SI.com - Soccer - MLS Draft History - Thursday January 15, 2004 3:12PM

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Year	Draft	Player	Team	SI.com Grade	Note
1996	Inaugural	Brian McBride	Columbus	A	7-time All-Star; still with Crew
1996	Supplemental	Nicola Caricola	MetroStars	D-	"Wrong-way" stayed 1 season; No. 7 C. Armas only first-rounder still in MLS
1996	College	Matt McKeon	Kansas City	B-	7 solid seasons; 2-time All-Star; E. Pope went next
1997	College	Tahj Jakins	Kansas City	D-	Started 43 games from '97-'01; weak draft class
1997	Supplemental	Danny Pena	L.A.	B	Started 103 games from '97-'01
1998	Supplemental	C.J. Brown	Chicago	A-	Started 146 games; 1-time All-Star; still with Fire
1998	College	Leo Cullen	Miami	B	Started 135 games; 1-time All-Star
1998	Expansion	Danny Pena	Chicago	B-	Started 103 games from '97-'01
1999	Supplemental	Gabe Eastman	L.A.	D-	Started 1 game in 2 seasons; B. Prideaux went next in final supplemental draft
1999	College	Jason Moore	Colorado	C	1 g., 11 a. in 61 starts; Going next were J. Heaps, R. Mulrooney
2000	SuperDraft	Steve Shak	MetroStars	D+	22 starts in 38 games; next 3 picks: N. Garcia, A. Brown, C. Bocanegra
2001	SuperDraft	Chris Carrieri	Colorado	B-	19 goals, 17 assists in 56 starts
2002	Allocation	Pablo Mastroeni	Colorado	B+	All-Star in 2002
2002	Dispersal	Chris Henderson	Colorado	A	15 g., 13 a. in 2 Colo. seasons; All-Star in '02
2002	SuperDraft	Chris Gbandi	Dallas	C-	Missed '02 with injury; 22 games, 17 starts in '03; T. Twellman went next
2003	SuperDraft	Alecko Eskandarian	D.C.	C	3 g., 2 a. in 23 games, 5 starts; R. Clark went next
2004	SuperDraft	*Freddy Adu	D.C.	TBD	At 14, youngest draft pick ever
*Projected


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