2005 MLS SuperDraft | |
Sport: | Soccer |
Date: | January 14, 2005 |
Time: | 12:00 p.m. (ET) |
Location: | Baltimore, Maryland |
Network: | Fox Sports World |
First: | Nikolas Besagno, Real Salt Lake |
Fewest: | D.C. United MetroStars (2 selections) |
Most: | Chicago Fire San Jose Earthquakes (7 selections) |
Overall: | 48 |
Prev: | 2004 |
Next: | 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.
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 |
width=7% | Pick # ! | width=30% | MLS Team ! | width=25% | Player ! | width=10% | ! | Affiliation |
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1 | Nikolas Besagno* | M | Generation Adidas | |||||
2 | Brad Guzan*^† | GK | University of South Carolina | |||||
3 | Chad Barrett* | F | UCLA | |||||
4 | San Jose Earthquakes | M | Indiana University | |||||
5 | Los Angeles Galaxy | D | SMU | |||||
6 | F.C. Dallas | Drew Moor*^ | D | Indiana University | ||||
7 | Hunter Freeman* | D | University of Virginia | |||||
8 | Los Angeles Galaxy | D | University of California | |||||
9 | Michael Parkhurst*^§† | D | Wake Forest University | |||||
10 | Chicago Fire | D | University of Notre Dame | |||||
11 | F | Wake Forest University | ||||||
12 | MetroStars | Tim Ward* | D | Saint Louis University |
width=7% | Pick # ! | width=28% | MLS Team ! | width=28% | Player ! | width=13% | Position ! | Affiliation |
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13 | Jamie Watson* | F | University of North Carolina | |||||
14 | Christian Jimenez* | M | University of South Florida | |||||
15 | Los Angeles Galaxy | M | UCLA | |||||
16 | Kansas City Wizards | Ryan Pore* | F | University of Tulsa | ||||
17 | D | University of Notre Dame | ||||||
18 | Chicago Fire | Will John* | M | Saint Louis University | ||||
19 | D.C. United | Nick Van Sicklen | M | University of Wisconsin–Madison | ||||
20 | Columbus Crew | M | University of North Carolina | |||||
21 | D | Wake Forest University | ||||||
22 | Real Salt Lake | GK | Indiana University | |||||
23 | Columbus Crew | M | University of Maryland | |||||
24 | Kansas City Wizards | Christopher Sawyer | GK | University of Notre Dame |
width=7% | Pick # ! | width=28% | MLS Team ! | width=28% | Player ! | width=13% | Position ! | Affiliation |
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25 | MetroStars | M | St. Johns University | |||||
26 | Aaron Lopez | D | UCLA | |||||
27 | F.C. Dallas | Winston Marshall | D | Wright State University | ||||
28 | Chris Gomez | GK | Brown University | |||||
29 | Chicago Fire | F | University of Dayton | |||||
30 | San Jose Earthquakes | Victor Arbelaez | M | UNLV | ||||
31 | San Jose Earthquakes | Orlando Ramirez | F | Fresno Pacific University | ||||
32 | San Jose Earthquakes | D | University of Washington | |||||
33 | New England Revolution | D | UC Santa Barbara | |||||
34 | Quavas Kirk* | F | Generation adidas | |||||
35 | Chicago Fire | D | Virginia Commonwealth University | |||||
36 | Chicago Fire | M | Coastal Carolina University |
width=7% | Pick # ! | width=28% | MLS Team ! | width=28% | Player ! | width=13% | Position ! | Affiliation |
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37 | M | Bradley University | ||||||
38 | D | University of Connecticut | ||||||
39 | Karim Deitz | F | Birmingham Southern College | |||||
40 | F | Creighton University | ||||||
41 | San Jose Earthquakes | F | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee | |||||
42 | San Jose Earthquakes | James Twellman | D | Stanford University | ||||
43 | D | Boston College | ||||||
44 | F | University of Michigan | ||||||
45 | Colorado Rapids | M | Wake Forest University | |||||
46 | M | Coastal Carolina University | ||||||
47 | John Minagawa-Webster | M | Michigan State University | |||||
48 | D.C. United | D | University of North Carolina |
width=6% | No. ! | width=23% | Player ! | width=8% | Pos. ! | Notes |
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1 | Bobby Boswell^† | D | MLS Defender of the Year (2006); MLS Best XI (2006, 2014); U.S. national team (2006–07) | |||
2 | ^†~ | F | Not picked in the SuperDraft; taken in the supplemental draft. He scored an MLS record 171 MLS goals. | |||
3 | Jeff Larentowicz ^ | D | Not picked in the SuperDraft; taken in the supplemental draft. He is a member of the 400 games played club. | |||