# 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.
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
### 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 | 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 | 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 | 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: Chivas USA → MetroStars. 2006-01-20: MetroStars acquired this pick from Chivas USA in exchange for the #5 pick and defender Jason Hernandez.
* ↑ #5: MetroStars → Chivas USA. 2006-01-20: Chivas USA acquired this pick and defender Jason Hernandez from MetroStars in exchange for the #1 pick.
* ↑ #9: Colorado Rapids → Columbus Crew. 2005-01-14: Columbus acquired this pick from Colorado in exchange for forward Jeff Cunningham.

### Round two

| Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
| 13 | Columbus Crew | Jed Zayner* | D | Indiana |
| 14 | Chicago Fire | Jeff Curtin | D | Georgetown |
| 15 | FC Dallas | Justin Moore | M | Clemson |
| 16 | Kansas City Wizards | Lance Watson | M | New Mexico |
| 17 | MetroStars | Jozy Altidore*^ | F | Generation adidas |
| 18 | FC Dallas | Blake Wagner* | D/M | Generation adidas |
| 19 | Kansas City Wizards | Tyson Wahl | D | California |
| 20 | Chicago Fire | Brian Plotkin | M | Indiana |
| 21 | Colorado Rapids | Jacob Peterson* | F | Indiana |
| 22 | FC Dallas | 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

* ↑ #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. 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.
* ↑ #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.
* ↑ #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.
* ↑ #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. 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.
* ↑ #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. 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.
* ↑ #20: Houston Dynamo → Chicago Fire. 2005-06-14: Chicago acquired this pick from San Jose in exchange for defender Kelly Gray. The San Jose franchise moved to Houston after the 2005 MLS season.
* ↑ #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.

### Round three

| Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
| 25 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 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 | 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 | 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

* ↑ #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.
* ↑ #29: MetroStars → Kansas City Wizards. 2005-11-22: Kansas City acquired this pick from MetroStars in exchange for the rights to defender Taylor Graham.
* ↑ #33: Colorado Rapids → Columbus Crew. 2006-01-20: Columbus acquired this pick from Colorado in exchange for goalkeeper Matt Jordan.

### Round four

| Pick # | MLS Team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
| 37 | Chivas USA | Jonathan Bornstein^§† | D | UCLA |
| 38 | Columbus Crew | Duke Hashimoto | F | Southern Methodist |
| 39 | D.C. United | Jeff Carroll | M/D | St. John's |
| 40 | Kansas City Wizards | Eric Kronberg | GK | California |
| 41 | MetroStars | Blake Camp | M | Duke |
| 42 | FC Dallas | Michael Dello-Russo | D | Maryland |
| 43 | FC Dallas | 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 | Kenney Bertz | D | Maryland |
| 48 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Aaron King | F | NC State |

#### Round four trades

* ↑ #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. 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.
* ↑ #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.
* ↑ #41: MetroStars → Houston Dynamo → MetroStars. 2006-01-20: MetroStars re-acquired this pick from Houston in exchange for goalkeeper Zach Wells. Houston (then San Jose) had acquired the pick from MetroStars in exchange for goalkeeper Jon Conway on 2005-12-05.
* ↑ #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.
* ↑ #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.