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 AkronCleveland Internationals 3 D.C. United *Perry Kitchen Midfielder University of AkronChicago Fire Premier 4 Chivas USA *Zarek Valentin Defender University of AkronReading UnitedMichigan Bucks 5 Philadelphia Union *Zac MacMath Goalkeeper University of Maryland 6 New England Revolution A. J. Soares Defender University of California, BerkeleyOrange County Blue Star 7 Houston Dynamo *Kofi Sarkodie Defender University of AkronMichigan Bucks 8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC *Michael Nanchoff Midfielder University of AkronCleveland Internationals 9 Chicago Fire Jalil Anibaba Defender University of North CarolinaCarolina Dynamo 10 Sporting Kansas City C. J. Sapong Forward James Madison UniversityReading United 11 Houston Dynamo * Will Bruin Forward Indiana University 12 Columbus Crew Rich Balchan Defender Indiana UniversityChicago Fire Premier 13 New York Red Bulls *Corey Hertzog Forward Pennsylvania State UniversityReading 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 One Trades

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 UniversityAustin Aztex U23 22 Portland Timbers Chris Taylor Defender University of Tulsa 23 Philadelphia Union Michael Farfan Midfielder University of North CarolinaOgden Outlaws 24 New England Revolution Stephen McCarthy Midfielder University of North CarolinaCarolina Dynamo 25 New York Red Bulls John Rooney Midfielder Macclesfield Town 26 Toronto FC Demitrius Omphroy Defender University of California, BerkeleyBay Area Ambassadors 27 Seattle Sounders FC Servando Carrasco Midfielder University of California, Berkeley 28 Columbus Crew Cole Grossman Midfielder Duke UniversityCary Clarets 29 Seattle Sounders FC Bryan Meredith Goalkeeper Monmouth UniversityCentral Jersey Spartans 30 New York Red Bulls Tyler Lassiter Defender North Carolina State University 31 D.C. United Chris Korb Defender University of AkronCleveland Internationals 32 Sporting Kansas City J. T. Murray Defender University of LouisvilleChicago Fire Premier 33 San Jose Earthquakes Anthony Ampaipitakwong Midfielder University of AkronBradenton Academics 34 Los Angeles Galaxy Héctor Jiménez Midfielder University of California, BerkeleyBay Area Ambassadors 35 FC Dallas Charlie Campbell Midfielder University of Louisville 36 Colorado Rapids Colin Givens Defender Michigan State UniversityMichigan Bucks

Round Two Trades

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 DameIndiana Invaders 40 Chivas USA Jon Okafor Midfielder Brown UniversityCentral Jersey Spartans 41 Philadelphia Union Levi Houapeu Forward University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyReading United 42 New England Revolution Ryan Kinne Midfielder Monmouth UniversityCentral Jersey Spartans 43 Toronto FC Matt Gold Defender Ohio State University 44 Toronto FC Efrain Burgos, Jr. Midfielder California Polytechnic State UniversityChicago 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 CollegeAtlanta Blackhawks 48 Columbus Crew Bernardo Anor Midfielder University of South FloridaBradenton Academics 49 Toronto FC Joao Plata Midfielder LDU Quito 50 D.C. United Joe Willis Goalkeeper University of DenverReal 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 UniversityBaton Rouge Capitals 54 New England Revolution Alan Koger Forward College of William & Mary

Round Three Trades

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.

Notable undrafted players Homegrown players

Original MLS teamPlayerPositionCollegeConferenceNotesNew York Red BullsConnor LadeDefenderSt. John'sBig EastSporting Kansas CityKevin EllisDefenderBarton (KS)KJCCC

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

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