Estimated 2008 MLS Superdraft Order

EDITED 9/27 - To reflect DC's picks received for Quaranta and Adu. I was looking at the trades that have been made involving next year's draft (this site has a nice list of transactions) and I've come up with a list of picks that have changed hands. Using that and the current standings, we can come up with an order for next year's draft. Things to keep in mind: 1) The final order of the eight playoff teams will be determined by where they are eliminated. For example, last year Houston drafted #13 and runner up New England drafted #12. The two semifinalists were next followed by the four quarterfinalists. DC drafted below Colorado due to regular season performance which is the tiebreaker, same thing for the quarterfinalists. For this ranking, I'm just using the current playoff matchups and assuming the better teams advance. 2) Six picks on this list are conditional. What's interesting is that for a couple of them, they mention a specific round. I'm guessing that means that it's going to be at least that good? I did a little guessing for that part, usually assuming the worst pick would be traded. 3) If a trade is missing from this list, or there are any errors, please post in the comments. Thanks. Estimated 2008 Superdraft Order Round One 1 San Jose Earthquakes 2 Los Angeles Galaxy 3 Real Salt Lake 4 FC Dallas 5 Columbus Crew 6 Colorado Rapids 7 Chicago Fire 8 Kansas City Wizards 9 Red Bull New York 10 FC Dallas 11 Toronto FC 12 New England Revolution 13 Real Salt Lake 14 Toronto FC Round Two 15 San Jose Earthquakes 16 Kansas City Wizards 17 Real Salt Lake 18 Red Bull New York 19 Columbus Crew 20 FC Dallas 21 Chicago Fire 22 Los Angeles Galaxy 23 Los Angeles Galaxy 24 FC Dallas 25 Los Angeles Galaxy 26 DC United 27 Kansas City Wizards 28 DC United Round Three 29 San Jose Earthquakes 30 Los Angeles Galaxy 31 DC United 32 Toronto FC 33 Los Angeles Galaxy 34 DC United 35 Chicago Fire 36 Kansas City Wizards 37 Colorado Rapids 38 Toronto FC 39 Houston Dynamo 40 New England Revolution 41 CD Chivas USA 42 DC United Round Four 43 San Jose Earthquakes 44 Los Angeles Galaxy 45 FC Dallas 46 Red Bull New York 47 Columbus Crew 48 Colorado Rapids 49 Chicago Fire 50 Kansas City Wizards 51 Los Angeles Galaxy 52 FC Dallas 53 Houston Dynamo 54 New England Revolution 55 CD Chivas USA 56 Chicago Fire DAL, RSL, and TOR all have two first-rounders, while CHV, DC, and HOU have none. The Galaxy have 7 of the first 33 picks and should be in a good position to improve their team. Meanwhile, Chivas and Houston both only have two picks, each having only third and fourth rounders. You can't really argue with their decisions though, as they both got quality players for their first and second rounders. Chivas got Paulo Nagamura and Alex Zotinca, while Houston got Richard Mulrooney and Nate Jaqua. It almost seems like teams should ask for more and better draft picks for their players, although a lot of the trades are due to roster and salary cap limits. Total picks & Positions LA 8 picks 2, 22, 23, 25, 30, 33, 44, 51 DAL 6 picks 4, 10, 20, 24, 45, 52 CHI 5 picks 7, 21, 35, 49, 56 DC 5 picks 26, 28, 31, 34, 42 KC 5 picks 8, 16, 27, 36, 50 RSL 3 picks 3, 13, 17 SJ 4 picks 1, 15, 29, 43 TOR 4 picks 11, 14, 32, 38 CLB 3 picks 5, 19, 47 COL 3 picks 6, 37, 48 NE 3 picks 12, 40, 54 NY 3 picks 9, 18, 46 CHV 2 picks 41, 55 HOU 2 picks 39, 53 Trade/Pick Movement List Round 1 DAL has TOR's pick (Mulrooney trade) TOR has HOU's pick (Mulrooney trade) TOR has CHV's pick (Nagamura trade) RSL has 2nd highest of TOR's 3 picks (Cunningham trade) TOR has DC's pick (Dyachenko trade) Round 2 NY has TOR's pick (Wynne trade) LA has HOU's pick (Jaqua trade) KC has LA's pick (Thomas trade, conditional) DAL has COL's pick (Vanney trade) LA has KC's pick (Hartman trade) LA has NY's pick (Wolyniec trade) LA has NE's pick (allocation/1st rounder trade) Round 3 DC has COL's natural pick (Prideaux trade) TOR has COL's pick, presumably one of the two listed next (Casey trade) COL has NY's pick (Freeman trade) COL has DAL's pick (Vanney trade) LA has CLB's pick (Miglioranzi trade, conditional) DC has RSL's pick (Adu trade, see Goff's comment here) Round 4 LA has NY's pick (Quaranta trade, conditional) DAL has RSL's pick (4th rounder trade) NY has TOR's pick (Ibrahim trade) Other CHI has DC's pick (Monteiro trade, conditional) KC has CHV's pick (Zotinca trade, conditional: 2nd or 3rd round) DC has LA's pick (Quaranta trade, conditional: 1st or 2nd round) Supplemental Trades COL has RSL's 1st round pick (Wingert trade) NE has DAL's 1st round pick (salary cap considerations trade) CHI has CLB's 4th round pick (Griffin trade)