The 1998 Major League Soccer supplemental draft was held on February 1, 1998, at the Airport Hilton in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Format Major League Soccer held a professional player combine in Fort Lauderdale the last week of January 1998. On Saturday, January 31, 1998, the league held the first round of the 1998 MLS College Draft. The second and third rounds of the college draft concluded Sunday morning. On Sunday afternoon, February 1, 1998, the league held its supplemental draft.
Changes from 1997 1998 expansion teams Chicago Fire and Miami Fusion were awarded the first and second selections in each round.
Round 1 Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 1 Chicago Fire C.J. Brown D San Francisco Bay Seals, San Jose State University 2 Tampa Bay Mutiny Brian Loftin F Kansas City Attack, University of Evansville 3 San Jose Clash Tim Weaver D Richmond Kickers, University of San Francisco 4 Colorado Rapids Marquis White F San Francisco Bay Seals, University of San Francisco 5 New England Revolution Dahir Mohammed D Long Island Rough Riders, C.W. Post College 6 D.C. United Geoff Aunger D Seattle Sounders 7 Tampa Bay Mutiny Brad Wilson M Orange County Zodiac, Cal State Fullerton 8 Kansas City Wizards Goran Hunjak M Washington Warthogs 9 D.C. United Danny Care D Carolina Dynamo, Clemson Tigers 10 Dallas Burn Chris Fox D Buffalo Blizzard, Brown University 11 Colorado Rapids Julio Cengarle M Maunabo Leones, Montclair State College 12 Columbus Crew Brandon Ward M Richmond Kickers, Indiana University
Round 1 trades
Round 2 Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 13 Chicago Fire Don Gramenz D Minnesota Thunder, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee 14 MetroStars Travis Roy M Detroit Rockers, University of Wisconsin–Madison 15 San Jose Clash Kevin Rueda GK California Jaguars, Santa Clara University 16 Chicago Fire Paul Holocher M California Jaguars, Santa Clara University 17 New England Revolution Doug Neely M Anaheim Splash, Chapman University 18 Los Angeles Galaxy Cesar Alvarado M Valley Golden Eagles, Citrus College 19 Tampa Bay Mutiny Steve Bell M Washington Warthogs, Robert Morris University 20 Kansas City Wizards Rodney Rambo D Portland Pilots 21 Columbus Crew Scott Cannon D Richmond Kickers, University of Evansville 22 Dallas Burn Ernest Inneh F Long Island Rough Riders, Brooklyn College 23 San Jose Clash Eddie Soto F Pro Beach Soccer Tour, Cal State Fullerton 24 Tampa Bay Mutiny John Jones M/F Orange County Zodiac, Sacramento State
Round 2 trades
Round 3 Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 25 Chicago Fire Paul Lekics M Richmond Kickers, Creighton University 26 Los Angeles Galaxy Amos Magee F Minnesota Thunder, Wesleyan University 27 San Jose Clash Alberto Montoya M Raleigh Flyers, Santa Clara University 28 MetroStars Sal Leanti D Long Island Rough Riders, Fordham University 29 New England Revolution Dave Salzwedel GK San Jose Clash, Cal Lutheran 30 Los Angeles Galaxy Marco Ferruzzi M Tampa Bay Mutiny, University of North Carolina 31 Tampa Bay Mutiny PASS 32 Kansas City Wizards PASS 33 Tampa Bay Mutiny PASS 34 Dallas Burn Darren Sawatzky M/F New England Revolution, University of Portland 35 Colorado Rapids Tayt Ianni M San Jose Clash, UCLA 36 D.C. United PASS
Round 3 trades
Unresolved 1998 Supplemental Draft Trades 3 February 1997: Colorado Rapids acquired defender Peter Vermes and a third-round pick in the 1998 Supplemental Draft from New York/New Jersey MetroStars in exchange for midfielder Kerry Zavagnin and future considerations. 13 November 1997: San Jose Clash acquired a third-round selection in the 1998 Supplemental Draft from Miami Fusion in exchange for forward Christopher Sullivan. Sullivan retired two weeks later.
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