2006 MLS SuperDraft

The 2006 MLS SuperDraft, held in Philadelphia on January 20, 2006, was the seventh incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The first selection originally belonged to Chivas USA, but they traded it to the MetroStars for the fifth overall selection and Jason Hernandez. The MetroStars then drafted Marvell Wynne. The draft was followed by the 2006 MLS Supplemental Draft.

2006 MLS SuperDraft
General information
Sport	Soccer
Date(s)	January 20, 2006
Time	12:00pm (ET)
Location	Philadelphia
Network(s)	Fox Soccer Channel
Overview
48 total selections
First selection	Marvell Wynne, MetroStars
Most selections	FC Dallas (7 selections)
Fewest selections	Chivas USA Colorado Rapids Real Salt Lake (2 selections)
← 2005 2007 →

The draft has produced multiple United States men's national soccer team players, including Sacha Kljestan, Jozy Altidore (2nd round), and Jonathan Bornstein (4th round).

Player selection

Chivas USA selected Sacha Kljestan 5th overall. The 2016 MLS All-Star is a 2x MLS Best XI selection and earned 52 caps with the U.S. men's national team.

FC Dallas selected Dax McCarty 6th overall. He is a 2x MLS All-Star, a 2015 MLS Best XI selection and a member of the 400 games played club. He earned 13 caps with the U.S. national team.

The Columbus Crew selected Kei Kamara 9th overall. The 2x MLS All-Star is a 2015 MLS Best XI selection and won the 2015 MLS Humanitarian of the Year. He is a member of both the 100 goals club and 400 games played club. He's earned 39 caps for the Sierra Leone national team leading them to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Key

*	Denotes a player contracted under the Generation Adidas program
^	Denotes player who has been selected to an MLS All-Star Game
§	Denotes a player who won the MLS Rookie of the Year
†	Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team
~	Denotes a player who won the MLS MVP

Round one

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position	Affiliation
1	MetroStars[R1 trade 1]	Marvell Wynne*	D	UCLA
2	Real Salt Lake	Mehdi Ballouchy	M	Santa Clara
3	Columbus Crew	Jason Garey	F	Maryland
4	Kansas City Wizards	Yura Movsisyan*	F	Pasadena City College
5	Chivas USA[R1 trade 2]	Sacha Kljestan*^†	M	Seton Hall
6	FC Dallas	Dax McCarty*^†	M	North Carolina
7	D.C. United	Justin Moose	M	Wake Forest
8	Houston Dynamo	Patrick Ianni*	D	UCLA
9	Columbus Crew[R1 trade 3]	Kei Kamara*^†	F	Cal State Dominguez Hills
10	Chicago Fire	Calen Carr	F	California
11	New England Revolution	Leandro de Oliveira	M	UAB
12	Los Angeles Galaxy	Nathan Sturgis*	D/M	Clemson

Round one trades

1. #1: Chivas USA → MetroStars. 2006-01-20: MetroStars acquired this pick from Chivas USA in exchange for the #5 pick and defender Jason Hernandez.^{[ref 1]}
2. #5: MetroStars → Chivas USA. 2006-01-20: Chivas USA acquired this pick and defender Jason Hernandez from MetroStars in exchange for the #1 pick.^{[ref 1]}
3. #9: Colorado Rapids → Columbus Crew. 2005-01-14: Columbus acquired this pick from Colorado in exchange for forward Jeff Cunningham.^{[ref 2]}

Round two

The MetroStars selected 2x MLS All-Star Jozy Altidore 17th overall. Altidore earned 115 caps with the U.S. men's national team and was named to the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup squads.

FC Dallas selected Dominic Oduro 22nd overall. in 13 seasons, he would play in over 300 MLS games.

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position	Affiliation
13	Columbus Crew[R2 trade 1]	Jed Zayner*	D	Indiana
14	Chicago Fire[R2 trade 2]	Jeff Curtin	D	Georgetown
15	FC Dallas[R2 trade 3]	Justin Moore	M	Clemson
16	Kansas City Wizards	Lance Watson	M	New Mexico
17	MetroStars[R2 trade 4]	Jozy Altidore*^	F	Generation adidas
18	FC Dallas	Blake Wagner*	D/M	Generation adidas
19	Kansas City Wizards[R2 trade 5]	Tyson Wahl	D	California
20	Chicago Fire[R2 trade 6]	Brian Plotkin	M	Indiana
21	Colorado Rapids	Jacob Peterson*	F	Indiana
22	FC Dallas[R2 trade 7]	Dominic Oduro	F	VCU
23	New England Revolution	Willie Sims*	F	Cal State Northridge
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	Marc Burch	D	Maryland

Round two trades

1. #13: Chivas USA → New England Revolution → Columbus Crew. 2006-01-20: Columbus acquired this pick and a third-round selection in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft from New England in exchange for an allocation.^{[ref 3]} New England had acquired this pick (originally a conditional pick) and the traded third-round 2007 selection from Chivas USA in exchange for salary considerations on 2005-09-10.^{[ref 4]}
2. #14: Real Salt Lake → Chicago Fire. 2005-01-03: Chicago acquired this pick and a third-round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft from Real Salt Lake in exchange for defender Evan Whitfield and forward Dipsy Selolwane.^{[ref 5]}
3. #15: Columbus Crew → FC Dallas. 2005-04-26: FC Dallas acquired this pick and a youth international slot for the 2005 season from Columbus in exchange for forward Cornell Glen.^{[ref 6]}
4. #17: MetroStars → Real Salt Lake → MetroStars. 2005-02-01: MetroStars acquired this pick and an allocation from Real Salt Lake in exchange for defender Eddie Pope.^{[ref 7]} MetroStars had the choice of swapping first-round selections in the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft with Real Salt Lake or taking the highest RSL second-round 2006 SuperDraft selection. MetroStars chose the latter. Real Salt Lake had previously acquired this pick from MetroStars in exchange for use of a youth international slot for the 2005 season on 2005-01-14.^{[ref 8]}
5. #19: D.C. United → Chicago Fire → Kansas City Wizards. 2006-01-11: Kansas City acquired this pick and midfielder Will John from Chicago in exchange for midfielder Diego Gutiérrez.^{[ref 9]} Chicago had acquired this pick from D.C. United in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft on 2005-01-14.^{[ref 10]}
6. #20: Houston Dynamo → Chicago Fire. 2005-06-14: Chicago acquired this pick from San Jose in exchange for defender Kelly Gray.^{[ref 11]} The San Jose franchise moved to Houston after the 2005 MLS season.
7. #22: Chicago Fire → FC Dallas. 2005-01-14: FC Dallas acquired this pick and goalkeeper Henry Ring from Chicago in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft.^{[ref 12]}

Round three

Real Salt Lake selected Ryan Johnson 26th overall. In 7 MLS seasons, he played 181 games. He earned 36 caps with the Jamaica national team.

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position	Affiliation
25	Los Angeles Galaxy[R3 trade 1]	Kyle Veris	D	Ohio State
26	Real Salt Lake	Ryan Johnson	F/M	Oregon State
27	Columbus Crew	Brandon Moss	M	New Mexico
28	Kansas City Wizards	Matt Groenwald	M	St. John's
29	Kansas City Wizards[R3 trade 2]	Stephen Shirley	D/M	Virginia Commonwealth
30	FC Dallas	Ray Burse	GK	Ohio State
31	D.C. United	Rod Dyachenko	M	UNLV
32	Houston Dynamo	Andre Schmid	F	St. John's
33	Columbus Crew[R3 trade 3]	Dayton O'Brien	M/F	Memphis
34	Chicago Fire	Jordan Russolillo	D	So. Connecticut State
35	New England Revolution	Kyle Brown	F	Tulsa
36	Los Angeles Galaxy	Chris Dunsheath	GK	Bradley

Round three trades

1. #25: Chivas USA → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2005-03-11: Los Angeles acquired this pick (originally a conditional pick) from Chivas USA in exchange for defender Ryan Suarez.^{[ref 13]}
2. #29: MetroStars → Kansas City Wizards. 2005-11-22: Kansas City acquired this pick from MetroStars in exchange for the rights to defender Taylor Graham.^{[ref 14]}
3. #33: Colorado Rapids → Columbus Crew. 2006-01-20: Columbus acquired this pick from Colorado in exchange for goalkeeper Matt Jordan.^{[ref 15]}

Round four

Chivas USA selected Jonathan Bornstein 37th overall. the 2006 Rookie of the Year is a 2x MLS All-Star, and a 2007 MLS Best XI selection. He's earned 38 caps with the U.S. Men's national team and was selected to the 2010 FIFA World Cup squad.

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position	Affiliation
37	Chivas USA	Jonathan Bornstein^§†	D	UCLA
38	Columbus Crew[R4 trade 1]	Duke Hashimoto	F	Southern Methodist
39	D.C. United[R4 trade 2]	Jeff Carroll	M/D	St. John's
40	Kansas City Wizards	Eric Kronberg	GK	California
41	MetroStars[R4 trade 3]	Blake Camp	M	Duke
42	FC Dallas	Michael Dello-Russo	D	Maryland
43	FC Dallas[R4 trade 4]	Mike Ambersley	F	Indiana
44	Houston Dynamo	Mike Chabala	M	Washington
45	Colorado Rapids	Josh Brown	D	New Mexico
46	Chicago Fire	Jeremy Ashe	M	Marshall
47	D.C. United[R4 trade 5]	Kenney Bertz	D	Maryland
48	Los Angeles Galaxy	Aaron King	F	NC State

Round four trades

1. #38: Real Salt Lake → FC Dallas → Columbus Crew. 2006-01-20: Columbus acquired this pick from FC Dallas in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft.^{[ref 16]} FC Dallas had acquired this pick (originally one of two "future considerations") from Real Salt Lake in exchange for forward Jason Kreis on 2004-11-17.^{[ref 17][ref 18]}
2. #39: Columbus Crew → D.C. United. 2004-01-30: D.C. United acquired this pick, originally "future considerations", from Columbus in exchange for forward Devin Barclay.^{[ref 19][ref 15]}
3. #41: MetroStars → Houston Dynamo → MetroStars. 2006-01-20: MetroStars re-acquired this pick from Houston in exchange for goalkeeper Zach Wells.^{[ref 20]} Houston (then San Jose) had acquired the pick from MetroStars in exchange for goalkeeper Jon Conway on 2005-12-05.^{[ref 21]}
4. #43: D.C. United → FC Dallas. 2004-07-23: FC Dallas acquired this pick and a second-round selection in the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft (originally "future considerations") from D.C. United in exchange for forward Jason Thompson.^{[ref 22]}
5. #47: New England Revolution → D.C. United. 2005-01-20: D.C. United acquired this pick from New England in exchange for goalkeeper Doug Warren.^{[ref 23]}

See also

• Draft (sports)
• Generation Adidas
• Major League Soccer
• MLS SuperDraft