An MLS SuperDraft record
six Wake Forest players were taken in the 2008 draft held Thursday in
St. Louis. They included Hermann Trophy winner Marcus Tracy, taken by Houston in
the fourth round. Tracy bypassed the adidas Combine and will place
instead for Danish club Aalborg. For the round-by-round SuperDraft
picks ...
*Generation adidas player.
FIRST ROUND:
1. Seattle -- *Steve Zakuani,
F, Akron (England)
2. Toronto FC -- Sam Cronin, M,
Wake Forest
3. Los Angeles -- *Omar
Gonzalez, D, Maryland
4. Toronto FC -- O'Brian
White, F, Connecticut (Jamaica)
5. FC Dallas -- *Peri
Marosevic, F, Michigan
6. D.C. United -- *Rodney
Wallace, D, Maryland
7. D.C. United -- Chris
Pontius, F, UC Santa Barbara
8. Kansas City -- Matt Besler,
D, Notre Dame
9. Chivas USA -- Mike Lahoud,
M, Wake Forest
10. New England -- *Kevin
Alston, D, Indiana
11. New York -- *Jeremy Hall,
M, Maryland
12. Real Salt Lake -- Jean
Alexandre, M, Lynn
13. Toronto FC -- *Stefan Frei,
G, California
14. FC Dallas -- George John,
M, Washington
15. New England Revolution --
Ryan Maxwell, M, Tampa (Jamaica)
SECOND ROUND:
16. Seattle -- Evan Brown, D,
Wake Forest
17. San Jose -- Brad Ring, M,
Indiana
18. New York -- Jide Ogunbiyi,
D, Santa Clara
19. Los Angeles -- A.J.
Delagarza, D, Maryland
20. Chicago -- *Baggio
Husidic, M, UIC
21. D.C. United -- Milos
Kocic, Loyola, Md. (Serbia)
22. Kansas City -- Doug
DeMartin, F, Michigan State
23. Kansas City -- Graham Zusi,
M, Maryland
24. New England -- Andrei
Gotsmanov, M, Creighton
25. New England -- Denaldin
Hamzagic, M, Saint Louis
26. D.C. United -- Lyle Adams,
D, Wake Forest
27. FC Dallas -- Brian
Shriver, F, North Carolina
28. Colorado -- Kwame
Adjeman-Pamboe, M, George Mason
29. New York -- Jack Traynor,
D, Notre Dame
30. Columbus -- Paul
Gerstenberger, D, Boston College
THIRD ROUND:
31. Seattle -- Jared Karkas, D,
Azusa Pacific
32. San Jose -- Quincy
Amarikwa, F, UC Davis
33. Los Angeles -- Josh
Boateng, F, Liberty (Ghana)
34. Toronto FC -- Mike Grella,
F, Duke
35. Los Angeles -- Kyle
Christensen, F, Denver
36. D.C. United -- Brandon
Barklage, M, Saint Louis
37. Colorado -- Steward Ceus,
G, Albany
38. New England -- Chris
Salvaggione, F, Charlotte
39. Toronto FC -- Kyle Hall, F,
Syracuse (Canada)
40. New England -- Darrius
Barnes, D, Duke
41. Houston -- *Daniel Cruz, F,
UNLV
42. Kansas City -- Neal Kitson,
G, St. John's
43. Chicago -- David Sias, D,
UC Irvine
44. New York -- Nick
Zimmerman, M, James Madison
45. Columbus -- Alex Grendi,
M, Penn
FOURTH ROUND:
46. Seattle -- Michael Fucito,
M, Harvard
47. Colorado -- Ross Schunk,
F, Redlands
48. Los Angeles -- Kyle
Patterson, M, Saint Louis (England)
49. Chivas USA -- Jamie
Franks, M, Wake Forest
50. Kansas City -- Akeem
Priestley, M, Connecticut (Jamaica)
51. Colorado -- Jordan
Seabrook, F, South Florida
52. Chicago -- Jokull
Elisabetarson, M, UNC Greensboro (Iceland)
53. Colorado -- Henry Kalungi,
D, Winthrop (Uganda)
54. Real Salt Lake -- Raphael
Cox, M, Washington
55. New England -- Tyrel Lacey,
G, Tulsa
56. Houston -- Marcus Tracy,
F, Wake Forest
57. Real Salt Lake -- MfanaFuthi
Bhembe, F, Alabama A&M (Swaziland)
58. Chicago -- Richard Jata,
M, Campbell
59. Colorado -- Michael Holody,
D, Michigan
60. Columbus -- Chris Clements,
D, Tulsa

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