MLS Supplemental Draft

By: Laurie | January 28th, 2008

I tend not to get terribly excited about the Supplemental Draft. As I’ve said elsewhere, supplemental draftees are like chickens. You don’t want to give them names, because then you get attached. And when that happens, seeing their little heads rolling in the dirt breaks your heart.

If you’re one of these supplemental draftees, though, don’t let this discourage you. Every individual player has a chance of making the team. It just that collectively the odds are not good.

(Pictured is University of Washington’s Kevin Forrest, picked by the Colorado Rapids. One I think will make it. In my opinion, the only reason he didn’t make the SuperDraft is that he’s coming back from injury.)

The Supplemental Draft was held last Thursday. The link below will take you to full results, both round-by-round and by team. One interesting thing to note is that Toronto FC passed in its last three rounds. Interesting choice. Of all the teams that could stand to find a diamond in the rough, Toronto tops the list.

And on that happy note, let’s meet the Supplemental Draft class of 2008:

TEAM-BY-TEAM SELECTIONS

Chicago Fire (6): M - Kai Kasiguran (Messiah College), F - Adrian Bumbut (Liberty University), M - Zach Pope (Duke University), D - Steve Bode (Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), M - Timothy Conway (Nyack College), GK - Melford James Jr. (University of Montevallo)

Chivas USA (4): F - Kraig Chiles (San Diego State University), F - Javier Ayala-Hill (California State), M - El Hadj-Cisse (North Carolina State University), D - Andre Sherard (University of North Carolina)

Colorado Rapids (4): F - Kevin Forrest (University of Washington), M - Cesar Zambrano (Univ. of Illinois-Chicago), GK - Mike Graczyk (University of New Mexico), M - Daniel Antunez (University of Hartford),

Columbus Crew (4): GK - Billy Chiles (Towson), M - Corey Elenio (Evansville), F - Lukasz Tumicz (University of Rhode Island), F/D - Zola Short (University of Virginia)

D.C. United (3): D - Brandon Owens (UCLA), M - Dan Stratford (West Virginia University), GK - James Thorpe (Franklin Pierce)

FC Dallas (2): F - Yannick Reyering (University of Virginia), M/D - Ben Shuleva (Southern Methodist University)

Houston Dynamo (4): M - Johnny Alcaraz (Westmont College), F - Craig Thompson (Colorado School of Mines), M - Kieran Hall (Fort Lewis College), F - James Georgeff (University of Central Florida)

Kansas City Wizards (4): M - Pat Healey (Towson University), M - Vicente Arze (Mercer University), M - Tom Gray (Monmouth University), GK - Andrew Kartunen (Stanford University)

Los Angeles Galaxy (4): D - Michael Gavin (Portland University), GK - Charles Alamo (Univ. of California-Riverside), D - Greg Folk (UCLA), F/M - Daniel De Geer (University of San Francisco)

New England Revolution (4): F - Mkokheli Dube (Coastal Carolina University), D - Chris Tierney (University of Virginia), M - Kyle Altman (Trinity University), F - Saidi Isaac (Winthrop University),

New York Red Bulls (4): M - Danleigh Borman (University of Rhode Island), M - Michael Palacio (Stonybrook University), D - John Gilkerson (Winthrop University), D/M - Manuel Laurent (Brown University)

Real Salt Lake (3): F - Tino Nunez (Univ. of California-Santa Barbara), M - Kevin Reiman (Michigan State University), F - Kenny Anaba (Cincinnati University),

San Jose Earthquakes (4): F - Adam Smarte (Univ. of California-Santa Cruz), F - Tim Bohnenkamp (Creighton University), D - Greg Curry (Univ. of California-Santa Barbara), D - Tim Jepsen (Duke University)

Toronto FC (1): F - Xavier Balc (Ohio State University)