2005 MLS SUPERDRAFT

The '2005 MLS SuperDraft', held in Baltimore, Maryland on January 14, 2005, was the sixth incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. Expansion club Real Salt Lake had the first pick as the result of a coin toss (fellow newcomers C.D. Chivas USA got to go first in the expansion draft). RSL drafted Under-17 midfielder Nikolas Besagno with the first selection. A collective bargaining agreement with the MLS Players' Union dictated that the draft be reduced from six to four rounds, although a Supplemental Draft was held to equip newly-formed reserve teams and compensate for expansion.

Contents

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 1

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team
1	Nikolas Besagno (M)	Real Salt Lake	Generation adidas
2	Brad Guzan (GK)	C.D. Chivas USA	University of South Carolina
3	Chad Barrett (F)	Chicago Fire	UCLA
4	Danny O'Rourke (M)	San Jose Earthquakes	Indiana University
5	Ugo Ihemelu (D)	Los Angeles Galaxy	SMU
6	Drew Moor (D)	F.C. Dallas	Indiana University
7	Hunter Freeman (D)	Colorado Rapids	University of Virginia
8	Troy Roberts (D)	Los Angeles Galaxy	University of California
9	Michael Parkhurst (D)	New England Revolution	Wake Forest University
10	Jack Stewart (D)	Chicago Fire	University of Notre Dame
11	Scott Sealy (F)	Kansas City Wizards	Wake Forest University
12	Tim Ward (D)	MetroStars	Saint Louis University

Round 2

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team
13	Jamie Watson (F)	Real Salt Lake	University of North Carolina
14	Christian Jimenez (M)	C.D. Chivas USA	University of South Florida
15	Michael Enfield (M)	Los Angeles Galaxy	UCLA
16	Ryan Pore (F)	Kansas City Wizards	University of Tulsa
17	Kevin Goldthwaite (D)	San Jose Earthquakes	University of Notre Dame
18	Will John (M)	Chicago Fire	Saint Louis University
19	Nick Van Sicklen (M)	D.C. United	University of Wisconsin-Madison
20	Marcus Storey (M)	Columbus Crew	University of North Carolina
21	James Riley (D)	New England Revolution	Wake Forest University
22	Jay Nolly (GK)	Real Salt Lake	Indiana University
23	Domenic Mediate (M)	Columbus Crew	University of Maryland
24	Christopher Sawyer (GK)	Kansas City Wizards	University of Notre Dame

Round 3

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team
25	Chris Corcoran (M)	MetroStars	Bradley University
26	Aaron Lopez (D)	C.D. Chivas USA	UCLA
27	Winston Marshall (D)	F.C. Dallas	Wright State University
28	Chris Gomez (GK)	F.C. Dallas	Brown University
29	Chris Rolfe (F)	Chicago Fire	University of Dayton
30	Victor Arbelaez (M)	San Jose Earthquakes	UNLV
31	Orlando Ramirez (F)	San Jose Earthquakes	Fresno Pacific University
32	C.J. Klaas (D)	San Jose Earthquakes	University of Washington
33	Tony Lochhead (D)	New England Revolution	UC Santa Barbara
34	Quavas Kirk (F)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Generation adidas
35	Gonzalo Segares (D)	Chicago Fire	Virginia Commonwealth University
36	Thabiso Khumalo (M)	Chicago Fire	Coastal Carolina University

Round 4

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team
37	Luke Kreamalmeyer (M)	Real Salt Lake	Bradley University
38	Esteban Arias (D)	C.D. Chivas USA	University of Connecticut
39	Karim Deltz (F)	Chicago Fire	Birmingham Southern College
40	Julian Nash (F)	F.C. Dallas	Creighton University
41	Antou Jallow (F)	San Jose Earthquakes	UWM
42	James Twellman (D)	San Jose Earthquakes	Stanford University
43	Guy Melamed (D)	Colorado Rapids	Boston College
44	Knox Cameron (F)	Columbus Crew	University of Michigan
45	Amir Lowery (M)	Colorado Rapids	Wake Forest University
46	Mubarike Chisoni (M)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Coastal Carolina University
47	John Minagawa-Webster (M)	Kansas City Wizards	Michigan State University
48	Tim Merritt (D)	D.C. United	University of North Carolina