pick and a conditional selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft from Kansas City Wizards in exchange for defender Jimmy Conrad. On 2002-07-29, Kansas City had re-acquired this selection and a third-round pick in the 2004 SuperDraft from D.C. United in exchange for a Discovery Pick. On 2002-02-10, D.C. United had acquired future considerations, which became this pick, from Kansas City in exchange for defender Carey Talley. "R2 trade" Arturo Alvarez* M Nike Project-40 14 D.C. United#14: Chicago Fire → D.C. United. 2002-07-18: D.C. United acquired this second-round pick from Chicago Fire in exchange for defender Orlando Perez. "R2 trade" Doug Warren GK Clemson University 15 Dallas Burn Jason Thompson* F Eastern Illinois University 16 Los Angeles Galaxy#16: San Jose Earthquakes → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2003-01-17: Los Angeles Galaxy acquired this second-round pick from San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for forward Brian Mullan. "R2 trade" Scot Thompson D UCLA 17 MetroStars#17: Columbus Crew → MetroStars. 2003-01-17: MetroStars acquired this second-round pick from Columbus Crew in exchange for defender Nelson Akwari and a second-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. "R2 trade" Tim Regan D Bradley University 18 Chicago Fire#18: Colorado Rapids → Chicago Fire. 2002-05-09: Chicago Fire acquired this second-round pick from Colorado Rapids in exchange for midfielder Raúl Palacios. "R2 trade"Damani Ralph^§ F University of Connecticut 19 Los Angeles Galaxy#19: New England Revolution → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2003-01-17: Los Angeles Galaxy acquired this second-round pick and midfielder Alex Pineda Chacón from New England Revolution in exchange for goalkeeper Matt Reis. "R2 trade" Arturo Torres M Loyola Marymount University 20 Los Angeles Galaxy#20: Los Angeles Galaxy → D.C. United → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2002-08-15: Los Angeles Galaxy re-acquired this second-round pick, originally a conditional selection, from D.C. United in exchange for forward Henry Zambrano. On 2002-01-12, D.C. United had acquired this pick and first-round and second-round selections in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft from Los Angeles in exchange for forward Chris Albright and a second-round pick in the 2002 SuperDraft. "R2 trade" Ricky Lewis* D Clemson University Round two trades R2 trade Round Three Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 21 Dallas Burn#21: D.C. United → Dallas Burn. 2002-03-13: Dallas Burn acquired this third-round pick from D.C. United in exchange for forward Ali Curtis. "R3 trade" David Comfort GK University of Virginia 22 New England Revolution#22: MetroStars → New England Revolution. 2002-02-10: New England Revolution acquired this third-round pick from MetroStars in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft. "R3 trade" Dimelon Westfield F Clemson University 23 San Jose Earthquakes#23: Kansas City Wizards → San Jose Earthquakes. 2001-03-13: San Jose Earthquakes acquired this third-round selection, originally a conditional pick, and a second-round selection in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft, also originally a conditional selection, from Kansas City Wizards in exchange for defender Mike Burns. "R3 trade" Roger Levesque F Stanford University 24 Chicago Fire Logan Pause* M University of North Carolina 25 Chicago Fire#25: Dallas Burn → Chicago Fire. 2001-03-27: Chicago Fire acquired this third-round pick from Dallas Burn in exchange for goalkeeper Chris Snitko. "R3 trade" Ryan Mack M Indiana University 26 Chicago Fire#26: San Jose Earthquakes → Dallas Burn → Chicago Fire. 2002-05-18: Chicago Fire acquired this third-round pick and an undisclosed amount of salary cap relief from Dallas Burn in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2003 SuperDraft. On 2002-02-10, Dallas had acquired this pick from San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft. "R3 trade" Phil Swenda F Seton Hall University 27 Colorado Rapids#27: Columbus Crew → Colorado Rapids. 2003-01-17: Colorado Rapids acquired this third-round pick from Columbus Crew in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2003 SuperDraft and a third-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. "R3 trade" Jason Cole D St. Louis University 28 Colorado Rapids Alex Blake F Williams College 29 New England Revolution Kyle Singer GK Boston College 30 MetroStars#30: Los Angeles Galaxy → MetroStars. 2002-04-20: MetroStars acquired this third-round pick, originally a conditional pick, from Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for midfielder Winston Griffiths. "R3 trade" Tim Glowienka D University of South Carolina Round three trades R3 trade Round Four thumb|The Chicago Fire selected Rob Friend 35th overall despite him previously signing a contract with Norwegian club Moss FK. He would play in Major League Soccer in 2014. He earned 32 caps with the Canada Men's National Team. Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 31 D.C. United Hayden Woodworth M Messiah College 32 MetroStars Kenny Arena D University of Virginia 33 Kansas City Wizards Taylor Graham D Stanford University 34 Dallas Burn#34: Chicago Fire → Dallas Burn. 2002-01-15: Dallas Burn acquired this fourth-round pick, originally a conditional selection, and a sixth-round pick in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft from Chicago Fire in exchange for forward Aleksey Korol and midfielder Miguel Saavedra. "R4 trade" Mike Tranchilla F Creighton University 35 Chicago Fire#35: Dallas Burn → Chicago Fire. 2003-01-17: Chicago Fire acquired this fourth-round pick from Dallas Burn in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. "R4 trade" Rob Friend F UC Santa Barbara 36 San Jose Earthquakes Josh Saunders^ GK University of California 37 Columbus Crew Michael Ritch F Auburn University 38 Colorado Rapids Matt Crawford M University of North Carolina 39 San Jose Earthquakes#39: New England Revolution → San Jose Earthquakes. 2002-07-30: San Jose Earthquakes acquired this fourth-round pick from New England Revolution in exchange for salary budget relief. "R4 trade" Jamil Walker M Santa Clara University 40 Los Angeles Galaxy Hamid Mehreioskouei F Bradley University Round four trades R4 trade Round Five thumb|The Kansas City Wizards selected Jack Jewsbury 43 overall. He was selected to the 2011 MLS All-Star Game. Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 41 D.C. United John Swann D Indiana University 42 MetroStars Jacob LeBlanc* M University of Virginia 43 Kansas City Wizards Jack Jewsbury^ M St. Louis University 44 Chicago Fire Chad Dombrowski D University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee 45 Dallas Burn Michael Mariscalco M Butler University 46 San Jose Earthquakes Johanes Maliza M Stanford University 47 Columbus Crew Guy Abrahamson M Rutgers University 48 Colorado Rapids Casey Schmidt F Boston College 49 MetroStars#49: New England Revolution → MetroStars. 2003-01-17: MetroStars acquired this fifth-round pick from New England Revolution in exchange for a sixth-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. "R5 trade" Marco Vélez M Barry University 50 Los Angeles Galaxy Jimmy Frazelle M UCLA Round five trades R5 trade Round Six Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 51 D.C. United Michael Behonick GK American University 52 Dallas Burn#52: MetroStars → Dallas Burn. 2002-02-10: Dallas Burn acquired this sixth-round pick from MetroStars in exchange for a sixth-round selection in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft. "R6 trade" Andy Rosenband F Ohio State University 53 Kansas City Wizards Kevin Friedland D Southern Methodist University 54 Chicago Fire Ryan Futagaki M UCLA 55 Los Angeles Galaxy#55: Dallas Burn → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2003-01-17: Los Angeles Galaxy acquired this sixth-round pick and a second-round pick from Dallas Burn in exchange for a first-round selection. "R6 trade" Joe Barton GK Cal State-Northridge 56 San Jose Earthquakes Frank Sanfilippo M San Jose State University 57 New England Revolution#57: Columbus Crew → New England Revolution. 2002-02-10: New England Revolution acquired this sixth-round pick from Columbus Crew in exchange for a fifth-round selection in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft. "R6 trade" PASS 58 Columbus Crew#58: Colorado Rapids → Columbus Crew. 2003-01-17: Columbus Crew acquired this sixth-round pick and a third-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft from Colorado Rapids in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2003 SuperDraft. "R6 trade" Jake Traeger M Ohio State University 59 D.C. United#59: Pick originally belonged to New England Revolution. Info needed on how D.C. acquired this pick. "R6 trade" PASS 60 Kansas City Wizards#60: Los Angeles Galaxy → Kansas City Wizards. 2003-01-17: Kansas City Wizards acquired this sixth-round pick from Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for a sixth-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. "R6 trade" Byron Carmichael F Marshall University Round six trades R6 trade Notable undrafted players Player Pos Affiliation Played in MLS Notes Troy Perkins GK University of Evansville 2004–07; 2010–15 7 caps with U.S. national team; 2006 MLS Best XI References https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/mls/2003-01-18-draft-list_x.htm USA Today MLS Draft List 2 "ref" Fire Trades Wolff to Kansas City http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=1982203 Chicago Fire 7 January 2003 18 September 2013 MetroStars trade for United's Pope http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/us/news/2002/12/23/united_metrostars_ap/ https://archive.today/20130920193359/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/us/news/2002/12/23/united_metrostars_ap/ dead September 20, 2013 Sports Illustrated 23 December 2002 19 September 2013 MetroStars acquire Winston Griffiths, No. 1 pick in 2003 from Dallas http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=1963218 NY/NJ MetroStars 13 March 2002 19 September 2013 Galaxy on the Clock for MLS Superdraft http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=1982753 Los Angeles Galaxy 13 January 2003 18 September 2013 August 17, 2001 Transactions https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/17/sports/transactions-747840.html New York Times 17 August 2001 22 November 2014 June 21, 2001 Transactions https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/21/sports/transactions-905801.html New York Times 21 June 2001 22 November 2014 Burn Lands 2002 Rookie of the Year Finalist Brad Davis in Draft Day Deal http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=1983094 Dallas Burn 17 January 2003 18 September 2013 Wizards Acquire Jimmy Conrad, Draft Four Others in 2003 MLS Super Draft http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=1983116 Kansas City Wizards 17 January 2003 19 September 2013 Wizards Attendance Showing Growth for Fourth Consecutive Year http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=1972263 Kansas City Wizards 29 July 2002 6 October 2013 United's Talley Traded to Wizards https://apnews.com/f76289da23cc71c0380ad7d54b6f7f5d Associated Press 10 February 2002 6 October 2013 Crew Drafts Walsh out of SMU http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=1983115 Columbus Crew 17 January 2003 19 September 2013 MLS 2002 SuperDraft http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/us/news/2002/02/10/mls_draft/ https://web.archive.org/web/20020211013147/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/us/news/2002/02/10/mls_draft/ dead February 11, 2002 Sports Illustrated 10 February 2002 6 October 2013 Ramos Ready to Hang 'Em Up http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=1967279 Major League Soccer 14 May 2002 6 October 2013 Galaxy Drafts Local Phenom http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=1983112 Los Angeles Galaxy 17 January 2003 19 September 2013 Galaxy Sends Henry Zambrano to D.C. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=1973417 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 August 2002 20 September 2013 Chris Albright Player Page http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/chris-albright Major League Soccer 20 September 2013 D.C. United Trades Orlando Perez http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=1971447 D.C. United 18 July 2002 20 September 2013 Galaxy on the Clock for MLS Superdraft http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=1982753 Los Angeles Galaxy 13 January 2003 20 September 2013 Major League Soccer Draft - 2003 http://espnfc.com/draft?league=usa.1&year=2003&type=super&cc=5901 ESPN 20 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054628/http://espnfc.com/draft?league=usa.1&year=2003&type=super&cc=5901 2013-09-21 dead Major League Soccer Draft - 2002 http://espnfc.com/draft?league=usa.1&year=2002&type=super&cc=5901 ESPN 20 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055129/http://espnfc.com/draft?league=usa.1&year=2002&type=super&cc=5901 2013-09-21 dead United Gets Curtis From Burn https://apnews.com/65baf608481623581d831169d2bb52d4 Associated Press 13 March 2002 6 October 2013 MLS Transactions Update (March 19, 2001) http://www.socceramerica.com/article/13024/mls-transactions-update-march-19-2001.html Soccer America 19 March 2001 6 October 2013 MLS Notes http://www.soccertimes.com/mls/2001/mar28.htm Soccer Times 28 March 2001 22 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130510051409/http://www.soccertimes.com/mls/2001/mar28.htm 10 May 2013 dead San Jose Earthquakes Acquire 2003 MLS SuperDraft Pick From New England Revolution http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=1972325 San Jose Earthquakes 30 July 2002 6 October 2013 All-Time Transactions; Chicago Fire Media Guide http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/sites/mlsdigitalpr.drupalgardens.com/files/201308/2013%20Chicago%20Fire%20Media%20Guide.pdf#overlay-context=content/2013-club-media-guides Chicago Fire February 2013 28 September 2013 Category:Major League Soccer drafts SuperDraft MLS SuperDraft Category:Soccer in Kansas City, Missouri Category:Organized events in Kansas City, Missouri MLS SuperDraft Category:2000s in Kansas City, Missouri