With the start of the 2008 MLS regular season just two months away, teams are busy strengthening their rosters heading into training camp. All 14 teams took another step towards completing their rosters with selections in the 2008 MLS Supplemental Draft, which concluded Thursday afternoon.
A total of 51 players were selected in the four-round draft, which was held via teleconference from the League headquarters. All players who met draft eligibility requirements that were not selected in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft - which was held on Friday, Jan. 18 - and additional players nominated by teams were eligible for selection in the Supplemental Draft. The original order of the four-round MLS Supplemental Draft is determined from the reverse order of finish following the 2007 season.
This Saturday, Jan. 26, Major League Soccer clubs are permitted to begin preseason training. Not all teams will take the field on that day, but during the next two months, each team's 2008 roster will begin take shape. First Kick, which is the official moniker for the first weekend of the MLS regular season, is March 29 and 30, but several clubs will play in significant tournaments prior to First Kick. By March 3 all 14 teams will have to be roster and salary budget compliant, meaning they must be at or under the 28-player roster maximum and must fall under the League's salary cap requirement.
The complete order of the picks can be found below, and will appear on the web site at the following link: http://web.mlsnet.com/mls/events/scoreboard/supplementaldraft/2008/search.jsp
ROUND-BY-ROUND SELECTIONS
Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
San Jose Earthquakes |
Adam Smarte |
F |
Univ. Cal- Santa Cruz |
2 |
Toronto FC |
Xavier Balc |
F |
Ohio State |
3 |
Colorado Rapids |
Kevin Forrest |
F |
Washington |
4 |
Los Angeles Galaxy |
Michael Gavin |
D |
Portland |
5 |
Colorado Rapids |
Cesar Zambrano |
M |
Illinois-Chicago |
6 |
Columbus Crew |
Billy Chiles |
GK |
Towson |
7 |
New York Red Bulls |
Danleigh Borman |
M |
Univ. of Rhode Island |
8 |
New England Revolution |
Mkokheli Dube |
F |
Coastal Carolina University |
9 |
Chivas USA |
Kraig Chiles |
F |
San Diego State |
10 |
D.C. United |
Brandon Owens |
D |
UCLA |
11 |
Kansas City Wizards |
Pat Healey |
M |
Towson |
12 |
Chicago Fire |
Kai Kasiguran |
M |
Messiah College |
13 |
New England Revolution |
Chris Tierney |
D |
Univ. of Virginia |
14 |
Houston Dynamo |
Johnny Alcaraz |
M |
Westmont College |
Round 2
Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
San Jose Earthquakes |
Tim Bohnenkamp |
F |
Creighton |
2 |
Toronto FC |
pass |
||
3 |
Real Salt Lake |
Tino Nunez |
F |
Univ. of California-Santa Barbara |
4 |
Los Angeles Galaxy |
Charles Alamo |
GK |
Cal-Riverside |
5 |
Colorado Rapids |
Mike Graczyk |
GK |
New Mexico |
6 |
Columbus Crew |
Cory Elenio |
M |
Evansville |
7 |
New York Red Bulls |
Michael Palacio |
M |
Stonybrook |
8 |
FC Dallas |
Yannick Reyering |
F |
Univ. of Virginia |
9 |
Chivas USA |
Javier Ayala-Hil |
F |
Cal |
10 |
D.C. United |
Dan Stratford |
M |
West Virginia |
11 |
Kansas City Wizards |
Vicente Arze |
M |
Mercer |
12 |
Chicago Fire |
Adrian Bumbut |
F |
Liberty |
13 |
New England Revolution |
Kyle Altman |
M |
Trinity |
14 |
Houston Dynamo |
Craig Thompson |
F |
Col. School of Mines |
Round 3
Pick |
Team |
Players |
Position |
School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
San Jose Earthquakes |
Curry |
D |
Univ. of California-Santa Barbara |
2 |
Toronto FC |
pass |
||
3 |
Real Salt Lake |
Kevin Reiman |
M |
Michigan St. |
4 |
Los Angeles Galaxy |
Greg Folk |
D |
UCLA |
5 |
Colorado Rapids |
Daniel Antunez |
M |
Hartford |
6 |
Columbus Crew |
Lukasz Tumicz |
F |
Univ. of Rhode Island |
7 |
New York Red Bulls |
John Gilkerson |
D |
Winthrop |
8 |
FC Dallas |
Ben Shuleva |
D |
SMU |
9 |
Chivas USA |
El-Hadj Cisse |
M |
NC State |
10 |
Columbus Crew |
Zola Short |
F |
Univ. of Virginia |
11 |
Kansas City Wizards |
Tom Gray |
M |
Monmouth |
12 |
Chicago Fire |
Zach Pope |
M |
Duke |
13 |
New England Revolution |
Saidi Isaac |
F |
Winthrop |
14 |
Houston Dynamo |
Kieran Hall |
M |
Fort Lewis |
Round 4
Pick |
Team |
Players |
Position |
School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
San Jose Earthquakes |
Tim Jepson |
D |
Duke |
2 |
Toronto FC |
pass |
||
3 |
Real Salt Lake |
Kenny Anaba |
F |
Cincinnati |
4 |
Los Angeles Galaxy |
Daniel De Geer |
M |
San Francisco |
5 |
Chicago Fire |
Steve Bode |
D |
Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
6 |
Chicago Fire |
Tim Conway |
M |
Nyack College |
7 |
New York Red Bulls |
Manuel Laurent |
D |
Brown |
8 |
FC Dallas |
pass |
||
9 |
Chivas USA |
Andre Sherard |
D |
UNC |
10 |
D.C. United |
James Thorpe |
GK |
Franklin-Pierce |
11 |
Kansas City Wizards |
Andrew Kartunen |
GK |
Stanford |
12 |
Chicago Fire |
Melford James, Jr. |
GK |
Montevallo |
13 |
New England Revolution |
pass |
||
14 |
Houston Dynamo |
James Georgeff |
F |
UCF |
TEAM-BY-TEAM SELECTIONS
Chicago Fire (6): M - Kai Kasiguran (Messiah College), F - Adrian Bumbut (Liberty University), M - Zach Pope (Duke University), D - Steve Bode (Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), M - Timothy Conway (Nyack College), GK - Melford James Jr. (University of Montevallo)
Chivas USA (4): F - Kraig Chiles (San Diego State University), F - Javier Ayala-Hill (California State), M - El Hadj-Cisse (North Carolina State University), D - Andre Sherard (University of North Carolina)
Colorado Rapids (4): F - Kevin Forrest (University of Washington), M - Cesar Zambrano (Univ. of Illinois-Chicago), GK - Mike Graczyk (University of New Mexico), M - Daniel Antunez (University of Hartford),
Columbus Crew (4): GK - Billy Chiles (Towson), M - Corey Elenio (Evansville), F - Lukasz Tumicz (University of Rhode Island), F/D - Zola Short (University of Virginia)
D.C. United (3): D - Brandon Owens (UCLA), M - Dan Stratford (West Virginia University), GK - James Thorpe (Franklin Pierce)
FC Dallas (2): F - Yannick Reyering (University of Virginia), M/D - Ben Shuleva (Southern Methodist University)
Houston Dynamo (4): M - Johnny Alcaraz (Westmont College), F - Craig Thompson (Colorado School of Mines), M - Kieran Hall (Fort Lewis College), F - James Georgeff (University of Central Florida)
Kansas City Wizards (4): M - Pat Healey (Towson University), M - Vicente Arze (Mercer University), M - Tom Gray (Monmouth University), GK - Andrew Kartunen (Stanford University)
Los Angeles Galaxy (4): D - Michael Gavin (Portland University), GK - Charles Alamo (Univ. of California-Riverside), D - Greg Folk (UCLA), F/M - Daniel De Geer (University of San Francisco)
New England Revolution (4): F - Mkokheli Dube (Coastal Carolina University), D - Chris Tierney (University of Virginia), M - Kyle Altman (Trinity University), F - Saidi Isaac (Winthrop University),
New York Red Bulls (4): M - Danleigh Borman (University of Rhode Island), M - Michael Palacio (Stonybrook University), D - John Gilkerson (Winthrop University), D/M - Manuel Laurent (Brown University)
Real Salt Lake (3): F - Tino Nunez (Univ. of California-Santa Barbara), M - Kevin Reiman (Michigan State University), F - Kenny Anaba (Cincinnati University),
San Jose Earthquakes (4): F - Adam Smarte (Univ. of California-Santa Cruz), F - Tim Bohnenkamp (Creighton University), D - Greg Curry (Univ. of California-Santa Barbara), D - Tim Jepsen (Duke University)
Toronto FC (1): F - Xavier Balc (Ohio State University)
