# 2005 MLS SuperDraft

The 2005 MLS SuperDraft, held in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 14, 2005, was the sixth incarnation of the annual MLS 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.

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

#### Round one trades

* ↑ #4: FC Dallas → San Jose Earthquakes. January 14, 2005: San Jose acquired this pick, midfielder Brad Davis, and an allocation from FC Dallas in exchange for the #6 pick, the #29 pick, midfielder Richard Mulrooney, and midfielder Arturo Alvarez.
* ↑ #5: San Jose Earthquakes → Los Angeles Galaxy. January 12, 2005: Los Angeles acquired this pick, defender Todd Dunivant, and goalkeeper Steve Cronin from San Jose in exchange for the #6 pick, forward Alejandro Moreno, and defender Chris Aloisi.
* ↑ #6: MetroStars → Los Angeles Galaxy → San Jose Earthquakes → FC Dallas. January 14, 2005: FC Dallas acquired this pick, the #29 pick, midfielder Richard Mulrooney, and midfielder Arturo Alvarez from San Jose in exchange for the #4 pick, midfielder Brad Davis, and an allocation. San Jose had acquired this pick, forward Alejandro Moreno, and defender Chris Aloisi from Los Angeles in exchange for pick #5, defender Todd Dunivant, and goalkeeper Steve Cronin on January 12, 2005. Los Angeles had acquired this pick and future considerations from MetroStars in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft on January 14, 2004.
* ↑ #8: Columbus Crew → Los Angeles Galaxy. January 12, 2004: Los Angeles acquired this pick from Columbus in exchange for midfielder Simon Elliott.
* ↑ #10: Los Angeles Galaxy → Chicago Fire. January 16, 2004: Chicago acquired this pick from Los Angeles in exchange for the #14 pick in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft.
* ↑ #12: D.C. United → MetroStars → FC Dallas → MetroStars. January 14, 2005: MetroStars re-acquired this pick from FC Dallas in exchange for forward Cornell Glen. FC Dallas had acquired this pick (originally future considerations) from MetroStars in exchange for midfielder Joselito Vaca on February 5, 2004. The future considerations were to be either MetroStars' 2006 natural first- and second-round selections or a 2005 first-round selection should MetroStars acquire a first-round pick prior to the draft. Earlier in the day, MetroStars had acquired this pick and pick #25 from D.C. United as final compensation for the March 2, 2004 trade which sent Jaime Moreno from MetroStars to D.C. United.

### Round two

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

#### Round two trades

* ↑ #15: Chicago Fire → FC Dallas → Kansas City Wizards → Los Angeles Galaxy. January 14, 2005: Los Angeles acquired this pick from Kansas City in exchange for midfielder Sasha Victorine. Kansas City had acquired this pick (originally a conditional selection), the #4 selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft, and defender Shavar Thomas from FC Dallas in exchange for defender Carey Talley, midfielder Eric Quill, and the #7 selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft on January 16, 2004. FC Dallas had acquired this pick (originally a conditional selection) from Chicago in exchange for goalkeeper DJ Countess February 20, 2004.
* ↑ #16: FC Dallas → Colorado Rapids → Kansas City Wizards. January 13, 2005: Kansas City acquired this pick from Colorado in exchange for pick #33 and pick #36. Colorado had acquired this pick from FC Dallas in exchange for goalkeeper Scott Garlick on December 17, 2003.
* ↑ #18: MetroStars → Chicago Fire. January 16, 2004: Chicago acquired this pick from MetroStars in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft.
* ↑ #19: Colorado Rapids → D.C. United. June 29, 2004: D.C. United acquired this pick from Colorado in exchange for the rights to discovery player Alberto Delgado.
* ↑ #20: Columbus Crew → Colorado Rapids → Columbus Crew. January 16, 2004: Columbus re-acquired this pick from Colorado in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft and the rights to defender Stephen Herdsman. Colorado had acquired this pick (originally a conditional pick) and pick #16 in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft from Columbus in exchange for defender Robin Fraser on January 14, 2004.
* ↑ #22: Los Angeles Galaxy → Real Salt Lake. January 14, 2005: Real Salt Lake acquired this pick from Los Angeles in exchange for an allocation.
* ↑ #23: Kansas City Wizards → Columbus Crew. January 15, 2004: Columbus acquired this pick from Kansas City in exchange for midfielder Diego Walsh.
* ↑ #24: D.C. United → Kansas City Wizards. January 16, 2004: Kansas City acquired this pick and pick #36 from D.C. United in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft.

### Round three

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

#### Round three trades

* ↑ #25: Real Salt Lake → Chicago Fire → D.C. United → MetroStars. January 14, 2005: MetroStars acquired this pick and pick #12 from D.C. United as final compensation for the March 2, 2004 trade which sent Jaime Moreno from MetroStars to D.C. United. Earlier the same day, D.C. United had acquired this pick from Chicago in exchange for D.C.'s natural second-round selection in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. Chicago had acquired this pick and a second-round selection in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft from Real Salt Lake in exchange for forward Dipsy Selolwane and defender Evan Whitfield on December 30, 2004.
* ↑ #27: Chicago Fire → FC Dallas. August 31, 2004: FC Dallas acquired this pick from Chicago in exchange for the discovery option on forward Andy Herron.
* ↑ #29: San Jose Earthquakes → FC Dallas → Chicago Fire. January 14, 2005: Chicago acquired this pick from FC Dallas in exchange for goalkeeper Henry Ring and a second-round selection in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. Earlier on the same day, FC Dallas had acquired this pick, the #6 pick, midfielder Richard Mulrooney, and midfielder Arturo Alvarez from San Jose in exchange for the #4 pick, midfielder Brad Davis, and an allocation.
* ↑ #30: MetroStars → San Jose Earthquakes. August 21, 2003: San Jose acquired this pick from MetroStars in exchange for a discovery player to be named later. The player was forward Andrzej Juskowiak.
* ↑ #31: Colorado Rapids → San Jose Earthquakes. August 19, 2003: San Jose acquired this pick, pick #41, and a first-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft from Colorado in exchange for the rights to goalkeeper Joe Cannon.
* ↑ #32: Columbus Crew → San Jose Earthquakes. January 13, 2004: San Jose acquired this pick from Columbus in exchange for midfielder Manny Lagos.
* ↑ #33: New England Revolution → Kansas City Wizards → Colorado Rapids → New England Revolution. January 14, 2005: New England re-acquired this pick from Colorado in exchange for pick #45 and a player to be named later. Colorado had acquired this pick and pick #36 from Kansas City in exchange for pick #16 on January 13, 2005. Info needed on how Kansas City acquired this pick from New England.
* ↑ #35: Kansas City Wizards → Chicago Fire. April 5, 2004: Chicago acquired this pick from Kansas City in exchange for midfielder Khari Stephenson.
* ↑ #36: D.C. United → Kansas City Wizards → Colorado Rapids → Chicago Fire. June 11, 2004: Chicago acquired this pick (originally a conditional selection) from Colorado in exchange for forward Rey Ángel Martínez. To fulfill the trade requirements, Colorado acquired this pick and pick #33 from Kansas City in exchange for pick #16 on January 13, 2005. Kansas City had acquired this pick and pick #24 from D.C. United in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft on January 16, 2004.

### Round four

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

#### Round four trades

* ↑ #41: San Jose Earthquakes → Colorado Rapids → San Jose Earthquakes. August 19, 2003: San Jose re-acquired this pick, pick #31, and a first-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft from Colorado in exchange for the rights to goalkeeper Joe Cannon. Colorado had acquired this pick (originally a conditional selection) from San Jose in exchange for midfielder Wes Hart on February 28, 2004.
* ↑ #42: MetroStars → San Jose Earthquakes. December 10, 2004: San Jose acquired this pick from MetroStars in exchange for defender Jeff Agoos.
* ↑ #45: New England Revolution → Colorado Rapids. January 14, 2005: Colorado acquired this pick and a player to be named later from New England in exchange for pick #33.
* ↑ #48: D.C. United → San Jose Earthquakes → D.C. United. January 14, 2005: D.C. United re-acquired this pick from San Jose for a player to be named later. San Jose had acquired this pick and a first-round selection in the 2003 MLS supplemental draft from D.C. United in exchange for forward Devin Barclay and a first-round selection in the 2003 MLS supplemental draft on February 11, 2003.

### Other draft day trades

* MetroStars traded its natural second-round selection in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft to Real Salt Lake in exchange for a youth international slot.

## Notable undrafted players

| No. | Player | Pos. | Notes |
| 1 | Bobby Boswell^† | D | MLS Defender of the Year (2006); MLS Best XI (2006, 2014); U.S. national team (2006–07) |
| 2 | Chris Wondolowski^†~ | F | Not picked in the SuperDraft; taken in the supplemental draft. He scored an MLS record 171 MLS goals. |
| 3 | Jeff Larentowicz ^ | D | Not picked in the SuperDraft; taken in the supplemental draft. He is a member of the 400 games played club. |