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Full List Of MLS SuperDraft Selections
Sort through all 64 names of draftees in this year's MLS SuperDraft class.
Major League Soccer added 64 new names to its collective rosters in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft.
The entire process lasted four rounds and several hours, but MLS execs and coaches can now head to home cities with the latest crop of college talent in tow.
The first three picks didn't provide much drama. Expansion side Philadelphia Union had been widely tipped to take Oregon State forward Danny Mwanga first overall after coach Petr Nowak convinced the 18-year-old to join this year's draft.
The New York Red Bulls followed by adding talented midfielder Tony Tchani and the San Jose Earthquakes selected defensive hardman Ike Opara in third.
In the fourth pick, Teal Bunbury made MLS history by joining the club his father also played for.
Perhaps the biggest move of the draft came at the end of the first round. Second to last in the round, the Los Angeles Galaxy called a timeout before its pick. When the five minutes were up, it turned out the Galaxy had flopped spots with Real Salt Lake, allowing the reigning MLS Cup champions to pick Collen Warner. In return the Galaxy received Clint Mathis from RSL.
Despite the fact that America is known for producing good goalkeepers, those aren't always valued in the draft. Overall, goalkeepers had a tough draft. No team selected a net-minder until the last round, when USA U-20 goalkeepers Brian Perk and Sean Johnson went within two spots of each other.
See below for a full list of the players drafted.
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
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The entire process lasted four rounds and several hours, but MLS execs and coaches can now head to home cities with the latest crop of college talent in tow.
The first three picks didn't provide much drama. Expansion side Philadelphia Union had been widely tipped to take Oregon State forward Danny Mwanga first overall after coach Petr Nowak convinced the 18-year-old to join this year's draft.
The New York Red Bulls followed by adding talented midfielder Tony Tchani and the San Jose Earthquakes selected defensive hardman Ike Opara in third.
In the fourth pick, Teal Bunbury made MLS history by joining the club his father also played for.
Perhaps the biggest move of the draft came at the end of the first round. Second to last in the round, the Los Angeles Galaxy called a timeout before its pick. When the five minutes were up, it turned out the Galaxy had flopped spots with Real Salt Lake, allowing the reigning MLS Cup champions to pick Collen Warner. In return the Galaxy received Clint Mathis from RSL.
Despite the fact that America is known for producing good goalkeepers, those aren't always valued in the draft. Overall, goalkeepers had a tough draft. No team selected a net-minder until the last round, when USA U-20 goalkeepers Brian Perk and Sean Johnson went within two spots of each other.
See below for a full list of the players drafted.
First Round
| Club | Player | College | Position | Age | |
| 1. | Philadelphia Union | Danny Mwanga | Oregon State University | Forward | 18 |
| 2. | New York Red Bulls | Tony Tchani | University of Virginia | Midfield | 20 |
| 3. | San Jose Earthquakes | Ike Opara | Wake Forest University/U-20 | Defense | 20 |
| 4. | Kansas City Wizards | Teal Bunbury | University of Akron/CAN U-20 | Forward | 19 |
| 5. | FC Dallas | Zach Loyd | University of North Carolina | Midfield | 22 |
| 6. | Philadelphia Union | Amobi Okugo | UCLA/U-18/U-20 | Midfield | 18 |
| 7. | Philadelphia Union | Jack McInerney | Cobb Soccer Club/U-17 | Forward | 17 |
| 8. | Columbus Crew | Dilly Duka | Rutgers/U-20 | Midfield | 20 |
| 9. | New England Revolution | Zack Schilawski | Wake Forest University | Forward | 22 |
| 10. | Chivas USA | Blair Gavin | University of Akron | Midfield | 21 |
| 11. | Seattle Sounders FC | David Estrada | UCLA | Forward | 21 |
| 12. | Columbus Crew | Bright Dike | Notre Dame University | Forward | 22 |
| 13. | Chicago Fire | Corben Bone | Wake Forest University | Midfield | 21 |
| 14. | New York Red Bulls | Austin da Luz | Wake Forest University | Midfield | 22 |
| 15. | Real Salt Lake | Collen Warner | University of Portland | Midfield | 21 |
| 16. | LA Galaxy | Michael Stephens | UCLA | Midfield | 20 |
Second Round
| Club | Player | College | Position | Age | |
| 17. | Philadelphia Union | Toni Stahl | University of Connecticut | Midfield | 24 |
| 18. | New York Red Bulls | Tim Ream | Saint Louis University | Defense/ Midfield | 22 |
| 19. | San Jose Earthquakes | Michael Thomas | Notre Dame University | Midfield | 21 |
| 20. | Kansas City Wizards | Olukorede Aiyegbusi | North Carolina State University | Defense | 21 |
| 21. | FC Dallas | Andrew Wiedeman | University of California | Forward | 20 |
| 22. | Colorado Rapids | Andre Akpan | Harvard University | Forward | 22 |
| 23. | Colorado Rapids | Ross LaBauex | University of Virginia | Midfield | 21 |
| 24. | Toronto FC | Zachary Herold | West Pines United Club/U-17 | Defense | 17 |
| 25. | New England Revolution | Seth Sinovic | Creighton University | Defense | 22 |
| 26. | Chicago Fire | Kwame Watson-Siriboe | University of Connecticut | Defense | 23 |
| 27. | Seattle Sounders FC | Mike Seamon | Villanova University | Midfield | 21 |
| 28. | San Jose Earthquakes | Justin Morrow | Notre Dame University | Defense | 22 |
| 29. | Chicago Fire | Drew Yates | University of Maryland | Midfield | 21 |
| 30. | San Jose Earthquakes | Steven Beitashour | San Diego State University | Defense/ Midfield | 22 |
| 31. | New England Revolution | Zac Boggs | University of South Florida | Midfield/ Forward | 21 |
| 32. | Real Salt Lake | Justin Davis | University of New Mexico | Midfield/ Forward | 21 |
Third Round
| Club | Player | College | Position | Age | |
| 33. | Philadelphia Union | Kyle Nakazawa | UCLA | Midfield | 21 |
| 34. | New York Red Bulls | Conor Chin | University of San Francisco | Forward | 22 |
| 35. | Chivas USA | Kevin Tangney | University of Maryland | Defense | 22 |
| 36. | Kansas City Wizards | Nick Cardenas | San Diego State University | Defense | 22 |
| 37. | San Jose Earthquakes | Andrew Hoxie | William and Mary University | Forward | 23 |
| 38. | FC Dallas | Jason Yeisley | Penn State University | Forward | 23 |
| 39. | Real Salt Lake | Chris Schuler | Creighton University | Defense | 22 |
| 40. | Colorado Rapids | Chad Borak | CSUN | Defense | 23 |
| 41. | Kansas City Wizards | Mauro Fuzetti | University of Michigan | Midfield/ Forward | 22 |
| 42. | Chivas USA | Isaac Kissi | University of Dayton | Midfield/ Forward | 22 |
| 43. | Houston Dynamo | David Walker | Univ. of California - Santa Barbara | Midfield/ Forward | 22 |
| 44. | FC Dallas | Eric Alexander | Indiana University | Midfield | 21 |
| 45. | Chicago Fire | Steven Kinney | Elon University | Defense | 22 |
| 46. | Houston Dynamo | Samuel Appiah | Boston University | Midfield | 24 |
| 47. | Chivas USA | Ben Zemanski | University of Akron | Midfield | 21 |
| 48. | New England Revolution | Jason Griffiths | University of Kentucky | Midfield/ Forward | 22 |
Fourth Round
| Club | Player | College | Position | Age | |
| 49. | Philadelphia Union | Brian Perk | UCLA | Goalkeeper | 20 |
| 50. | New York Red Bulls | Irving Garcia | Univ. of California - Irvine | Midfield/ Forward | 21 |
| 51. | Chicago Fire | Sean Johnson | University of Central Florida/U-20 | Goalkeeper | 20 |
| 52. | Kansas City Wizards | Ofori Sarkodie | Indiana University | Defense | 21 |
| 53. | Toronto FC | Nane Joseph | Old Dominion University | Midfield | 22 |
| 54. | FC Dallas | Dane Saintus | Southern Methodist University | Midfield | 22 |
| 55. | D.C. United | Jordan Graye | University of North Carolina | Defense | 22 |
| 56. | Colorado Rapids | Chris Cutshaw | Bradley University | Midfield/ Forward | 21 |
| 57. | New England Revolution | Adam Welch | Lehigh University | Defense | 21 |
| 58. | Chivas USA | Chris Ross | Colgate University | Midfield | 21 |
| 59. | Seattle Sounders FC | Jamel Wallace | San Diego State University | Midfield | 22 |
| 60. | Columbus Crew | Kwaku Nyamekye | Harvard University | Defense | 22 |
| 61. | Columbus Crew | Othaniel Yanez | University of Louisville | Midfield | 22 |
| 62. | Houston Dynamo | Euan Holden | University of New Mexico | Defense | 21 |
| 63. | Columbus Crew | Shaun Francis | Lindsey Wilson College | Defense | 23 |
| 64. | Real Salt Lake | Kris Banghart | University of Denver | Defense | 21 |
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