The 2005 MLS SuperDraft, held in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 14, 2005, was the sixth incarnation of the annual MLS SuperDraft. Expansion club Real Salt Lake had the first pick as the result of a coin toss (fellow newcomers C.D. Chivas USA got to go first in the expansion draft). RSL drafted Under-17 midfielder Nikolas Besagno with the first selection.
A collective bargaining agreement with the MLS Players' Union dictated that the draft be reduced from six to four rounds, although a supplemental draft was held to equip newly formed reserve teams and compensate for expansion.
Player selection
Key * Denotes a player contracted under the Generation Adidas program ^ Denotes player who has been selected to an MLS All-Star Game§ Denotes a player who won the MLS Rookie of the Year † Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team ~Denotes a player who won the MLS MVP
Round one Pick # MLS Team Player Affiliation1 Real Salt Lake Nikolas Besagno* M Generation Adidas2 Chivas USA Brad Guzan*^† GK University of South Carolina3 Chicago Fire Chad Barrett* F UCLA4 San Jose Earthquakes Danny O'Rourke M Indiana University5 Los Angeles Galaxy Ugo Ihemelu D SMU6 F.C. Dallas Drew Moor*^ D Indiana University7 Colorado Rapids Hunter Freeman* D University of Virginia8 Los Angeles Galaxy Troy Roberts D University of California9 New England Revolution Michael Parkhurst*^§† D Wake Forest University10 Chicago Fire Jack Stewart D University of Notre Dame11 Kansas City Wizards Scott Sealy F Wake Forest University12 MetroStars Tim Ward* D Saint Louis University
Round one trades
Round two
Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation13 Real Salt Lake Jamie Watson* F University of North Carolina14 C.D. Chivas USA Christian Jimenez* M University of South Florida15 Los Angeles Galaxy Michael Enfield M UCLA16 Kansas City Wizards Ryan Pore* F University of Tulsa17 San Jose Earthquakes Kevin Goldthwaite D University of Notre Dame18 Chicago Fire Will John* M Saint Louis University19 D.C. United Nick Van Sicklen M University of Wisconsin–Madison20 Columbus Crew Marcus Storey M University of North Carolina21 New England Revolution James Riley D Wake Forest University22 Real Salt Lake Jay Nolly GK Indiana University23 Columbus Crew Domenic Mediate M University of Maryland24 Kansas City Wizards Christopher Sawyer GK University of Notre Dame
Round two trades
Round three
Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation25 MetroStars Chris Corcoran M St. Johns University26 C.D. Chivas USA Aaron Lopez D UCLA27 F.C. Dallas Winston Marshall D Wright State University28 F.C. Dallas Chris Gomez GK Brown University29 Chicago Fire Chris Rolfe F University of Dayton30 San Jose Earthquakes Victor Arbelaez M UNLV31 San Jose Earthquakes Orlando Ramirez F Fresno Pacific University32 San Jose Earthquakes C.J. Klaas D University of Washington33 New England Revolution Tony Lochhead D UC Santa Barbara34 Los Angeles Galaxy Quavas Kirk* F Generation adidas35 Chicago Fire Gonzalo Segares D Virginia Commonwealth University36 Chicago Fire Thabiso Khumalo M Coastal Carolina University
Round three trades
Round four Pick # MLS Team Player Position Affiliation37 Real Salt Lake Luke Kreamalmeyer M Bradley University38 C.D. Chivas USA Esteban Arias D University of Connecticut39 Chicago Fire Karim Deitz F Birmingham Southern College40 F.C. Dallas Julian Nash F Creighton University41 San Jose Earthquakes Antouman Jallow F University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee42 San Jose Earthquakes James Twellman D Stanford University43 Colorado Rapids Guy Melamed D Boston College44 Columbus Crew Knox Cameron F University of Michigan45 Colorado Rapids Amir Lowery M Wake Forest University46 Los Angeles Galaxy Mubarike Chisoni M Coastal Carolina University47 Kansas City Wizards John Minagawa-Webster M Michigan State University48 D.C. United Tim Merritt D University of North Carolina
Round four trades
Other draft day trades MetroStars traded its natural second-round selection in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft to Real Salt Lake in exchange for a youth international slot.
Notable undrafted players No. Player Pos. Notes1 Bobby Boswell^† D MLS Defender of the Year (2006); MLS Best XI (2006, 2014); U.S. national team (2006–07)2 ^†~ F Not picked in the SuperDraft; taken in the supplemental draft. He scored an MLS record 171 MLS goals. 3 Jeff Larentowicz ^ D Not picked in the SuperDraft; taken in the supplemental draft. He is a member of the 400 games played club.
See also Draft (sports) Generation Adidas Major League Soccer MLS SuperDraft
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