The 2003 MLS Superdraft was held January 17, 2003 in Kansas City, Missouri. It was the fifth annual SuperDraft held by Major League Soccer.
Player selection
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 One Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 1 D.C. United Alecko Eskandarian*^ F University of Virginia 2 MetroStars Ricardo Clark*^† M Furman University 3 Chicago Fire Nate Jaqua*^ F University of Portland 4 MetroStars Mike Magee*^†~ F Nike Project-40 5 D.C. United David Stokes* D University of North Carolina 6 San Jose Earthquakes Todd Dunivant D Stanford University 7 Columbus Crew Diego Walsh M Southern Methodist University 8 Los Angeles Galaxy Guillermo Gonzalez* M Nike Project-40 9 New England Revolution Pat Noonan^ F Indiana University 10 Dallas Burn Shavar Thomas D University of Connecticut
Round one trades
Round Two
Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 11 D.C. United Brian Carroll* M Wake Forest University 12 MetroStars Eddie Gaven*^† M Nike Project-40 13 San Jose Earthquakes Arturo Alvarez* M Nike Project-40 14 D.C. United Doug Warren GK Clemson University 15 Dallas Burn Jason Thompson* F Eastern Illinois University 16 Los Angeles Galaxy Scot Thompson D UCLA 17 MetroStars Tim Regan D Bradley University 18 Chicago FireDamani Ralph^§ F University of Connecticut 19 Los Angeles Galaxy Arturo Torres M Loyola Marymount University 20 Los Angeles Galaxy Ricky Lewis* D Clemson University
Round two trades
Round Three Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 21 Dallas Burn David Comfort GK University of Virginia 22 New England Revolution Dimelon Westfield F Clemson University 23 San Jose Earthquakes Roger Levesque F Stanford University 24 Chicago Fire Logan Pause* M University of North Carolina 25 Chicago Fire Ryan Mack M Indiana University 26 Chicago Fire Phil Swenda F Seton Hall University 27 Colorado Rapids Jason Cole D St. Louis University 28 Colorado Rapids Alex Blake F Williams College 29 New England Revolution Kyle Singer GK Boston College 30 MetroStars Tim Glowienka D University of South Carolina
Round three trades
Round Four
Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 31 D.C. United Hayden Woodworth M Messiah College 32 MetroStars Kenny Arena D University of Virginia 33 Kansas City Wizards Taylor Graham D Stanford University 34 Dallas Burn Mike Tranchilla F Creighton University 35 Chicago Fire Rob Friend F UC Santa Barbara 36 San Jose Earthquakes Josh Saunders^ GK University of California 37 Columbus Crew Michael Ritch F Auburn University 38 Colorado Rapids Matt Crawford M University of North Carolina 39 San Jose Earthquakes Jamil Walker M Santa Clara University 40 Los Angeles Galaxy Hamid Mehreioskouei F Bradley University
Round four trades
Round Five
Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 41 D.C. United John Swann D Indiana University 42 MetroStars Jacob LeBlanc* M University of Virginia 43 Kansas City Wizards Jack Jewsbury^ M St. Louis University 44 Chicago Fire Chad Dombrowski D University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee 45 Dallas Burn Michael Mariscalco M Butler University 46 San Jose Earthquakes Johanes Maliza M Stanford University 47 Columbus Crew Guy Abrahamson M Rutgers University 48 Colorado Rapids Casey Schmidt F Boston College 49 MetroStars Marco Vélez M Barry University 50 Los Angeles Galaxy Jimmy Frazelle M UCLA
Round five trades
Round Six Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 51 D.C. United Michael Behonick GK American University 52 Dallas Burn Andy Rosenband F Ohio State University 53 Kansas City Wizards Kevin Friedland D Southern Methodist University 54 Chicago Fire Ryan Futagaki M UCLA 55 Los Angeles Galaxy Joe Barton GK Cal State-Northridge 56 San Jose Earthquakes Frank Sanfilippo M San Jose State University 57 New England Revolution PASS 58 Columbus Crew Jake Traeger M Ohio State University 59 D.C. United PASS 60 Kansas City Wizards Byron Carmichael F Marshall University
Round six trades
Notable undrafted players
Player Pos Affiliation Played in MLS Notes Troy Perkins GK University of Evansville 2004–07; 2010–15 7 caps with U.S. national team; 2006 MLS Best XI
References