ACC players — North Carolina’s Chris Carrieri, Duke’s Ali Curtis and Clemson’s Mark Lisi — went 1-2-3 in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft. Four foreigners went in the first round: New Zealand’s Ryan Nelsen and Duncan Oughton, Bolivia’s Joselito Vaca and Trinidad & Tobago’s Craig Demmin. D.C. United, which entered draft weekend with no picks in the first two rounds, ended up with four picks in the top 15, having unloaded four starters from its 1999 MLS championship team: Tom Presthus, Jeff Agoos, Carlos Llamosa and Richie Williams. Here are the 72 picks: ROUND 1
| PICK/TEAM | PLAYER | POS. | LAST TEAM | LEAGUE |
| 1. San Jose | Chris Carrieri | F | Univ. North Carolina | College |
| 2. Tampa Bay | Ali Curtis | F | Duke Univ. | College |
| 3. D.C. United | Mark Lisi | M | Clemson Univ. | College |
| 4. D.C. United | Ryan Nelsen | M | Stanford Univ. | College |
| 5. Dallas | Joselito Vaca | M | Oriente Petrolero | Bolivia |
| 6. Tampa Bay | Craig Demmin | D | Rochester Rhinos | A-League |
| 7. Dallas | Ryan Suarez | D | San Jose State | College |
| 8. D.C. United | Santino Quaranta | M | Arch. Curley (Md.) H.S. | High School |
| 9. Los Angeles | Brian Mullan | F | Creighton Univ. | College |
| 10. Columbus | Duncan Oughton | F | Cal State Fullerton | College |
| 11. Los Angeles | Isaias Bardales | F | San Jose State | College |
| 12. Kansas City | Jose Burciaga | D | Duncanville (Texas) H.S. | High School |
ROUND 2
| PICK/TEAM | PLAYER | POS. | LAST TEAM | LEAGUE |
| 13. MetroStars | Rodrigo Faria | F | NY/NJ Stars | NJSA Champions League |
| 14. Tampa Bay | Devin Barclay | F | McDonogh (Md.) H.S. | High School |
| 15. D.C. United | Bryan Namoff | M | Bradley Univ. | College |
| 16. Los Angeles | Brian Ching | F | Spokane Shadow | PDL |
| 17. Colorado | Stephen Herdsman | D | West Michigan Edge | PDL |
| 18. Miami Fusion | Ali Ngon | F | Montreal Impact | A-League |
| 19. Dallas | Edward Johnson | F | Flagler (Fla.) Palm Coast H.S. | High School |
| 20. San Jose | Eddie Robinson | D | Univ. North Carolina | College |
| 21. New England | Nick Downing | D | Univ. Maryland | College |
| 22. Los Angeles | Robert Russell | M | Duke Univ. | College |
| 23. Chicago | Justin Evans | M | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | A-League |
| 24. Kansas City | Andrew Gregor | M | Seattle Sounders | A-League |
| ROUND 3 |
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| PICK/TEAM | PLAYER | POS. | LAST TEAM | LEAGUE |
| 25. Dallas | Josue Mayard | D | Montreal Impact | A-League |
| 26. MetroStars | Kerwyn Jemmott | M | Joe Public | Trinidad & Tobago |
| 27. Columbus | Edson Buddle | F | Long Island Rough Riders | A-League |
| 28. D.C. United | Craig Ziade | D | Univ. Richmond | College |
| 29. Chicago | Jim Curtin | D | Villanova Univ. | College |
| 30. Columbus | Kevin Adams | D | Joe Public | Trinidad & Tobago |
| 31. San Jose | Craig Waibel | D | Seattle Sounders | A-League |
| 32. Colorado | Ryan Lee | D | UCLA | College |
| 33. Chicago | Henry Ring | G | Univ. South Carolina | College |
| 34. Tampa Bay | Alberto Munoz | M | Miami Breakers | PDL |
| 35. Kansas City | Ben Stafford | F | Wake Forest Univ. | College |
| 36. Colorado | Eric Lukin | F | Ill.-Chicago | College |
| ROUND 4 |
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| PICK/TEAM | PLAYER | POS. | LAST TEAM | LEAGUE |
| 37. San Jose | Fabio Eidelwein | F | Des Moines Menace | PDL |
| 38. Miami | Greg Simmonds | F | Hershey Wildcats | A-League |
| 39. Columbus | McKinley Tennyson | F | UCLA | College |
| 40. Miami | Cory Gibbs | D | Brown Univ. | College |
| 41. Colorado | Ryan Trout | M | Univ. Virginia | College |
| 42. New England | Yari Allnutt | M | Rochester Rhinos | A-League |
| 43. Dallas | Adam Zapala | G | Stanford Univ. | College |
| 44. Tampa Bay | Adam Throop | G | Chicago | PDL |
| 45. Los Angeles | Brent Rahim | M | Univ. Connecticut | College |
| 46. MetroStars | Martin Klinger | F | NY/NJ Stars | NJSA Champions League |
| 47. New England | Fernando Ortiz | D | Tahuichi Academy | Bolivia |
| 48. Kansas City | Pablo Webster | D | Clemson Univ. | College |
| ROUND 5 |
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| PICK/TEAM | PLAYER | POS. | LAST TEAM | LEAGUE |
| 49. San Jose | Cory Woolfolk | F | Stanford Univ. | College |
| 50. D.C. United | Caleb Norkus | F | Univ. North Carolina | College |
| 51. Columbus | Scott Powers | M | Brown Univ. | College |
| 52. Miami | Teofilo Cubillas | M | Nova Southeastern | College |
| 53. New England | Eric Pogue | G | Mid Michigan Bucks | PDL |
| 54. New England | Shaun Tsakiris | M | UCLA | College |
| 55. Dallas | Gary DePalma | D | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | A-League |
| 56. Tampa Bay | Mersim Beskovic | D | Westchester Flames | PDL |
| 57. Los Angeles | Alex Bengard | M | Cal State Dom. Hills | College |
| 58. MetroStars | O’Neill Peart | F | Long Island Rough Riders | A-League |
| 59. Kansas City | Narcisco Fernandes | F | Univ. Wisconsin | College |
| 60. Tampa Bay | Hector Navarette | D | Westchester Flames | PDL |
| ROUND 6 |
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| PICK/TEAM | PLAYER | POS. | LAST TEAM | LEAGUE |
| 61. San Jose | Jorge Martinez | M | San Jose State | College |
| 62. D.C. United | T.J. Hannig | G | Indiana Univ. | College |
| 63. Columbus | Phil Karn | F | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | A-League |
| 64. Miami | Daouda Kante | M | Florida International | College |
| 65. Colorado | John Carroll | M | Florida International | College |
| 66. New England | Michael Feller | D | Univ. Virginia | College |
| 67. Dallas | Miguel Saavedra | F | Milwaukee Trade & Tech. H.S. | High School |
| 68. Chicago | Danny Risch | F | Central Coast Roadrunners | PDL |
| 69. Los Angeles | Mike Potempa | D | Clemson Univ. | College |
| 70. MetroStars | Russell Payne | G | Derry City | Ireland |
| 71. Dallas | Roberto Najarro | M | UAB | College |
| 72. Kansas City | Matt Cross | G | Brown Univ. | College |
