2011 MLS SuperDraft

2011 MLS SuperDraft

Date(s)	January 13, 2011
Time	12:00 p.m. (ET)
Location	Baltimore, Maryland
Network(s) (US)	ESPN2
Picks
First selection	Omar Salgado, Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Fewest selections	Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes (1 selection)
Most selections	New England Revolution Seattle Sounders FC (5 selections)
Overall selections	54

The 2011 MLS SuperDraft was the twelfth annual SuperDraft presented by Major League Soccer. It was held on January 13, 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland, during the 2011 NSCAA Convention at the Baltimore Convention Center. The 2011 SuperDraft consisted of three rounds with eighteen selections each, for a total of 54 players selected during the draft. The draft preceded the 2011 MLS season.

Changes from 2010

• As expansion clubs, Vancouver and Portland received the first and second picks in the SuperDraft.
• The SuperDraft has contracted in number of rounds, from four to three, making it the shortest SuperDraft in terms of rounds.

Player selection

54 players were selected during the 3 rounds. Vancouver Whitecaps FC had the first overall selection in the 2011 SuperDraft, followed by Portland Timbers. The following eight selections were from teams that failed to qualify for the 2010 MLS Cup Playoffs, starting with the team holding the lowest amount of 2010 regular season points (3 points per win, one point per draw). The subsequent eight selection positions of clubs were sorted by fewest regular season points, from among teams that went out in the same round of the MLS Cup Playoffs. As similar in other drafts, teams were allowed to trade these rights away to other teams for other rights such as players, special roster spots, or other rights of interest. Participating players in the 2011 draw were confirmed in December 2010.

On January 5, 2011, MLS announced that it was eliminating the previously planned fourth-round of the 2011 SuperDraft and re-introducing a three-round Supplemental Draft. Previously traded fourth-round 2011 SuperDraft selections became traded first-round 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft selections.

The selection order was released by the league on January 7, 2011.

Any player marked with an * is part of the Generation Adidas program.

*	Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team

Round One

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	*Omar Salgado	Forward	United States U-20
2	Portland Timbers	*Darlington Nagbe	Forward	University of Akron Cleveland Internationals
3	D.C. United	*Perry Kitchen	Midfielder	University of Akron Chicago Fire Premier
4	Chivas USA	*Zarek Valentin	Defender	University of Akron Reading United Michigan Bucks
5	Philadelphia Union	*Zac MacMath	Goalkeeper	University of Maryland
6	New England Revolution	A. J. Soares	Defender	University of California, Berkeley Orange County Blue Star
7	Houston Dynamo	*Kofi Sarkodie	Defender	University of Akron Michigan Bucks
8	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	*Michael Nanchoff	Midfielder	University of Akron Cleveland Internationals
9	Chicago Fire	Jalil Anibaba	Defender	University of North Carolina Carolina Dynamo
10	Sporting Kansas City	C. J. Sapong	Forward	James Madison University Reading United
11	Houston Dynamo	* Will Bruin	Forward	Indiana University
12	Columbus Crew	Rich Balchan	Defender	Indiana University Chicago Fire Premier
13	New York Red Bulls	*Corey Hertzog	Forward	Pennsylvania State University Reading United
14	Chivas USA	Víctor Estupiñán	Forward	LDU Quito
15	Columbus Crew	Justin Meram	Forward	University of Michigan
16	Los Angeles Galaxy	Paolo Cardozo	Midfielder	Quilmes
17	FC Dallas	Bobby Warshaw	Defender	Stanford University
18	Colorado Rapids	Eddie Ababio	Defender	University of North Carolina

Round Two

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
19	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Jeb Brovsky	Midfielder	University of Notre Dame
20	Seattle Sounders FC	*Michael Tetteh	Defender	UC Santa Barbara
21	Seattle Sounders FC	Leone Cruz	Defender	Southern Methodist University Austin Aztex U23
22	Portland Timbers	Chris Taylor	Defender	University of Tulsa
23	Philadelphia Union	Michael Farfan	Midfielder	University of North Carolina Ogden Outlaws
24	New England Revolution	Stephen McCarthy	Midfielder	University of North Carolina Carolina Dynamo
25	New York Red Bulls	John Rooney	Midfielder	Macclesfield Town
26	Toronto FC	Demitrius Omphroy	Defender	University of California, Berkeley Bay Area Ambassadors
27	Seattle Sounders FC	Servando Carrasco	Midfielder	University of California, Berkeley
28	Columbus Crew	Cole Grossman	Midfielder	Duke University Cary Clarets
29	Seattle Sounders FC	Bryan Meredith	Goalkeeper	Monmouth University Central Jersey Spartans
30	New York Red Bulls	Tyler Lassiter	Defender	North Carolina State University
31	D.C. United	Chris Korb	Defender	University of Akron Cleveland Internationals
32	Sporting Kansas City	J. T. Murray	Defender	University of Louisville Chicago Fire Premier
33	San Jose Earthquakes	Anthony Ampaipitakwong	Midfielder	University of Akron Bradenton Academics
34	Los Angeles Galaxy	Héctor Jiménez	Midfielder	University of California, Berkeley Bay Area Ambassadors
35	FC Dallas	Charlie Campbell	Midfielder	University of Louisville
36	Colorado Rapids	Colin Givens	Defender	Michigan State University Michigan Bucks

Round Three

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
37	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Bilal Duckett	Defender	University of Notre Dame
38	New York Red Bulls	Billy Cortes	Defender	University of Maryland
39	New England Revolution	Steven Perry	Forward	University of Notre Dame Indiana Invaders
40	Chivas USA	Jon Okafor	Midfielder	Brown University Central Jersey Spartans
41	Philadelphia Union	Levi Houapeu	Forward	University of Maryland, Baltimore County Reading United
42	New England Revolution	Ryan Kinne	Midfielder	Monmouth University Central Jersey Spartans
43	Toronto FC	Matt Gold	Defender	Ohio State University
44	Toronto FC	Efrain Burgos, Jr.	Midfielder	California Polytechnic State University Chicago Fire Premier
45	Chicago Fire	Jason Herrick	Forward	University of Maryland
46	Sporting Kansas City	Konrad Warzycha	Midfielder	Ohio State University
47	Seattle Sounders FC	Alex Caskey	Midfielder	Davidson College Atlanta Blackhawks
48	Columbus Crew	Bernardo Anor	Midfielder	University of South Florida Bradenton Academics
49	Toronto FC	Joao Plata	Midfielder	LDU Quito
50	D.C. United	Joe Willis	Goalkeeper	University of Denver Real Colorado Foxes
51	Chicago Fire	Davis Paul	Forward	University of California, Berkeley
52	Real Salt Lake	Jarad Van Schaik	Midfielder	University of Portland
53	FC Dallas	Scott Gordon	Defender	Lynn University Baton Rouge Capitals
54	New England Revolution	Alan Koger	Forward	College of William & Mary

Selections by position

Round	Forwards	Midfielders	Defenders	Goalkeepers
1st	6	4	7	1
2nd	0	9	8	1
3rd	5	10	2	1
Totals	11	23	17	3

Other Draft Day Trades

• Los Angeles Galaxy acquired forward Chad Barrett from Toronto FC in exchange for future considerations. Ives Galarcep reported that the future considerations consisted of $125,000 in allocation money and TFC assuming a portion of Barrett's salary.

Trade notes

• Real Salt Lake acquired midfielder Will Johnson from Chicago Fire in a trade on 22 August 2008. In return, Chicago was to receive a natural fourth-round 2009 MLS SuperDraft selection and a second-round 2011 SuperDraft selection from RSL. However, the trade also contained a clause that allowed Chicago to receive allocation money in lieu of the draft picks. Chicago chose the allocation money.
• San Jose Earthquakes acquired a conditional 2011 SuperDraft selection and a second-round 2010 MLS SuperDraft selection (#28) from Real Salt Lake in exchange for forward Pablo Campos on July 15, 2009. The conditional 2011 selection was contingent on Campos starting 8 games for Real Salt Lake in 2009. Campos started only 5 games so San Jose did not receive the conditional 2011 draft pick.

See also

• 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft
• MLS SuperDraft
• Major League Soccer
• Generation Adidas
• Draft (sports)