First Team

A history of D.C. United's draft picks

Raul Diaz Arce

The club will participate in its sixteenth College Draft/SuperDraft on Thursday in Baltimore. Below is a history of every pick the club has made in the SuperDraft as well as picks from other types of drafts.


1996 - INAUGURAL MLS DRAFT


  • Raul Diaz Arce (1st round/10th overall)
  • Shawn Medved (2/20)
  • Erik Imler (3/30)
  • Richie Williams (4/40)
  • Thor Lee (5/50)
  • Brian Kamler (6/60)
  • Mile Milovac (7/70)
  • Kris Kelderman (8/80)
  • Clint Peay (9/90)
  • Ben Crawley (10/100)
  • Said Fazlagic (11/110)
  • Daniel De Oliveira (12/120)
  • Matthew Olson (13/130)
  • Sterling Wescott (14/140)
  • Garth Lagerwey (15/150)
  • Carlos Garcia (16/160)


1996 - COLLEGE DRAFT


  • Eddie Pope (1st round/2nd overall)
  • Jesse Marsch (3/21)


1996 - SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT


  • Mario Gori (1st round/8th overall)


1997 - COLLEGE DRAFT


  • Danny Care (1st round/10th overall)
  • Tom Presthus (2/20)
  • Brandon Leib (3/30)


1997 - SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT


  • Carlos Llamosa (1st round/8th overall)
  • Gerson Echeverry (2/14)
  • Joey Thieman (3/30)


1998 - COLLEGE DRAFT


  • Carey Talley (2nd round/14th overall)


1998 - SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT


  • Geoff Aunger (1st round/6th overall)
  • Danny Care (1/9)


1999 - COLLEGE DRAFT


  • Jason Moore (1st round/1st overall)
  • Keith Beach (2/17)
  • David Hayes (3/35)


2000 - SUPERDRAFT


  • Bobby Convey (1st round/12th overall)
  • Stephen Armstrong (2/13)
  • Eric Denton (2/19)
  • Sergio Salas (3/27)
  • Michael Burke (4/41)
  • Micah Cooks (5/60)


2001 - SUPERDRAFT


  • Mark Lisi (1st round/3rd overall)
  • Ryan Nelsen (1/4)
  • Santino Quaranta (1/8)
  • Bryan Namoff (2/15)
  • Craig Ziadie (3/28)
  • Caleb Norkus (5/50)
  • T.J. Hannig (6/62)


2002 - SUPERDRAFT


  • Justin Mapp (1st round/4th overall)
  • Daouda Kante (1/11)
  • Mike McGinty (2/24)
  • Mohamed Fahim (3/31)
  • Dennis Ludwig (4/40)
  • Bob Brennan (4/42)


2002 - ALLOCATION DRAFT


  • Nick Rimando (1st round/3rd overall)


2002 - DISPERSAL DRAFT


  • Lazo Alavanja (1st round/3rd overall)


2003 - SUPERDRAFT


  • Alecko Eskandarian (1st round/1st overall)
  • David Stokes (1/5)
  • Brian Carroll (2/11)
  • Doug Warren (2/14)
  • Hayden Woodworth (4/31)
  • John Swann (5/41)
  • Mike Behonick (6/51)


2004 - SUPERDRAFT


  • Freddy Adu (1st round/1st overall)
  • Kevin Ara (3/24)
  • Josh Gros (4/34)
  • Kevin Hudson (5/44)


2005 - SUPERDRAFT


  • Nick Van Sicklen (2nd round/19th overall)
  • Tim Merritt (4/48)


2005 - SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT


  • Matt Nickell (1st round/12th overall)
  • Andrew Terris (3/36)
  • Shawn Kuykendall (4/48)


2006 - SUPERDRAFT


  • Justin Moose (1st round/7th overall)
  • Rod Dyachenko (3/31)
  • Jeff Carroll (4/39)
  • Kenney Bertz (4/47)


2006 - SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT


  • Andy Metcalf (2nd round/19th overall)
  • Devon McTavish (4/43)


2007 - SUPERDRAFT


  • Bryan Arguez (1st round/11th overall)
  • Brad North (2/24)
  • Jay Needham (3/32)
  • Ricky Schramm (3/37)
  • Luis Robles (4/50)


2007 - SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT


  • Shawn Crowe (1st round/11th overall)
  • Guy-Roland Kpene (3/37)


2008 - SUPERDRAFT


  • Andrew Jacobson (2nd round/24th overall)
  • Ryan Cordiero (3/33)
  • Tony Schmitz (4/52)


2008 - SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT


  • Brandon Owens (1st round/10th overall)
  • Dan Stratford (2/24) James Thorpe (4/38)


2009 - SUPERDRAFT


  • Rodney Wallace (1st round/6th overall)
  • Chris Pontius (1/7)
  • Milos Kocic (2/21)
  • Lyle Adams (2/26)
  • Brandon Barklage (3/36)


2010 - SUPERDRAFT


  • Jordan Graye (4th round/55 overall)


2010 - RE-ENTRY DRAFT


  • Joseph Ngwenya (Stage 1)
  • Josh Wolff (Stage 2)