2007 MLS SuperDraft | |
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General information | |
Sport | Soccer |
Date(s) | January 12, 2007 |
Time | 12:00pm (ET) |
Location | Indianapolis, Indiana |
Network(s) | ESPN2 |
Overview | |
52 total selections | |
First selection | Maurice Edu, Toronto FC |
Most selections | FC Dallas New England Revolution (6 selections) |
Fewest selections | Chivas USA New York Red Bulls Real Salt Lake (2 selections) |
The 2007 MLS SuperDraft was held in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 12, 2007. It was the eighth annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The first selection belonged to expansion team Toronto FC.
The SuperDraft was followed by the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft.
* | 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 |
Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
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1 | Toronto FC | Maurice Edu*^§ | M | Maryland |
2 | Chicago Fire [R1 trade 1] | Bakary Soumaré*^† | D | Virginia |
3 | Kansas City Wizards | Michael Harrington | D | North Carolina |
4 | Real Salt Lake | Chris Seitz* | GK | Maryland |
5 | New England Revolution [R1 trade 2] | Wells Thompson | M | Wake Forest |
6 | Colorado Rapids [R1 trade 3] | Nico Colaluca* | M | Virginia |
7 | Chivas USA | John Cunliffe | F | Fort Lewis College |
8 | Chicago Fire | Jerson Monteiro | F | Alabama-Birmingham |
9 | FC Dallas | Anthony Wallace* | D/M | South Florida |
10 | Toronto FC [R1 trade 4] | Andrew Boyens | D | New Mexico |
11 | D.C. United | Bryan Arguez* | D/M | Generation adidas |
12 | New England Revolution | Amaechi Igwe* | D | Santa Clara |
13 | Houston Dynamo | John Michael Hayden | M | Indiana |
Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
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14 | FC Dallas [R2 trade 1] | Fuad Ibrahim* | F | Generation adidas |
15 | Columbus Crew | Brad Evans | M | UC Irvine |
16 | Los Angeles Galaxy [R2 trade 2] | Robbie Findley | F | Oregon State |
17 | Colorado Rapids [R2 trade 3] | Greg Dalby | M/D | Notre Dame |
18 | FC Dallas [R2 trade 4] | Andrew Daniels | D | Brown |
19 | New York Red Bulls | Dane Richards | F | Clemson |
20 | Los Angeles Galaxy [R2 trade 5] | Josh Tudela | M | Indiana |
21 | Chicago Fire | Nate Norman | M | Notre Dame |
22 | FC Dallas | Ryan Guy | F | San Diego |
23 | Los Angeles Galaxy [R2 trade 6] | Ty Harden | D | Washington |
24 | D.C. United | Brad North | F | Northwestern |
25 | New England Revolution | Ryan Solle | M | Wake Forest |
26 | Houston Dynamo | Corey Ashe^ | M | North Carolina |
Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
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27 | Toronto FC | Richard Asante | D/M | Syracuse |
28 | FC Dallas [R3 trade 1] | Scott Jones | M | UNC-Greensboro |
29 | Kansas City Wizards | Edson Elcock | M | Old Dominion |
30 | Real Salt Lake | Steven Curfman | M | Wake Forest |
31 | Colorado Rapids [R3 trade 2] | Omar Cummings | F | Cincinnati |
32 | D.C. United [R3 trade 3] | Jay Needham | D | Southern Methodist |
33 | New York Red Bulls [R3 trade 4] | Siniša Ubiparipović | M | Akron |
34 | Chicago Fire | Mike Banner | M | SIU-Edwardsville |
35 | Colorado Rapids [R3 trade 5] | Nick LaBrocca | M | Rutgers |
36 | Colorado Rapids | Justin Hughes | GK | North Carolina |
37 | D.C. United | Ricky Schramm | F | Georgetown |
38 | New England Revolution | Bryan Byrne | M | UC Santa Barbara |
39 | Houston Dynamo | Mike Sambursky | F | South Carolina |
Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
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40 | Toronto FC | Jeffrey Gonsalves | F | Rhode Island |
41 | Columbus Crew | Aaron Chandler | F | San Francisco |
42 | Kansas City Wizards | Kurt Morsink | M | James Madison |
43 | FC Dallas [R4 trade 1] | Tommy Krizanovic | F | Jacksonville |
44 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Tally Hall^ | GK | San Diego State |
45 | Los Angeles Galaxy [R4 trade 2] | Bobby Burling | D | Loyola Marymount |
46 | Chivas USA | Cameron Dunn | D | UC Irvine |
47 | Chicago Fire | Simon Omekanda | F | Penn State |
48 | New England Revolution [R4 trade 3] | Adam Cristman | F | Virginia |
49 | Columbus Crew [R4 trade 4] | Ben Hunter | F | North Carolina |
50 | D.C. United | Luis Robles† | GK | Portland |
51 | New England Revolution | Kyle Helton | D | Duke |
52 | Houston Dynamo | Eric Ebert | M | California |
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