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MLS Announces 2007 Supplemental Draft Results

Published on January 18, 2007 under Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release


NEW YORK (Thursday, January 18, 2007) - The 13 Major League Soccer teams continued adding depth to their rosters by selecting a combined 51 players in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft, which was held via teleconference from the League headquarters on Thursday afternoon.

All players who were eligible for and not selected in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft - held on Friday, Jan. 12 - and additional players nominated by teams were eligible for selection in the Supplemental Draft. The original order of the four-round MLS Supplemental Draft is determined from the reverse order of finish following the 2006 season.

MLS teams may begin pre-season training on Feb. 3, 2007. MLS Cup 2006 Champions, the Houston Dynamo, and MLS Eastern Conference regular season champions, D.C. United, have been granted permission to begin training Jan. 23, 2007 as they prepare for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Quarterfinals two-leg series beginning on February 20 and 22. All MLS teams must be in roster and salary compliance on March 1, 2007 (18 Senior Roster, 10 Developmental Roster, 4 Senior International players).

The complete order of the picks can be found by clicking on the following link: http://www.mlsnet.com/mls/events/supplementaldraft/2007/search.jsp

TEAM-BY-TEAM SELECTIONS:

Chicago Fire (5): GK Nick Noble (West Virginia Univ.), M Mark Totten (James Madison University), D Osei Telesford (Liberty University), F Asmir Pervan (Saint Leo University), D Daniel Woolard (Midwestern State University)

Chivas USA (5): D Desmond Brooks (Saint Mary's College), M Erasmo Solorzano (Univ. of California-Riverside), M Raul Batista (San Diego State University), F Anthony Hamilton (Univ. of California-Irvine), F Lyle Martin (Cal. State University at Bakersfield)

Colorado Rapids (3): M John DiRaimondo (St. Louis University), M Kosuke Kimura (Western Illinois University), F Riley O'Neill (University of Kentucky)

Columbus Crew (4): D Ryan Junge (Creighton University), M Tonci Skroce (Univ. of Illinois -Chicago), M Ted Niziolek (Seton Hall), M Kevin Burns (Univ. of Connecticut)

D.C. United (2): GK Shawn Crowe (Florida International Univ.), F Guy Kpene (Dowling College)

FC Dallas (2): M Sandi Gbandi (Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham), M Chase Wileman (Southern Methodist Univ.)

Houston Dynamo (3): M Nick Hatzke (Univ. of California-Berkeley), F Erik Ustruck (Santa Clara Univ.), D Justin Douglass (Missouri State University)

Kansas City Wizards (7): D Aaron Hohlbein (Univ. of Wisconsin), F Michael Todd (Hofstra University), GK Chris Konopka (Providence College), M Eric Frimpong (Univ. of California-Santa Barbara), M AJ Godbolt (Univ. of Maryland), M/F Michael Kraus (Creighton University), F Willy Guadarrama (Campbell University)

Los Angeles Galaxy (6): D Steve Purdy (University of California), D Gordan Kljestan (Seton Hall), D Kevin Long (University of San Francisco), D Zach Kirby (Boston University), M Taylor Canel (Cal. State University-Northridge), D Kiel McClung (UCLA)

New England Revolution (3): GK Phil Marfuggi (Clemson University), D Gary Flood (Hofstra University), F Chris Loftus (Duke University)

New York Red Bulls (3): F Randi Patterson (Univ. of North Carolina-Greensboro), M Sal Cacavale (American University), GK Danny Cepero (Univ. of Pennsylvania)

Real Salt Lake (4): D Haddon Kirk (North Carolina State Univ.), M Jared Kent (Old Dominion Univ.), GK Kyle Reynish (Univ. of California-Santa Barbara), D Dustin Kirby (Ohio State University)

Toronto FC (4): F Jarrod Smith (West Virginia University), F Daryl Roberts (Liberty University), F Hunter West (University of South Florida), M Tyler Hemming (Hartwick College)

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