The Houston Dynamo enter Friday’s Major League Soccer SuperDraft presented by adidas with the fourth overall selection and four total picks in the league’s annual amateur player draft.
The first two rounds of the SuperDraft will take place Friday at the Los Angeles Convention Center, with Round 1 starting at 2 p.m. CST. The SuperDraft will be broadcast live on a web stream and may be viewed on MLSsoccer.com.
The fourth overall pick is the highest selection that the Dynamo have held in club history. Previously, the highest pick the Dynamo have held in the SuperDraft was the seventh overall pick in the 2011 SuperDraft. The club selected defender Kofi Sarkodie out of Akron with that pick, and Sarkodie went on to play in 98 league games with 94 starts for the club over five years, including seven starts in his rookie season.
In addition to the fourth pick, the Dynamo hold the eighth and 14th picks in the second round (No. 30 and 36 overall) and the fourth pick in the Round 4 (No. 70 overall). Rounds 3 and 4 of the SuperDraft will take place via conference call on Tuesday, January 17 beginning at 1 p.m. CST.
HOUSTON DYNAMO SUPERDRAFT NOTES
HOUSTON DYNAMO PICKS, 2017 MLS SUPERDRAFT
<strong>ROUND</strong> |
<strong>PICK</strong> |
<strong>OVERALL</strong> |
<strong>HOW OBTAINED</strong> |
1 |
4 |
4 |
Natural draft pick |
2 |
8 |
30 |
Trade from Orlando City FC for D Corey Ashe (7/14/15) |
2 |
14 |
36 |
Trade from Sporting Kansas City for M Brad Davis (1/7/16) |
4 |
4 |
70 |
Natural draft pick |
PICKS TRADED AWAY BY HOUSTON DYNAMO, 2017 MLS SUPERDRAFT
<strong>ROUND</strong> |
<strong>PICK</strong> |
<strong>OVERALL</strong> |
<strong>HOW OBTAINED</strong> |
2 |
4 |
26 |
Traded to Toronto FC for M Collen Warner (3/2/16) |
3 |
4 |
48 |
Traded to Real Salt Lake for D Abdoulie Mansally |
FOURTH OVERALL PICKS IN MLS SUPERDRAFT, SINCE 2006
<strong>YEAR</strong> |
<strong>CLUB</strong> |
<strong>PLAYER</strong> |
<strong>POS.</strong> |
<strong>COLLEGE/PREV. TEAM</strong> |
2016 |
Chicago Fire |
Brandon Vincent |
D |
Stanford |
2015 |
San Jose Earthquakes |
Fatai Alashe |
M |
Michigan State |
2014 |
New England Revolution |
Steve Neumann |
M/F |
Georgetown |
2013 |
Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
Kekuta Manneh |
F |
Austin Aztex |
2012 |
Toronto FC |
Luis Silva |
M |
UC Santa Barbara |
2011 |
Chivas USA |
Zarek Valentin |
D |
Akron |
2010 |
Sporting Kansas City |
Teal Bunbury |
F |
Akron |
2009 |
Toronto FC |
O’Brian White |
F |
Connecticut |
2008 |
LA Galaxy |
Sean Franklin |
D |
Cal-State Northridge |
2007 |
Real Salt Lake |
Chris Seitz |
GK |
Maryland |
2006 |
Sporting Kansas City |
Yura Movsisyan |
F |
Pasadena City College |
DYNAMO FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICKS, ALL-TIME
<strong>YEAR</strong> |
<strong>PLAYER</strong> |
<strong>COLLEGE</strong> |
<strong>POS.</strong> |
<strong>OVERALL PICK</strong> |
2015 |
Zach Steinberger |
Butler |
M |
8 |
2014 |
A.J. Cochran |
Wisconsin |
D |
16 |
2013 |
Jason Johnson |
Virginia Commonwealth |
F |
13 |
2012 |
Colin Rolfe |
Louisville |
F |
18 |
2011 |
Kofi Sarkodie |
Akron |
D |
7 |
2011 |
Will Bruin |
Indiana |
F |
11 |
2007 |
John Michael Hayden |
Indiana |
M |
13 |
2006 |
Patrick Ianni |
UCLA |
D |
8 |
HOUSTON DYNAMO ALL-TIME DRAFT PICKS BY POSITION
| FORWARDS (7) | ||||
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE | YEAR | ROUND (OVERALL) |
| F | Mark Sherrod | Memphis | 2014 | 2 (32) |
| F | Jason Johnson | Virginia Commonwealth | 2013 | 1 (13) |
| F | Colin Rolfe | Louisville | 2012 | 1 (18) |
| F | Will Bruin | Indiana | 2011 | 1 (11) |
| F | Marcus Tracy | Wake Forest | 2009 | 4 (56) |
| F | Mike Sambursky | South Carolina | 2007 | 3 (39) |
| F | Andre Schmid | St. John’s | 2006 | 3 (32) |
| MIDFIELDERS (14) | ||||
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE | YEAR | ROUND (OVERALL) |
| M | T.J. Casner | Clemson | 2016 | 3 (47) |
| M | Zach Steinberger | Butler | 2015 | 1 (8) |
| M | Rob Lovejoy | North Carolina | 2015 | 2 (36) |
| M | Taylor Hunter | Denver | 2015 | 3 (49) |
| M | Warren Creavalle | Central Florida | 2012 | 2 (37) |
| M | David Walker | California-Santa Barbara | 2010 | 3 (43) |
| M | Samuel Appiah | Boston University | 2010 | 3 (46) |
| M | Danny Cruz | Nevada-Las Vegas | 2009 | 3 (41) |
| M | Geoff Cameron | Rhode Island | 2008 | 3 (42) |
| M | Jeremy Barlow | Virginia | 2008 | 4 (56) |
| M | John Michael Hayden | Indiana | 2007 | 1 (13) |
| M | Corey Ashe | North Carolina | 2007 | 2 (26) |
| M | Eric Ebert | California | 2007 | 4 (52) |
| M | Mike Chabala | Washington | 2006 | 4 (44) |
| DEFENDERS (7) | ||||
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE | YEAR | ROUND (OVERALL) |
| D | Ivan Magalhaes | Maryland | 2016 | 2 (26) |
| D | Oumar Ballo | Maryland-Baltimore County | 2015 | 2 (30) |
| D | A.J. Cochrane | Wisconsin | 2014 | 1 (16) |
| D | Jimmy Nealis | Georgetown | 2013 | 2 (37) |
| D | Kofi Sarkodie | Akron | 2011 | 1 (7) |
| D | Euan Holden | New Mexico | 2010 | 4 (62) |
| D | Patrick Ianni | UCLA | 2006 | 1 (8) |
| GOALKEEPERS (1) | ||||
| POS. | PLAYER | COLLEGE | YEAR | ROUND (OVERALL) |
| GK | Michael Lisch | New Mexico | 2014 | 3 (54) |
