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Defense first
MetroStars take Shak No. 1 at MLS SuperDraft
Posted: Monday February 07, 2000 12:49 AM
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New MetroStars coach Octavio Zambrano (left) and GM Nick Sakiewicz hope Steve Shak can turn their team around. AP |
ATLANTA (CNNSI.com) -- Seeking to recover from the worst season by any team in Major League Soccer's four-year history, the New York-New Jersey MetroStars on Sunday selected UCLA defender Steve Shak with the first pick in the league's SuperDraft.
With the second pick in the draft, the Kansas City Wizards selected defender Nick Garcia from the University of Indiana.
Officials from the 12 MLS teams gathered at the Radisson Bahia Mar Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for the six-round 2000 SuperDraft. The new format takes the place of MLS' collegiate and supplemental drafts, and includes all collegiate, Project-40 and professional players who have entered the draft pool, regardless of domestic or international playing status.
Marquee player signings by the league from outside the P-40 and college ranks will still be distributed through MLS' player allocation process.
Introducing Sunday's draft, MLS commissioner Don Garber revealed that Spanish-language network Telemundo would broadcast MLS games in 2000, replacing Univision, which had broadcast games the previous four seasons.
Draft summary
| Round One |
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| Rk |
Team |
Player |
Pos. |
Ht. |
Wt. |
College/Last Club |
Hometown |
D.O.B. |
| 1 |
MetroStars |
Steve Shak |
D |
6-1 |
158 |
UCLA |
Cerritos, CA |
2-8-78 |
| 2 |
KC |
Nick Garcia |
D |
5-10 |
160 |
Indiana |
Plano, TX |
4-9-79 |
| 3 |
Colorado# |
Adin Brown |
GK |
6-5 |
200 |
William & Mary |
Pleasant Hills, CA |
5-27-78 |
| 4 |
Chicago |
Carlos Bocanegra |
D |
6-0 |
170 |
UCLA |
Alta Loma, CA |
5-25-79 |
| 5 |
Dallas# |
Aleksey Korol |
F |
5-10 |
160 |
Indiana |
Rochester, NY |
10-14-77 |
| 6 |
L.A.& |
Danny Califf |
D |
6-1 |
175 |
Maryland |
Orange, CA |
3-17-80 |
| 7 |
Colorado |
Wes Hart |
M |
5-7 |
155 |
Washington |
Littleton, CO |
9-14-77 |
| 8 |
San Jose |
Travis Mulraine |
M |
6-0 |
160 |
Joe Public F.C. |
Trinidad & Tobago |
5-1-77 |
| 9 |
K.C. |
John Wilson |
M |
5-10 |
175 |
Charleston Battery |
Seneca, SC |
10-26-77 |
| 10 |
Colorado* |
Alan Woods |
D |
6-0 |
170 |
Clemson |
Burtonsville, MD |
10-12-78 |
| 11 |
L.A. |
Sasha Victorine |
M |
6-2 |
165 |
UCLA |
Corona, CA |
2-3-78 |
| 12 |
D.C. |
Bobby Convey |
F |
5-8 |
150 |
William Penn Charter |
Philadelphia, PA |
5-27-83 |
# Dallas obtained the #3 overall pick from the Columbus Crew in exchange for forward Dante Washington;
Colorado obtained the #3 overall pick from the Dallas Burn in exchange for the #5 overall pick and Colorado's first-round SuperDraft pick in 2001.
&Los Angeles obtained the #6 overall pick from the Chicago Fire and the Fire's 2001 first-round SuperDraft pick in exchange for forward DaMarcus Beasley
* Colorado obtained the #10 overall pick from the New England Revolution (along with the #26 overall pick in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft) in exchange for forward Wolde Harris and the #31 overall pick in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft
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| Round Two |
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| Rk | Team | Player | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | College/Club | Hometown | D.O.B. |
| 1 | D.C. | Steven Armstrong | M | 6-1 | 165 | Butler | Merseyside, England | 7-23-76 | | 2 | New England | Rusty Pierce | M | 5-10 | 165 | UNC-Greensboro | The Woodlands, TX | 7-24-79 | | 3 | Kansas City | Peter Byaruhanga | F | 5-10 | 160 | UAB | Huntsville, AL | 8-18-79 | | 4 | San Jose | Justin Evans | M | 6-1 | 170 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | Venetia, PA | 1-31-77 | | 5 | Miami | Martin Machon | M | 5-10 | 160 | Santos (Mexico) | Guatemala City, Guat. | 2-4-73 | | 6 | San Jose | Joseph Ragusa | D | 5-8 | 150 | Long Island | Copiague, NY | 11-19-76 | | 7 | D.C. United% | Eric Denton | D | 5-9 | 155 | Santa Clara | Manteca, CA | 2-8-78 | | 8 | Colorado | Keyeno Thomas | D/M | 6-2 | 194 | Joe Public F.C. | Trinidad & Tobago | 12-19-77 | | 9 | Columbus | Roland Vargas | M | 5-8 | 150 | Tahuichi Academy | Santa Cruz, Bolivia | 12-7-78 | | 10 | Dallas | Antonio Martinez | M | 5-7 | 140 | Cal-State Fullerton | Carson, CA | 7-9-77 | | 11 | Los Angeles | Peter Vagenas | M | 5-8 | 150 | UCLA | Cerritos, CA | 2-6-78 | | 12 | San Jose% | Adrian Nerine | F | 5-11 | 149 | Joe Public F.C. | Trinidad & Tobago | 10-30-77 | | %D.C. United obtained the #19 overall pick from the San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for United's #24 overall pick in 2000 and United's second-round selection in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft | | |
| Round Three |
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| Rk | Team | Player | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | College/Club | Hometown | D.O.B. | | 1 | Miami | David Wright | D | 6-4 | 185 | Creighton | Louisville, KY | 4-8-78 | | 2 | Colorado* | Jeff DiMaria | F | 5-8 | 155 | St. Louis | St. Louis, MO | 5-15-77 | | 3 | D.C. United | Sergio Salas | F | 5-8 | 154 | McLean High School | Falls Church, VA | 3-21-81 | | 4 | San Jose | Jon Conway | GK | 6-3 | | Rutgers | | 5-6-77 | | 5 | Los Angeles@ | Jose Retiz | M/F | 6-0 | 162 | Rancho Santiago | Aguas Calientes, Mex. | 1-22-79 | | 6 | Kansas City | Kerry Zavagnin | D | 5-10 | 170 | Lehigh Valley | Plymouth, MI | 7-2-74 | | 7 | New England* | Shaker Asad | M | 5-7 | 140 | N.C. State | Raleigh, NC | 8-18-79 | | 8 | Chicago | Yuri Lavrinenko | M | 6-0 | 175 | Indiana | Rochester, NY | 6-12-77 | | 9 | Columbus | Brian Winters | M | 5-11 | 170 | Portland | Tacoma, WA | 12-31-77 | | 10 | Dallas | Steve Bernal | D | 5-9 | 165 | Creighton | Batavia, IL | 7-3-78 | | 11 | Miami@ | Nick Rimando | GK | 5-11 | 181 | UCLA | Monclair, CA | 6-17-79 | | 12 | New England | Fabio Zuniga | F | | | Raritan Valley CC | | | * Colorado obtained the #26 overall pick from the New England Revolution (along with the #10 overall pick in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft) in exchange for forward Wolde Harris and the #31 overall pick in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft
@ Los Angeles obtained the #29 overall pick from the Miami Fusion in exchange for the Galaxy's #35 overall pick and the Galaxy's second-round pick in the 2001 SuperDraft | | |
| Round Four |
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| Rk | Team | Player | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | College/Club | Hometown | D.O.B. |
| 1 |
MetroStars |
Daniel Alvarez |
M |
5-11 |
165 |
Furman |
Fayetteville, NY |
1-18-78 |
| 2 |
New England |
Adam Eyre |
D |
6-1 |
180 |
Santa Clara |
Agoura Hills, CA |
1-7-78 |
| 3 |
New England |
Bo Oshoniyi |
GK |
6-1 |
190 |
Atlanta Silverbacks |
Poughkeepsie, NY |
11-3-71 |
| 4 |
San Jose |
Andrew Hemmerich |
D |
5-11 |
165 |
Stanford |
San Diego, CA |
5-27-78 |
| 5 |
D.C. United* |
Mike Burke |
F |
5-7 |
145 |
Charleston Battery |
Plantation, FL |
2-25-77 |
| 6 |
Tampa Bay |
Amos Magee |
F |
5-7 |
150 |
Minnesota Thunder |
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| 7 |
Colorado |
Lance Key |
D |
6-0 |
180 |
Trinity University |
San Antonio, TX |
7-27-78 |
| 8 |
Chicago |
John Wolyniec |
F |
6-1 |
172 |
Long Island |
Staten Island, NY |
1-24-77 |
| 9 |
Columbus |
Christof Lindenmeyer |
F |
5-8 |
140 |
Loyola |
Pickerington, OH |
4-21-77 |
| 10 |
Dallas |
Brian Piesner |
M |
5-9 |
165 |
Rutgers |
Commack, NY |
6-4-78 |
| 11 |
Los Angeles |
Josh Henderson |
F |
6-0 |
185 |
Lehigh Valley |
Baton Rouge, LA |
10-14-77 |
| 12 |
MetroStars |
Orlando Perez |
M |
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Orange County |
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* D.C. obtained the #41 overall pick from Miami in exchange for the rights to Keith Beach
United's second round college pick in 1999) and United's fourth-round pick in 2001 draft
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| Round Five |
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| Rk |
Team |
Player |
Pos. |
Ht. |
Wt. |
College/Last Club |
Hometown |
D.O.B. |
| 1 |
MetroStars |
Colby Jackson |
F |
6-0 |
175 |
Cal-State Fullerton |
Claremont, CA |
2-22-77 |
| 2 |
Kansas City |
Tom Zawislan |
GK |
6-2 |
195 |
Creighton |
Brampton, Ontario |
6-30-78 |
| 3 |
Tampa Bay |
Mark Schulte |
D |
6-2 |
205 |
Twin Cities Tornado |
Dayton, OH |
10-9-77 |
| 4 |
San Jose |
Ian Russell |
F |
5-10 |
170 |
Seattle Sounders |
Seattle, WA |
8-30-75 |
| 5 |
Miami |
Pablo Gentile |
D |
6-0 |
165 |
Miami Breakers |
Carrollton, TX |
2-12-78 |
| 6 |
Tampa Bay |
Brian Waltrip |
F |
6-1 |
171 |
South Florida |
Pensacola, FL |
1-12-78 |
| 7 |
Colorado |
Peter Scavo |
F |
6-1 |
180 |
Seton Hall |
Raritan, NJ |
3-18-78 |
| 8 |
Chicago |
Alejandro Rincon |
M |
5-7 |
150 |
So. Conn. St. |
East Hartford, CT |
2-3-77 |
| 9 |
Columbus |
Dominic Schell |
D |
5-7 |
155 |
Mobile |
Dallas, TX |
7-27-77 |
| 10 |
Dallas |
Seth Marks |
D |
5-9 |
160 |
Furman |
Raleigh, NC |
1-6-78 |
| 11 |
Los Angeles |
Thomas Serna |
F |
6-0 |
165 |
Rancho Santiago |
Aguas Calientes, CA |
11-30-79 |
| 12 |
D.C. United |
Micah Cooks |
M/F |
6-0 |
175 |
Bullis Prepatory |
Washington, DC |
7-2-81 |
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| Round Six |
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| Rk | Team | Player | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | College/Club | Hometown | D.O.B. | | 1 | MetroStars | Jake Dancy | D | | | | | | | 2 | Kansas City | Casey Sweeney | D | 5-9 | 170 | Indiana Blast | Indianapolis, IN | 1-8-74 | | 3 | New England | Tom Hardy | D | 6-2 | 186 | Vancouver 86ers | | | | 4 | Tampa Bay$ | Ernest Inneh | F | 5-10 | 165 | Staten Island Vipers | | | | 5 | Tampa Bay$ | Ubusuku Abukusumo | D | | | Columbus Crew | Albuquerque, NM | | | 6 | Tampa Bay | Mike Gentile | M | | | Minnesota Thunder | | | | 7 | Colorado | Rich Cullen | GK | | | Air Force Academy | | | | 8 | Chicago | Kevin Jackson | M | 5-11 | 155 | Lehigh University | Pittsgrove, NJ | | | 9 | Columbus | PASS | | | | | | | | 10 | Dallas | Angel Rivillo | M | 5-7 | 150 | Creighton | Caracas, Venezuela | 3-27-77 | | 11 | Los Angeles | Alijohn Utush | F | | | SF Bay Seals | | | | 12 | D.C. United | PASS | | | | | | | | |
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