2002 MLS SuperDraft

The 2002 Major League Soccer SuperDraft was held on February 10, 2002 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

One month earlier, MLS had contracted two clubs: Tampa Bay Mutiny and Miami Fusion. In conjunction with the contraction, the league conducted both an allocation draft and a dispersal draft in which the top 2002 SuperDraft picks of Tampa Bay and Miami, as well as players from those clubs, were made available to remaining MLS clubs.

Allocation draft

MLS distributed the players of the Miami Fusion and the Tampa Bay Mutiny to the rest of the league via an allocation draft that took place on January 11, 2002, where teams with excess allocations were allowed to select from their players; the participants and the selection order for the draft were announced three days before the draft was conducted.

Pick	MLS Team	Player	Position	Previous Team
1	Colorado Rapids	Pablo Mastroeni	Midfielder	Miami Fusion
2	New England Revolution	Mamadou Diallo	Forward	Tampa Bay Mutiny
3	D.C. United	Nick Rimando	Goalkeeper	Miami Fusion
4	MetroStars	Diego Serna	Forward	Miami Fusion
5	New England Revolution	Carlos Llamosa	Defender	Miami Fusion
6	New England Revolution	Steve Ralston	Midfielder	Tampa Bay Mutiny
7	Dallas Burn	#1 Pick, 2002 MLS SuperDraft	--	Tampa Bay Mutiny
8	San Jose Earthquakes	Devin Barclay	Forward	Tampa Bay Mutiny
9	Los Angeles Galaxy	Tyrone Marshall	Midfielder	Miami Fusion

Dispersal draft

Players who were not selected in the allocation draft were automatically assigned to the dispersal draft, which was held hours after the allocation draft occurred.

Round 1

Pick	MLS Team	Player	Position	Previous Team
1	Colorado Rapids	Chris Henderson	Midfielder	Miami Fusion
2	New England Revolution	Jim Rooney	Midfielder	Miami Fusion
3	D.C. United	Lazo Alavanja	Midfielder	Miami Fusion
4	Kansas City Wizards	Eric Quill	Midfielder	Tampa Bay Mutiny
5	Dallas Burn	Josh Keller	Midfielder	Tampa Bay Mutiny
6	MetroStars	#3 pick, 2002 MLS SuperDraft	--	Tampa Bay Mutiny
7	Columbus Crew	Brian Dunseth	Defender	Miami Fusion
8	Chicago Fire	#10 pick, 2002 MLS SuperDraft	--	Miami Fusion
9	Columbus Crew	Eric Denton	Defender	Tampa Bay Mutiny
10	San Jose Earthquakes	PASS	--	--

Round 2

Pick	MLS Team	Player	Position	Previous Team
11	Colorado Rapids	Kyle Beckerman	Midfielder	Miami Fusion
12	New England Revolution	Alex Pineda Chacon	Midfielder	Miami Fusion
13	D.C. United	PASS	--	--
14	Kansas City Wizards	Preki	Midfielder	Miami Fusion
15	Dallas Burn	Jeff Cassar	Goalkeeper	Miami Fusion
16	MetroStars	PASS	--	--
17	Columbus Crew	PASS	--	--
18	Chicago Fire	PASS	--	--
19	Los Angeles Galaxy	PASS	--	--
20	San Jose Earthquakes	PASS	--	--

Round 3

Pick	MLS Team	Player	Position	Previous Team
21	Colorado Rapids	PASS	--	--
22	New England Revolution	Shaker Asad	Midfielder	Miami Fusion
23	D.C. United	PASS	--	--
24	Kansas City Wizards	PASS	--	--
25	Dallas Burn	PASS	--	--
26	MetroStars	PASS	--	--
27	Columbus Crew	PASS	--	--
28	Chicago Fire	PASS	--	--
29	Los Angeles Galaxy	PASS	--	--
30	San Jose Earthquakes	PASS	--	--

SuperDraft

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The New England Revolution selected Taylor Twellman second overall. The 2x MLS Best XI selection won the 2005 MLS Most Valuable Player award and is a member of the MLS 100 Goal Club.

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The MetroStars selected Brad Davis 3rd overall. The 2001 MLS Best XI selection earned 17 caps for the US Men's National Team and was selected to the 2014 FIFA World Cup squad.

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D.C. United selected Justin Mapp 4th overall. He was selected to the 2006 MLS Best XI.

Key

*	Denotes a player contracted under the Project-40 program
^	Denotes player who has been selected to an MLS All-Star Game
§	Denotes a player who won the MLS Rookie of the Year
†	Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team
~	Denotes a player who won the MLS MVP

Round 1

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
1	Dallas Burn	Chris Gbandi	D	University of Connecticut
2	New England Revolution	Taylor Twellman^†~	F	1860 Munich
3	MetroStars	Brad Davis*^†	M	St. Louis University (P-40)
4	D.C. United	Justin Mapp*^†	M	Project-40
5	Chicago Fire	Kelly Gray*	M	University of Portland (P-40)
6	San Jose Earthquakes	Luchi Gonzalez	F	Southern Methodist University
7	MetroStars	Mansour Ndiaye	M	University of Connecticut
8	Columbus Crew	Kyle Martino*^§	M	University of Virginia (P-40)
9	Dallas Burn	Carl Bussey	D	Southern Methodist University
10	Chicago Fire	Billy Sleeth	D	University of Washington
11	D.C. United	Daouda Kanté	D	Florida International University
12	Dallas Burn	Lee Morrison	D	Stanford University

Round 2

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New England selected Shalrie Joseph 14th overall. Joseph is a 4x MLS Best XI selection and earned 20 caps with the Grenada National Football Team.

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The Columbus Crew selected Jon Busch 23rd overall. In 2008, he won the MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award and was selected to the MLS Best XI..

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
13	Los Angeles Galaxy	Hemir Neibles	M	Brooklyn Knights
14	New England Revolution	Shalrie Joseph^†	M	St. John's University
15	Dallas Burn	Jordan Stone*	M	Project-40
16	Colorado Rapids	Danny Jackson	D	University of North Carolina
17	Chicago Fire	Craig Capano*	M	Project-40
18	Dallas Burn	Matt Behncke	D	Princeton University
19	Colorado Rapids	Jeff Stewart	D	Santa Clara University
20	Columbus Crew	Jeff Matteo	M	St. John's University
21	New England Revolution	Ian Fuller	F	Clemson University
22	Los Angeles Galaxy	Bryheem Hancock	G	University of Connecticut
23	Columbus Crew	Jon Busch†	G	Hershey Wildcats
24	D.C. United	Mike McGinty	G	Richmond Kickers
25	Los Angeles Galaxy	Gavin Glinton	F	Bradley University

Round 3

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The LA Galaxy selected Alejandro Moreno 27th overall. He is a 3x MLS Cup winner and 3x Supporters' Shield winner. He earned 41 caps with the Venezuela National Team.

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The Galaxy selected Cory Gibbs 38th overall. Gibbs did not sign and joined then Bundesliga side FC St. Pauli. Gibbs would sign with the Dallas Burn in 2004. Gibbs was named to the US national team's 2006 FIFA World Cup squad, but he re-injured his right knee and was replaced by Gregg Berhalter.

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
26	Chicago Fire	Steve Totten	M	University of Virginia
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	Alejandro Moreno	F	UNC-Greensboro
28	Colorado Rapids	Bryn Ritchie	D	University of Washington
29	Colorado Rapids	Daniel Alvarez	M	Furman University
30	MetroStars	Sam Forko	D	University of Connecticut
31	D.C. United	Mohammed Fahim	F	Southern Methodist University
32	Kansas City Wizards	O'Neil Peart	F	Long Island Rough Riders
33	San Jose Earthquakes	Chris Roner	M	University of California
34	Colorado Rapids	Matt Moses	M	Stanford University
35	Columbus Crew	John Barry Nusum	F	Furman University
36	Chicago Fire	Dipsy Selolwane	F	St. Louis University
37	Kansas City Wizards	Chris Brunt	D	Southwest Missouri State
38	Los Angeles Galaxy	Cory Gibbs^	D	Brown University
39	San Jose Earthquakes	Kevin Sakuda	D	Duke University

Round 4

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
40	D.C. United	Dennis Ludwig	F	Rutgers University
41	New England Revolution	Derek Potteiger	M	Penn State
42	D.C. United	Bobby Brennan	D	American University
43	Kansas City Wizards	Dominic DaPra	F	University of Wisconsin–Madison
44	Dallas Burn	Adauto Neto	M	University of Mobile
45	New England Revolution	Marshall Leonard	D	University of Virginia
46	Chicago Fire	Mike Nugent	F	Princeton University
47	Columbus Crew	Chris Leitch	D	University of North Carolina
48	Los Angeles Galaxy	Noah Delgado	M	Fresno State
49	San Jose Earthquakes	Erik Ozimek	M	Davidson College

Round 5

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
50	Kansas City Wizards	Davy Arnaud^	F	West Texas A&M University
51	Columbus Crew	Christof Lindenmayer	F	Loyola College in Maryland
52	New England Revolution	PASS
53	D.C. United	PASS
54	Dallas Burn	Jeremie Piette	M	West Texas A&M University
55	Dallas Burn	Ricardo Villar	M	Penn State
56	MetroStars	Mario Gomez	M	North Jersey Imperials (PDL)
57	Kansas City Wizards	Brian Lavin	D	Yale University
58	New England Revolution	PASS
59	Los Angeles Galaxy	Lawrence Smalls	M	UC Irvine
60	San Jose Earthquakes	Aaron Biddle	D	Stanford University

Round 6

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
61	Colorado Rapids	Matt Harrell	F	University of Denver
62	New England Revolution	PASS
63	D.C. United	PASS
64	Kansas City Wizards	Dane Erickson	D	Davidson College
65	Kansas City Wizards	Mark Spears	G	William Carey College
66	MetroStars	Jeff Moore	M	Richard Stockton College
67	Columbus Crew	Scott Leber	D	Stanford University
68	MetroStars	Leo Krupnik	D	UC Berkeley
69	Los Angeles Galaxy	Ishmael Mintah	M	Bradley University
70	San Jose Earthquakes	Lars Lyssand	M	San Jose State