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MLS SuperDraft 2000
Complete Draft Summary
Story: Metros make Shak #1 pick
First Round
| Rk |
Team |
Player |
Pos |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Last Team |
Hometown |
DOB |
| 1 |
MetroStars |
Steve Shak |
D |
6-1 |
158 |
UCLA |
Cerritos, CA |
2-8-78 |
| 2 |
KC |
Nick Garcia |
D |
5-10 |
160 |
Indiana |
Plano, TX |
4-9-79 |
| 3 |
Colorado# |
Adin Brown |
GK |
6-5 |
200 |
William & Mary |
Pleasant Hills, CA |
5-27-78 |
| 4 |
Chicago |
Carlos Bocanegra |
D |
6-0 |
170 |
UCLA |
Alta Loma, CA |
5-25-79 |
| 5 |
Dallas# |
Aleksey Korol |
F |
5-10 |
160 |
Indiana |
Rochester, NY |
10-14-77 |
| 6 |
L.A.& |
Danny Califf |
D |
6-1 |
175 |
Maryland  |
Orange, CA |
3-17-80 |
| 7 |
Colorado |
Wes Hart |
M |
5-7 |
155 |
Washington |
Littleton, CO |
9-14-77 |
| 8 |
San Jose |
Travis Mulraine |
M |
6-0 |
160 |
Joe Public F.C. |
Trinidad & Tobago |
5-1-77 |
| 9 |
K.C. |
John Wilson |
M |
5-10 |
175 |
Charleston Battery |
Seneca, SC |
10-26-77 |
| 10 |
Colorado* |
Alan Woods |
D |
6-0 |
170 |
Clemson |
Burtonsville, MD |
10-12-78 |
| 11 |
L.A. |
Sasha Victorine |
M |
6-2 |
165 |
UCLA |
Corona, CA |
2-3-78 |
| 12 |
D.C. |
Bobby Convey |
F |
5-8 |
150 |
William Penn Charter |
Philadelphia, PA |
5-27-83 |
# Dallas obtained the #3 overall pick from the
Columbus Crew in exchange for forward Dante Washington;
Colorado obtained the #3 overall pick from the Dallas Burn in exchange for
the #5 overall pick and Colorado's first-round SuperDraft pick in 2001.
&Los Angeles obtained the #6 overall pick from the Chicago Fire and the
Fire's 2001 first-round SuperDraft pick in exchange for forward DaMarcus
Beasley.
* Colorado obtained the #10 overall pick from the New England Revolution
(along with the #26 overall pick in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft) in exchange for
forward Wolde Harris and the #31 overall pick in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft.
Second Round
| Rk |
Team |
Player |
Pos |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Last Team |
Hometown |
DOB |
| 1 |
D.C. |
Steven Armstrong |
M |
6-1 |
165 |
Butler |
Merseyside, England |
7-23-76 |
| 2 |
New England |
Rusty Pierce |
M |
5-10 |
165 |
UNC-Greensboro |
The Woodlands, TX |
7-24-79 |
| 3 |
Kansas City |
Peter Byaruhanga |
F |
5-10 |
160 |
UAB |
Huntsville, AL |
8-18-79 |
| 4 |
San Jose |
Justin Evans |
M |
6-1 |
170 |
Pittsburgh Riverhounds |
Venetia, PA |
1-31-77 |
| 5 |
Miami |
Martin Machon |
M |
5-10 |
160 |
Santos (Mexico) |
Guatemala City, Guat. |
2-4-73 |
| 6 |
San Jose |
Joseph Ragusa |
D |
5-8 |
150 |
Long Island |
Copiague, NY |
11-19-76 |
| 7 |
D.C. United% |
Eric Denton |
D |
5-9 |
155 |
Santa Clara |
Manteca, CA |
2-8-78 |
| 8 |
Colorado |
Keyeno Thomas |
D/M |
6-2 |
194 |
Joe Public F.C. |
Trinidad & Tobago |
12-19-77 |
| 9 |
Columbus |
Roland Vargas |
M |
5-8 |
150 |
Tahuichi Academy |
Santa Cruz, Bolivia |
12-7-78 |
| 10 |
Dallas |
Antonio Martinez |
M |
5-7 |
140 |
Cal-State Fullerton |
Carson, CA |
7-9-77 |
| 11 |
Los Angeles |
Peter Vagenas |
M |
5-8 |
150 |
UCLA |
Cerritos, CA |
2-6-78 |
| 12 |
San Jose% |
Adrian Nerine |
F |
5-11 |
149 |
Joe Public F.C. |
Trinidad & Tobago |
10-30-77 |
%D.C. United obtained the #19 overall pick from
the San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for United's #24 overall pick in 2000 and United's
second-round selection in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft.
Third Round
| Rk |
Team |
Player |
Pos |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Last Team |
Hometown |
DOB |
| 1 |
Miami |
David Wright |
D |
6-4 |
185 |
Creighton |
Louisville, KY |
4-8-78 |
| 2 |
Colorado* |
Jeff DiMaria |
F |
5-8 |
155 |
St. Louis |
St. Louis, MO |
5-15-77 |
| 3 |
D.C. United |
Sergio Salas |
F |
5-8 |
154 |
McLean High School |
Falls Church, VA |
3-21-81 |
| 4 |
San Jose |
Jon Conway |
GK |
6-3 |
|
Rutgers |
|
5-6-77 |
| 5 |
Los Angeles@ |
Jose Retiz |
M/F |
6-0 |
162 |
Rancho Santiago |
Aguas Calientes, Mex. |
1-22-79 |
| 6 |
Kansas City |
Kerry Zavagnin |
D |
5-10 |
170 |
Lehigh Valley |
Plymouth, MI |
7-2-74 |
| 7 |
New England* |
Shaker Asad |
M |
5-7 |
140 |
N.C. State |
Raleigh, NC |
8-18-79 |
| 8 |
Chicago |
Yuri Lavrinenko |
M |
6-0 |
175 |
Indiana |
Rochester, NY |
6-12-77 |
| 9 |
Columbus |
Brian Winters |
M |
5-11 |
170 |
Portland |
Tacoma, WA |
12-31-77 |
| 10 |
Dallas |
Steve Bernal |
D |
5-9 |
165 |
Creighton |
Batavia, IL |
7-3-78 |
| 11 |
Miami@ |
Nick Rimando |
GK |
5-11 |
181 |
UCLA |
Monclair, CA |
6-17-79 |
| 12 |
New England |
Fabio Zuniga |
F |
|
|
Raritan Valley CC |
|
|
* Colorado obtained the #26 overall pick from the
New England Revolution (along with the #10 overall pick in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft) in exchange
for forward Wolde Harris and the #31 overall pick in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft.
@ Los Angeles obtained the #29 overall pick from the Miami Fusion in exchange for the
Galaxy's #35 overall pick and the Galaxy's second-round pick in the 2001 SuperDraft.
Fourth Round
| Rk |
Team |
Player |
Pos |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Last Team |
Hometown |
DOB |
| 1 |
MetroStars |
Daniel Alvarez |
M |
5-11 |
165 |
Furman |
Fayetteville, NY |
1-18-78 |
| 2 |
New England |
Adam Eyre |
D |
6-1 |
180 |
Santa Clara |
Agoura Hills, CA |
1-7-78 |
| 3 |
New England |
Bo Oshoniyi |
GK |
6-1 |
190 |
Atlanta Silverbacks |
Poughkeepsie, NY |
11-3-71 |
| 4 |
San Jose |
Andrew Hemmerich |
D |
5-11 |
165 |
Stanford |
San Diego, CA |
5-27-78 |
| 5 |
D.C. United* |
Mike Burke |
F |
5-7 |
145 |
Charleston Battery |
Plantation, FL |
2-25-77 |
| 6 |
Tampa Bay |
Amos Magee |
F |
5-7 |
150 |
Minnesota Thunder |
|
|
| 7 |
Colorado |
Lance Key |
D |
6-0 |
180 |
Trinity University |
San Antonio, TX |
7-27-78 |
| 8 |
Chicago |
John Wolyniec |
F |
6-1 |
172 |
Long Island |
Staten Island, NY |
1-24-77 |
| 9 |
Columbus |
Christof Lindenmeyer |
F |
5-8 |
140 |
Loyola |
Pickerington, OH |
4-21-77 |
| 10 |
Dallas |
Brian Piesner |
M |
5-9 |
165 |
Rutgers |
Commack, NY |
6-4-78 |
| 11 |
Los Angeles |
Josh Henderson |
F |
6-0 |
185 |
Lehigh Valley |
Baton Rouge, LA |
10-14-77 |
| 12 |
MetroStars |
Orlando Perez |
M |
|
|
Orange County |
|
|
* D.C. United obtained the #41 overall pick from
Miami in exchange for the rights to Keith Beach (United's second round college pick in 1999) and
United's fourth-round pick in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft.
Fifth Round
| Rk |
Team |
Player |
Pos |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Last Team |
Hometown |
DOB |
| 1 |
MetroStars |
Colby Jackson |
F |
6-0 |
175 |
Cal-State Fullerton |
Claremont, CA |
2-22-77 |
| 2 |
Kansas City |
Tom Zawislan |
GK |
6-2 |
195 |
Creighton |
Brampton, Ontario |
6-30-78 |
| 3 |
Tampa Bay |
Mark Schulte |
D |
6-2 |
205 |
Twin Cities Tornado |
Dayton, OH |
10-9-77 |
| 4 |
San Jose |
Ian Russell |
F |
5-10 |
170 |
Seattle Sounders |
Seattle, WA |
8-30-75 |
| 5 |
Miami |
Pablo Gentile |
D |
6-0 |
165 |
Miami Breakers |
Carrollton, TX |
2-12-78 |
| 6 |
Tampa Bay |
Brian Waltrip |
F |
6-1 |
171 |
South Florida |
Pensacola, FL |
1-12-78 |
| 7 |
Colorado |
Peter Scavo |
F |
6-1 |
180 |
Seton Hall |
Raritan, NJ |
3-18-78 |
| 8 |
Chicago |
Alejandro Rincon |
M |
5-7 |
150 |
So. Conn. St. |
East Hartford, CT |
2-3-77 |
| 9 |
Columbus |
Dominic Schell |
D |
5-7 |
155 |
Mobile |
Dallas, TX |
7-27-77 |
| 10 |
Dallas |
Seth Marks |
D |
5-9 |
160 |
Furman |
Raleigh, NC |
1-6-78 |
| 11 |
Los Angeles |
Thomas Serna |
F |
6-0 |
165 |
Rancho Santiago |
Aguas Calientes, CA |
11-30-79 |
| 12 |
D.C. United |
Micah Cooks |
M/F |
6-0 |
175 |
Bullis Prepatory |
Washington, DC |
7-2-81 |
Sixth Round
| Rk |
Team |
Player |
Pos |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Last Team |
Hometown |
DOB |
| 1 |
MetroStars |
Jake Dancy |
D |
5-10 |
168 |
KC Wizards |
Diamond Bar, CA |
4-9-78 |
| 2 |
Kansas City |
Casey Sweeney |
D |
5-9 |
170 |
Indiana Blast |
Indianapolis, IN |
1-8-74 |
| 3 |
New England |
Tom Hardy |
D |
6-2 |
186 |
Vancouver 86ers |
Seattle, WA |
|
| 4 |
Tampa Bay$ |
Ernest Inneh |
F |
5-10 |
165 |
Staten Island Vipers |
Spring Valley, NY |
9-25-70 |
| 5 |
Tampa Bay$ |
Ubusuku Abukusumo |
D |
6-2 |
170 |
Columbus Crew |
Albuquerque, NM |
3-24-77 |
| 6 |
Tampa Bay |
Mike Gentile |
M |
5-10 |
160 |
Minnesota Thunder |
St. Paul, MN |
|
| 7 |
Colorado |
Rich Cullen |
GK |
|
|
Air Force Academy |
Spokane, WA |
|
| 8 |
Chicago |
Kevin Jackson |
M |
5-11 |
155 |
Lehigh University |
Pittsgrove, NJ |
|
| 9 |
Columbus |
PASS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 10 |
Dallas |
Angel Rivillo |
M |
5-7 |
150 |
Creighton |
Caracas, Venezuela |
3-27-77 |
| 11 |
Los Angeles |
Alijohn Utush |
F |
|
|
SF Bay Seals |
|
|
| 12 |
D.C. United |
PASS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ Tampa Bay obtained the #64 and #65 overall picks
from Chicago in exchange for the Mutiny's sixth-round pick in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft
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