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MLS Supplemental Draft Results

The MLS Supplemental Draft came and went and the story of the day was that Toronto FC ended Xavier Balc’s nightmare by making him the second player taken in the draft. Toronto head coach Mo Johnston must have been happy with his selection, he passed on Toronto’s next three picks.

San Jose made UC-Santa Cruz forward Adam Smarte with the first overall pick in the draft. Not quite Patrick Nyarko but a local sleeper nonetheless.

The Columbus Crew grabbed a goalkeeper, but it wasn’t Ohio State’s Casey Latchem. The Crew grabbed Billy Chiles to serve as the No. 3 behind Wil Hesmer and Andy Gruenebaum. D.C. also found good value, grabbing UCLA defender Brandon Owens.

As for the Red Bulls? They selected Danleigh Borman (Rhode Island), Michael Palacio (Stony Brook), John Gilkerson (Winthrop) and Laurent Manuel (Brown).

FC Dallas might wind up with the steal of the Supplemental Draft after taking Virginia forward Yannick Reyering in the second round, two picks before D.C. United may have bene preparing to grab him.

So why did Toronto only take Balc and pass on its other three picks? Toronto head coach Mo Johnston told SBI that, with the team only allowed a certain number of non-Canadians the club didn’t want to go through the trouble of grabbing American players who probably wouldn’t make the roster anyway.

Here are all four rounds of today’s MLS Supplemental Draft:

Round 1                                                

Pick    Team                                 Player                   Pos.     School

1          San Jose Earthquakes      Adam Smarte          F         Univ. Cal- Santa Cruz

2          Toronto FC                      Xavier Balc              F         Ohio State

3          Colorado Rapids               Kevin Forrest          F         Washington

4          Los Angeles Galaxy         Michael Gavin          D           Portland

5          Colorado Rapids              Cesar Zambrano     M          Illinois-Chicago

6          Columbus Crew               Billy Chiles               GK          Towson State

7          New York Red Bulls         Danleigh Borman     M         Univ. of Rhode Island

8          New England                   Mkokheli Dube         F           Coastal Carolina University

9          Chivas USA                      Kraig Chiles             F            San Diego State

10        D.C. United                     Brandon Owens       D           UCLA

11        Kansas City Wizards       Pat Healey               M           Towson State

12        Chicago Fire                    Kai Kasiguran          M          Messiah College

13        New England Revolution Chris Tierney           D           Univ. of Virginia

14        Houston Dynamo             Johnny Alcaraz       M             Westmont College

Round 2                                                

Pick    Team                               Player                     Pos.      School

1          San Jose Earthquakes    Tim Bohnenkamp     F             Creighton

2          Toronto FC                     pass                        

3          Real Salt Lake                  Tino Nunez              F           UC-Santa Barbara

4          Los Angeles Galaxy         Charles Alamo         GK         Cal-Riverside

5          Colorado Rapids              Mike Graczyk         GK            New Mexico

6          Columbus Crew               Cory Elenio              M            Evansville

7          New York Red Bulls         Michael Palacio        M           Stonybrook

8          FC Dallas                         Yannick Reyering    F             Univ. of Virginia

9          Chivas USA                      Javier Ayala-Hill      F              Cal State

10        D.C. United                    Dan Stratford         M             West Virginia

11        Kansas City Wizards      Vicente Arze           M             Mercer

12        Chicago Fire                   Adrian Bumbut        F              Liberty

13        New England Revs          Kyle Altman             M              Trinity

14        Houston Dynamo             Craig Thompson      F             Col. School of Mines

Round 3                                                

Pick    Team                             Players                  Pos.        School

1          San Jose Earthquakes    Greg Curry              D             Univ. of California-Santa Barbara

2          Toronto FC                      pass                        

3          Real Salt Lake                  Kevin Reiman          M              Michigan St.

4          Los Angeles Galaxy         Greg Folk                D             UCLA

5          Colorado Rapids               Daniel Antunez      M             Hartford

6          Columbus Crew               Lukasz Tumicz        F              Univ. of Rhode Island

7          New York Red Bulls         John Gilkerson        D            Winthrop

8          FC Dallas                          Ben Shuleva             D               SMU

9          Chivas USA                       El-Hadj Cisse           M              NC State

10        Columbus Crew               Zola Short               F                Univ. of Virginia

11        Kansas City Wizards       Tom Gray                M               Monmouth

12        Chicago Fire                    Zach Pope         M              Duke

13        New England Revolution  Saidi Isaac             F                Winthrop

14        Houston Dynamo               Kieran Hall             M               Fort Lewis

Round 4                                                

Pick    Team                                Players                  Pos.           School

1          San Jose Earthquakes    Tim Jepsen              D                Duke

2          Toronto FC                        pass                        

3          Real Salt Lake                  Kenny Anaba          F                  Cincinnati

4          Los Angeles Galaxy           Daniel De Geer        M               San Francisco

5          Chicago Fire                      Steve Bode             D                 Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

6          Chicago Fire                      Tim Conway            M                 Nyack College

7          New York Red Bulls          Laurent Manuel      D                 Brown

8          FC Dallas                             pass                        

9          Chivas USA                         Andre Sherard        D                  UNC

10        D.C. United                        James Thorpe         GK               Franklin-Pierce

11        Kansas City Wizards        Andrew Kartunen   GK                 Stanford

12        Chicago Fire                     Melford James, Jr.  GK               Montevallo

13        New England Revolution    pass       

14        Houston Dynamo              James Georgeff      F                  UCF

Comments

  1. Ives, was that monmouth university in west long branch nj?? Can you give us an update on this jersey boy? What club team was he on?

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  2. I guess that Mo did not realize that there are Canadian Youth Team players on NCAA teams – he may have wanted to draft them instead of passing on picks or even trade the picks to SJ for some minimal future considerations.

    Passing over Reyering was a mistake by a lot of teams.

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  3. Peter, prior to this year the initial draft was followed by the USL draft. Then the supplemental draft was held. Players then had a choice to make if they were drafted in both. Players in supplemental draft are unlikely to make the team. This year USL suspended the draft. They may return with a draft next year.

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  4. “So why did Toronto only take Balc and pass on its other three picks? Toronto head coach Mo Johnston told SBI that, with the team only allowed a certain number of non-Canadians the club didn’t want to go through the trouble of grabbing American players who probably wouldn’t make the roster anyway.”

    -I guess you could say he Balced at that concept! Bwahahaha I kill me.

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  5. JOHN GILKERSON played for the Hampton Roads piranhas. and he is a very attacking minded defender who can actually defend. kinda on the small side but he takes care of the ball and does really well in the attack, making runs and passes

    also i’m suprised
    NO ANDREW WHEELER!?
    kid was ALL PDL. and one of the league’s leading goal scorers has the speed the size the aggression to take it to defenders and a striker’s innate ability to just score goals. how disappointing only reason i can find is he played at D3 York (PA) but still better than most D1 strikers in my opinion.

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  6. Ives, can you look look into this:

    Starting this season, do international developmental players count towards the 8 player per team international player rule?

    I don’t think MLS has made that specific distinction anywhere about foreigners on the developmental vs. full roster and their status…

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  7. Look, there’s a reason Mo was fired in NY and it wasn’t because he had a good draft.

    I just wonder why my team, the Red Bulls, would pass on a 6’5″ German striker from UVA. Even if he is coming back from injury. Its not like UVA recruits crap players. I’m not saying that all of the guys they recruit have pro potential, but at least take a flyer on the guy!

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  8. Mo could have picked whomever SJ wanted, and given them all three picks in lieu of something should they make the roster. SJ has hardly any players and could do with all the players possible.

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  9. Mo is so arrogant that I think he might actually believe that he couldn’t possibly have missed a sleeper.

    With the likes of McDonald (signed by the Rapids today) and Boswell, MLS Superdraft os hardly the be-all-end-all of scouting US collegiate talent.

    More over, you should always take what is available to you – make up the numbers in training and see if someone surprises you. Just because you have the rights to a player doesn’t mean he makes the roster so the remark about foreigners is irrelevant. Why not let a long short try and beat someone out…it happens every year on pretty much every team.

    Mo did alright in the draft it would seem, but passing on 3 picks is just stupid.

    What if a guy raised his stock in training camp, on a USl side, Toronto would hold his rights for 2 years and could receive compensation.

    Even with Balc on board, who would seemingly have been a good fit for us at #9 or #10, let alone the supplemental draft, somehow Mo has found a way to make me feel like we let ourselves down again (just like he did by passing on Avila).

    Bizarrely, we could have ended the 2008 draft with 3 players with a shot at the #1 overall (James, Avila and Balc). 2 of 3 aint bad, and Phelan is also a decent option.

    With Mo cutting all the Canadians at the end of the last season, you wonder what’s going to happen on the roster. Not enough spots for even half the new recruits….and no sign of any Canadian imports or yuoungster either.

    I worry….I really do.

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  10. ^ uh, Steve Nicol anyone ?

    Mo Johnston does the most random stuff. Even if you probably aren’t going to have the spots, why not look at a few extra players? who knows, you could find something.

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  11. Wow. I hope the Red Bulls picked the right guys, because there were some interesting guys they passed on…

    Namely Brandon Owens, Yannick Reyering, Greg Folk, Saidi Isaac and Andrew Wheeler (whom everyone passed on). I hope the guy’s behind the wheel are right and none of the above mentioned will grow to impress either this year or in the next few years…

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  12. i was at stony brook at the same time as palacio… i thought he was pretty good… and the team won the American East Championship in 05 with palacio on the team {assisted the goal in that game}

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  13. Mo Johnston told me that since the club is only allowed a certain number of non-Canadians, and they already had a set number coming to camp, he didn’t feel the need to make picks on players who he wouldn’t keep anyway.

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  14. I really like Kraig Chiles.

    I think he can be a solid guy in MLS. Not a star or a starter but a guy who can come in and settle a mid field or provide good D on the wings.

    Good Job ChivasUSA!

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  15. Wow — two Division III players drafted. Trinity University could beat a lot of Division I teams. Hopefully Altman will stick with the Revolution.

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  16. I feel slightly dull for asking this, but what exactly is the point of the supplemental draft? Why don’t they just do all the rounds on one day? Do teams give up anything for taking players? Why would a team pass?

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  17. I feel slightly dull for asking this, but what exactly is the point of the supplemental draft? Why don’t they just do all the rounds on one day? Do teams give up anything for taking players? Why would a team pass?

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