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Philadelphia Union Select Danny Mwanga With First Selection In 2010 MLS SuperDraft

January 14, 2010 - Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release


PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Union made a statement in their inaugural MLS SuperDraft, making a League-high six selections, including Oregon State standout forward and Generation adidas player Danny Mwanga with the first overall selection, in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

Taken with the second overall pick by the New York Red Bulls was midfielder Tony Tchani of 2009 NCAA Division I champion University of Virginia. The third overall selection was defender Ike Opara out of Wake Forest University, the first of four players from the school selected in Thursday's first round, a SuperDraft record.

Union made two trades immediately before this year's MLS SuperDraft ahead of their inaugural season, acquiring the sixth overall selection from FC Dallas and the seventh overall selection from D.C. United. Philadelphia selected two more Generation adidas players with their additional picks, adding UCLA midfielder Amobi Okugo (first round, sixth overall) and U-17 Men's National Team forward Jack McInerney (first round, seventh overall). Rounding out Union's inaugural Draft day selections were: University of Connecticut midfielder Toni Stahl (second round, 17th overall), UCLA midfielder Kyle Nakazawa (third round, 33rd overall), and UCLA goalkeeper Brian Perk (fourth round, 49th overall).

Mwanga, Tchani and Opara were among nine of the 16 first-round draft selections who are members of the 2010 Generation adidas class. Players who join MLS as part of the Generation adidas program receive unprecedented opportunities to develop their game and hone their skills at the professional level in Major League Soccer. In addition to training and playing with one of Major League Soccer's 16 professional clubs, Generation adidas players receive educational grants to further their college education. Generation adidas players do not count against an MLS team's salary budget. Last year's class of nine Generation adidas players produced seven first round selections in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, including the number one overall pick, Steve Zakuani (Seattle Sounders FC) and 2009 MLS Rookie of the Year Omar Gonzalez (Los Angeles Galaxy, No.3).

Fourty-two colleges and universities were represented among the 64 players selected. UCLA led all schools with five players selected, including three first-round draft picks: Okugo (sixth overall), David Estrada (11th overall), and Michael Stephens (16th overall).

For a complete recap of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft, please visit: www.MLSnet.com.

A round-by-round summary of the 2010 SuperDraft follows:

ROUND 1

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

1. PHI Danny Mwanga* FW 6-2 175 07/17/1991 Kinshasa, DR Congo Oregon State Univ.

2. NY Tony Tchani* MF 6-4 185 04/13/1989 Norfolk, VA Univ. of Virginia

3. SJ Ike Opara* DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC Wake Forest Univ.

4. KC Teal Bunbury* FW 6-2 175 02/17/1990 Prior Lake, MN Univ. of Akron

5. DAL Zach Loyd MF 5-9 160 07/18/1987 Verdigris, OR Univ. of North Carolina

6. PHI@ Amobi Okugo* MF 6-0 175 03/13/1991 Sacramento, CA UCLA

7. PHI# Jack McInerney* FW 5-8 155 08/05/1992 Alpharetta, GA U.S. U-17 national team

8. CLB Dilly Duka* MF 5-9 160 12/15/1989 Montville, NJ Rutgers Univ.

9. NE Zack Schilawski FW 5-10 165 04/15/1987 Cary, NC Wake Forest Univ.

10. CHV Blair Gavin* MF 6-0 165 01/08/1989 Scottsdale, AZ Univ. of Akron

11. SEA David Estrada FW 5-8 160 02/04/1988 Salinas, CA UCLA

12. CLB Bright Dike FW 6-1 223 02/02/1987 Edmond, OK Univ. of Notre Dame

13. CHI Corben Bone* MF 5-9 160 09/16/1988 Plano, TX Wake Forest Univ.

14. NY Austin Da Luz MF 5-10 160 10/09/1987 Winston-Salem, NC Wake Forest Univ.

15. RSL& Collen Warner MF 5-10 155 06/24/1988 Denver, CO Univ. of Portland

16. LA& Michael Stephens MF 5-9 155 04/03/1989 Naperville, IL UCLA

* Generation adidas

@DAL trade No. 6 overall selection in 2010 SuperDraft to PHI for allocation money.

#DC trade No. 7 overall selection in 2010, Fred and partial allocation to PHI for No. 1 allocation ranking (DC select Troy Perkins)

&LA trade No. 15 overall selection in 2010 and third-round pick in 2011 to RSL for No. 16 overall selection in 2010 and Clint Mathis

ROUND 2

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

17. PHI Toni Stahl

MF 6-3 180 05/11/1985 Tuusula, Finland Univ. of Connecticut

18. NY Tim Ream

DF 6-1 160 10/05/1987 St. Louis, MO Saint Louis Univ.

19. SJ Michael Thomas

MF 5-10 190 03/08/1989 Olathe, KS Univ. of Notre Dame

20. KC Korede Aiyegbusi

DF 5-5 155 07/15/1988 London, England North Carolina State Univ.

21. DAL Andrew Wiedeman*

FW 5-11 165 08/22/1989 San Ramon, CA Univ. of California

22. COL Andre Akpan

FW 6-1 190 12/09/1987 Grand Prairie, TX Harvard Univ.

23. COL Ross LaBauex

MF 5-9 150 12/05/1988 Chicago, IL Univ. of Virginia

24. TOR Zac Herold*

DF 5-11 160 06/07/1992 Port St. Lucie, FL U.S. U-17 national team

25. NE Seth Sinovic

DF 5-10 175 01/28/1987 Leawood, KS Creighton Univ.

26. CHI Kwame Watson-Siriboe

DF 6-3 196 11/13/1986 Chino Hills, CA Univ. of Connecticut

27. SEA Mike Seamon

MF 6-1 175 08/30/1988 Rahway, NJ Villanova Univ.

28. SJ Justin Morrow

DF 5-9 165 10/04/1987 Cleveland, OH Univ. of Notre Dame

29. CHI Drew Yates

MF 6-1 171 05/14/1988 Severna Park, MD Univ. of Maryland

30. SJ Steve Beitashour

MF 5-10 170 02/01/1987 San Jose, CA San Diego State Univ.

31. NE% Zak Boggs

MF 6-1 182 12/15/1988 Vienna, WV Univ. of South Florida

32. RSL Justin Davis

DF 6-0 170 05/06/1988 Litchfield Park, AZ Univ. of New Mexico

%NY trade the No. 31 and No. 48 overall selections in 2010 SuperDraft to NE for Chris Albright

ROUND 3

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

33. PHI Kyle Nakazawa MF 5-11 165 03/16/1988 Palos Verdes Estates, CA

UCLA

34. NY Conor Chinn FW 6-0 180 08/ /1987 San Diego, CA Univ. of San Francisco

35. CHV Kevin Tangney DF 6-2 169 03/18/1987 Newton, PA Univ. of Maryland

36. KC Nick Cardenas DF 6-5 205 11/21/1987 Thornton, CO San Diego State Univ.

37. SJ Andrew Hoxie FW 6-4 188 10/08/1986 Newport News, VA College of William & Mary

38. DAL Jason Yeisley FW 6-1 200 09/30/1986 Allentown, PA Penn State Univ.

39. RSL^ Chris Schuler DF 6-4 200 09/09/1987 Aurora, IL Creighton Univ.

40. COL Chad Borak DF 6-0 165 01/06/1987 Palmdale, CA California State Univ.-Northridge

41. KC Mauro Fuzetti FW 5-9 155 11/18/1987 Houston, TX Univ. of Michigan

42. CHV Isaac Kissi MF 6-2 183 05/14/1987 Brong-Ahafo, Ghana Univ. of Dayton

43. HOU David Walker FW 5-11 175 12/22/1987 Orange, CA Univ. of California-Santa Barbara

44. DAL Eric Alexander MF 6-1 165 04/14/1988 Portage, MI Indiana Univ.

45. CHI Steven Kinney DF 6-0 175 10/28/1987 Norcross, GA Elon Univ.

46. HOU Samuel Appiah MF 5-8 140 03/25/1985 Obuasi, Ghana

Boston Univ.

47. CHV Ben Zemanski MF 5-11 150 05/12/1988 Akron, OH Univ. of Akron

48. NE% Jason Griffiths MF 5-11 165 03/22/1987 Bracknell, England Univ. of Kentucky

^LA trade the No. 39 overall selection to RSL for natural third-round selection in 2011 SuperDraft

ROUND 4

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

49.

PHI Brian Perk

GK 6-0 175 07/21/1989 Rancho Santa Margarita, CA UCLA

50. NY Irving Garcia

MF 5-5 140 02/04/1988 San Luis,

AZ Univ. of California-Irvine

51. CHI Sean Johnson*

GK 6-3 217 05/31/1989 Lilburn, GA Univ. of Central Florida

52. KC Ofori Sarkodie

DF 5-10 178 10/05/1987 Huber Heights, OH Indiana Univ.

53. TOR Nane Joseph

MF 6-2 185 03/12/1987 Yaounde, Cameroon Old Dominion Univ.

54. DAL Dane Saintus

MF 5-11 164 03/23/1987 Arlington, TX Southern Methodist Univ.

55. DC Jordan Graye

DF 6-2 170 Washington, DC Univ. of North Carolina

56. COL Chris Cutshaw

MF 6-0 164 04/06/1988 Carmel, IN Bradley Univ.

57. NE Adam Welch

DF 6-0 155 04/26/1988 Bethelhem, PA Lehigh Univ.

58. CHV Chris Ross

MF 5-9 150 05/11/1988 Hurst, TX Colgate Univ.

59. SEA Jamel Wallace

MF 6-1 180 08/12/1987 San Diego, CA San Diego State Univ.

60. CLB Kwaku Nyamekye

DF 6-1 200 10/14/1987 Geneva, Switzerland Harvard Univ.

61. CLB Othaniel Yanez

MF 5-8 165 11/09/1987 Moreno Valley, CA Univ. of Louisville

62. HOU Euan Holden

DF 6-0 170 02/02/1988 Sugar Land, TX Univ. of New Mexico

63. CLB Shaun Francis

DF 6-0 165 10/02/1986 Mandeville, Jamaica Lindsey Wilson College

64, RSL Kris Banghart

DF 6-1 188 03/01/1988 Fort Collins, CO Univ. of Denver

TEAM-BY-TEAM SELECTIONS:

Chicago Fire

(5): Corben Bone (Wake Forest Univ./13); Kwame Watson-Siriboe (Univ. of Connecticut/26); Drew Yates (Univ. of Maryland/29); Steven Kinney (Elon Univ./45); Sean Johnson (Univ. of Central Florida/51)

Chivas USA

(5): Blair Gavin* (Univ. of Akron/10); Kevin Tangney (Univ. of Maryland/35); Isaac Kissi (Univ. of Dayton/42); Ben Zemanski (Univ. of Akron/47); Chris Ross (Colgate Univ./58)

Colorado Rapids

(4): Andre Akpan (Harvard Univ./22); Ross LaBauex (Univ. of Virginia/23); Chad Borak (California State Univ.-Northridge/40); Chris Cutshaw (Bradley Univ./56)

Columbus Crew

(5): Bright Dike (Univ. of Notre Dame/12); Dilly Duka* (Rutgers Univ./8); Kwaku Nyamekye (Harvard Univ./60); Othaniel Yanez (Univ. of Louisville/61); Shaun Francis (Lindsey Wilson College/63)

D.C. United

(1): Jordan Graye (Univ. of North Carolina/55)

FC Dallas

(5): Zach Loyd (Univ. of North Carolina/5); Andrew Wiedeman* (Univ. of California/21); Jason Yeisley (Penn State Univ./38); Eric Alexander (Indiana Univ./44); Dane Saintus (Southern Methodist Univ./54)

Houston Dynamo

(3): David Walker (Univ. of California-Santa Barbara/43); Samuel Appiah (Boston Univ./46);: Euan Holden (Univ. of New Mexico/62)

Kansas City Wizards

(5): Teal Bunbury* (Univ. of Akron/4); Korede Aiyegbusi (North Carolina State Univ./20); Nick Cardenas (San Diego State Univ./36); Mauro Fuzetti (Univ. of Michigan/41); Ofori Sarkodie (Indiana Univ./52)

Los Angeles Galaxy

(1): Michael Stephens (UCLA/16)

New England Revolution

(5): Zack Schilawski (Wake Forest Univ./9); Seth Sinovic (Creighton Univ./25); Zak Boggs (Univ. of South Florida/31); Jason Griffiths (Univ. of Kentucky/48); Adam Welch (Lehigh Univ./57)

New York Red Bulls

(5): Tony Tchani* (Univ. of Virginia/2); Austin Da Luz (Wake Forest Univ./14); Tim Ream (Saint Louis Univ./18); Conor Chinn (Univ. of San Francisco/34); Irving Garcia (Univ. of California-Irvine/50)

Philadelphia Union

(6): Danny Mwanga* (Oregon State Univ./1); Amobi Okugo* (UCLA/6); Jack McInerney* (U.S. U-17 national team/7); Toni Stahl (Univ. of Connecticut/17); Kyle Nakazawa (UCLA/33); Brian Perk (UCLA/49)

Real Salt Lake

(4): Collen Warner (Univ. of Portland/15); Justin Davis (Univ. of New Mexico/32); Chris Schuler (Creighton Univ./39); Kris Banghart (Univ. of Denver/64)

San Jose Earthquakes

(5): Ike Opara* (Wake Forest Univ./3); Michael Thomas (Univ. of Notre Dame/19); Justin Morrow (Univ. of Notre Dame/28); Steve Beitashour (San Diego State Univ./30); Andrew Hoxie (College of William & Mary/37)

Seattle Sounders FC

(3): David Estrada (UCLA/11); Mike Seamon (Villanova Univ./27); Jamel Wallace (San Diego State Univ./59)

Toronto FC

(2): Zac Herold* (U.S. U-17 national team/24); Nane Joseph (Old Dominion Univ./53)

COLLEGE-BY-COLLEGE SELECTIONS:

Univ. of Akron: Teal Bunbury; Blair Gavin; Ben Zemanski

Boston Univ.: Samuel Appiah

Bradley Univ.: Chris Cutshaw

Univ. of California: Andrew Wiedeman

Univ. of California-Irvine: Irving Garcia

Univ. of California-Los Angeles: David Estrada; Amobi Okugo; Michael Stephens; Kyle Nakazawa; Brian Perk

Univ. of California-Santa Barbara: David Walker

California State Univ.-Northridge: Chad Borak

Univ. of Central Florida: Sean Johnson

Colgate Univ.: Chris Ross

Univ. of Connecticut: Toni Stahl; Kwame Watson-Siriboe

Creighton Univ.: Chris Schuler; Seth Sinovic

Univ. of Dayton: Isaac Kissi

Univ. of Denver: Kris Banghart

Elon Univ.: Steven Kinney

Harvard Univ.: Andre Akpan; Kwaku Nyamekye

Indiana Univ.: Eric Alexander; Ofori Sarkodie

Univ. of Kentucky: Jason Griffiths

Lehigh Univ.: Adam Welch

Lindsey Wilson College: Shaun Francis

Univ. of Louisville: Othaniel Yanez

Univ. of Maryland: Drew Yates; Kevin Tangney

Univ. of Michigan: Mauro Fuzetti

Univ. of New Mexico: Justin Davis; Euan Holden

Univ. of North Carolina: Zach Loyd; Jordan Graye

North Carolina State Univ.: Korede Aiyegbusi

Univ. of Notre Dame: Bright Dike; Justin Morrow; Michael Thomas

Old Dominion Univ.: Nane Joseph

Oregon State Univ.: Danny Mwanga

Penn State Univ.: Jason Yeisley

Univ. of Portland: Collen Warner

Rutgers Univ.: Dilly Duka

Saint Louis Univ.: Tim Ream

San Diego State Univ.: Steve Beitashour; Nick Cardenas; Jamel Wallace

Univ. of San Francisco: Conor Chinn

Univ. of South Florida: Zak Boggs

Southern Methodist Univ.: Dane Saintus

Villanova Univ.: Mike Seamon

Univ. of Virginia: Ross LaBauex; Tony Tchani

Wake Forest Univ.: Corben Bone; Austin Da Luz; Ike Opara; Zack Schilawski

College of William & Mary: Andrew Hoxie

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