MLS will be conducted the 2003 SuperDraft Jan. 17 in Kansas City. For the first time, the public was allowed to watch the proceedings at the SuperDraft, which was held in conjunction with the NSCAA Convention. Here's your picks for the top college and youth national team prospects by position.
Voting ran through January 15, 2003. There were a total of 688 votes.
Top MLS SuperDraft Prospects by position:
Goalkeepers
7% – Curtis Spiteri (Portland, Sr.)
27% – Doug Warren (Clemson, Sr.)
6% – Jason White (Princeton, Sr.)
14% – Josh Saunders (California, Sr.)
22% – Michael Behonick (American, Sr.)
8% – Other
15% – Steve Cronin (Santa Clara, Soph.)
Defenders
2% – Brent Jacquette (Penn State, Sr.)
2% – C.J. Klaas (Washington, Soph.)
9% – Chad Marshall (Stanford, Fr.)
7% – David Stokes (North Carolina, Jr.)
2% – David Wagenfuhr (Creighton, Jr.)
20% – Guy Abrahamson (Rutgers, Sr.)
4% – Jason Cole (Saint Louis, Sr.)
7% – John Swann (Indiana, Sr.)
8% – Jonathan Spector (U.S. U-17s)
2% – Jordan Harvey (UCLA, Fr.)
6% – Other
5% – Ricky Lewis (Clemson, Jr.)
3% – Ryan Cochrane (Santa Clara, Soph.)
7% – Scot Thompson (UCLA, Sr.)
4% – Shavar Thomas (Connecticut, Soph.)
8% – Todd Dunivant (Stanford, Sr.)
1% – Troy Roberts (California, Soph.)
Midfielders
4% – Adolfo Gregorio (UCLA, Jr.)
2% – Andres Murriagui (Loyola Marymount, Sr.)
2% – Brian Carroll (Wake Forest, Jr.)
10% – Diego Walsh (SMU, Sr.)
3% – Eddie Gaven (U.S. U-17s)
1% – Eric Vasquez (Central Florida, Soph.)
1% – Frankie Sanfilippo (San Jose St., Jr.)
12% – Guillermo Gonzalez (U.S. U-17s)
15% – Kenny Arena (Virginia, Sr.)
2% – Logan Pause (North Carolina, Jr.)
3% – Mehdi Ballouchy (Creighton, Fr.)
0% – Memo Azarte (UC Santa Barbara, Jr.)
1% – Nate Jaqua (Portland, Jr.)
6% – Ned Grabavoy (Indiana, Soph.)
0% – Niall Lepper (Loyola, Md., Jr.)
5% – Other
9% – Ricardo Clark (Furman, Soph.)
5% – Ryan Futagaki (UCLA, Sr.)
11% – Ryan Mack (Indiana, Sr.)
1% – Scott Buete (Maryland, Jr.)
4% – Sumed Ibrahim (Maryland, Jr.)
1% – Trevor Perea (Duke, Sr.)
Forwards
1% – Abe Thompson (Maryland, Soph.)
22% – Alecko Eskandarian (Virginia, Jr.)
3% – Arturo Alvarez (U.S. U-18s)
6% – Arturo Torres (Loyola Marymount, Sr.)
2% – Damani Ralph (Connecticut, Sr.)
0% – Damien Westfield (Creighton, Jr.)
1% – Danny Karbassiyoon (U.S. U-18s)
2% – David Testo (North Carolina, Sr.)
1% – Dimelon Westfield (Clemson, Sr.)
19% – Freddy Adu (U.S. U-17s)
5% – Jason Thompson (Eastern Illinois, Jr.)
7% – Jordan Quinn (South Carolina, Sr.)
0% – Joseph Ngwenya (Coastal Carolina, Jr.)
2% – Knox Cameron (Michigan, Soph.)
1% – Matias Asorey (FIU, Sr.)
4% – Mike Tranchilla (Creighton, Sr.)
3% – Other
8% – Pat Noonan (Indiana, Sr.)
1% – Rob Friend (UC Santa Barbara, Sr.)
7% – Roger Levesque (Stanford, Sr.)
1% – Ryan Coiner (San Diego, Sr.)
2% – Ryan Kneipper (North Carolina, Sr.)
3% – Tim Pierce (UCLA, Sr.)