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2005 MLS SuperDraft

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Date(s)
  
January 14, 2005

Location
  
Baltimore, Maryland

Time
  
12:00 p.m. (ET)

Network(s) (US)
  
Fox Sports World

First selection
  
Nikolas Besagno, Real Salt Lake

Fewest selections
  
D.C. United MetroStars (2 selections)

The 2005 MLS SuperDraft, held in Baltimore, Maryland on January 14, 2005, was the sixth incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. Expansion club Real Salt Lake had the first pick as the result of a coin toss (fellow newcomers C.D. Chivas USA got to go first in the expansion draft). RSL drafted Under-17 midfielder Nikolas Besagno with the first selection.

Contents

A collective bargaining agreement with the MLS Players' Union dictated that the draft be reduced from six to four rounds, although a Supplemental Draft was held to equip newly formed reserve teams and compensate for expansion.

Player selection

Any player whose name is marked with an * was contracted under the Generation Adidas program.

Other draft day trades

  • MetroStars traded its natural second-round selection in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft to Real Salt Lake in exchange for a youth international slot.

    • References

    2005 MLS SuperDraft Wikipedia
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