# 2004 MLS SuperDraft

The 2004 MLS SuperDraft, held in Charlotte, North Carolina on January 16, 2004, was the fifth incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The draft was most notable at the time for the selection of one of the youngest athletes in American sporting history, Freddy Adu, with the first pick by D.C. United after a trade from the Dallas Burn. The trade was initiated by the league after Adu had signed in November 2003 with the intent of playing for D.C., his local team.
The draft also included Clint Dempsey (1st round), who later won MLS Rookie of the Year, and teenager Michael Bradley (4th round), the son of MetroStars coach Bob Bradley. Both players went on to earn over 120 caps with the U.S. national team and play overseas for European teams before returning to MLS.

## 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 | Freddy Adu*^ | F | Project-40 |
| 2 | Columbus Crew | Chad Marshall*† | D | Stanford University |
| 3 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Joseph Ngwenya | F | Coastal Carolina University |
| 4 | Kansas City Wizards | Matt Taylor | F | UCLA |
| 5 | San Jose Earthquakes | Ryan Cochrane* | D | Santa Clara University |
| 6 | Dallas Burn | Ramón Núñez | M | SMU |
| 7 | Dallas Burn | Clarence Goodson* | D | University of Maryland |
| 8 | New England Revolution | Clint Dempsey*^§† | M | Furman University |
| 9 | Chicago Fire | Scott Buete | M | University of Maryland |
| 10 | San Jose Earthquakes | Steve Cronin* | GK | Santa Clara University |

#### Round one trades

* ↑ #1: Dallas Burn → D.C. United. November 18, 2003: D.C. United acquired this pick from Dallas in exchange for an allocation. The trade was engineered by Major League Soccer to ensure that top draft pick Freddy Adu could play for his hometown club.
* ↑ #4: D.C. United → Dallas Burn → Kansas City Wizards. January 16, 2004: Kansas City acquired this pick, defender Shavar Thomas, and a conditional second round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft from Dallas in exchange for the #7 pick, midfielder Eric Quill, and midfielder Carey Talley. Dallas had acquired this pick, a sixth-round 2004 SuperDraft pick, and forward Ali Curtis from D.C. United in exchange for forward Ronald Cerritos on August 19, 2003.
* ↑ #5: Colorado Rapids → San Jose Earthquakes. August 19, 2003: San Jose acquired this pick, a third-round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft, and a fourth-round selection in the 2005 SuperDraft from Colorado in exchange for goalkeeper Joe Cannon.
* ↑ #6: MetroStars → Los Angeles Galaxy → Dallas Burn. July 11, 2003: Dallas acquired this pick, defender Ezra Hendrickson and forward Gavin Glinton from Los Angeles in exchange for defender Ryan Suarez, midfielder Paul Broome, midfielder Antonio Martínez, and the #11 pick (originally a conditional selection). Los Angeles had acquired this pick from MetroStars in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft on January 17, 2003.
* ↑ #7: Kansas City Wizards → Dallas Burn.January 16, 2004: Dallas acquired this pick, midfielder Eric Quill, and midfielder Carey Talley from Kansas City in exchange for the #4 pick, defender Shavar Thomas, and a conditional second-round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft.
* ↑ #9: Chicago Fire → New England Revolution → Chicago Fire. January 16, 2004: Chicago re-acquired this pick from New England in exchange for a player allocation due to the retirement of midfielder Peter Nowak. Earlier in the day, New England had acquired this selection from Chicago to complete the transaction that sent Nowak from Chicago to New England on January 3, 2003. Chicago also received the #18 pick in the 2004 SuperDraft from New England to complete the trade.

### Round two

| Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | Leonard Griffin | D | UCLA |
| 12 | Columbus Crew | Chris Wingert | D | St. John's University |
| 13 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Josh Gardner* | M | University of Cincinnati |
| 14 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Ned Grabavoy* | M | Indiana University |
| 15 | Colorado Rapids | Adolfo Gregorio | M | UCLA |
| 16 | Colorado Rapids | Adrian Cann | D | University of Louisville |
| 17 | Kansas City Wizards | Will Hesmer | GK | Wake Forest University |
| 18 | MetroStars | Seth Stammler | D | University of Maryland |
| 19 | Chicago Fire | Matt Pickens | GK | SMS (now Missouri State) |
| 20 | Chicago Fire | Sumed Ibrahim | M | University of Maryland |

#### Round two trades

* ↑ #11: Dallas Burn → Los Angeles Galaxy → MetroStars → Chicago Fire. January 14, 2004: Chicago acquired this pick, originally a conditional selection, from MetroStars to complete the trade for coach Bob Bradley. Chicago had previously acquired forward Rodrigo Faria as compensation for MetroStars hiring Bradley on October 22, 2002. MetroStars had acquired this pick from Los Angeles in exchange for a first-round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft and future considerations earlier on January 16, 2004. Los Angeles had acquired this pick, defender Ryan Suarez, midfielder Paul Broome, and midfielder Antonio Martínez from Dallas in exchange for the #6 pick, defender Ezra Hendrickson and forward Gavin Glinton on July 11, 2003.
* ↑ #14: D.C. United → Chicago Fire → Los Angeles Galaxy. January 16, 2004: Los Angeles acquired this pick from Chicago in exchange for the lowest of LA's three first-round selections in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft. Chicago had acquired this pick from D.C. United in exchange for forward Hristo Stoitchkov on January 27, 2003.
* ↑ #16: MetroStars → Columbus Crew → Colorado Rapids. January 14, 2004: Colorado acquired this pick and a conditional selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft from Columbus in exchange for defender Robin Fraser. Columbus had acquired this pick and defender Nelson Akwari from MetroStars in exchange for the #17 pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft on January 17, 2003.
* ↑ #18: New England Revolution → Chicago Fire → MetroStars. January 16, 2004: MetroStars acquired this pick from Chicago in exchange for a natural second-round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft. Earlier in the day, Chicago had acquired this pick from New England in exchange for the #9 pick to complete the transaction that sent midfielder Peter Nowak from Chicago to New England on January 3, 2003.
* ↑ #20: San Jose Earthquakes → Chicago Fire. August 20, 2003: Chicago acquired this pick, originally a conditional selection, from San Jose in exchange for forward Rodrigo Faria.

### Round three

| Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
| 21 | MetroStars | Zach Wells | GK | UCLA |
| 22 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Memo Arzate | M | UC Santa Barbara |
| 23 | New England Revolution | Jeremiah White | F | Wake Forest University |
| 24 | D.C. United | Kevin Ara | M | Harvard University |
| 25 | Colorado Rapids | Kevin Taylor | D | University of Michigan |
| 26 | MetroStars | Olivier Occéan | F | So. Connecticut State University |
| 27 | San Jose Earthquakes | Mike Wilson | M | Stanford University |
| 28 | Chicago Fire | Khari Stephenson | M | Williams College |
| 29 | Dallas Burn | Ty Maurin | M | UCLA |
| 30 | San Jose Earthquakes | Lindon Pecorelli | M | University of Connecticut |

#### Round three trades

* ↑ #21: Dallas Burn → MetroStars. December 3, 2003: MetroStars acquired this pick and defender Tenywa Bonseu from Dallas in exchange for defender Steve Jolley.
* ↑ #22: Columbus Crew → Los Angeles Galaxy. July 31, 2003: Los Angeles acquired this pick, originally a conditional selection, from Columbus in exchange for forward Alex Pineda Chacon.
* ↑ #23: Los Angeles Galaxy → New England Revolution. August 8, 2003: New England acquired this pick (originally a conditional selection) and a conditional 2005 MLS SuperDraft pick from Los Angeles in exchange for the rights to forward Diego Serna. The 2005 pick was contingent on Serna remaining with Los Angeles in 2004. This condition was not met so LA kept its 2005 pick.
* ↑ #24: D.C. United → Kansas City Wizards → D.C. United. January 16, 2004: D.C. United re-acquired this pick from Kansas City in exchange for D.C. United's natural second-round and third-round selections in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft. On July 29, 2002, Kansas City had acquired this selection and a second-round pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft from D.C. United in exchange for a Discovery Pick.
* ↑ #25: Colorado Rapids → Columbus Crew → Colorado Rapids. January 16, 2004: Colorado re-acquired this pick from Columbus in exchange for the rights to defender Steven Herdsman and the conditional pick in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft that was traded to Columbus in the Robin Fraser trade two days earlier (see pick #16 above). Columbus had acquired this pick and the #58 pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft from Colorado in exchange for the #27 pick in the 2003 SuperDraft on January 17, 2003.
* ↑ #27: Kansas City Wizards → San Jose Earthquakes. January 17, 2003: San Jose acquired this pick, originally a conditional selection, and a second-round selection in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft from Kansas City in exchange for defender Jimmy Conrad.
* ↑ #28: New England Revolution → Chicago Fire. January 3, 2003: It is believed, though not confirmed, that this is the conditional pick received by Chicago from New England in exchange for midfielder Peter Nowak.
* ↑ #29: Chicago Fire → Dallas Burn. January 17, 2003: Dallas acquired this pick from Chicago in exchange for the #35 pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft.

### Round four

| Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
| 31 | Dallas Burn | David Wagenfuhr | D | Creighton University |
| 32 | Columbus Crew | Jamal Sutton | F | SMS (now Missouri State) |
| 33 | Los Angeles Galaxy | David McGill | M | UC Santa Barbara |
| 34 | D.C. United | Josh Gros^ | M | Rutgers University |
| 35 | Colorado Rapids | Kevin Richards | D | University of Notre Dame |
| 36 | MetroStars | Michael Bradley*^ | M | Project-40 |
| 37 | Kansas City Wizards | Jay Alberts | M | Yale University |
| 38 | Chicago Fire | Denny Clanton | D | University of Dayton |
| 39 | Chicago Fire | Phil Hucles | D | The College of William & Mary |
| 40 | San Jose Earthquakes | Marin Pusek | M | UAB |

#### Round four trades

* ↑ #38: New England Revolution → Chicago Fire. April 11, 2003: Chicago acquired this pick from New England in exchange for the rights to midfielder Jason Moore.

### Round five

| Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
| 41 | Columbus Crew | Adom Crew | M | Brown University |
| 42 | Columbus Crew | Luke Vercollone | M | Seton Hall University |
| 43 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Jason Perry | D | Oakland University |
| 44 | D.C. United | Kevin Hudson | M | SMU |
| 45 | Colorado Rapids | Gary Sullivan | D | Adelphi University |
| 46 | MetroStars | Johnny David | M | Fairleigh Dickinson University |
| 47 | Kansas City Wizards | Justin Detter | F | University of Notre Dame |
| 48 | Kansas City Wizards | Ryan Barber | D | UMKC |
| 49 | Chicago Fire | Ian Pilarski | M | Cornell University |
| 50 | San Jose Earthquakes | Tighe Dombrowski | M | UW-Milwaukee |

#### Round five trades

* ↑ #41: Dallas Burn → Columbus Crew. Must Confirm. August 20, 2003: Columbus acquired this pick, originally a conditional selection, from Dallas in exchange for defender Brian Dunseth.
* ↑ #48: New England Revolution → Kansas City Wizards. August 20, 2003: Kansas City acquired this pick (originally a conditional selection), forward Chris Brown, and forward Darío Fabbro from New England in exchange for forward Wolde Harris and midfielder Jorge Vázquez.

### Round six

| Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
| 51 | Chicago Fire | Ryan McGowan | M | Seton Hall University |
| 52 | Columbus Crew | Matthew Haefner | GK | University of Pennsylvania |
| 53 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Alan Gordon | F | Oregon State University |
| 54 | Dallas Burn | Edwin Miranda | D | Cal State Northridge |
| 55 | Colorado Rapids | John Pulido | M | Florida International University |
| 56 | New England Revolution | Félix Brillant | F | Franklin Pierce College |
| 57 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Chris Aloisi | D | Syracuse University |
| 58 | New England Revolution | Andy Dorman | M | Boston University |
| 59 | Chicago Fire | Tony McManus | D | UAB |
| 60 | MetroStars | Jeff Parke | D | Drexel University |

#### Round six trades

* ↑ #51: Originally belonged to Dallas Burn → . More info needed.
* ↑ #54: D.C. United → Dallas Burn. August 19, 2003: Dallas acquired this pick, a first-round 2004 SuperDraft pick, and forward Ali Curtis from D.C. United in exchange for forward Ronald Cerritos.
* ↑ #56: MetroStars → New England Revolution. January 17, 2003: New England acquired this pick from MetroStars in exchange for the #49 pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft.
* ↑ #57: Kansas City Wizards → Los Angeles Galaxy. January 17, 2003: Los Angeles acquired this pick from Kansas City in exchange for the #60 pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft.
* ↑ #60: San Jose Earthquakes → MetroStars. January 16, 2004: MetroStars acquired this pick from San Jose in exchange for a sixth-round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft. As the 2005 SuperDraft was reduced to four rounds, San Jose received a second-round selection in the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft from MetroStars to complete the trade.

### Trade Note

* MetroStars received a conditional 2004 SuperDraft pick from Chicago Fire in exchange for the rights to midfielder Andy Williams on March 27, 2003. Instead of the conditional pick, MetroStars received defender Edgar Bartolomeu from Chicago on June 25, 2003, to complete the trade.

## Notable undrafted players

* Clyde Simms (MF, East Carolina University) — 220 MLS appearances.
* Troy Perkins (GK, Evansville)