The 2010 MLS SuperDraft was the eleventh annual SuperDraft presented by Major League Soccer. It was held on January 14, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the 2010 NSCAA Convention. The 2010 SuperDraft consisted of four rounds with sixteen selections each, for a total of 64 players selected during the draft. The draft preceded the 2010 MLS season.
Philadelphia served as host to the 2010 draft the same year the Philadelphia Union begin play in MLS. As an expansion team, Philadelphia received the rights to the first selection in each of the four rounds. As the champion from the 2009 MLS season, Real Salt Lake had the rights to the final selections in each round. As similar in other drafts, teams may trade these rights away to other teams for other rights such as players, special roster spots, or other rights of interest.
Player selection Key
*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
Round one
Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation 1 Philadelphia Union Danny Mwanga* Forward Oregon State University 2 New York Red Bulls Tony Tchani* Midfielder University of VirginiaHampton Roads Piranhas 3 San Jose Earthquakes Ike Opara*† Defender Wake Forest UniversityCary Clarets 4 Kansas City Wizards Teal Bunbury* Forward University of AkronRochester Thunder 5 FC Dallas Zach Loyd Midfielder University of North CarolinaCarolina Dynamo 6 Philadelphia Union Amobi Okugo* Midfielder UCLA 7 Philadelphia Union Jack McInerney*^ Forward Cobb Soccer Club 8 Columbus Crew Dilly Duka* Midfielder Rutgers UniversityNewark Ironbound Express 9 New England Revolution Zack Schilawski Forward Wake Forest UniversityCary Clarets 10 Chivas USA Blair Gavin* Midfielder University of AkronBradenton Academics 11 Seattle Sounders FC David Estrada Forward UCLASalinas Valley Samba 12 Columbus Crew Bright Dike Forward University of Notre DameIndiana Invaders 13 Chicago Fire Corben Bone* Midfielder Wake Forest UniversityCarolina Dynamo 14 New York Red Bulls Austin da Luz Midfielder Wake Forest UniversityAustin Aztex U23 15 Real Salt Lake Collen Warner Midfielder University of PortlandPortland Timbers U23's 16 Los Angeles Galaxy Michael Stephens Midfielder UCLAChicago Fire Premier
Round one trades
Round two
Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation 17 Philadelphia Union Toni Ståhl Midfielder University of Connecticut 18 New York Red Bulls Tim Ream^ Defender Saint Louis UniversityChicago Fire Premier 19 San Jose Earthquakes Michael Thomas Midfielder University of Notre DameKansas City Brass 20 Kansas City Wizards Korede Aiyegbusi Defender North Carolina State UniversityCary Clarets 21 FC Dallas Andrew Wiedeman* Forward University of CaliforniaNorCal Lamorinda United 22 Colorado Rapids Andre Akpan Forward Harvard UniversityChicago Fire Premier 23 Colorado Rapids Ross LaBauex Midfielder University of VirginiaChicago Fire Premier 24 Toronto FC Zachary Herold* Defender West Pines United Club 25 New England Revolution Seth Sinovic Defender Creighton UniversityChicago Fire Premier 26 Chicago Fire Kwame Watson-Siriboe Defender University of ConnecticutWestchester Flames 27 Seattle Sounders FC Mike Seamon Midfielder Villanova University 28 San Jose Earthquakes Justin Morrow^† Defender University of Notre DameChicago Fire Premier 29 Chicago Fire Drew Yates Midfielder University of Maryland 30 San Jose Earthquakes Steven Beitashour^ Defender San Diego State UniversitySan Jose Frogs 31 New England Revolution Zak Boggs Forward University of South FloridaBradenton Academics 32 Real Salt Lake Justin Davis Midfielder University of New MexicoDes Moines Menace
Round two trades
Round three Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation 33 Philadelphia Union Kyle Nakazawa Midfielder UCLALos Angeles Legends 34 New York Red Bulls Conor Chinn Forward University of San FranciscoOrange County Blue Star 35 Chivas USA Kevin Tangney Defender University of Maryland 36 Kansas City Wizards Nick Cardenas Defender San Diego State UniversityOgden Outlaws 37 San Jose Earthquakes Andrew Hoxie Forward The College of William & Mary 38 FC Dallas Jason Yeisley Forward Penn State UniversityReading Rage 39 Real Salt Lake Chris Schuler Defender Creighton UniversityChicago Fire Premier 40 Colorado Rapids Chad Borak Defender Cal State NorthridgeOrange County Blue Star 41 Kansas City Wizards Mauro Fuzetti Midfielder University of MichiganMichigan Bucks 42 Chivas USA Isaac Kissi Midfielder University of Dayton 43 Houston Dynamo David Walker Midfielder UC Santa Barbara 44 FC Dallas Eric Alexander Midfielder Indiana UniversityKalamazoo Outrage 45 Chicago Fire Steven Kinney Defender Elon UniversityCarolina Dynamo 46 Houston Dynamo Samuel Appiah Midfielder Boston University 47 Chivas USA Ben Zemanski Midfielder University of AkronCleveland Internationals 48 New England Revolution Jason Griffiths Midfielder University of KentuckyDes Moines Menace
Round three trades
Round four
Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation 49 Philadelphia Union Brian Perk Goalkeeper UCLASeattle Wolves 50 New York Red Bulls Irving Garcia Midfielder University of California IrvineOrange County Blue Star 51 Chicago Fire Sean Johnson* Goalkeeper University of Central FloridaAtlanta Blackhawks 52 Kansas City Wizards Ofori Sarkodie Defender Indiana University 53 Toronto FC Joseph Nane Midfielder Old Dominion UniversityHampton Roads Piranhas 54 FC Dallas Dane Saintus Midfielder Southern Methodist UniversityDFW Tornados 55 D.C. United Jordan Graye Defender University of North CarolinaCary Clarets 56 Colorado Rapids Chris Cutshaw Midfielder Bradley UniversityChicago Fire Premier 57 New England Revolution Adam Welch Defender Lehigh UniversityReading Rage 58 Chivas USA Chris Ross Midfielder Colgate UniversityDFW Tornados 59 Seattle Sounders FC Jamel Wallace Midfielder San Diego State University 60 Columbus Crew Kwaku Nyamekye Defender Harvard University 61 Columbus Crew Othaniel Yanez Midfielder University of LouisvilleYakima Reds 62 Houston Dynamo Euan Holden Defender University of New MexicoAustin Aztex U23 63 Columbus Crew Shaun Francis Defender Lindsey Wilson CollegeThunder Bay Chill 64 Real Salt Lake Kris Banghart Defender University of DenverReal Colorado Foxes
Round four trades
Selections by affiliation Rank Affiliation No. 1 Chicago Fire Premier 8 2 UCLA 5 T3 Wake Forest University 4 T3 Cary Clarets 4 T5 University of Akron 3 T5 University of Notre Dame 3 T5 San Diego State University 3 T5 Carolina Dynamo 3 T5 Orange County Blue Star 3 T10 15 Affiliations 2 T24 44 Affiliations 1
Selections by position Round Forwards Midfielders Defenders Goalkeepers 1st 6 9 1 0 2nd 3 6 7 0 3rd 3 8 5 0 4th 0 7 7 2 Totals 12 30 20 2
Trade note Los Angeles Galaxy traded the rights to American midfielder/forward Clint Mathis to Real Salt Lake on 2008-08-14. It was reported that LA would receive a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2010 SuperDraft from RSL in exchange. However, RSL kept its fourth-round 2010 selection and instead sent its natural third-round selection in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft to Los Angeles to complete the deal.
2010 Supplemental Draft Trades In December 2008 the league decided to cancel the Supplemental Draft, which had typically been held shortly after the annual SuperDraft. Prior to the cancellation a few trades were made involving 2010 Supplemental Draft picks. It is unknown what compensation, if any, clubs trading for 2010 Supplemental Draft picks received in lieu of the draft picks. Announced trades involving 2010 Supplemental Draft selections include:
Round 4, San Jose Earthquakes → Chicago Fire. 2008-04-04: Chicago Fire acquired a fourth-round selection in the 2010 Supplemental Draft from San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for forward Ryan Johnson. It is likely that Chicago instead received San Jose's fourth-round pick in the 2010 SuperDraft (#51) to fulfill this trade as no trade was announced between the two clubs which involved a fourth-round 2010 SuperDraft pick. Round 4, D.C. United → Houston Dynamo. 2008-06-30: Houston Dynamo acquired a fourth-round selection in the 2010 Supplemental Draft from D.C. United in exchange for midfielder Craig Thompson. Conditional, Los Angeles Galaxy → San Jose Earthquakes. 2008-11-24: San Jose Earthquakes acquired a conditional selection in the 2010 Supplemental Draft from Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for forward Jovan Kirovski.
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