The 2001 Major League Soccer SuperDraft was held on February 5, 2001, at the Signature Grand in Davie, Florida.
Player selection Key * Denotes a player contracted under the Project-40 program§ Denotes a player who won the MLS Rookie of the Year ^ Denotes player who has been selected to an MLS All-Star Game † 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 San Jose Earthquakes Chris Carrieri* F University of North Carolina 2 Tampa Bay Mutiny Ali Curtis F Duke University 3 D.C. United Mark Lisi M Clemson University 4 D.C. United Ryan Nelsen† M Stanford University 5 Dallas Burn Joselito Vaca M Oriente Petrolero 6 Tampa Bay Mutiny Craig Demmin D Rochester Rhinos (A-League) 7 Dallas Burn Ryan Suarez^ D San Jose State University 8 D.C. UnitedSantino Quaranta* F Nike Project-40 9 Los Angeles Galaxy Brian Mullan M Creighton University 10 Columbus Crew Duncan Oughton F Cal State-Fullerton 11 Los Angeles Galaxy Isaias Bardales* F San Jose State University 12 Kansas City Wizards Jose Burciaga*† D Nike Project-40
Round 1 trades
Round 2
Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 13 MetroStarsRodrigo Faria§ F MetroStars Black 14 Tampa Bay Mutiny Devin Barclay* F Nike Project-40 15 D.C. United Bryan Namoff M Bradley University 16 Los Angeles Galaxy Brian Ching† F Spokane Shadow (PDL) 17 Colorado Rapids Stephen Herdsman D West Michigan Edge (PDL) 18 Miami Fusion Ali Gerba F Montreal Impact (A-League) 19 Dallas Burn Eddie Johnson*^ F Nike Project-40 20 San Jose Earthquakes Eddie Robinson^† M University of North Carolina 21 New England Revolution Nick Downing* D University of Maryland 22 Los Angeles Galaxy Robbie Russell M Duke University 23 Chicago Fire Justin Evans M Pittsburgh Riverhounds (A-League) 24 Kansas City Wizards Andrew Gregor M Seattle Sounders (A-League)
Round 2 trades
Round 3
Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 25 Dallas Burn Josue Mayard M Montreal Impact (A-League) 26 MetroStars Kerwyn Jemmott M Joe Public F.C. 27 Columbus Crew Edson Buddle*^† F Long Island Rough Riders (A-League) 28 D.C. United Craig Ziadie D University of Richmond 29 Chicago Fire Jim Curtin^ D Villanova University 30 Columbus Crew Kevin Adams D Joe Public F.C. 31 San Jose Earthquakes Craig Waibel D Seattle Sounders (A-League) 32 Colorado Rapids Ryan Lee D UCLA 33 Chicago Fire Henry Ring^ GK University of South Carolina 34 Tampa Bay Mutiny Alberto Munoz M Miami Breakers (PDL) 35 Kansas City Wizards Ben Stafford F Wake Forest University 36 Colorado Rapids Eric Lukin F University of Illinois at Chicago
Round 3 trades
Round 4 Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 37 San Jose Earthquakes Fabio Eidelwein F Des Moines Menace (PDL) 38 Miami Fusion Greg Simmonds F Hershey Wildcats (A-League) 39 Columbus Crew McKinley Tennyson F UCLA 40 Miami Fusion Cory Gibbs^ D Brown University 41 Colorado Rapids Ryan Trout M University of Virginia 42 New England Revolution Yari Allnutt M Rochester Rhinos (A-League) 43 Dallas Burn Adam Zapala GK Stanford University 44 Tampa Bay Mutiny Adam Throop GK Chicago Sockers (PDL) 45 Los Angeles Galaxy Brent Rahim M University of Connecticut 46 MetroStars Martin Klinger* F MetroStars Black 47 New England Revolution Fernando Ortiz Solis D Tahuichi Academy 48 Kansas City Wizards Pablo Webster M Clemson University
Round 4 trades
Round 5 Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 49 San Jose Earthquakes Corey Woolfolk F Stanford University 50 D.C. United Caleb Norkus F University of North Carolina 51 Columbus Crew Scott Powers M Brown University 52 Miami Fusion Teófilo Cubillas, Jr. M Nova Southeastern University 53 New England Revolution Eric Pogue GK Mid-Michigan Bucks (PDL) 54 New England Revolution Shaun Tsakiris M UCLA 55 Dallas Burn Gary DePalma M Pittsburgh Riverhounds (A-League) 56 Tampa Bay Mutiny Mersim Beskovic D Westchester Flames (PDL) 57 Los Angeles Galaxy Alex Bengard M CSU Dominguez-Hills 58 MetroStars O'neil Peart F Long Island Rough Riders (A-League) 59 Kansas City Wizards Narciso Fernandes M University of Wisconsin–Madison 60 Tampa Bay Mutiny Hector Navarte M Westchester Flames (PDL)
Round 5 trades
Round 6 Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 61 San Jose Earthquakes Jorge Martinez M San Jose State University 62 D.C. United T.J. Hannig GK Indiana University 63 Columbus Crew Phil Karn F Pittsburgh Riverhounds (A-League) 64 Miami Fusion Daouda Kante D Florida International University 65 Colorado Rapids John Carroll M Florida International University 66 New England Revolution Michael Feller D University of Virginia 67 Dallas Burn Miguel Saavedra* M Nike Project-40 68 Chicago Fire Danny Risch F Central Coast Roadrunners (PDL) 69 Los Angeles Galaxy Mike Potempa D Clemson University 70 MetroStars Russell Payne GK Boston Bulldogs (A-League) 71 Dallas Burn Roberto Navarro M University of Alabama at Birmingham 72 Kansas City Wizards Matthew Cross GK Brown University
Round 6 trades
Unresolved 2001 SuperDraft Trades 18 February 1999: Chicago Fire traded Zak Ibsen to Los Angeles Galaxy for 2001 second-round pick 24 February 1999, Colorado acquired GK Ian Feuer from New England Revolution in exchange for future considerations . It is unclear whether this trade was fulfilled through a 2001 first-round pick (#6), a 2001 second-round pick (#18), or why New England gave up draft picks to unload a player. 2 August 1999, Tampa Bay Mutiny traded defender Sam George, midfielder Paul Dougherty, and a conditional draft choice to Chicago Fire in exchange for defender Richie Kotschau and midfielder Manny Lagos. The draft pick may be 2001 pick #20.
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