2006 MLS SuperDraft

The 2006 MLS SuperDraft, held in Philadelphia on January 20, 2006, was the seventh incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The first selection originally belonged to Chivas USA, but they traded it to the MetroStars for the fifth overall selection and Jason Hernandez. The MetroStars then drafted Marvell Wynne. The draft was followed by the 2006 MLS Supplemental Draft.

The draft has produced multiple United States men's national soccer team players, including Sacha Kljestan, Jozy Altidore (2nd round), and Jonathan Bornstein (4th round).

Player selection

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Chivas USA selected Sacha Kljestan 5th overall. The 2016 MLS All-Star is a 2x MLS Best XI selection and earned 52 caps with the U.S. men's national team.

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FC Dallas selected Dax McCarty 6th overall. He is a 2x MLS All-Star, a 2015 MLS Best XI selection and a member of the 400 games played club. He earned 13 caps with the U.S. national team.

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The Columbus Crew selected Kei Kamara 9th overall. The 2x MLS All-Star is a 2015 MLS Best XI selection and won the 2015 MLS Humanitarian of the Year. He is a member of both the 100 goals club and 400 games played club. He's earned 39 caps for the Sierra Leone national team leading them to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Key

*	Denotes a player contracted under the Generation Adidas 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 one

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position	Affiliation
1	MetroStars	Template:Flagicon Marvell Wynne*	D	UCLA
2	Real Salt Lake	Template:Flagicon Mehdi Ballouchy	M	Santa Clara
3	Columbus Crew	Template:Flagicon Jason Garey	F	Maryland
4	Kansas City Wizards	Template:Flagicon Yura Movsisyan*	F	Pasadena City College
5	Chivas USA	Template:Flagicon Sacha Kljestan*^†	M	Seton Hall
6	FC Dallas	Template:Flagicon Dax McCarty*^†	M	North Carolina
7	D.C. United	Template:Flagicon Justin Moose	M	Wake Forest
8	Houston Dynamo	Template:Flagicon Patrick Ianni*	D	UCLA
9	Columbus Crew	Template:Flagicon Kei Kamara*^†	F	Cal State Dominguez Hills
10	Chicago Fire	Template:Flagicon Calen Carr	F	California
11	New England Revolution	Template:Flagicon Leandro de Oliveira	M	UAB
12	Los Angeles Galaxy	Template:Flagicon Nathan Sturgis*	D/M	Clemson

Round two

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The MetroStars selected 2x MLS All-Star Jozy Altidore 17th overall. Altidore earned 115 caps with the U.S. men's national team and was named to the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup squads.

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FC Dallas selected Dominic Oduro 22nd overall. in 13 seasons, he would play in over 300 MLS games.

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position	Affiliation
13	Columbus Crew	Template:Flagicon Jed Zayner*	D	Indiana
14	Chicago Fire	Template:Flagicon Jeff Curtin	D	Georgetown
15	FC Dallas	Template:Flagicon Justin Moore	M	Clemson
16	Kansas City Wizards	Template:Flagicon Lance Watson	M	New Mexico
17	MetroStars	Template:Flagicon Jozy Altidore*^	F	Generation adidas
18	FC Dallas	Template:Flagicon Blake Wagner*	D/M	Generation adidas
19	Kansas City Wizards	Template:Flagicon Tyson Wahl	D	California
20	Chicago Fire	Template:Flagicon Brian Plotkin	M	Indiana
21	Colorado Rapids	Template:Flagicon Jacob Peterson*	F	Indiana
22	FC Dallas	Template:Flagicon Dominic Oduro	F	VCU
23	New England Revolution	Template:Flagicon Willie Sims*	F	Cal State Northridge
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	Template:Flagicon Marc Burch	D	Maryland

Round three

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Real Salt Lake selected Ryan Johnson 26th overall. In 7 MLS seasons, he played 181 games. He earned 36 caps with the Jamaica national team.

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position	Affiliation
25	Los Angeles Galaxy	Template:Flagicon Kyle Veris	D	Ohio State
26	Real Salt Lake	Template:Flagicon Ryan Johnson	F/M	Oregon State
27	Columbus Crew	Template:Flagicon Brandon Moss	M	New Mexico
28	Kansas City Wizards	Template:Flagicon Matt Groenwald	M	St. John's
29	Kansas City Wizards	Template:Flagicon Stephen Shirley	D/M	Virginia Commonwealth
30	FC Dallas	Template:Flagicon Ray Burse	GK	Ohio State
31	D.C. United	Template:Flagicon Rod Dyachenko	M	UNLV
32	Houston Dynamo	Template:Flagicon Andre Schmid	F	St. John's
33	Columbus Crew	Template:Flagicon Dayton O'Brien	M/F	Memphis
34	Chicago Fire	Template:Flagicon Jordan Russolillo	D	So. Connecticut State
35	New England Revolution	Template:Flagicon Kyle Brown	F	Tulsa
36	Los Angeles Galaxy	Template:Flagicon Chris Dunsheath	GK	Bradley

Round four

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Chivas USA selected Jonathan Bornstein 37th overall. the 2006 Rookie of the Year is a 2x MLS All-Star, and a 2007 MLS Best XI selection. He's earned 38 caps with the U.S. Men's national team and was selected to the 2010 FIFA World Cup squad.

Pick #	MLS Team	Player	Position	Affiliation
37	Chivas USA	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Bornstein^§†	D	UCLA
38	Columbus Crew	Template:Flagicon Duke Hashimoto	F	Southern Methodist
39	D.C. United	Template:Flagicon Jeff Carroll	M/D	St. John's
40	Kansas City Wizards	Template:Flagicon Eric Kronberg	GK	California
41	MetroStars	Template:Flagicon Blake Camp	M	Duke
42	FC Dallas	Template:Flagicon Michael Dello-Russo	D	Maryland
43	FC Dallas	Template:Flagicon Mike Ambersley	F	Indiana
44	Houston Dynamo	Template:Flagicon Mike Chabala	M	Washington
45	Colorado Rapids	Template:Flagicon Josh Brown	D	New Mexico
46	Chicago Fire	Template:Flagicon Jeremy Ashe	M	Marshall
47	D.C. United	Template:Flagicon Kenney Bertz	D	Maryland
48	Los Angeles Galaxy	Template:Flagicon Aaron King	F	NC State

See also

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

References

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