2008 MLS supplemental draft

The 2008 MLS supplemental draft was held on January 24, 2008, six days after the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, as teams filled out their developmental rosters.

Changes from 2007

2008 expansion club San Jose Earthquakes received the first pick in each round.

Round 1

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
1	San Jose Earthquakes	Adam Smarte	F	Cal-Santa Cruz
2	Toronto FC	Xavier Balc	F	Ohio State
3	Colorado Rapids^{[R1 trade 1]}	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 University
7	New York Red Bulls	Danleigh Borman	M	Rhode Island
8	New England Revolution^{[R1 trade 2]}	Kheli Dube	F	Coastal Carolina
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 University
12	Chicago Fire	Kai Kasiguran	M	Messiah College
13	New England Revolution	Chris Tierney	D	Virginia
14	Houston Dynamo	Johnny Alcaraz	M	UC Santa Barbara Westmont College

Round 1 trades

^ #3: Real Salt Lake → Colorado Rapids. 13 July 2007: Colorado Rapids acquired this first-round selection and a second-round pick in the 2009 Supplemental Draft from Real Salt Lake in exchange for defender Chris Wingert.^{[ref 1]} The Supplemental Draft was not held in 2009. It is unknown what compensation, if any, Colorado received in lieu of the 2009 Supplemental Draft pick.
^ #8: FC Dallas → New England Revolution. 31 August 2007: New England Revolution acquired this first-round selection from FC Dallas in exchange for salary budget considerations.^{[ref 2]}

Round 2

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
15	San Jose Earthquakes	Tim Bohnenkamp	F	Creighton
16	Toronto FC	PASS
17	Real Salt Lake	Tino Nuñez	F	UC Santa Barbara Bakersfield Brigade
18	Los Angeles Galaxy	Charles Alamo	GK	UC Riverside
19	Colorado Rapids	Mike Graczyk	GK	New Mexico
20	Columbus Crew	Cory Elenio	F	University of Evansville
21	New York Red Bulls	Mike Palacio	M	Stony Brook University
22	FC Dallas	Yannick Reyering	F	Virginia
23	Chivas USA	Javier Ayala-Hill	F	University of California
24	D.C. United	Dan Stratford	M	West Virginia University
25	Kansas City Wizards	Vicente Arze	M	Mercer University
26	Chicago Fire	Adrian Bumbut	F	Liberty
27	New England Revolution	Kyle Altman	M	Trinity
28	Houston Dynamo	Craig Thompson	M	Colorado School of Mines

Round 2 trades

No trades reported.

Round 3

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
29	San Jose Earthquakes	Greg Curry	D	UC Santa Barbara Bakersfield Brigade
30	Toronto FC	PASS
31	Real Salt Lake	Kevin Reiman	M	Michigan State
32	Los Angeles Galaxy	Greg Folk	D	UCLA
33	Colorado Rapids	Daniel Antunez	M	Hartford
34	Columbus Crew	Lukasz Tumicz	F	University of Rhode Island
35	New York Red Bulls	John Gilkerson	D	Winthrop
36	FC Dallas	Ben Shuleva	M	SMU
37	Chivas USA	El-Hadj Cissé	M	North Carolina State
38	Columbus Crew^{[R3 trade 1]}	Zola Short	D	Virginia
39	Kansas City Wizards	Tom Gray	M	Monmouth University
40	Chicago Fire	Zach Pope	M	Duke
41	New England Revolution	Saïdi Isaac	F	Winthrop
42	Houston Dynamo	Kieran Hall	M	Fort Lewis College

Round 3 trades

^ #38: D.C. United → Columbus Crew. 4 April 2007: Columbus Crew acquired this third-round selection from D.C. United in exchange for forward Marc Burch.^{[ref 3]}

Round 4

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
43	San Jose Earthquakes	Tim Jepson	D	Duke University
44	Toronto FC	PASS
45	Real Salt Lake	Kenny Anaba	F	University of Cincinnati
46	Los Angeles Galaxy	Daniel de Geer	M/F	University of San Francisco
47	Chicago Fire^{[R4 trade 1]}	Steve Bode	D	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
48	Chicago Fire^{[R4 trade 2]}	Tim Conway	M	Nyack College
49	New York Red Bulls	Laurent Manuel	D/M	Brown University
50	FC Dallas	PASS
51	Chivas USA	André Sherard	D	North Carolina
52	D.C. United	James Thorpe	GK	Franklin Pierce
53	Kansas City Wizards	Andrew Kartunen	GK	Stanford University
54	Chicago Fire	Melford James, Jr.	GK	University of Montevallo
55	New England Revolution	PASS
56	Houston Dynamo	James Georgeff	F	Central Florida

Round 4 trades

^ #47: Colorado Rapids → Chicago Fire. 2 March 2007: Chicago Fire acquired this fourth-round selection, originally a conditional pick, from Colorado Rapids in exchange for goalkeeper Zach Thornton.^{[ref 4]}
^ #48: Columbus Crew → Chicago Fire. 14 September 2007: Chicago Fire acquired this fourth-round selection from Columbus Crew in exchange for defender Leonard Griffin.^{[ref 5]}

References

^ "Rapids Trade Rights to Chris Wingert, Waive Roberto Brown". Colorado Rapids. July 13, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^ "Revs add Sainey Nyassi from Gambia's Under-20 World Cup team". Major League Soccer. August 31, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^ "D.C. United obtains striker Burch from Crew". ESPN. April 4, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^ "Rapids Acquire Rights to Goalkeeper Zach Thornton From Chicago Fire". Colorado Rapids. March 2, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^ "Crew Acquires Rights to D Leonard Griffin From Chicago". Our Sports Central. September 14, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

[2] #3: Real Salt Lake → Colorado Rapids. 13 July 2007: Colorado Rapids acquired this first-round selection and a second-round pick in the 2009 Supplemental Draft from Real Salt Lake in exchange for defender Chris Wingert.^{[ref 1]} The Supplemental Draft was not held in 2009. It is unknown what compensation, if any, Colorado received in lieu of the 2009 Supplemental Draft pick.

[4] #8: FC Dallas → New England Revolution. 31 August 2007: New England Revolution acquired this first-round selection from FC Dallas in exchange for salary budget considerations.^{[ref 2]}

[6] #38: D.C. United → Columbus Crew. 4 April 2007: Columbus Crew acquired this third-round selection from D.C. United in exchange for forward Marc Burch.^{[ref 3]}

[8] #47: Colorado Rapids → Chicago Fire. 2 March 2007: Chicago Fire acquired this fourth-round selection, originally a conditional pick, from Colorado Rapids in exchange for goalkeeper Zach Thornton.^{[ref 4]}

[10] #48: Columbus Crew → Chicago Fire. 14 September 2007: Chicago Fire acquired this fourth-round selection from Columbus Crew in exchange for defender Leonard Griffin.^{[ref 5]}

[Wingert-1] "Rapids Trade Rights to Chris Wingert, Waive Roberto Brown". Colorado Rapids. July 13, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

[Pick8-3] "Revs add Sainey Nyassi from Gambia's Under-20 World Cup team". Major League Soccer. August 31, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

[Burch-5] "D.C. United obtains striker Burch from Crew". ESPN. April 4, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

[Thornton-7] "Rapids Acquire Rights to Goalkeeper Zach Thornton From Chicago Fire". Colorado Rapids. March 2, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

[Griffin-9] "Crew Acquires Rights to D Leonard Griffin From Chicago". Our Sports Central. September 14, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

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