2010 MLS Superdraft Order & Picks

Never too early for this. Here's a list of picks that have been traded already. Unfortunately, many of them are conditional and the conditions have not been made public, which makes it hard to follow. We do know that the 16 teams will draft 64 players over 4 rounds, and that Philadelphia will have the first pick of the draft. The draft itself will take place in Philadelphia, as that's where the NSCAA convention is being held from January 13-17 (if you want to know where the next decade of Superdrafts will take place, click here). Since the 2009 season is almost half over, I feel it's time to now look at the potential order. I used points per game, and assumed that the highest seeded teams would win in the playoffs. Remember, the playoff teams are ranked based on the round they are eliminated, followed by regular season performance. Current Draft Order Before Trades (through games on June 14, 2009) 1 PHI 2 NY 3 SJ 4 DAL 5 LA 6 RSL 7 NE 8 KC 9 TOR 10 CLB 11 SEA 12 COL 13 CHI 14 CHV 15 DC 16 HOU Current 2010 MLS Superdraft Order (several conditional picks not included, see below for details) Round One 1 Philadelphia Union 2 New York Red Bulls 3 San Jose Earthquakes 4 FC Dallas 5 Los Angeles Galaxy 6 Real Salt Lake 7 New England Revolution 8 Kansas City Wizards 9 FC Dallas (from TOR) 10 Columbus Crew 11 Seattle Sounders FC 12 Columbus Crew (from COL) 13 Chicago Fire 14 CD Chivas USA 15 DC United 16 New York Red Bulls (from HOU) Round Two 17 Philadelphia Union 18 New York Red Bulls 19 San Jose Earthquakes 20 FC Dallas 21 New York Red Bulls (from LA) 22 Real Salt Lake 23 New England Revolution 24 Kansas City Wizards 25 FC Dallas (from TOR) 26 Real Salt Lake (from CLB, DAL) 27 Seattle Sounders FC 28 Toronto FC (from COL) 29 Chicago Fire 30 CD Chivas USA 31 Colorado Rapids (from DC) 32 Houston Dynamo Round Three 33 Philadelphia Union 34 New York Red Bulls 35 San Jose Earthquakes 36 FC Dallas 37 Los Angeles Galaxy 38 Real Salt Lake 39 New England Revolution 40 Kansas City Wizards 41 San Jose Earthquakes (from TOR) 42 FC Dallas (from CLB) 43 Houston Dynamo (from SEA) 44 Colorado Rapids 45 Chicago Fire 46 CD Chivas USA 47 DC United 48 Houston Dynamo Round Four 49 Philadelphia Union 50 New York Red Bulls 51 San Jose Earthquakes 52 FC Dallas 53 Columbus Crew (from LA) 54 Los Angeles Galaxy (from RSL) 55 New England Revolution 56 Kansas City Wizards 57 Toronto FC 58 Columbus Crew 59 Seattle Sounders FC 60 Colorado Rapids 61 Columbus Crew (from CHI) 62 CD Chivas USA 63 DC United 64 Houston Dynamo Trade/Pick Movement List Round 1 CLB has COL's pick (Noonan) DAL has TOR's pick (Serioux) NY has HOU's pick (Oduro) Round 2 COL has DC's pick (Gomez) DAL has CLB's pick (2008 picks) DAL has TOR's pick (Ibrahim, conditional) NY has LA's pick (Magee) RSL has DAL's pick (Davies) TOR has COL's pick (Richardson) Ibrahim pick is a 1st rounder if he plays 10 games in 2009. I don't know how that would work, since Dallas already has Toronto's first rounder. The Davies pick is for the lowest of DAL's three second rounders. Round 3 DAL has CLB's pick (2008 picks) HOU has SEA's pick (Ianni, conditional) SJ has TOR's pick (Garcia) If Ianni plays in 20 games, then it becomes a second rounder. Round 4 CLB has CHI's pick (Herron) CLB has LA's pick (Miglioranzi, conditional) LA has RSL's pick (Mathis, conditional) Conditional Picks CHI has CHV's pick (Curtin) CHV has TOR's pick (Guevara) LA has DC's pick (Wicks) NE has DC's pick (John) NY has RSL's pick (Kovalenko) RSL has CHV's pick (Talley) SJ has HOU's pick (Weaver) Soccer America says word is that Chivas is guaranteed a first rounder out of the Guevara deal. Since they got a second rounder in this year's draft, that means they should probably get TFC's 2010 first rounder. Although, they can't give that pick to both Dallas and Toronto. Since the Dallas trade specifically mentions it, it's probably going there. The Talley pick is a second rounder in either 2010 or 2011. The John pick is also in one of those two years, though a round isn't mentioned. Supplemental Draft Wasted Trades CHI has SJ's 4th round pick (R.Johnson) HOU has DC's 4th round pick (C.Thompson) SJ has LA's pick (Kirovski, conditional) Top Seniors? Here are some names worth remembering. Mostly taken from the following links (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). Who do you think belongs on this list? Obviously, it's likely that half of the first round will be made up of Generation Adidas players (underclassmen or high schoolers). Every #1 overall pick since 2003 has been a GA player. Right now, most people think Wake Forest defender Ike Opara is the favorite to be taken first overall, if he signs with MLS. G Joseph Bendik Clemson G Jovan Bubonja UIC G Akira Fitzgerald Wake Forest G Brooks Haggerty North Carolina G Brian Perk UCLA G Misha Rosenthal Northwestern D Mark Blades Northwestern D Nick Cardenas San Diego State D Ben Clack Saint John's D Eric Conklin Wisconsin D Joel Gustafsson Saint John's D David Lozano UC Riverside D Zach Loyd North Carolina D Tennant McVea Loyola (Md.) D David Newton Clemson D David Reed Saint John's D Barry Rice Kentucky D Ofori Sarkodie Indiana D Chris Schuler Creighton D Jamel Wallace San Diego State D Taylor Waspi Wisconsin M Eric Alexander Indiana M Nelson Becerra Saint John's M Austin da Luz Wake Forest M Mauro Fuzetti Michigan M Sunghyun Kim CS Northridge M Stephen McCarthy Santa Clara M Kyle Nakazawa UCLA M J.T. Noone Temple M Conor O'Brien Bucknell M Mike Pezza Connecticut M Doug Rodkey Maryland M Alan Sanchez NC State M Zach Schilawski Wake Forest M Seth Sinovic Creighton M Toni Stahl Connecticut M Michael Stephens UCLA M Michael Strickland Stanford M Michael Thomas Notre Dame M Evan Toft San Diego State M Alex Torda Dayton M Jonathan Villanueva Virginia M Collen Warner Portland M Hanson Woodruff Syracuse M Drew Yates Maryland F Eddie Ababio North Carolina F Andre Akpan Harvard F Cody Arnoux Wake Forest F Ronnie Bouemboue NC State F Devan Carroll UNC Wilmington F Conor Chinn San Diego F Byron Dacy Creighton F Kyle Evans Lehigh F Michael Ferguson Loyola-Chicago F Irving Garcia UC Irvine F Scott Lorenz Wisconsin F Samson Malijani Fairleigh Dickinson F Andrew McGill Ohio State F Ryan Soroka Saint John's F Sl. Ubiparipovic Cleveland State F Steffen Vroom Depaul F Justin Wyatt Elon F Kareem Yearwood Charleston Total picks (conditional picks not included) CHI 3 picks 13, 29, 45 CHV 4 picks 14, 30, 46, 62 CLB 5 picks 10, 12, 53, 58, 61 COL 3 picks 31, 44, 60 DAL 7 picks 4, 9, 20, 25, 36, 42, 52 DC 3 picks 15, 47, 63 HOU 4 picks 32, 43, 48, 64 KC 4 picks 8, 24, 40, 56 LA 3 picks 5, 37, 54 NE 4 picks 7, 23, 39, 55 NY 6 picks 2, 16, 18, 21, 34, 50 PHI 4 picks 1, 17, 33, 49 RSL 4 picks 6, 22, 26, 38 SEA 5 picks 3, 19, 35, 41, 51 SJ 3 picks 11, 27, 59 TOR 2 picks 28, 57