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New England Revolution Select Andrew Farrell with First Overall Selection in 2013 MLS SuperDraft

Published on January 17, 2013 under Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release


INDIANAPOLIS (Thursday, January 17, 2013) - The New England Revolution chose Generation adidas defender Andrew Farrell with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft presented by adidas, held today at the Indiana Convention Center. Farrell was one of seven members of the 2013 Generation adidas class to be selected in the SuperDraft. All seven were selected within the first 14 picks.

New England acquired the No. 1 overall selection from Toronto FC in a trade the night before the SuperDraft in order to select the 20-year-old forward. Farrell becomes the first University of Louisville player to be selected with the first overall pick in MLS draft history.

Chivas USA held the second pick overall and selected Mexican-American midfielder Carlos Alvarez. Alvarez, who grew up in Los Angeles, joins Chivas USA after completing four seasons and officially graduating from the University of Connecticut.

Toronto FC selected Canadian Kyle Bekker of Boston College with the No. 3 pick before trading the No. 4 overall selection, acquired from New England, to Vancouver for the Whitecaps FC's No. 10 pick.

The Whitecaps FC organization selected 18-year-old Generation adidas forward Kekuta Manneh with the No. 4 overall selection. Manneh became the first teenager taken in the SuperDraft in two years.

Boston College and Georgetown University saw players selected in the first round of the SuperDraft for the first time in the schools' histories. Georgetown saw defender Tommy Muller taken with the No. 15 selection by San Jose, while Boston College also had defender Charlie Rugg selected by defending MLS Cup champion LA Galaxy with the final pick of the first round. Boston College was one of three schools, along with the University of Notre Dame and the University of Maryland, to have two players selected in the first round.

Players from 26 colleges and universities were represented in the 38 selections overall. The University of Louisville and NCAA Division I College Cup finalist Georgetown University led with three selections each.

For a complete recap of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft, please visit: www.MLSsoccer.com .

A round-by-round summary of the 2013 SuperDraft follows:

ROUND 1

# TEAM PLAYER POS. HT WT DOB HOMETOWN CLUB/COLLEGE

1. NE Andrew Farrell* DF 5-11 185 4/3/1992 Louisville, Ky. Univ. of Louisville

2. CHV Carlos Alvarez MF 5-10 172 11/12/1990 Los Angeles, Calif. Univ. of Connecticut

3. TOR Kyle Bekker MF 5-10 165 9/2/1990 Oakville, Ont. Boston College

4. VAN @ Kekuta Manneh* FW 5-9 140 12/30/1994 Madiba Kunda, The Gambia Austin Aztex (PDL)

5. VAN Erik Hurtado FW 5-9 180 11/15/1990 Beaverton, Ore. Santa Clara Univ.

6. COL Deshorn Brown* FW 6-2 170 12/22/1990 Manchester, Jamaica Univ. of Central Florida

7. DAL Walker Zimmerman * DF 6-3 185 5/19/1993 Lawrenceville, Ga. Furman Univ.

8. MTL Blake Smith MF 5-10 150 1/17/1991 Boerne, Texas Univ. of New Mexico

9. CLB Ryan Finley FW 6-0 180 3/27/1991 Lumberton, N.J. Univ. of Notre Dame

10. SEA # Eriq Zavaleta* FW 6-1 185 8/2/1992 Westfield, Ind. Indiana Univ.

11 COL Dillon Powers MF 5-11 172 2/14/1991 Plano, Texas Univ. of Notre Dame

12. RSL John Stertzer MF 6-0 170 10/4/1990 Oakton, Va. Univ. of Maryland

13. HOU Jason Johnson* FW 6-0 180 10/9/1990 Happy News, Jamaica Virginia Commonwealth Univ.

14. KC Mikey Lopez* MF 5-8 160 2/20/1993 Mission, Texas Univ. of North Carolina

15. SJ Tommy Muller DF 5-11 168 4/4/1991 Orlando, Fla. Georgetown Univ.

16 TOR # Emery Welshman FW 5-11 180 11/9/1991 Mississauga, Ont. Oregon State Univ.

17. DC Taylor Kemp DF 5-11 160 7/23/1990 Highland Ranch, Colo. Univ. of Maryland

18. MTL Fernando Monge MF 5-10 165 3/11/1990 Seattle, Wash. UCLA

19. LA Charlie Rugg FW 6-0 190 10/2/1990 Roslindale, Mass. Boston College

* Generation adidas

@ TOR trade No. 4 overall selection in 2013 to VAN for No. 10 selection in 2013 and allocation amount

# TOR trade No. 10 overall selection in 2013 to SEA for No. 16 selection in 2013 and allocation amount

ROUND 2

# TEAM PLAYER POS. HT WT DOB HOMETOWN CLUB/COLLEGE

20. DAL Ryan Hollingshead MF 6-1 180 4/16/1991 Granite Bay, Calif. UCLA

21. NE Donnie Smith MF 5-11 158 12/7/1990 Matthews, N.C. Univ. of North Carolina-Charlotte

22. NY Ian Christianson MF 5-11 155 3/6/1991 Cedar Rapids, Iowa Georgetown Univ.

23. NE Luke Spencer FW 6-2 192 11/28/1990 Cincinnati, Ohio Xavier Univ.

24. LA Kofi Opare DF 6-2 190 10/12/1990 Niagara Falls, Ont. Univ. of Michigan

25. COL Kory Kindle DF 5-11 185 8/28/1991 Ventura, Calif. California State Univ., Bakersfield

26. PHI Don Anding FW 5-11 168 5/31/1991 Amity Harbor, N.Y. Northeastern Univ.

27. MTL Paolo DelPiccolo MF 6-0 165 5/28/1991 Wheat Ridge, Colo. Univ. of Louisville

28. CLB Drew Beckie DF 6-1 170 9/30/1990 Highlands Ranch, Colo. Univ. of Denver

29. RSL $ Dylan Sandoval FW 6-1 185 6/16/1991 Albuquerque, N.M. Univ. of New Mexico

30. CHI Yazid Atouba Emane MF 5-8 140 1/2/1993 Yaounde, Cameroon Rainbow FC Bamenda (Cameroon)

31. PHI Stephen Okai MF 5-9 178 9/27/1989 Accra, Ghana Univ. of Mobile

32. MTL Brad Stuver GK 6-3 180 4/16/1991 Twinsburg, Ohio Cleveland State Univ.

33. SJ Dan Delgado MF 5-11 175 9/17/1991 Escondido, Calif. Univ. of San Diego

34. POR Dylan Tucker-Gangnes DF 6-3 190 10/3/1989 Bainbridge Island, Wash. Univ. of Washington

35. SEA Dylan Remick DF 6-1 160 5/19/1991 Inverness, Ill. Brown Univ.

36. NE Luis Soffner GK 6-4 210 1/15/1990 St. Louis, Mo. Indiana Univ.

37 HOU Jimmy Nealis DF 6-0 162 8/5/1991 Massapequa, N.Y. Georgetown Univ.

38 LA Greg Cochrane DF 5-8 150 11/1/1990 Holland, Pa. Univ. of Louisville

$ PHI trade No. 29 overall selection in 2013 to RSL for No. 31 selection in 2013 and two first-round selections in 2013 Supplemental Draft (Nos. 12 and 17)

TEAM-BY-TEAM SELECTIONS:

Chicago Fire (1): Yazid Atouba Emane (30)

Chivas USA (1): Carlos Alvarez (2)

Colorado Rapids (3): Deshorn Brown (6); Kory Kindle (25); Dillon Powers (11)

Columbus Crew (2): Drew Beckie (28); Ryan Finley (9)

D.C. United (1): Taylor Kemp (17)

FC Dallas (2): Ryan Hollingshead (20); Walker Zimmerman (7)

Houston Dynamo (2): Jason Johnson (13); Jimmy Nealis (37)

Sporting Kansas City (1): Mikey Lopez (14)

LA Galaxy (3): Greg Cochrane (38); Kofi Opare (25); Charlie Rugg (19)

Montréal Impact (4): Paolo DelPiccolo (27), Fernando Monge (18), Blake Smith (8); Brad Stuver (32)

New England Revolution (4): Andrew Farrell (1); Donnie Smith (21); Luis Soffner (36); Luke Spencer (23)

New York Red Bulls (1): Ian Christianson (22)

Philadelphia Union (2): Don Anding (26); Stephen Okai (31)

Portland Timbers (1): Dylan Tucker-Gangnes (34)

Real Salt Lake (2): Devon Sandoval (29); John Stertzer (12)

San Jose Earthquakes (2): Dan Delgado (33); Tommy Muller (15)

Seattle Sounders FC (2): Dylan Remick (35); Eriq Zavaleta (10)

Toronto FC (2): Kyle Bekker (3); Emery Welshman (16)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2): Erik Hurtado (5); Kekuta Manneh (4)

COLLEGE-BY-COLLEGE SELECTIONS:

Boston College (2): Kyle Bekker, Charlie Rugg

Brown Univ. (1): Dylan Remick

UCLA (2): Fernando Monge, Ryan Hollingshead

California State Univ., Bakersfield (1): Kory Kindle

Univ. of Central Florida (1): Deshorn Brown

Cleveland State Univ. (1): Brad Stuver

Univ. of Connecticut (1): Carlos Alvarez

Univ. of Denver (1): Drew Beckie

Furman Univ. (1): Walker Zimmerman

Georgetown Univ. (3): Ian Christianson, Tommy Muller, Jimmy Nealis

Indiana Univ. (2): Luis Soffner, Eriq Zavaleta

Univ. of Louisville (3): Greg Cochrane, Paolo DelPiccolo, Andrew Farrell

Univ. of Maryland (2): Taylor Kemp, John Stertzer

Univ. of Michigan (1): Kofi Opare

Univ. of Mobile (1): Stephen Okai

Univ. of New Mexico (2): Devon Sandoval, Blake Smith

Univ. of North Carolina (1): Mikey Lopez

Univ. of North Carolina-Charlotte (1): Donnie Smith

Northeastern Univ. (1): Don Anding

Univ. of Notre Dame (2): Ryan Finley, Dillon Powers

Oregon State Univ. (1): Emery Welshman

Univ. of San Diego (1): Dan Delgado

Santa Clara Univ. (1): Erik Hurtado

Virginia Commonwealth Univ. (1): Jason Johnson

Univ. of Washington (1): Dylan Tucker-Gangnes

Xavier Univ. (1): Luke Spencer

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