Friday, December 12, 2008

2009 MLS Superdraft Order & Picks

Draft date: January 15th in Saint Louis. A few picks have been updated, so check it out. MLS should announce the actual order soon.

Draft Order Before Trades

(scroll down for actual order)
1 SEA
2 SJ
3 LA
4 TOR
5 DAL
6 DC
7 COL
8 KC
9 CHV
10 NE
11 HOU
12 RSL
13 CHI
14 NY
15 CLB

Order is determined as follows: Seattle receives the #1 pick automatically as an expansion team. #2-7 go to non-playoff teams, #8-11 go to quarterfinalists, #12-13 go to semifinalists, and #14-15 go to the runner up and winner of MLS Cup 2008. Within each group, teams are ranked based on regular season record. Ties are broken the same way as the regular standings (head to head, then GD).


Top Prospects
  • Some other notable seniors who were hyped in the preseason include:
G Zack Simmons Massachusetts



D David Tyrie Central Conn. St.
D John Pardini Fordham
D Kevon Neaves South Florida
D Liam Parrington Hartwick



M Chris DeAbreau St. Peter's
M Chris Wright New Mexico
M Eric Sweetin Saint Louis
M Toni Stahl Connecticut
M Yan Klukowski Central Conn. St.



F Brad Peters Eastern Illinois
F O'Brian White Connecticut
  • In addition, there will be several underclassmen selected as Generation Adidas players. These players are the heart of the draft and will likely account for half of the first round picks. Buzz at 3rddegree has started his annual GA Tracking page, so check that for updates.

2009 MLS Superdraft Order

Round One
1 Seattle Sounders FC
2 Toronto FC
3 Los Angeles Galaxy
4 Toronto FC
5 FC Dallas
6 DC United
7 DC United
8 Kansas City Wizards
9 CD Chivas USA
10 New England Revolution
11 New York Red Bulls
12 Real Salt Lake
13 Toronto FC
14 FC Dallas
15 New England Revolution

Round Two
16 Seattle Sounders FC
17 San Jose Earthquakes
18 New York Red Bulls
19 CD Chivas USA
20 Colorado Rapids
21 DC United
22 Kansas City Wizards
23 Kansas City Wizards
24 New England Revolution
25 New England Revolution
26 DC United
27 FC Dallas
28 Chicago Fire
29 New York Red Bulls
30 Columbus Crew

Round Three
31 Seattle Sounders FC
32 San Jose Earthquakes
33 Los Angeles Galaxy
34 Toronto FC
35 Colorado Rapids
36 DC United
37 Los Angeles Galaxy
38 New England Revolution
39 Toronto FC
40 New England Revolution
41 Houston Dynamo
42 Kansas City Wizards
43 Chicago Fire
44 New York Red Bulls
45 Columbus Crew

Round Four
46 Seattle Sounders FC
47 Colorado Rapids
48 Los Angeles Galaxy
49 Los Angeles Galaxy
50 Kansas City Wizards
51 Colorado Rapids
52 Chicago Fire
53 Colorado Rapids
54 Real Salt Lake (?)
55 New England Revolution
56 Houston Dynamo
57 Real Salt Lake (?)
58 Chicago Fire
59 Colorado Rapids
60 Columbus Crew

Apparently RSL has the 54th pick, originally from Chivas. Can somebody find the trade where that happened? Also, Chicago may get one of RSL's picks in this round due to the Will Johnson trade.


Trade/Pick Movement List

Round 1

DAL has HOU's pick (via SJ, Alvarez, later traded to NY)
DAL has NY's pick (van den Bergh)
DC has COL's pick (C.Gomez)
NE has CLB's pick (Noonan)
NY has HOU's pick (via DAL, van den Bergh)
SJ has HOU's pick (Kamara, later traded to DAL)
TOR has SJ's pick (O'Brien)
TOR has CHI's pick (McBride)

Round 2

CHV has TOR's pick (Guevara)
COL has DAL's pick (Guarda)
DAL has RSL's pick (Cassar compensation)
DAL has LA's pick (Ruiz, later traded to NY)
DC has HOU's pick (Boswell, conditional)
KC has COL's pick (Burciaga)
LA has CHV's pick (Thomas, later traded to NE)
NE has CHV's pick (via LA, Franchino)
NY has LA's pick (via DAL, van den Bergh)

Chivas will get picks from Toronto in both 2009 and 2010 for Amado Guevara. According to Ridge Mahoney at Soccer America, they are guaranteed a first rounder out of the deal. Given that TFC has 3 first rounders this year, I would've thought that the 13th pick was going to Chivas. Apparently they'll be getting a second rounder this year instead.

Round 3

COL has DAL's pick (Guarda)
DAL has CHV's pick (Nunez, later traded to CHV)
KC has RSL's pick (Movsisyan)
LA has COL's pick (Harden)
NE has KC's pick (Cristman)
TOR has CHV's pick (via DAL, Cunningham)

Assuming the Harden pick is the 37th. Could be the 35th instead.

Round 4

CHI has COL's pick (Sanneh)
COL has DC's pick (international slot)
COL has KC's pick (H.Gomez)
COL has NY's pick (Mathis)
COL has SJ's pick (Gray/Kirovski)
LA has TOR's pick (Harmse)
KC has DAL's pick (international slot)

Rapids conditional pick for Mathis turns out to be a 4th rounder, no surprise there.

Conditional

CHI has RSL's pick (W.Johnson)

The Fire are supposed to get at least a 4th rounder in the draft.


Total picks

CHI 4 picks 28, 43, 52, 58
CHV 2 picks 9, 19
CLB 3 picks 30, 45, 60
COL 6 picks 20, 35, 47, 51, 53, 59
DAL 3 picks 5, 14, 27
DC 5 picks 6, 7, 21, 26, 36
HOU 2 picks 41, 56
KC 5 picks 8, 22, 23, 42, 50
LA 5 picks 3, 33, 37, 48, 49
NE 7 picks 10, 15, 24, 25, 38, 40, 55
NY 4 picks 11, 18, 29, 44
RSL 3 picks 12, 54, 57
SEA 4 picks 1, 16, 31, 46
SJ 2 picks 17, 32
TOR 5 picks 2, 4, 13, 34, 39


Supplemental Draft

CLB has DAL's 1st round pick (international slot)
COL has (one of) KC's 1st round picks (H.Gomez, could be natural pick or RSL's)
LA has TOR's 1st round pick pick (Ruiz)
TOR has DC's 1st round pick (Zaher)
KC has RSL's 1st round pick (Movsisyan)

COL has RSL's 2nd round pick (Wingert)
LA has TOR's 2nd round pick pick (Ruiz)

COL has CLB's 3rd round pick (N.Hernandez)
DAL has SJ's 3rd round pick (Roberts)
NY has TOR's 3rd round pick (Freeman)

COL has NY's 4th round pick (Freeman)
LA has SJ's 4th round pick (M.Hatzke)
NY has RSL's 4th round pick (Rimando)
NY has TOR's 4th round pick (Freeman)

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Top MLS Goalscorers by Season Age

EDIT: Updated through the 2010 season.

The title of this post refers to the age of a player for a particular season. I set a specific age for a player in each season, which is something commonly done on baseball sites. That way, you can easily compare his age 22 year to those of other players. And it's also way easier than actually figuring out the exact numbers for the time the player actually was 22 years old.

I used July 1st as the cutoff date. That's the date used in baseball since it's about the halfway point of MLB, and that's pretty much the case in MLS as well (it was July 5th in 2008, for example). So whatever age the player is on July 1st, then that's the age I counted the player as for the lists below.

This post will list the top ten goalscorers for each age. Only regular season goals are counted. If a player played for two teams in that season, then the team listed should be the one where he scored more goals.


Age 15
1 DC 2004 Adu, Freddy 5

Age 16

1 DC 2001 Quaranta, Santino 5
2 DC 2005 Adu, Freddy 4
3 NY 2006 Altidore, Jozy 3
4
TOR
2008
Ibrahim, Abdus
2
5
 NY 2003 Gaven, Eddie 1


Age 17

1 NY 2007 Altidore, Jozy 9
2 NY 2004 Gaven, Eddie 7
3 DC 2010 Najar, Andy 5
4 PHI 2010 McInerney, Jack 3
4 DC 2002 Quaranta, Santino 3
6 DC 2006 Adu, Freddy 2
6 DAL 2001 Johnson, Eddie 2
8 NY 2005 Bradley, Michael 1


Age 18

1 NY 2005 Gaven, Eddie 8
2 NY 2003 Magee, Mike 7
2
PHI
2010
Mwanga, Danny
7
4
 NY 2008 Altidore, Jozy 3
4
 TB 2001 Barclay, Devin 3
4
 CHV 2008 Flores, Jorge 3
4
 CHI 2003 Mapp, Justin 3
8
 CHI 2000 Beasley, DaMarcus 2
8
 NY 2005 Ibrahim, Abbe 2
8
 DAL 2002 Johnson, Eddie 2
8
 DAL 2001 Vaca, Joselito 2


Age 19

1 SJ 2001 Donovan, Landon 7
2 DC 2002 Convey, Bobby 5
2 KC 2007 Movsisyan, Yura 5
2 DAL 2005 Nunez, Ramon 5
5 CLB 2006 Gaven, Eddie 4
6 DAL 2003 Johnson, Eddie 3
6 NY 2004 Magee, Mike 3
6 NE 2008 Mansally, Kenny 3
6 CHI 2004 Mapp, Justin 3
10 CHI 2001 Beasley, DaMarcus 2
10 LA 2010 Bowen, Tristan 2
10 NE 2008 Nyassi, Sainey 2
10 DC 2002 Quintanilla, Eliseo 2
10 RSL 2005 Watson, Jamie 2


Age 20

1 DAL 2004 Johnson, Eddie 12
2 COL 2000 Agogo, Junior 10
3 SJ 2002 Donovan, Landon 7
3 DAL 2005 Mina, Roberto 7
3 RSL 2008 Movsisyan, Yura 7
6 DAL 2006 Nunez, Ramon 6
7 KC 2010 Bunbury, Teal 5
7 CLB 2007 Gaven, Eddie 5
7 NY 2005 Magee, Mike 5
7 DC 2005 Quaranta, Santino 5
7 DAL 2010 Shea, Brek 5


Age 21

1 CLB 1998 John, Stern 26
2 SJ 2003 Donovan, Landon 12
2 SEA 2009 Montero, Fredy 12
4 DAL 2006 Cooper, Kenny 11
5 DC 2004 Eskandarian, Alecko 10
6 CLB 2002 Buddle, Edson 9
7 CLB 1998 Cunningham, Jeff 8
7 RSL 2007 Findley, Robbie 8
7 RSL 2009 Movsisyan, Yura 8
7 CHI 1998 Wolff, Josh 8


Age 22

1 LA 2002 Ruiz, Carlos 24
2 NE 2002 Twellman, Taylor 23
3 CLB 1999 John, Stern 18
4 SJ 1997 Cerritos, Ronald 12
4 CLB 1999 Cunningham, Jeff 12
6 COL 2002 Carrieri, Chris 11
6 CHI 2003 Ralph, Damani 11
6 LA 1997 Welton 11
9 CLB 2003 Buddle, Edson 10
9 NE 2005 Dempsey, Clint 10
9 CHI 2000 Kovalenko, Dema 10
9
SEA
2010
Montero, Fredy
10
9 NE 2003 Noonan, Pat 10
9 COL 1998 Paule, Ross 10
9 CHI 1999 Wolff, Josh 10
9
SEA
2010
Zakuani, Steve
10


Age 23

1 DAL 2008 Cooper, Kenny 18
2 LA 1998 Welton 17
3 NY 2000 Mathis, Clint 16
3 DC 1997 Moreno, Jaime 16
5 KC 2007 Johnson, Eddie 15
5 LA 2003 Ruiz, Carlos 15
5 NE 2003 Twellman, Taylor 15
8 SJ 1998 Cerritos, Ronald 13
8 DAL 1996 Kreis, Jason 13
8 KC 1996 Takawira, Vitalis 13


Age 24

1 CLB 1996 McBride, Brian 17
2 DC 1998 Moreno, Jaime 16
3 SJ 1999 Cerritos, Ronald 15
4 COL 1998 Harris, Wolde 13
5 LA 2006 Donovan, Landon 12
6 DAL 1997 Damian 11
6
SJ
2009
Johnson, Ryan
11
6 LA 2004 Ruiz, Carlos 11
6 MIA 1998 Serna, Diego 11
10
 CLB 2001 Cunningham, Jeff 10
10
 CHI 1998 Razov, Ante 10


Age 25

1 NE 2005 Twellman, Taylor 17
2 CLB 2002 Cunningham, Jeff 16
3 CHI 1999 Razov, Ante 14
4 NY 1996 Savarese, Giovanni 13
5 NY 2002 Faria, Rodrigo 12
6 NE 1996 Moore, Joe-Max 11
6 DAL 2005 Ruiz, Carlos 11
8
KC
2010
Kamara, Kei
10
8 DC 1999 Moreno, Jaime 10
8 KC 2006 Sealy, Scott 10
8 MIA 1999 Serna, Diego 10


Age 26

1 DC 1996 Diaz Arce, Raul 23
2 LA 2008 Donovan, Landon 20
3 DAL 1999 Kreis, Jason 18
3 CHI 2000 Razov, Ante 18
3 SJ 2010 Wondolowski, Chris 18
6 MIA 2000 Serna, Diego 16
7 NE 2000 Harris, Wolde 15
8 PHI 2010 Le Toux, Sebastien 14
8 NY 1997 Savarese, Giovanni 14
10 DAL 2006 Ruiz, Carlos 13


Age 27

1 TB 1996 Lassiter, Roy 27
2 LA 1996 Hurtado, Eduardo 21
3 COL 2009 Casey, Conor 16
3 NE 2007 Twellman, Taylor 16
5 LA 2008 Buddle, Edson 15
5 DC 1997 Diaz Arce, Raul 15
5 MIA 2001 Serna, Diego 15
8
COL
2010
Cummings, Omar
14
8 NY 1998 Savarese, Giovanni 14
10
 SJ 1996 Bravo, Paul 13


Age 28

1 TB 2000 Diallo, Mamadou 26
2 DC 2007 Emilio, Luciano 20
3 LA 1998 Jones, Cobi 19
4 NE 1998 Diaz Arce, Raul 18
5 NE 1999 Moore, Joe-Max 15
6 DC 2001 Conteh, Abdul Thompson 14
6 DC 1996 Rammel, Steve 14
6 CHI 2002 Razov, Ante 14
9
COL
2010
Casey, Conor
13
9 NY 2000 Comas, Alex 13


Age 29

1 DC 1998 Lassiter, Roy 18
2
LA
2010
Buddle, Edson
17
3
 RSL 2006 Cunningham, Jeff 16
4
 DAL 2000 Graziani, Ariel 15
4
 CLB 2000 Washington, Dante 15
6
 CHI 2003 Razov, Ante 14
7
 TB 1999 Diaz Arce, Raul 13
7
 DAL 2002 Kreis, Jason 13
9
 COL 1998 Bravo, Paul 11
9
DC
2008
Emilio, Luciano
11
9
 NY 2005 Guevara, Amado 11
9
 NY 1998 Hurtado, Eduardo 11


Age 30

1 DC 1999 Lassiter, Roy 18
2 COL 2001 Spencer, John 14
3 HOU 2008 Ching, Brian 13
3 LA 1998 Cienguegos, Mauricio 13
5 NY 2002 Diallo, Mamadou 12
5 KC 2000 Molnar, Miklos 12
7 DC 2005 Gomez, Christian 11
7 DAL 2001 Graziani, Ariel 11
7 COL 1996 Harbor, Jean 11
10 DC 2009 Emilio, Luciano
 10


Age 31

1 NY 2007 Angel, Juan Pablo 19
1 MIA 2001 Pineda Chacon, Alex 19
3 DC 2005 Moreno, Jaime 16
4 DC 2006 Gomez, Christian 14
4 SJ 2002 Graziani, Ariel 14
6 CLB 2003 McBride, Brian 12
7
TOR
2009
De Rosario, Dwayne
11
7 COL 2002 Henderson, Chris 11
9
 SJ 1996 Espinoza, Missael 10
10
HOU
2009
Ching, Brian
8
10
DAL
2008
Cunningham, Jeff
8
10
NE
2009
Joseph, Shalrie
8
10
 MIA 2000 Lassiter, Roy 8
10
CHV
2009
Lillingston, Eduardo
8
10
 CLB 2001 Perez, John Wilmar 8


Age 32

1 DAL 2009 Cunningham, Jeff 17
2 NY 2000 Valencia, Adolfo 16
3
TOR
2010
De Rosario, Dwayne
15
4
 NY 2008 Angel, Juan Pablo 14
4
 CHV 2006 Razov, Ante 14
4
 COL 2003 Spencer, John 14
7
 COL 2002 Chung, Mark 11
7
 DC 2006 Moreno, Jaime 11
7
 KC 2009 Wolff, Josh 11
10
 COL 1999 Dely Valdes, Jorge 10
10
 DC 2007 Gomez, Christian 10
10
 CHI 2001 Wynalda, Eric 10


Age 33

1 KC 1996 Preki 18
2
NY
2009
Angel, Juan Pablo
12
3
 COL 2003 Chung, Mark 11
3
DAL
2010
Cunningham, Jeff
11
3
 CHV 2007 Razov, Ante 11
6
 RSL 2006 Kreis, Jason 8
7
 COL 2000 Dely Valdes, Jorge 7
7
 TB 1996 Galderisi, Giuseppe 7
7
 DC 2007 Moreno, Jaime 7
10
 NY 1996 De Avila, Antony 6
10
 LA 1998 Hermosillo, Carlos 6
10
 KC 1996 Johnston, Mo 6
10
KC
2008
Lopez, Claudio
6
10
 CHI 1998 Nowak, Peter 6


Age 34

1 NY 2010 Angel, Juan Pablo 13
2 KC 1997 Preki 12
3 DC 2008 Moreno, Jaime 10
4 NY 1997 De Avila, Antony 9
4 CHI 2000 Stoitchkov, Hristo 9
6 LA 1999 Hermosillo, Carlos 8
6 NE 2008 Ralston, Steve 8
8 NE 1998 Gorter, Edwin 7
8 CHI 1998 Kubik, Lubos 7
8 KC 2009 Lopez, Claudio 7


Age 35

1 KC 1998 Johnston, Mo 11
2 KC 1998 Preki 10
3 DC 2009 Moreno, Jaime 9
4 CLB 2008 Barros Schelotto, Guillermo 7
4 CHI 2008 Blanco, Cuauhtemoc 7
4 SJ 2005 Chung, Mark 7
4 NE 2009 Ralston, Steve 7
8 CHI 2001 Stoitchkov, Hristo 6
9 CHI 1999 Kubik, Lubos 5
9
SEA
2010
Nkufo, Blaise
5
9 CHI 2000 Nowak, Peter 5


Age 36

1 CLB 2009 Barros Schelotto, Guillermo 12
2 KC 1999 Preki 7
3 CHI 2001 Nowak, Peter 6
3 CLB 2000 Warzycha, Robert 6
5 CHI 2009 Blanco, Cuauhtemoc 5
5 CHI 2008 McBride, Brian 5
7 LA 2006 Jones, Cobi 4
8 LA 2000 Caligiuri, Paul 3
8 DAL 1998 Haynes, Brian 3
8 KC 1999 Johnston, Mo 3


Age 37

1 NY 2005 Djorkaeff, Youri 10
2 CLB 2010 Barros Schelotto, Guillermo 9
3 CHI 2009 McBride, Brian 7
4 DAL 1996 Sanchez, Hugo 6
4 CHV 2006 Suarez, Claudio 6
6 DC 2003 Stoitchkov, Hristo 5
7 KC 2000 Johnston, Mo 4
7 LA 2007 Jones, Cobi 4
7 TB 1999 Valderrama, Carlos 4
10 CHI 2002 Nowak, Peter 3
10 KC 2000 Preki 3
10 CLB 2001 Warzycha, Robert 3


Age 38

1 MIA 2001 Preki 8
2
CHI
2010
McBride, Brian
6
3
 CHV 2007 Suarez, Claudio 3
4
 NY 2006 Djorkaeff, Youri 2
5
 KC 2001 Johnston, Mo 1
5
 TB 2000 Valderrama, Carlos 1


Age 39

1 KC 2002 Preki 7
2 TB 2001 Valderrama, Carlos 1


Age 40

1 KC 2003 Preki 12
2 COL 2002 Valderrama, Carlos 1


Age 41

N/A


Age 42

1 KC 2005 Preki 2


Recap


Top scorer for each age:


Age 15 DC 2004 Adu, Freddy 5
Age 16 DC 2001 Quaranta, Santino 5
Age 17 NY 2007 Altidore, Josmer 9
Age 18 NY 2005 Gaven, Eddie 8
Age 19 SJ 2001 Donovan, Landon 7
Age 20
DAL
2004
Johnson, Eddie
12
Age 21 CLB 1998 John, Stern 26
Age 22 LA 2002 Ruiz, Carlos 24
Age 23 DAL
 2008 Cooper, Kenny 18
Age 24 CLB 1996 McBride, Brian 17
Age 25 NE 2005 Twellman, Taylor 17
Age 26 DC 1996 Diaz Arce, Raul 23
Age 27 TB 1996 Lassiter, Roy 27
Age 28 TB 2000 Diallo, Mamadou 26
Age 29 DC 1998 Lassiter, Roy 18
Age 30 DC 1999 Lassiter, Roy 18
Age 31 NY 2007 Angel, Juan Pablo 19

MIA 2001 Pineda Chacon, Alex 19
Age 32 DAL
 2009 Cunningham, Jeff
 17
Age 33 KC 1996 Preki 18
Age 34 NY
 2010
 Angel, Juan Pablo 13
Age 35 KC 1998 Johnston, Mo 11
Age 36 CLB
 2009 Barros Schelotto, Guillermo
 7
Age 37 NY 2005 Djorkaeff, Youri 10
Age 38 MIA 2001 Preki 8
Age 39 KC 2002 Preki 7
Age 40 KC 2003 Preki 12
Age 41



Age 42 KC 2005 Preki 2

Cooper is the one new leader crowned in 2008, replacing Welton at age 23.


2009 saw the following players make top tens:

21-Montero/Movsisyan, 24-Johnson, 27-Casey/Donovan, 30-Emilio, 31-Ching/De Rosario/Joseph/Lillingston, 32-Cunningham/Wolff, 33-Angel, 34-Gomez/Lopez, 35-Moreno/Ralston, 36-Barros Schelotto/Blanco, 37-McBride.

New leaders were Barros Schelotto & Cunningham.


2010's players who made top tens:

17-McInerney/Najar, 18-Mwanga, 19-Bowen, 20-Bunbury/Shea, 22-Montero/Zakuani, 25-Kamara, 26-Le Toux/Wondolowski, 27-Cummings, 28-Casey, 29-Buddle, 32-De Rosario, 33-Cunningham, 34-Angel, 35-Nkufo, 37-Barros Schelotto, 38-McBride.

New leaders: Angel.

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