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Freddy Adu Selected No. 1 by D.C. United in 2004 SuperDraft

January 16, 2004 - Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release


CHARLOTTE, NC (Friday, January 16, 2004) - The youngest player in modern professional team sports, 14-year-old Freddy Adu, was selected on Friday by D.C. United with the No. 1 selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 2004 MLS SuperDraft was held in conjunction with the 2004 NSCAA Convention (National Soccer Coaches Association of America).

Adu, a resident of Bethesda, MD was the first of six Nike Project-40 players selected in the first round of the SuperDraft. The Dallas Burn and San Jose Earthquakes each had two selections in the first round with the Burn picking Dallas native Ramon Nunez (No. 6) and defender Clarence Goodson (No. 7) while San Jose tabbed two Santa Clara products: Ryan Cochrane (No. 5) and goalkeeper Steve Cronin (No. 10).

Two trades were made involving three first round selections. Kansas City sent two players (to be named after players are notified) and the No. 7 pick to the Dallas Burn in exchange for a player to be named, the No. 4 selection and a conditional second round selection in the 2005 SuperDraft. The New England Revolution and Chicago Fire engaged in the second trade with the Fire acquiring the No. 9 pick in exchange for a player allocation spot attributable to Peter Nowak's retirement.

A summary of the First Round follows:

ROUND 1

# TEAM PLAYER POS. DOB HT WT HOMETOWN LAST TEAM

1 D.C. United Freddy Adu (P-40) F 06-02-89 5-8 140 Bethesda, MD U.S. Under-20

2 Columbus Chad Marshall (P-40) D 08-22-84 6-3 190 Riverside, CA Stanford

3 Los Angeles Joseph Ngwenya (TI) F 03-30-81 6-1 175 Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Coastal Carolina

4** Kansas City** Matt Taylor F 10-17-81 5-11 165 Irvine, CA UCLA

5 San Jose Ryan Cochrane (P-40) D 08-08-83 6-1 170 Portland, OR Santa Clara

6 Dallas Ramon Nunez (JI) M 11-14-85 5-5 143 Dallas, TX Southern Methodist

7** Dallas** Clarence Goodson (P-40) D 05-17-82 6-4 165 Springfield, VA Maryland

8 New England Clint Dempsey (P-40) F 03-09-83 6-1 170 Nacogdoches, TX Furman

9^^ Chicago^^ Scott Buete M 07-23-80 5-8 160 Bowie, MD Maryland

10 San Jose Steve Cronin (P-40) GK 05-28-83 6-2 195 Sacramento, CA Santa Clara

** = The Kansas City Wizards trade the rights to two players to be named and the No. 7 selection in the 2004 SuperDraft to the Dallas Burn in exchange for a player to be named, the No. 4 selection in the 2004 SuperDraft and a conditional second round selection in the 2005 SuperDraft.

^^ = New England Revolution trade No. 9 pick to the Chicago Fire in exchange for a player allocation attributable to Peter Nowak's retirement.

KEY:

P-40 = Nike Project-40 Player (roster protected player; DOES NOT count against [a] a team's 18-man senior roster limit or [b] against team salary budget)

JI = Junior International (roster protected player 22 years old or younger; DOES NOT count against [a] a team's 18-man senior roster limit [b] or against team salary budget; COUNTS against League-wide 20-man youth international number)

TI = Transitional International (24 years of age or younger; COUNTS against [a] a team's 18-man senior roster limit, [b] against a team's salary budget, and [c] against League-wide 20-man youth international number)

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