A lot of times I come across stats that I find interesting that I think others will find interesting as well. Other times I come across stats that I find interesting that I fully admit no one else will find interesting. I think this stat falls in the middle.
Since 2006, 20 first-round draft choices of have played for the Houston Dynamo. By first-round draft choices I'm including players who were selected in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft (2000-present), as well as players were selected in the first round of the MLS College Draft (1996-1999).
Now the fact that 20 first-round draft choices have played for the Dynamo isn't the interesting part to me. What interests me is that the Dynamo drafted only five of those players. And if you want to include the San Jose franchise that moved to Houston, only eight players of the 20 were drafted by the San Jose / Houston conglomerate. The other 12 were acquired via trade or free agent signing. Here is the complete list.
<strong>Year</strong> |
<strong>Name</strong> |
<strong>Team drafted by</strong> |
1998 |
Wade Barrett |
San Jose Clash |
1999 |
Richard Mulrooney |
San Jose Clash |
2001 |
Brian Mullan |
LA Galaxy |
2002 |
Brad Davis |
NY/NJ MetroStars |
2002 |
Kelly Gray |
Chicago Fire |
2003 |
Ricardo Clark |
NY/NY MetroStars |
2003 |
Nate Jaqua |
Chicago Fire |
2004 |
Joseph Ngwenya |
LA Galaxy |
2004 |
Ryan Cochrane |
San Jose Earthquakes |
2005 |
Hunter Freeman |
Colorado Rapids |
2006 |
Jason Garey |
Columbus Crew |
2006 |
Patrick Ianni |
Houston Dynamo |
2006 |
Kei Kamara |
Columbus Crew |
2006 |
Calen Carr |
Chicago Fire |
2006 |
Nathan Sturgis |
LA Galaxy |
2007 |
John Michael Hayden |
Houston Dynamo |
2008 |
Julius James |
Toronto FC |
2011 |
Kofi Sarkodie |
Houston Dynamo |
2011 |
Will Bruin |
Houston Dynamo |
2012 |
Colin Rolfe |
Houston Dynamo |
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