2006 MLS SuperDraft explained

The 2006 MLS SuperDraft, held in Philadelphia on January 20, 2006, was the seventh incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The first selection originally belonged to Chivas USA, but they traded it to the MetroStars for the fifth overall selection and Jason Hernandez. The MetroStars then drafted Marvell Wynne. The draft was followed by the 2006 MLS Supplemental Draft.

The draft has produced multiple United States men's national soccer team players, including Sacha Kljestan, Jozy Altidore (2nd round), and Jonathan Bornstein (4th round).

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		Position		Affiliation
1	MetroStars	Marvell Wynne*	D	UCLA
2			M	Santa Clara
3			F	Maryland
4		Yura Movsisyan*	F	Pasadena City College
5		Sacha Kljestan*^†	M	Seton Hall
6		Dax McCarty*^†	M	North Carolina
7			M	Wake Forest
8		Patrick Ianni*	D	UCLA
9	Columbus Crew	Kei Kamara*^†	F	Cal State Dominguez Hills
10			F	California
11		Leandro de Oliveira	M	UAB
12		Nathan Sturgis*	D/M	Clemson

Round one trades

Round two

width=7%	Pick # !	width=30%	MLS Team !	width=24%	Player !	width=12%	Position !	Affiliation
13	Columbus Crew	Jed Zayner*	D	Indiana
14	Chicago Fire		D	Georgetown
15	FC Dallas		M	Clemson
16			M	New Mexico
17	MetroStars	Jozy Altidore*^	F	Generation adidas
18		Blake Wagner*	D/M	Generation adidas
19	Kansas City Wizards		D	California
20	Chicago Fire		M	Indiana
21		Jacob Peterson*	F	Indiana
22	FC Dallas		F	VCU
23		Willie Sims*	F	Cal State Northridge
24			D	Maryland

Round two trades

Round three

width=7%	Pick # !	width=30%	MLS Team !	width=24%	Player !	width=12%	Position !	Affiliation
25	Los Angeles Galaxy		D	Ohio State
26			F/M	Oregon State
27			M	New Mexico
28			M	St. John's
29	Kansas City Wizards	Stephen Shirley	D/M	Virginia Commonwealth
30			GK	Ohio State
31			M	UNLV
32			F	St. John's
33	Columbus Crew		M/F	Memphis
34			D	So. Connecticut State
35			F	Tulsa
36		Chris Dunsheath	GK	Bradley

Round three trades

Round four

width=7%	Pick # !	width=30%	MLS Team !	width=24%	Player !	width=12%	Position !	Affiliation
37		Jonathan Bornstein^§†	D	UCLA
38	Columbus Crew		F	Southern Methodist
39	D.C. United		M/D	St. John's
40			GK	California
41	MetroStars		M	Duke
42			D	Maryland
43	FC Dallas		F	Indiana
44			M	Washington
45		Josh Brown	D	New Mexico
46		Jeremy Ashe	M	Marshall
47	D.C. United		D	Maryland
48			F	NC State

Round four trades

See also

• Draft (sports)
• Generation Adidas
• Major League Soccer
• MLS SuperDraft