| Pick |
Team |
Player |
School |
News and Notes |
|
Round 1
|
| 1 |
TOR |
Maurice Edu |
Maryland |
Well duh. Best player on the board. |
| 2 |
CHI |
Bakary Soumare |
Virginia |
(Player to be named later) the big immense talent to be, Chicago can sit on him for a year or two. |
| 3 |
KC |
Michael Harrington |
UNC |
playing right back? His right foot ain’t great. |
| 4 |
RSL |
Chris Seitz |
Maryland |
no brainier. |
| 5 |
NE |
Wells Thompson |
Wake Forest |
Why trade up? Surly he would have been there at #11? |
| 6 |
COL |
Nico Colaluca |
Virginia |
A wing player with some skill and flare, but streaky. |
| 7 |
CHV |
John Cunliffe |
Fort Lewis |
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| 8 |
CHI |
Jerson Monteiro |
UAB |
Upside pick, maybe could have been a second rounder. |
| 9 |
FCD |
Anthony Wallace |
South Florida |
FCD gets the player they tried to trade up to get. |
| 10 |
TOR |
Andrew Boyens |
New Mexico |
The fellow commonwealth center back should get a Canadian work permit easily. |
| 11 |
DC |
Bryan Arguez |
US U20 |
Big tall linking midfielder. |
| 12 |
NE |
Amaeche Igwe |
Santa Clara |
Wide left wing, mid, or defender. |
| 13 |
HOU |
John Michael Hayden |
Indiana |
Another reach, although I could have seen him in round 2. |
| Round 2 |
| 14 |
FCD |
Abdus Ibrahim |
US U17 |
15 years old, FCD wanted to Ga players and was happy to get him here. Big project for the future. |
| 15 |
CLB |
Brad Evans |
UC Irvine |
nice player with some upside, Sigi takes his boy. Brought him into the u20s. |
| 16 |
LAG |
Robbie Findley |
Oregon Stae |
A steal at this pick, best forward on the board. |
| 17 |
COL |
Greg Dalby |
Notre Dame |
Immense value, but is he signable. |
| 18 |
FCD |
Andrew Daniels |
Brown |
(Vanney trade) A big forward FCD will convert to defense. A project, I think for several years. |
| 19 |
NYRB |
Dane Richards |
Clemson |
Fast wide right attacking mid or forward. |
| 20 |
LAG |
Josh Tedula |
Indiana |
Classy player but I think he’s too slow for my taste. |
| 21 |
CHI |
Nate Norman |
Notre Dame |
A left side player who can get to the end and cross. Never have too few lefties. |
| 22 |
FCD |
Ryan Guy |
San Diego |
A slasher on the right side who loves to run at players. |
| 23 |
LA |
Ty Harden |
Washington |
Big tough man marker who doesn’t like to play the ball much. |
| 24 |
DC |
Brad North |
NU |
First non-combine or Ga player. Was way down on my boards. |
| 25 |
NE |
Ryan Solle |
Wake Forest |
High value pick in my estimation. Smooth classy holding mid. |
| 26 |
HOU |
Corey Ashe |
UNC |
Blazing fast left mid or left back. |
| Round 3 |
| 27 |
TOR |
Rich Asante |
Syracuse |
Bulldogged hard tackling mid. Not great feet or passing. |
| 28 |
FCD |
Scott Jones |
UNC Greensboro |
Local kid, good two way midfielder. Tons of assists in college. |
| 29 |
KC |
Edson Elcock |
ODU |
Speedy forward, gets into the box with effect. |
| 30 |
RSL |
Steve Curfman |
Wake Forest |
A right back of right mid with some versatility. Good ball skills but maybe a touch slow. |
| 31 |
COL |
Omar Cummings |
Cinci |
A forward talent from Jamaican with some upside. Will be an SI in 07. |
| 32 |
DC |
Jay Needham |
SMU |
Smooth athletic defender from SMU. Slid way down. |
| 33 |
NY |
Sinisa Ubiparapovic |
Akron |
An an interesting midfielder, similar to Brian Plotkin. |
| 34 |
CHI |
Mike Banner |
Southern Ill |
D2 All-American. |
| 35 |
COL |
Nick LaBrocca |
Rutgers |
A holding mid type who plays better when he plays simple. Good engine. |
| 36 |
COL |
Justin Hughes |
UNC |
A horrible combine. Gave up way too many rebounds. |
| 37 |
DC |
Ricky Schramm |
Georgetown |
Local talent they must have scouted closely. Former Big East POY. |
| 38 |
NE |
Bryan Bryne |
UCSB |
Streaky flank player who can take players on he dribble. |
| 39 |
HOU |
Mike Sambursky |
South Carolina |
Immense soccer savvy, gritty as hell. Maybe be switching to the back |
| Round 4 |
| 40 |
TOR |
Jeff Gonsalves |
URI |
The Canadian forward makes sense for TFC. |
| 41 |
CLB |
Aaron chandler |
San Francisco |
A solid college players, not sure he has it for MLS. |
| 42 |
KC |
Kurt Morsink |
James Madison |
Interesting player who maybe should have been at the combine. |
| 43 |
FCD |
Tommy Krizanovic |
Jacksonville |
A good gamer who showed me something at the combine. |
| 44 |
LAG |
Tally Hall |
San Diego State |
Best combine keeper for my taste. Solid upside and future. |
| 45 |
LAG |
Bobby Burling |
LMU |
Led LMU in scoring from the back line. |
| 46 |
CHV |
Cameron Dunn |
UC Irvine |
midsize defender, four year starter. Was not at the combine. |
| 47 |
CHI |
Simon Omekanda |
Penn State |
Speedy wide mid or forward. with some upside. |
| 48 |
NE |
Adam Cristman |
Virginia |
FCD to RSL (for 08 4t), RSL to NE for a PTBN. NE takes a big forward who didn’t look good enough to me. |
| 49 |
CLB |
Ben Hunter |
UNC |
A forward/mid from UNC who didn’t have a great senior year. |
| 50 |
DC |
Luis Robles |
Portland |
A undersized keeper who has great athleticism. Great lateral quickness. |
| 51 |
NE |
Kyle Helton |
Duke |
Athletic and strong defender. |
| 52 |
HOU |
Eric Ebert |
Cal |
A big holding mid, smooth, tough to get the bal off of. |
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
School |
Notes and Comments |
| Round 5 |
| 1 |
TOR |
Jarrod Smith |
West Virginia |
Big, strong, back to goal kind of striker. Kiwi |
| 2 |
CHV |
Desmond Brookes |
St Mary’s |
From CLB (with rights to F/M Duke Hashimoto) for GK Noah Palmer. |
| 3 |
KC |
Aaron Hohlbein |
Wisconsin |
Best defender on the board at this point |
| 4 |
COL |
John DiRaimondo |
St Louis |
Small but good skills, wide right mid or def. |
| 5 |
LA |
Steve Purdy |
Cal |
A top 3 or 4 defender who appears to have signed with 1860. A what the heck flyer pick, |
| 6 |
NYRB |
Randi Patterson |
UNCG |
More speed for the Red Bulls. |
| 7 |
CHI |
Nick Noble |
West Virginia |
Probably the best keeper left. |
| 8 |
CHI |
Mark Totten |
James Madison |
?? |
| 9 |
FCD |
Sandi Gbandi |
UAB |
Chris’ brother, a midfielder with some possible upside. |
| 10 |
LA |
Gordon Kljestan |
Seton Hall |
His brother plays for Chivas. Defender local kid. |
| 11 |
DC |
Shawn Crowe |
Fl Int |
goalkeeper |
| 12 |
NE |
Phil Marfuggi |
Clemson |
The senior slipped after an average combine performance. |
| 13 |
HOU |
Nick Hatzke |
Cal |
three year starter, medical red shirt in 05. As a JR led bears with 7 goals and 8 assists. Has he recovered? Could be a sleeper pick. |
| Round 6 |
| 14 |
TOR |
Daryl Roberts |
Liberty |
T&T forward. Liberty career leader in point and goals. |
| 15 |
CLB |
Ryan Lunge |
Creighton |
lefty defender from a program that often produces MLS players. |
| 16 |
KC |
Michael Todd |
Hofstra |
English forward, SI in 07. |
| 17 |
RSL |
Kirk Haddon |
NC State |
D |
| 18 |
LAG |
Kevin Long |
San Fran |
Lefty, former US U20. |
| 19 |
NYRB |
Sal Cacavale |
American |
5′7″ three time Patriot League first team. |
| 20 |
CHV |
Erasmo Colorazano |
UC Riverside |
M |
| 21 |
CHI |
Osei Telesford |
Liberty |
Nice value pick here. T&T U23 D, but can play MF and F. |
| 22 |
LA |
Zarch Kirby |
Boston U |
Tough hard nosed defender, need to improve passing. |
| 23 |
COL |
Tonci Skroce |
UIC |
Not real quick, but good heady forward |
| 24 |
CHV |
Rual Batista |
SD St |
Four year starter at F/M/D. Versatile player. |
| 25 |
NE |
Gary Flood |
Hofstra |
Defender, four year starter at Hofstra. |
| 26 |
LA |
Taylor Canel |
CS Northridge |
mid, spent a couple years at UCLA, High School All-American. |
| Round 7 |
| 27 |
TOR |
Hunter West |
USF |
F |
| 28 |
RSL |
Jared Kent |
ODU |
Nice skill set, a bit small. Could have some upside. |
| 29 |
KC |
Chris Konopka |
Providence |
Arguably the second best keeper overall, but has EU passport and may be looking overseas. |
| 30 |
KC |
Eric Frimpong |
UCSB |
From Ghana, only two years at UCSB. |
| 31 |
CHV |
Anthony Hamilton |
UC IRvine |
The “other” UC Irvine striker. |
| 32 |
KC |
AJ Godbolt |
Maryland |
13 ast in 05, second best single season in MU history. |
| 33 |
CHV |
Lyle Martin |
CS Bakersfield |
F |
| 34 |
CHI |
Asmir Pervan |
St Leo |
F, German. Scored 22 goals in 05. |
| 35 |
COL |
Kosuke Kimura |
West Ill |
M |
| 36 |
COL |
Riley O’Neill |
Kentucky |
Big target style striker, 17 goals in 06. Canadian. |
| 37 |
DC |
Guy-Roland Knepe |
Dowling College |
African forward. |
| 38 |
NE |
Chris Loftus |
Duke |
Another person tries to “fix” this 6′5″ forward. |
| 39 |
HOU |
Eric Ustruck |
Santa Clara |
Good solid all around player, may convert to outside back. Can play on the left side. |
| Round 8 |
| 40 |
TOR |
Tyler Hemming |
Hartwick |
Canadian, two time ASC Player of the Year. |
| 41 |
CLB |
Ted Niziolek |
Seton Hall |
Could be D in MLS, four year starter. Former US U20. |
| 42 |
HOU |
Justin Douglass |
Missouri St |
A defender I rated above Harden. Solid game, can pass well. |
| 43 |
RSL |
Kyle Reynish |
UCSB |
Keeper who’s stock rose from UCSB’s run to the title. |
| 44 |
LA |
Kiel McClung |
UCLA |
outside back from the NCAA runner ups. Former US U20. Never started an entire season with UCLA because of national team work or injury. |
| 45 |
FCD |
Chase Wileman |
SMU |
Local kid with a sweet left foot, very small. |
| 46 |
NYRB |
Danny Cepero |
Penn |
GK. 0.76 GAA in 06, All-Ivy first team. 23 career shut outs. |
| 47 |
CHI |
Daniel Woolard |
Midwestern St |
D. Local. |
| 48 |
KC |
Michael Kraus |
Creighton |
F some, 5 game winners in 06. 06 MVC Player of the Year. |
| 49 |
RSL |
Dustin Kirby |
Ohio St |
PDL with Cleveland, four year starter in the Big Ten. |
| 50 |
CLB |
Kevin Burns |
UConn |
Big kid out of a big program. |
| 51 |
NE |
pass |
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| 52 |
KC |
Willy Guadarrama |
Campbell |
closest thing to a #10 in the pool, but he gives the ball away too much. |