2010 MLS SuperDraft
Introduction The '''2010 MLS SuperDraft''' was the eleventh annual SuperDraft presented by Major League Soccer. It was held on January 14, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the 2010 NSCAA Convention. The 2010 SuperDraft consisted of four rounds with sixteen selections each, for a total of 64 players selected during the draft. The draft preceded the 2010 MLS season.Philadelphia served as host to the 2010 draft the same year the Philadelphia Union begin play in MLS. As an expansion team, Philadelphia received the rights to the first selection in each of the four rounds. As the champion from the 2009 MLS season, Real Salt Lake had the rights to the final selections in each round. As similar in other drafts, teams may trade these rights away to other teams for other rights such as players, special roster spots, or other rights of interest.
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 ===The San Jose Earthquakes selected Ike Opara 3rd overall. He is a 2x MLS Defender of the Year and 2x MLS Best XI selection.The Kansas City Wizards selected Teal Bunbury 4th overall. He has played in over 350 MLS games.The Philadelphia Union selected Jack McInerney 7th overall. He was named to the 2013 MLS All-Star Game Pick #  MLS Team  Player  Position  Affiliation 1 Philadelphia Union  Danny Mwanga*  Forward  Oregon State University 2 New York Red Bulls  Tony Tchani*  Midfielder  University of VirginiaHampton Roads Piranhas 3 San Jose Earthquakes   Ike Opara*†  Defender  Wake Forest UniversityCary Clarets 4 Kansas City Wizards  Teal Bunbury*  Forward   University of AkronRochester Thunder 5 FC Dallas   Zach Loyd  Midfielder  University of North CarolinaCarolina Dynamo 6 Philadelphia Union  Amobi Okugo*  Midfielder  UCLA 7 Philadelphia Union  Jack McInerney*^  Forward  Cobb Soccer Club 8 Columbus Crew  Dilly Duka*  Midfielder  Rutgers UniversityNewark Ironbound Express 9 New England Revolution   Zack Schilawski  Forward  Wake Forest UniversityCary Clarets 10 Chivas USA  Blair Gavin*  Midfielder  University of AkronBradenton Academics 11 Seattle Sounders FC   David Estrada  Forward  UCLASalinas Valley Samba 12 Columbus Crew   Bright Dike  Forward  University of Notre DameIndiana Invaders 13 Chicago Fire  Corben Bone*  Midfielder  Wake Forest UniversityCarolina Dynamo 14 New York Red Bulls   Austin da Luz  Midfielder  Wake Forest UniversityAustin Aztex U23 15 Real Salt Lake    Collen Warner  Midfielder  University of PortlandPortland Timbers U23's 16 Los Angeles Galaxy     Michael Stephens  Midfielder  UCLAChicago Fire Premier==== Round one trades ======= Round two ===The New York Red Bulls selected Tim Ream 18th overall. The 2011 MLS All-Star has earned over 50 caps with the U.S. men's national team and was selected to the 2022 FIFA World Cup squad. The San Jose Earthquakes selected Justin Morrow 28th overall. The 2012 MLS All-Star was named to the 2019 MLS Best XI.San Jose selected Steven Beitashour 30th overall. The 2012 MLS All-Star has won three Supporters' Shields and the 2017 MLS Cup. He's earned 6 caps with the Iran national football team and was selected to the 2014 FIFA World Cup squad. Pick #  MLS Team  Player  Position  Affiliation 17 Philadelphia Union   Toni Ståhl  Midfielder  University of Connecticut 18 New York Red Bulls  Tim Ream^  Defender  Saint Louis UniversityChicago Fire Premier 19 San Jose Earthquakes   Michael Thomas  Midfielder  University of Notre DameKansas City Brass 20 Kansas City Wizards   Korede Aiyegbusi  Defender  North Carolina State UniversityCary Clarets 21 FC Dallas  Andrew Wiedeman*  Forward  University of CaliforniaNorCal Lamorinda United 22 Colorado Rapids   Andre Akpan  Forward  Harvard UniversityChicago Fire Premier 23 Colorado Rapids   Ross LaBauex  Midfielder  University of VirginiaChicago Fire Premier 24 Toronto FC  Zachary Herold*  Defender  West Pines United Club 25 New England Revolution   Seth Sinovic  Defender  Creighton UniversityChicago Fire Premier 26 Chicago Fire    Kwame Watson-Siriboe  Defender  University of ConnecticutWestchester Flames 27 Seattle Sounders FC   Mike Seamon  Midfielder  Villanova University 28 San Jose Earthquakes   Justin Morrow^†  Defender  University of Notre DameChicago Fire Premier 29 Chicago Fire   Drew Yates  Midfielder  University of Maryland 30 San Jose Earthquakes  Steven Beitashour^  Defender  San Diego State UniversitySan Jose Frogs 31 New England Revolution   Zak Boggs  Forward  University of South FloridaBradenton Academics 32 Real Salt Lake   Justin Davis Midfielder  University of New MexicoDes Moines Menace==== Round two trades ======= Round three === Pick #  MLS Team  Player  Position  Affiliation 33 Philadelphia Union   Kyle Nakazawa  Midfielder  UCLALos Angeles Legends 34 New York Red Bulls   Conor Chinn  Forward  University of San FranciscoOrange County Blue Star 35 Chivas USA   Kevin Tangney  Defender  University of Maryland 36 Kansas City Wizards   Nick Cardenas  Defender  San Diego State UniversityOgden Outlaws 37 San Jose Earthquakes   Andrew Hoxie  Forward  The College of William & Mary 38 FC Dallas   Jason Yeisley  Forward  Penn State UniversityReading Rage 39 Real Salt Lake   Chris Schuler  Defender  Creighton UniversityChicago Fire Premier 40 Colorado Rapids   Chad Borak  Defender  Cal State NorthridgeOrange County Blue Star 41 Kansas City Wizards   Mauro Fuzetti  Midfielder  University of MichiganMichigan Bucks 42 Chivas USA   Isaac Kissi  Midfielder  University of Dayton 43 Houston Dynamo   David Walker  Midfielder  UC Santa Barbara 44 FC Dallas   Eric Alexander  Midfielder  Indiana UniversityKalamazoo Outrage 45 Chicago Fire  Steven Kinney  Defender  Elon UniversityCarolina Dynamo 46 Houston Dynamo   Samuel Appiah  Midfielder  Boston University 47 Chivas USA   Ben Zemanski  Midfielder  University of AkronCleveland Internationals 48 New England Revolution   Jason Griffiths  Midfielder  University of KentuckyDes Moines Menace==== Round three trades ======= Round four ===Chicago Fire selected Sean Johnson 51st overall. The 2021 MLS Cup winner has earned 13 caps with the U.S. Men's national team and was selected to the 2022 FIFA World Cup squad. Pick #  MLS Team  Player  Position  Affiliation 49 Philadelphia Union   Brian Perk  Goalkeeper  UCLASeattle Wolves 50 New York Red Bulls   Irving Garcia  Midfielder  University of California IrvineOrange County Blue Star 51 Chicago Fire Sean Johnson*  Goalkeeper  University of Central FloridaAtlanta Blackhawks 52 Kansas City Wizards   Ofori Sarkodie  Defender  Indiana University 53 Toronto FC   Joseph Nane  Midfielder  Old Dominion UniversityHampton Roads Piranhas 54 FC Dallas   Dane Saintus  Midfielder  Southern Methodist UniversityDFW Tornados 55 D.C. United   Jordan Graye  Defender  University of North CarolinaCary Clarets 56 Colorado Rapids   Chris Cutshaw  Midfielder  Bradley UniversityChicago Fire Premier 57 New England Revolution   Adam Welch  Defender  Lehigh UniversityReading Rage 58 Chivas USA   Chris Ross  Midfielder   Colgate UniversityDFW Tornados 59 Seattle Sounders FC   Jamel Wallace  Midfielder  San Diego State University 60 Columbus Crew   Kwaku Nyamekye  Defender  Harvard University 61 Columbus Crew   Othaniel Yanez  Midfielder  University of LouisvilleYakima Reds 62 Houston Dynamo   Euan Holden  Defender  University of New MexicoAustin Aztex U23 63 Columbus Crew   Shaun Francis  Defender  Lindsey Wilson CollegeThunder Bay Chill 64 Real Salt Lake   Kris Banghart  Defender  University of DenverReal Colorado Foxes==== Round four trades ====
Selections by affiliation  Rank  Affiliation  No. 1  Chicago Fire Premier  8 2  UCLA  5 T3  Wake Forest University  4 T3  Cary Clarets  4 T5  University of Akron  3 T5  University of Notre Dame  3 T5  San Diego State University  3 T5  Carolina Dynamo  3 T5  Orange County Blue Star  3 T10  15 Affiliations  2 T24  44 Affiliations  1
Selections by position  Round  Forwards  Midfielders  Defenders  Goalkeepers 1st  6  9  1  0 2nd  3  6  7  0 3rd  3  8  5  0 4th  0  7  7  2 '''Totals'''  '''12'''  '''30'''  '''20'''  '''2'''
Trade note * Los Angeles Galaxy traded the rights to American midfielder/forward Clint Mathis to Real Salt Lake on 2008-08-14.It was reported that LA would receive a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2010 SuperDraft from RSL in exchange. However, RSL kept its fourth-round 2010 selection and instead sent its natural third-round selection in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft to Los Angeles to complete the deal.
2010 Supplemental Draft Trades In December 2008 the league decided to cancel the Supplemental Draft, which had typically been held shortly after the annual SuperDraft. Prior to the cancellation a few trades were made involving 2010 Supplemental Draft picks. It is unknown what compensation, if any, clubs trading for 2010 Supplemental Draft picks received in lieu of the draft picks. Announced trades involving 2010 Supplemental Draft selections include:* '''Round 4, San Jose Earthquakes → Chicago Fire.''' 2008-04-04: Chicago Fire acquired a fourth-round selection in the 2010 Supplemental Draft from San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for forward Ryan Johnson. It is likely that Chicago instead received San Jose's fourth-round pick in the 2010 SuperDraft (#51) to fulfill this trade as no trade was announced between the two clubs which involved a fourth-round 2010 SuperDraft pick. * '''Round 4, D.C. United → Houston Dynamo.''' 2008-06-30: Houston Dynamo acquired a fourth-round selection in the 2010 Supplemental Draft from D.C. United in exchange for midfielder Craig Thompson. * '''Conditional, Los Angeles Galaxy → San Jose Earthquakes.''' 2008-11-24: San Jose Earthquakes acquired a conditional selection in the 2010 Supplemental Draft from Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for forward Jovan Kirovski.
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