2003 MLS SuperDraft

2003 MLS SuperDraft
2003 MLS SuperDraft
General information
Sport	Soccer
Date(s)	January 17, 2003
Location	Kansas City, Missouri
Network(s)	Fox Sports World
Overview
	60 total selections
First selection	Alecko Eskandarian, D.C. United
	← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 MLS Superdraft was held January 17, 2003 in Kansas City, Missouri. It was the fifth annual SuperDraft held by Major League Soccer.

Player selection

*	Denotes a player contracted under the Project-40 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

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
1	D.C. United	Alecko Eskandarian*^	F	University of Virginia
2	MetroStars	Ricardo Clark*^†	M	Furman University
3	Chicago Fire^{[R1 trade 1]}	Nate Jaqua*^	F	University of Portland
4	MetroStars^{[R1 trade 2]}	Mike Magee*^†~	F	Nike Project-40
5	D.C. United^{[R1 trade 3]}	David Stokes*	D	University of North Carolina
6	San Jose Earthquakes	Todd Dunivant	D	Stanford University
7	Columbus Crew	Diego Walsh	M	Southern Methodist University
8	Los Angeles Galaxy^{[R1 trade 4]}	Guillermo Gonzalez*	M	Nike Project-40
9	New England Revolution^{[R1 trade 5]}	Pat Noonan^	F	Indiana University
10	Dallas Burn^{[R1 trade 6]}	Shavar Thomas	D	University of Connecticut

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
11	D.C. United	Brian Carroll*	M	Wake Forest University
12	MetroStars^{[R2 trade 1]}	Eddie Gaven*^†	M	Nike Project-40
13	San Jose Earthquakes^{[R2 trade 2]}	Arturo Alvarez*	M	Nike Project-40
14	D.C. United^{[R2 trade 3]}	Doug Warren	GK	Clemson University
15	Dallas Burn	Jason Thompson*	F	Eastern Illinois University
16	Los Angeles Galaxy^{[R2 trade 4]}	Scot Thompson	D	UCLA
17	MetroStars^{[R2 trade 5]}	Tim Regan	D	Bradley University
18	Chicago Fire^{[R2 trade 6]}	Damani Ralph^§	F	University of Connecticut
19	Los Angeles Galaxy^{[R2 trade 7]}	Arturo Torres	M	Loyola Marymount University
20	Los Angeles Galaxy^{[R2 trade 8]}	Ricky Lewis*	D	Clemson University

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
21	Dallas Burn^{[R3 trade 1]}	David Comfort	GK	University of Virginia
22	New England Revolution^{[R3 trade 2]}	Dimelon Westfield	F	Clemson University
23	San Jose Earthquakes^{[R3 trade 3]}	Roger Levesque	F	Stanford University
24	Chicago Fire	Logan Pause*	M	University of North Carolina
25	Chicago Fire^{[R3 trade 4]}	Ryan Mack	M	Indiana University
26	Chicago Fire^{[R3 trade 5]}	Phil Swenda	F	Seton Hall University
27	Colorado Rapids^{[R3 trade 6]}	Jason Cole	D	St. Louis University
28	Colorado Rapids	Alex Blake	F	Williams College
29	New England Revolution	Kyle Singer	GK	Boston College
30	MetroStars^{[R3 trade 7]}	Tim Glowienka	D	University of South Carolina

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
31	D.C. United	Hayden Woodworth	M	Messiah College
32	MetroStars	Kenny Arena	D	University of Virginia
33	Kansas City Wizards	Taylor Graham	D	Stanford University
34	Dallas Burn^{[R4 trade 1]}	Mike Tranchilla	F	Creighton University
35	Chicago Fire^{[R4 trade 2]}	Rob Friend	F	UC Santa Barbara
36	San Jose Earthquakes	Josh Saunders^	GK	University of California
37	Columbus Crew	Michael Ritch	F	Auburn University
38	Colorado Rapids	Matt Crawford	M	University of North Carolina
39	San Jose Earthquakes^{[R4 trade 3]}	Jamil Walker	M	Santa Clara University
40	Los Angeles Galaxy	Hamid Mehreioskouei	F	Bradley University

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
41	D.C. United	John Swann	D	Indiana University
42	MetroStars	Jacob LeBlanc*	M	University of Virginia
43	Kansas City Wizards	Jack Jewsbury^	M	St. Louis University
44	Chicago Fire	Chad Dombrowski	D	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
45	Dallas Burn	Michael Mariscalco	M	Butler University
46	San Jose Earthquakes	Johanes Maliza	M	Stanford University
47	Columbus Crew	Guy Abrahamson	M	Rutgers University
48	Colorado Rapids	Casey Schmidt	F	Boston College
49	MetroStars^{[R5 trade 1]}	Marco Vélez	M	Barry University
50	Los Angeles Galaxy	Jimmy Frazelle	M	UCLA

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
51	D.C. United	Michael Behonick	GK	American University
52	Dallas Burn^{[R6 trade 1]}	Andy Rosenband	F	Ohio State University
53	Kansas City Wizards	Kevin Friedland	D	Southern Methodist University
54	Chicago Fire	Ryan Futagaki	M	UCLA
55	Los Angeles Galaxy^{[R6 trade 2]}	Joe Barton	GK	Cal State-Northridge
56	San Jose Earthquakes	Frank Sanfilippo	M	San Jose State University
57	New England Revolution^{[R6 trade 3]}	PASS
58	Columbus Crew^{[R6 trade 4]}	Jake Traeger	M	Ohio State University
59	D.C. United^{[R6 trade 5]}	PASS
60	Kansas City Wizards^{[R6 trade 6]}	Byron Carmichael	F	Marshall University

Player	Pos	Affiliation	Played in MLS	Notes
Troy Perkins	GK	University of Evansville	2004–07; 2010–15	7 caps with U.S. national team; 2006 MLS Best XI