# 2003 MLS SuperDraft

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
### Key

| * | 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 |

### Round One

| 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 | Nate Jaqua*^ | F | University of Portland |
| 4 | MetroStars | Mike Magee*^†~ | F | Nike Project-40 |
| 5 | D.C. United | 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 | Guillermo Gonzalez* | M | Nike Project-40 |
| 9 | New England Revolution | Pat Noonan^ | F | Indiana University |
| 10 | Dallas Burn | Shavar Thomas | D | University of Connecticut |

#### Round one trades

* ↑ #3: Kansas City Wizards → Chicago Fire. 2003-01-07: Chicago Fire acquired this first-round pick from Kansas City Wizards in exchange for forward Josh Wolff.
* ↑ #4: Chicago Fire → Dallas Burn → MetroStars. 2003-01-17: MetroStars acquired this first-round pick from Dallas Burn in exchange for midfielder Brad Davis. On 2002-05-18, Dallas had acquired this pick from Chicago Fire in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2003 SuperDraft and an undisclosed amount of salary cap relief.
* ↑ #5: Dallas Burn → MetroStars → D.C. United. 2002-12-23: D.C. United acquired this first-round pick, defender Mike Petke, and an allocation from MetroStars in exchange for defender Eddie Pope, midfielder Richie Williams, and forward Jaime Moreno. On 2002-03-13, MetroStars had acquired this pick and midfielder Winston Griffiths from Dallas Burn in exchange for goalkeeper D.J. Countess and a second-round pick in the 2003 SuperDraft.
* ↑ #8: Colorado Rapids → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2001-04-02: Los Angeles Galaxy acquired this first-round pick from Colorado Rapids as part of a trade for defender Robin Fraser.
* ↑ #9: New England Revolution → Miami Fusion → New England Revolution. 2001-08-16: New England Revolution re-acquired this first-round pick and acquired defender Leo Cullen from Miami Fusion in exchange for forward Johnny Torres and midfielder Shaker Asad. On 2001-06-20, Miami had acquired this pick and defender Brian Dunseth from New England in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2003 SuperDraft and defender Jay Heaps.
* ↑ #10: Los Angeles Galaxy → Dallas Burn. 2003-01-17: Dallas Burn acquired this first-round pick from Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for selections in the second-round and sixth-round.

### Round Two

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

#### Round two trades

* ↑ #12: MetroStars → Dallas Burn → Los Angeles Galaxy → MetroStars. 2003-01-17: MetroStars acquired this second-round pick from Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for a first-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. Earlier in the day, Los Angeles had acquired this pick and a sixth-round pick from Dallas Burn in exchange for a first-round selection. On 2002-03-13, Dallas had acquired this pick and goalkeeper D.J. Countess from MetroStars in exchange for midfielder Winston Griffiths and a first-round pick in the 2003 SuperDraft.
* ↑ #13: Kansas City Wizards → D.C. United → Kansas City Wizards → San Jose Earthquakes. 2003-01-17: San Jose Earthquakes acquired this second-round pick and a conditional selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft from Kansas City Wizards in exchange for defender Jimmy Conrad. On 2002-07-29, Kansas City had re-acquired this selection and a third-round pick in the 2004 SuperDraft from D.C. United in exchange for a Discovery Pick. On 2002-02-10, D.C. United had acquired future considerations, which became this pick, from Kansas City in exchange for defender Carey Talley.
* ↑ #14: Chicago Fire → D.C. United. 2002-07-18: D.C. United acquired this second-round pick from Chicago Fire in exchange for defender Orlando Perez.
* ↑ #16: San Jose Earthquakes → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2003-01-17: Los Angeles Galaxy acquired this second-round pick from San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for forward Brian Mullan.
* ↑ #17: Columbus Crew → MetroStars. 2003-01-17: MetroStars acquired this second-round pick from Columbus Crew in exchange for defender Nelson Akwari and a second-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft.
* ↑ #18: Colorado Rapids → Chicago Fire. 2002-05-09: Chicago Fire acquired this second-round pick from Colorado Rapids in exchange for midfielder Raúl Palacios.
* ↑ #19: New England Revolution → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2003-01-17: Los Angeles Galaxy acquired this second-round pick and midfielder Alex Pineda Chacón from New England Revolution in exchange for goalkeeper Matt Reis.
* ↑ #20: Los Angeles Galaxy → D.C. United → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2002-08-15: Los Angeles Galaxy re-acquired this second-round pick, originally a conditional selection, from D.C. United in exchange for forward Henry Zambrano. On 2002-01-12, D.C. United had acquired this pick and first-round and second-round selections in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft from Los Angeles in exchange for forward Chris Albright and a second-round pick in the 2002 SuperDraft.

### Round Three

| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
| 21 | Dallas Burn | David Comfort | GK | University of Virginia |
| 22 | New England Revolution | Dimelon Westfield | F | Clemson University |
| 23 | San Jose Earthquakes | Roger Levesque | F | Stanford University |
| 24 | Chicago Fire | Logan Pause* | M | University of North Carolina |
| 25 | Chicago Fire | Ryan Mack | M | Indiana University |
| 26 | Chicago Fire | Phil Swenda | F | Seton Hall University |
| 27 | Colorado Rapids | 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 | Tim Glowienka | D | University of South Carolina |

#### Round three trades

* ↑ #21: D.C. United → Dallas Burn. 2002-03-13: Dallas Burn acquired this third-round pick from D.C. United in exchange for forward Ali Curtis.
* ↑ #22: MetroStars → New England Revolution. 2002-02-10: New England Revolution acquired this third-round pick from MetroStars in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft.
* ↑ #23: Kansas City Wizards → San Jose Earthquakes. 2001-03-13: San Jose Earthquakes acquired this third-round selection, originally a conditional pick, and a second-round selection in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft, also originally a conditional selection, from Kansas City Wizards in exchange for defender Mike Burns.
* ↑ #25: Dallas Burn → Chicago Fire. 2001-03-27: Chicago Fire acquired this third-round pick from Dallas Burn in exchange for goalkeeper Chris Snitko.
* ↑ #26: San Jose Earthquakes → Dallas Burn → Chicago Fire. 2002-05-18: Chicago Fire acquired this third-round pick and an undisclosed amount of salary cap relief from Dallas Burn in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2003 SuperDraft. On 2002-02-10, Dallas had acquired this pick from San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft.
* ↑ #27: Columbus Crew → Colorado Rapids. 2003-01-17: Colorado Rapids acquired this third-round pick from Columbus Crew in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2003 SuperDraft and a third-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft.
* ↑ #30: Los Angeles Galaxy → MetroStars. 2002-04-20: MetroStars acquired this third-round pick, originally a conditional pick, from Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for midfielder Winston Griffiths.

### Round Four

| 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 | Mike Tranchilla | F | Creighton University |
| 35 | Chicago Fire | 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 | Jamil Walker | M | Santa Clara University |
| 40 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Hamid Mehreioskouei | F | Bradley University |

#### Round four trades

* ↑ #34: Chicago Fire → Dallas Burn. 2002-01-15: Dallas Burn acquired this fourth-round pick, originally a conditional selection, and a sixth-round pick in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft from Chicago Fire in exchange for forward Aleksey Korol and midfielder Miguel Saavedra.
* ↑ #35: Dallas Burn → Chicago Fire. 2003-01-17: Chicago Fire acquired this fourth-round pick from Dallas Burn in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft.
* ↑ #39: New England Revolution → San Jose Earthquakes. 2002-07-30: San Jose Earthquakes acquired this fourth-round pick from New England Revolution in exchange for salary budget relief.

### Round Five

| 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 | Marco Vélez | M | Barry University |
| 50 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Jimmy Frazelle | M | UCLA |

#### Round five trades

* ↑ #49: New England Revolution → MetroStars. 2003-01-17: MetroStars acquired this fifth-round pick from New England Revolution in exchange for a sixth-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft.

### Round Six

| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
| 51 | D.C. United | Michael Behonick | GK | American University |
| 52 | Dallas Burn | 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 | Joe Barton | GK | Cal State-Northridge |
| 56 | San Jose Earthquakes | Frank Sanfilippo | M | San Jose State University |
| 57 | New England Revolution | PASS | | |
| 58 | Columbus Crew | Jake Traeger | M | Ohio State University |
| 59 | D.C. United | PASS | | |
| 60 | Kansas City Wizards | Byron Carmichael | F | Marshall University |

#### Round six trades

* ↑ #52: MetroStars → Dallas Burn. 2002-02-10: Dallas Burn acquired this sixth-round pick from MetroStars in exchange for a sixth-round selection in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft.
* ↑ #55: Dallas Burn → Los Angeles Galaxy. 2003-01-17: Los Angeles Galaxy acquired this sixth-round pick and a second-round pick from Dallas Burn in exchange for a first-round selection.
* ↑ #57: Columbus Crew → New England Revolution. 2002-02-10: New England Revolution acquired this sixth-round pick from Columbus Crew in exchange for a fifth-round selection in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft.
* ↑ #58: Colorado Rapids → Columbus Crew. 2003-01-17: Columbus Crew acquired this sixth-round pick and a third-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft from Colorado Rapids in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2003 SuperDraft.
* ↑ #59: Pick originally belonged to New England Revolution. Info needed on how D.C. acquired this pick.
* ↑ #60: Los Angeles Galaxy → Kansas City Wizards. 2003-01-17: Kansas City Wizards acquired this sixth-round pick from Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for a sixth-round selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft.

## Notable undrafted players

| 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 |