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Something that really should have been posted a month ago or so has finally been released. The 2008 MLS SuperDraft order is finally out and ready for the public viewing.

Interesting seeing the number of picks and where things actually did fall for the clubs.

Chivas with only one pick really jumps out at me, especially since it is a forth rounder. Also expansion club San Jose with only two picks is surprising. Two-time defending champion Houston Dynamo has two picks as well, both late in the third and forth round.

Dallas and LA have seven picks each, so expect plenty of trades with these clubs and other with lack of picks like Chivas and San Jose.

Chicago, KC, and New England each have five picks each.

This draft is expected to be pretty deeps so each club should have a chance at getting some value.

A few of my projections were wrong but they were just guesses for the most part anyways. But for the most part things I had on my projections lined up fairly well with what the league released.

Round One

1. San Jose Earthquakes
2. FC Dallas
3. Real Salt Lake
4. Los Angeles Galaxy
5. Colorado Rapids
6. Columbus Crew
7. New York Red Bulls
8. FC Dallas
9. Toronto FC
10. Toronto FC
11. Kansas City Wizards
12. Chicago Fire
13. New England Revolution
14. Real Salt Lake

Round Two

15. San Jose Earthquakes
16. Red Bull New York
17. Real Salt Lake
18. New England Revolution
19. FC Dallas
20. Columbus Crew
21. Los Angeles Galaxy
22. FC Dallas
23. Kansas City Wizards
24. DC United
25. Kansas City Wizards
26. Chicago Fire
27. New England Revolution
28. Los Angeles Galaxy

Round Three

29. Los Angeles Galaxy
30. Toronto FC
31. FC Dallas
32. Red Bull New York
33. DC United
34. Los Angeles Galaxy
35. Toronto FC
36. Colorado Rapids
37. Real Salt Lake
38. Chicago Fire
39. Kansas City Wizards
40. Chicago Fire
41. New England Revolution
42. Houston Dynamo

Round Four

43. CD Chivas USA
44. Red Bull New York
45. FC Dallas
46. Los Angeles Galaxy
47. Colorado Rapids
48. Columbus Crew
49. Colorado Rapids
50. FC Dallas
51. Los Angeles Galaxy
52. DC United
53. Kansas City Wizards
54. Chicago Fire
55. New England Revolution
56. Houston Dynamo

Trade/Pick Movement List

Round 1

Dallas has Toronto’s pick (Mulrooney trade)
Chicago has NY’s pick (Osorio deal) — interesting note that the league hasn’t included this deal yet
Toronto has Chivas’s pick (Nagamura trade)
Toronto has DC’s pick (Dyachenko trade)
RSL has 2nd highest of Toronto’s 3 picks (Cunningham trade)
Toronto has Houston’s pick (Mulrooney trade)

Round 2

NY has Toronto’s pick (Wynne trade)
LA has NE’s pick (allocation/1st rounder trade)
Dallas has Colorado’s pick (Vanney trade)
LA has NY’s pick (Wolyniec trade)
KC has LA’s pick (Thomas trade, conditional)
LA has KC’s pick (Hartman trade)
LA has Houston’s pick (Jaqua trade)

Round 3

LA has SJ’s pick (Yallop deal)
Dallas has RSL’s pick (Kreis retirement)
NY has LA’s pick (Mathis trade)
DC has Colorado’s natural pick (Prideaux trade)
Toronto has Colorado’s pick, originally New Yorks’ pick (Casey trade)
Colorado has NY’s pick (Freeman trade)
LA has Columbus’ pick (Miglioranzi trade, conditional)
Colorado has Dallas’s pick (Vanney trade)
RSL has Chivas’s pick (Harris trade)
Chicago has DC’s pick (Monteiro trade, conditional)

Round 4

Chivas has SJ’s pick (Burpo deal)
NY has Toronto’s pick (Ibrahim trade)
Dallas has RSL’s pick (4th rounder trade, 06′ draft trade)
Colorado has NY’s pick
LA has NY’s pick, via Chivas and via RSL (Rimando trade)

Other

KC has Chivas’s pick (Zotinca trade, conditional: 2nd or 3rd round)
DC has LA’s pick (Quaranta trade, conditional: 1st or 2nd round)
LA has NY’s pick (Quaranta trade, conditional: 4th rounder)

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