MLS SuperDraft 2011 (and Supplemental Draft)
It's been kind of dead here. However, last week was the MLS SuperDraft, and preseason has already started for a handfull of the teams with the rest beginning this upcoming week. I thought I'd do a little SuperDraft post, feel free to spam it with photos, videos and anything else of the players your team drafted!
Warning: this post may be heavy on the players/teams I likeXD
Chicago Fire: Jalil Anibaba (#9), Jason Herrick (#45), Davis Paul (#51)
Chivas USA: Zarek Valentin (#4), Victor Estupinan (#14), Jon Okafor (#40)
Colorado Rapids: Eddie Ababio (#18), Colin Givens (#36)
Columbus Crew: Rich Balchan (#12), Justin Meram (#15), Cole Grossman (#28), Bernardo Anor (#48)
DC United: Perry Kitchen (#3), Chris Korb (#31), Joe Willis (#50)
FC Dallas: Bobby Warshaw (#17), Charlie Campbell (#35), Scott Gordon (#53)
Houston Dynamo: Kofi Sarkodie (#7), Will Bruin (#11)
LA Galaxy: Paolo Cardozo (#16), Hector Jimenez (#34)
New England Revolution: AJ Soares (#6), Stephen McCarthy (#24), Steven Perry (#39), Ryan Kinne (#42), Alan Koger (#54)
NYRB: Corey Hertzog (#13), John Rooney (#25), Tyler Lassiter (#30), Billy Cortes (#38)
Philadelphia Union: Zac MacMath (#5), Michael Farfan (#23), Levi Houapeu (#41)
Portland Timbers: Darlington Nagbe (#2), Chris Taylor (#22)
RSL: Jarad vanSchaik (#52)
San Jose Earthquakes: Anthony Ampaipitakwong (#33)
Seattle Sounders: Michael Tetteh (#20), Leone Cruz (#21), Servando Carrasco (#27), Bryan Meredith (#29), Alex Caskey (#47)
Sporting KC: CJ Sapong (#10), TJ Murray (#32), Konrad Warzycha (#46)
Toronto FC: Demitrius Omphroy (#26), Matt Gold (#43), Junior Burgos (#44), Joao Plata (#49)
Vancouver Whitecaps: Omar Salgado (#1), Michael Nanchoff (#8), Jeb Brovsky (#19), Bilal Duckett (#37)
So background on some of the players:
I'm sure some, if not all, of you are familiar with this video - Cal Men's Soccer Music Video to Chris Brown's For Ur Love. Demitrius Omphroy (Toronto FC) is the "lead," AJ Soares is the one doing the air guitar, Servando Carrasco is the awkward one first pumping in some of the scenes (LOL), Hector Jimenez is in the front right when all the team is waving, and Davis Paul is on the left at 0:18, and taped and edited it. All of them were selected in the draft (you can see which teams above). I admit I'm bias, I was supporting Cal through NCAA season so I'm happy to see them all drafted.
HOWEVER, THE BEST DRAFT PICK WAS PICKED BY THE BEST MLS TEAM:
He's brilliant, my hero, etc. etc.
Also (I tried to get one for each team, but it was difficult. Sorry if I didn't include your team. Also, Omphroy, Jimenez, and Carrasco in the above video take up the Toronto, LAG, and Seattle spots XD:
Stephen McCarthy, from UNC, now NER
Justin Meram, from University of Michigan, now Crew
Omar Salgado, #1 pick - from the U20s, left Chivas de Guadalajara before summer 2010 because he wanted to play for the US - Went to Vancouver
AJ Soares, from UC Berkeley, now NER
Kofi Sarkodie, from University of Akron, now Houston Dynamo
Perry Kitchen, from University of Akron, now DC United
Jalil Anibaba, from University of North Carolina, now Chicago Fire
Darlington Nagbe, from University of Akron, now Portland Timbers
Zac MacMath, from University of Maryland, now Philadelphia Union
John Rooney, Macclesfield Town in England, now NYRB
Bobby Warshaw, from Stanford University, now FC Dallas
For more info on players, consult the MLS website. They have highlight videos for almost everyone drafted, and are rolling out interviews with all of them from the Combine in the coming week. Also, google. hehe I don't mean that to be snarky but most of these guys have extensive google searches for them, so you can find out a lot.
Please feel free to spam the hell out of your draft picks!
There was also the MLS Supplemental Draft which occurred 5 days after the SuperDraft. It was basically the next 3 rounds of the SuperDraft. It existed a couple years ago, but was cut when they cut the reserve league. However, now that the reserve league is back this season along with expanded rosters, they brought the Supplemental draft back. Names of who was selected under the cut:
Chicago Fire: Amani Walker (#9), Yannick Salmon (#27), Sam Arthur (#45)
Chivas USA: Ernesto Carranza (#22), Curtis Ushedo (#40)
Colorado Rapids: Phillip Bannister (#36), Javed Mohammed (#54)
Columbus Crew: Ben Sippola (#30), Andy Adlard (#48)
DC United: Blake Brettschneider (#21)
FC Dallas: Alexis Pradie (#15), Paul Ogunyemi (#17), Brayan Martinez (#18), Ariel Osorio (#35), Craig Hill (#53)
Houston Dyanamo: Evan Newton (#7), Sergio Castillo (#25)
LA Galaxy: Daniel Keat (#3), Ryan Thomas (#16), Dustin McCarty (#34), Zach Johnson (52)
New England Revolution: Hunter Christiansen (#6), Fernando Cabadas (#24), Andrew Sousa (#42)
NYRB: Jimmy Maurer (#4), Teddy Schneider (#31)
Philadelphia Union: Ryan Richter (#5), Josh Walburn (#23), Matthew Marcin (#41)
Portland Timbers: Spencer Thompson (#2), Robby Lynch (#12), Raymundo Reza (#20), Taylor Mueller (#38)
RSL: Jeff Attinella (#14), Andrew Cost (#32), Nick Love (#50)
San Jose: Phillip Tuttle (#32), Victor Cortez (#51)
Seattle Sounders: Josh Ford (#11), Corey Attaway (#29), Sean Morris (#47)
Sporting KC: Sam Scales (#10), Mike Jones (#28), Michael Mravec (#46)
Toronto FC: JC Banks (#8), Steven Beattie (#13), Spencer Thompson (#26), Scott Rojo (#44)
Vancouver Whitecaps: Michael Boxall (#1), Joe Anderson (#19), Santiago Bedoya (#37)
Though, to be honest, if anyone wants more info on specific players, feel free to ask. I've been following it a crap ton, and watched way too much college soccer for my own good this past NCAA season so can help y'all out. Same with theupstart13, since we are both going through what we like to call "Post Draft Blues"
Here's a link to all team's preseason schedules. They'll update this page as more team's information becomes available: http://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-club-preseason-schedules
Warning: this post may be heavy on the players/teams I likeXD
Chicago Fire: Jalil Anibaba (#9), Jason Herrick (#45), Davis Paul (#51)
Chivas USA: Zarek Valentin (#4), Victor Estupinan (#14), Jon Okafor (#40)
Colorado Rapids: Eddie Ababio (#18), Colin Givens (#36)
Columbus Crew: Rich Balchan (#12), Justin Meram (#15), Cole Grossman (#28), Bernardo Anor (#48)
DC United: Perry Kitchen (#3), Chris Korb (#31), Joe Willis (#50)
FC Dallas: Bobby Warshaw (#17), Charlie Campbell (#35), Scott Gordon (#53)
Houston Dynamo: Kofi Sarkodie (#7), Will Bruin (#11)
LA Galaxy: Paolo Cardozo (#16), Hector Jimenez (#34)
New England Revolution: AJ Soares (#6), Stephen McCarthy (#24), Steven Perry (#39), Ryan Kinne (#42), Alan Koger (#54)
NYRB: Corey Hertzog (#13), John Rooney (#25), Tyler Lassiter (#30), Billy Cortes (#38)
Philadelphia Union: Zac MacMath (#5), Michael Farfan (#23), Levi Houapeu (#41)
Portland Timbers: Darlington Nagbe (#2), Chris Taylor (#22)
RSL: Jarad vanSchaik (#52)
San Jose Earthquakes: Anthony Ampaipitakwong (#33)
Seattle Sounders: Michael Tetteh (#20), Leone Cruz (#21), Servando Carrasco (#27), Bryan Meredith (#29), Alex Caskey (#47)
Sporting KC: CJ Sapong (#10), TJ Murray (#32), Konrad Warzycha (#46)
Toronto FC: Demitrius Omphroy (#26), Matt Gold (#43), Junior Burgos (#44), Joao Plata (#49)
Vancouver Whitecaps: Omar Salgado (#1), Michael Nanchoff (#8), Jeb Brovsky (#19), Bilal Duckett (#37)
So background on some of the players:
I'm sure some, if not all, of you are familiar with this video - Cal Men's Soccer Music Video to Chris Brown's For Ur Love. Demitrius Omphroy (Toronto FC) is the "lead," AJ Soares is the one doing the air guitar, Servando Carrasco is the awkward one first pumping in some of the scenes (LOL), Hector Jimenez is in the front right when all the team is waving, and Davis Paul is on the left at 0:18, and taped and edited it. All of them were selected in the draft (you can see which teams above). I admit I'm bias, I was supporting Cal through NCAA season so I'm happy to see them all drafted.
HOWEVER, THE BEST DRAFT PICK WAS PICKED BY THE BEST MLS TEAM:
He's brilliant, my hero, etc. etc.
Also (I tried to get one for each team, but it was difficult. Sorry if I didn't include your team. Also, Omphroy, Jimenez, and Carrasco in the above video take up the Toronto, LAG, and Seattle spots XD:
Stephen McCarthy, from UNC, now NER
Justin Meram, from University of Michigan, now Crew
Omar Salgado, #1 pick - from the U20s, left Chivas de Guadalajara before summer 2010 because he wanted to play for the US - Went to Vancouver
AJ Soares, from UC Berkeley, now NER
Kofi Sarkodie, from University of Akron, now Houston Dynamo
Perry Kitchen, from University of Akron, now DC United
Jalil Anibaba, from University of North Carolina, now Chicago Fire
Darlington Nagbe, from University of Akron, now Portland Timbers
Zac MacMath, from University of Maryland, now Philadelphia Union
John Rooney, Macclesfield Town in England, now NYRB
Bobby Warshaw, from Stanford University, now FC Dallas
For more info on players, consult the MLS website. They have highlight videos for almost everyone drafted, and are rolling out interviews with all of them from the Combine in the coming week. Also, google. hehe I don't mean that to be snarky but most of these guys have extensive google searches for them, so you can find out a lot.
Please feel free to spam the hell out of your draft picks!
There was also the MLS Supplemental Draft which occurred 5 days after the SuperDraft. It was basically the next 3 rounds of the SuperDraft. It existed a couple years ago, but was cut when they cut the reserve league. However, now that the reserve league is back this season along with expanded rosters, they brought the Supplemental draft back. Names of who was selected under the cut:
Chicago Fire: Amani Walker (#9), Yannick Salmon (#27), Sam Arthur (#45)
Chivas USA: Ernesto Carranza (#22), Curtis Ushedo (#40)
Colorado Rapids: Phillip Bannister (#36), Javed Mohammed (#54)
Columbus Crew: Ben Sippola (#30), Andy Adlard (#48)
DC United: Blake Brettschneider (#21)
FC Dallas: Alexis Pradie (#15), Paul Ogunyemi (#17), Brayan Martinez (#18), Ariel Osorio (#35), Craig Hill (#53)
Houston Dyanamo: Evan Newton (#7), Sergio Castillo (#25)
LA Galaxy: Daniel Keat (#3), Ryan Thomas (#16), Dustin McCarty (#34), Zach Johnson (52)
New England Revolution: Hunter Christiansen (#6), Fernando Cabadas (#24), Andrew Sousa (#42)
NYRB: Jimmy Maurer (#4), Teddy Schneider (#31)
Philadelphia Union: Ryan Richter (#5), Josh Walburn (#23), Matthew Marcin (#41)
Portland Timbers: Spencer Thompson (#2), Robby Lynch (#12), Raymundo Reza (#20), Taylor Mueller (#38)
RSL: Jeff Attinella (#14), Andrew Cost (#32), Nick Love (#50)
San Jose: Phillip Tuttle (#32), Victor Cortez (#51)
Seattle Sounders: Josh Ford (#11), Corey Attaway (#29), Sean Morris (#47)
Sporting KC: Sam Scales (#10), Mike Jones (#28), Michael Mravec (#46)
Toronto FC: JC Banks (#8), Steven Beattie (#13), Spencer Thompson (#26), Scott Rojo (#44)
Vancouver Whitecaps: Michael Boxall (#1), Joe Anderson (#19), Santiago Bedoya (#37)
Though, to be honest, if anyone wants more info on specific players, feel free to ask. I've been following it a crap ton, and watched way too much college soccer for my own good this past NCAA season so can help y'all out. Same with theupstart13, since we are both going through what we like to call "Post Draft Blues"
Here's a link to all team's preseason schedules. They'll update this page as more team's information becomes available: http://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-club-preseason-schedules