2008 MLS SuperDraft Selections

• by Soccer America , Jan 21, 2008

Generation adidas players were taken with six of the top eight picks in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft. The lowest GA pick was UC Santa Barbara's Eric Avila, taken by FC Dallas with the No. 19 pick. The Gauchos and Santa Clara led all colleges with four players each taken in the '08 draft in Baltimore. For all the 68 picks ...

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Round 1
1 Kansas City Chance Myers, UCLA D
2 FC Dallas Brek Shea, U.S. U-17 residency M/D
3 Real Salt Lake Anthony Beltran, UCLA M/D
4 Los Angeles Sean Franklin, Cal State Northridge M/D
5 Colorado Ciaran O'Brien, UC Santa Barbara M
6 Columbus Andy Iro (England), UC Santa Barbara D
7 Chicago Patrick Nyarko (Ghana), Virginia Tech F
8 FC Dallas Josh Lambo, U.S. U-17 residency G
9 Toronto FC Julius James (Trinidad & Tobago), Connecticut D
10 Toronto FC Pat Phelan, Wake Forest M
11 Kansas City Roger Espinoza, Ohio State M
12 Chicago Dominic Cervi, Tulsa G
13 New England Rob Valentino, San Francisco D
14 Real Salt Lake David Horst, Old Dominion D

Round 2
15 San Jose Shea Salinas, Furman M
16 New York Eric Brunner, Ohio State D
17 Real Salt Lake Alex Nimo, FC Portland M/F
18 New England Michael Videira, Duke M
19 FC Dallas Eric Avila, UC Santa Barbara M
20 Columbus George Josten, Gonzaga F/M
21 Los Angeles Ely Allen, Washington F
22 FC Dallas Ricardo Pierre-Louis (Haiti), Lee F
23 Kansas City Yomby William (Cameroon), Old Dominion D
24 FC Dallas Andrew Jacobson, California M
25 Kansas City Jonathan Leathers, Furman D
26 Chicago Peter Lowry, Santa Clara M
27 New England Joe Germanese, Duke M
28 Los Angeles Brian Edwards, Wake Forest G

Round 3
29 Los Angeles Julian Valentin, Wake Forest D
30 Toronto FC Mike Zaher, UCLA D
31 FC Dallas Ryan Miller, Notre Dame D
32 New York Luke Sassano, California M/D
33 D.C. United Ryan Cordeiro, Connecticut F
34 Los Angeles Matt Allen, Creighton G
35 Toronto FC Joseph Lapira, Notre Dame F
36 Colorado Adrian Chevannes, SMU D
37 Real Salt Lake *Brennan Tennelle, UC Santa Barbara M
38 Chicago *Dwight Barnett, Lynn F
39 Kansas City *Matt Marquess, Santa Clara D/F
40 Chicago Stephen King, Maryland M
41 New England Matthew Britner (Canada), Brown D
42 Houston Geoff Cameron, Rhode Island M

Round 4
43 Chivas USA Keith Savage, West Florida M/F
44 New York David Roth, Northwestern M
45 FC Dallas Jamil Roberts, Santa Clara D
46 Los Angeles *Brandon McDonald, San Francisco M
47 Colorado Brian Grazier, Saint Louis M
48 Columbus *Steven Lenhart, Azusa Pacific F
49 Colorado Scott Campbell, North Carolina M
50 FC Dallas *Ben Nason, Virginia Tech M
51 Los Angeles Matt Hatzke, Santa Clara M/D
52 FC Dallas *Tony Schmitz, Creighton M
53 Kansas City Rauwshan McKenzie, Michigan State D
54 Chicago *Austin Washington, Gonzaga D
55 New England *Spencer Wadsworth, Duke M
56 Houston Jeremy Barlow, Virginia M
*Not at adidas MLS Combine.