The 2002 Major League Soccer SuperDraft was held on February 10, 2002 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
One month earlier, MLS had contracted two clubs: Tampa Bay Mutiny and Miami Fusion. In conjunction with the contraction, the league conducted both an allocation draft and a dispersal draft in which the top 2002 SuperDraft picks of Tampa Bay and Miami, as well as players from those clubs, were made available to remaining MLS clubs.
Allocation draft MLS distributed the players of the Miami Fusion and the Tampa Bay Mutiny to the rest of the league via an allocation draft that took place on January 11, 2002, where teams with excess allocations were allowed to select from their players; the participants and the selection order for the draft were announced three days before the draft was conducted. Pick MLS Team Player Position Previous team1 Colorado Rapids Pablo Mastroeni Midfielder Miami Fusion2 New England Revolution Mamadou Diallo Forward Tampa Bay Mutiny3 D.C. United Nick Rimando Goalkeeper Miami Fusion4 MetroStars Diego Serna Forward Miami Fusion5 New England Revolution Carlos Llamosa Defender Miami Fusion6 New England Revolution Steve Ralston Midfielder Tampa Bay Mutiny7 Dallas Burn #1 Pick, 2002 MLS SuperDraft -- Tampa Bay Mutiny8 San Jose Earthquakes Devin Barclay Forward Tampa Bay Mutiny9 Los Angeles Galaxy Tyrone Marshall Midfielder Miami Fusion
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Dispersal draft Players who were not selected in the allocation draft were automatically assigned to the dispersal draft, which was held hours after the allocation draft occurred.
Round 1 Pick MLS Team Player Position Previous team1 Colorado Rapids Chris Henderson Midfielder Miami Fusion2 New England Revolution Jim Rooney Midfielder Miami Fusion3 D.C. United Lazo Alavanja Midfielder Miami Fusion4 Kansas City Wizards Eric Quill Midfielder Tampa Bay Mutiny5 Dallas Burn Josh Keller Midfielder Tampa Bay Mutiny6 MetroStars #3 pick, 2002 MLS SuperDraft -- Tampa Bay Mutiny7 Columbus Crew Brian Dunseth Defender Miami Fusion8 Chicago Fire #10 pick, 2002 MLS SuperDraft -- Miami Fusion9 Columbus Crew Eric Denton Defender Tampa Bay Mutiny10 San Jose Earthquakes PASS -- --
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Round 2 Pick MLS Team Player Position Previous team11 Colorado Rapids Kyle Beckerman Midfielder Miami Fusion12 New England Revolution Alex Pineda Chacon Midfielder Miami Fusion13 D.C. United PASS -- --14 Kansas City Wizards Preki Midfielder Miami Fusion15 Dallas Burn Jeff Cassar Goalkeeper Miami Fusion16 MetroStars PASS -- --17 Columbus Crew PASS -- --18 Chicago Fire PASS -- --19 Los Angeles Galaxy PASS -- --20 San Jose Earthquakes PASS -- --
Round 3 Pick MLS Team Player Position Previous team21 Colorado Rapids PASS -- --22 New England Revolution Shaker Asad Midfielder Miami Fusion23 D.C. United PASS -- --24 Kansas City Wizards PASS -- --25 Dallas Burn PASS -- --26 MetroStars PASS -- --27 Columbus Crew PASS -- --28 Chicago Fire PASS -- --29 Los Angeles Galaxy PASS -- --30 San Jose Earthquakes PASS -- --
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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 1
Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 1 Dallas Burn Chris Gbandi D University of Connecticut 2 New England Revolution Taylor Twellman^†~ F 1860 Munich 3 MetroStars Brad Davis*^† M St. Louis University (P-40) 4 D.C. United Justin Mapp*^† M Project-40 5 Chicago Fire Kelly Gray* M University of Portland (P-40) 6 San Jose Earthquakes Luchi Gonzalez F Southern Methodist University 7 MetroStars Mansour Ndiaye M University of Connecticut 8 Columbus Crew Kyle Martino*^§ M University of Virginia (P-40) 9 Dallas Burn Carl Bussey D Southern Methodist University 10 Chicago Fire Billy Sleeth D University of Washington 11 D.C. United Daouda Kanté D Florida International University 12 Dallas Burn Lee Morrison D Stanford University
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Round 2
Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 13 Los Angeles Galaxy Hemir Neibles M Brooklyn Knights 14 New England Revolution Shalrie Joseph^† M St. John's University 15 Dallas Burn Jordan Stone* M Project-40 16 Colorado Rapids Danny Jackson D University of North Carolina 17 Chicago Fire Craig Capano* M Project-40 18 Dallas Burn Matt Behncke D Princeton University 19 Colorado Rapids Jeff Stewart D Santa Clara University 20 Columbus Crew Jeff Matteo M St. John's University 21 New England Revolution Ian Fuller F Clemson University 22 Los Angeles Galaxy Bryheem Hancock G University of Connecticut 23 Columbus Crew Jon Busch† G Hershey Wildcats 24 D.C. United Mike McGinty G Richmond Kickers 25 Los Angeles Galaxy Gavin Glinton F Bradley University
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Round 3
Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 26 Chicago Fire Steve Totten M University of Virginia 27 Los Angeles Galaxy Alejandro Moreno F UNC-Greensboro 28 Colorado Rapids Bryn Ritchie D University of Washington 29 Colorado Rapids Daniel Alvarez M Furman University 30 MetroStars Sam Forko D University of Connecticut 31 D.C. United Mohammed Fahim F Southern Methodist University 32 Kansas City Wizards O'Neil Peart F Long Island Rough Riders 33 San Jose Earthquakes Chris Roner M University of California 34 Colorado Rapids Matt Moses M Stanford University 35 Columbus Crew John Barry Nusum F Furman University 36 Chicago Fire Dipsy Selolwane F St. Louis University 37 Kansas City Wizards Chris Brunt D Southwest Missouri State 38 Los Angeles Galaxy Cory Gibbs^ D Brown University 39 San Jose Earthquakes Kevin Sakuda D Duke University
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Round 4
Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 40 D.C. United Dennis Ludwig F Rutgers University 41 New England Revolution Derek Potteiger M Penn State 42 D.C. United Bobby Brennan D American University 43 Kansas City Wizards Dominic DaPra F University of Wisconsin–Madison 44 Dallas Burn Adauto Neto M University of Mobile 45 New England Revolution Marshall Leonard D University of Virginia 46 Chicago Fire Mike Nugent F Princeton University 47 Columbus Crew Chris Leitch D University of North Carolina 48 Los Angeles Galaxy Noah Delgado M Fresno State 49 San Jose Earthquakes Erik Ozimek M Davidson College
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Round 5
Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 50 Kansas City Wizards Davy Arnaud^ F West Texas A&M University 51 Columbus Crew Christof Lindenmayer F Loyola College in Maryland 52 New England Revolution PASS 53 D.C. United PASS 54 Dallas Burn Jeremie Piette M West Texas A&M University 55 Dallas Burn Ricardo Villar M Penn State 56 MetroStars Mario Gomez M North Jersey Imperials (PDL) 57 Kansas City Wizards Brian Lavin D Yale University 58 New England Revolution PASS 59 Los Angeles Galaxy Lawrence Smalls M UC Irvine 60 San Jose Earthquakes Aaron Biddle D Stanford University
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Round 6
Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 61 Colorado Rapids Matt Harrell F University of Denver 62 New England Revolution PASS 63 D.C. United PASS 64 Kansas City Wizards Dane Erickson D Davidson College 65 Kansas City Wizards Mark Spears G William Carey College 66 MetroStars Jeff Moore M Richard Stockton College 67 Columbus Crew Scott Leber D Stanford University 68 MetroStars Leo Krupnik D UC Berkeley 69 Los Angeles Galaxy Ishmael Mintah M Bradley University 70 San Jose Earthquakes Lars Lyssand M San Jose State
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