2004 MLS SuperDraft | |
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General information | |
Sport | Soccer |
Date(s) | January 16, 2004 |
Time | 10:00 am (EST) |
Location | Charlotte, North Carolina |
Network(s) | Fox Sports World |
Overview | |
60 total selections | |
First selection | Freddy Adu, D.C. United |
Most selections | Chicago Fire (10 selections) |
Fewest selections | D.C. United New England Revolution (4 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. [1] [2]
The draft also included Clint Dempsey (1st round), who later won MLS Rookie of the Year, [3] and teenager Michael Bradley (4th round), the son of MetroStars coach Bob Bradley. [4] 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.
* | 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 |
Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
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21 | MetroStars [R3 trade 1] | ![]() | GK | UCLA |
22 | Los Angeles Galaxy [R3 trade 2] | ![]() | M | UC Santa Barbara |
23 | New England Revolution [R3 trade 3] | ![]() | F | Wake Forest University |
24 | D.C. United [R3 trade 4] | ![]() | M | Harvard University |
25 | Colorado Rapids [R3 trade 5] | ![]() | D | University of Michigan |
26 | MetroStars | ![]() | F | So. Connecticut State University |
27 | San Jose Earthquakes [R3 trade 6] | ![]() | M | Stanford University |
28 | Chicago Fire [R3 trade 7] | ![]() | M | Williams College |
29 | Dallas Burn [R3 trade 8] | ![]() | M | UCLA |
30 | San Jose Earthquakes | ![]() | M | University of Connecticut |
Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
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31 | Dallas Burn | ![]() | D | Creighton University |
32 | Columbus Crew | ![]() | F | SMS (now Missouri State) |
33 | Los Angeles Galaxy | ![]() | M | UC Santa Barbara |
34 | D.C. United | ![]() | M | Rutgers University |
35 | Colorado Rapids | ![]() | D | University of Notre Dame |
36 | MetroStars | ![]() | M | Project-40 |
37 | Kansas City Wizards | ![]() | M | Yale University |
38 | Chicago Fire [R4 trade 1] | ![]() | D | University of Dayton |
39 | Chicago Fire | ![]() | D | The College of William & Mary |
40 | San Jose Earthquakes | ![]() | M | UAB |
Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
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41 | Columbus Crew [R5 trade 1] | ![]() | M | Brown University |
42 | Columbus Crew | ![]() | M | Seton Hall University |
43 | Los Angeles Galaxy | ![]() | D | Oakland University |
44 | D.C. United | ![]() | M | SMU |
45 | Colorado Rapids | ![]() | D | Adelphi University |
46 | MetroStars | ![]() | M | Fairleigh Dickinson University |
47 | Kansas City Wizards | ![]() | F | University of Notre Dame |
48 | Kansas City Wizards [R5 trade 2] | ![]() | D | UMKC |
49 | Chicago Fire | ![]() | M | Cornell University |
50 | San Jose Earthquakes | ![]() | M | UW-Milwaukee |
Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
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51 | Chicago Fire [R6 trade 1] | ![]() | M | Seton Hall University |
52 | Columbus Crew | ![]() | GK | University of Pennsylvania |
53 | Los Angeles Galaxy | ![]() | F | Oregon State University |
54 | Dallas Burn [R6 trade 2] | ![]() | D | Cal State Northridge |
55 | Colorado Rapids | ![]() | M | Florida International University |
56 | New England Revolution [R6 trade 3] | ![]() | F | Franklin Pierce College |
57 | Los Angeles Galaxy [R6 trade 4] | ![]() | D | Syracuse University |
58 | New England Revolution | ![]() | M | Boston University |
59 | Chicago Fire | ![]() | D | UAB |
60 | MetroStars [R6 trade 5] | ![]() | D | Drexel University |