The 1998 Major League Soccer College Draft was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on January 31 and February 1, 1998. The College Draft was followed by the 1998 MLS Supplemental Draft.
Format On Saturday, January 31, 1998, Major League Soccer held the first round of its 1998 college draft during the halftime of the Umbro Select All-Star Classic at Lockhart Stadium. The second and third rounds took place Sunday morning at the Airport Hilton in Fort Lauderdale. The 1998 MLS Supplemental Draft took place that afternoon at the same location.
Changes from 1997 1998 expansion teams Miami Fusion and Chicago Fire were awarded the first and second selections in each round.
* Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team
Round 1 Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 1 Miami Fusion Leo Cullen D University of Maryland 2 Chicago Fire Ritchie Kotschau D George Mason 3 San Jose Clash Ben Parry D UNC-Charlotte 4 Kansas City Wizards Chris Klein M Indiana University 5 New England Revolution Johnny Torres M Creighton University 6 Los Angeles Galaxy Clint Mathis M University of South Carolina 7 Tampa Bay Mutiny Josh Keller M UCLA 8 MetroStars Mike Petke D Southern Connecticut State 9 Columbus Crew Jeff Cunningham F University of South Florida 10 Dallas Burn Matt Jordan GK Clemson University 11 Colorado Rapids Tyrone Marshall F Florida International University 12 San Jose Clash Wade Barrett M William & Mary College
Round 1 trades
Round 2 Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 13 Miami Fusion Pablo Mastroeni M North Carolina State University 14 D.C. United Carey Talley M University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 15 MetroStars Joe Munoz F Cal State-Bakersfield 16 MetroStars Billy Walsh M Rutgers University 17 New England Revolution Jesse Van Saun F St. John's University 18 Los Angeles Galaxy Daniel Hernandez M Southern Methodist University 19 Tampa Bay Mutiny Chris Houser D Southern Connecticut State 20 Kansas City Wizards Tom Hardy D Seattle University 21 Columbus Crew Andrew Gregor M University of Portland 22 Dallas Burn Hans Wittusen D Brown University 23 Colorado Rapids Jason Boyce F University of Washington 24 Columbus Crew Henrik Nebrelius F University of Tampa
Round 2 trades
Round 3 Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 25 Dallas Burn Matt Caution F Southwest Missouri State University 26 Los Angeles Galaxy Matt Reis GK UCLA 27 San Jose Clash Caleb Porter M Indiana University 28 MetroStars Cesidio Colasante F La Salle University 29 New England Revolution Kevin Coye D UCLA 30 Los Angeles Galaxy Joe Franchino D University of Washington 31 Tampa Bay Mutiny Bill May GK University of Washington 32 Kansas City Wizards Mario Sanchez M Fresno State 33 Columbus Crew Nick Theslof M UCLA 34 Tampa Bay Mutiny R.T. Moore D University of Maryland 35 Colorado Rapids P.J. Brown D Azusa Pacific 36 New England Revolution Tom McLaughlin F Harvard University
Round 3 trades
Notable undrafted players Joe Cannon (GK, UC Santa Barbara) — 86 career MLS shutouts; MLS Goalkeeper of the Year (2002, 2004) Jimmy Conrad (DF, UCLA) — 288 MLS appearances, MLS Best XI (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008)
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