1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft

The MLS Inaugural Player Draft, held before Major League Soccer's initial 1996 season, distributed players who had already graduated from college to the league's ten inaugural teams. The draft occurred on February 6 and 7, 1996. This took place after each team was allocated four marquee players.

Round 1

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team	College
1	Brian McBride (F)	Columbus Crew	VfL Wolfsburg	St. Louis University
2	Jean Harbor (F)	Colorado Rapids	Seattle SeaDogs	Alabama A&M
3	Ted Eck (M)	Dallas Burn	Wichita Wings	Western Illinois University
4	Robin Fraser (D)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Colorado Foxes	Florida International University
5	Iain Fraser (D)	New England Revolution	Sacramento Knights	Hartwick College
6	Mark Chung (M)	Kansas City Wiz	San Diego Sockers	University of South Florida
7	Mark Dougherty (GK)	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Hawaii Tsunami	Fresno State
8	Paul Bravo (M)	San Jose Clash	Monterey Bay Jaguars	Santa Clara University
9	Matt Knowles (D)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	Milwaukee Wave
10	Raúl Díaz Arce (F)	D.C. United	F.C. Firpo

Round 2

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team	College
11	Mark Watson (D)	Columbus Crew	Vancouver 86ers	University of British Columbia
12	Denis Hamlett (D)	Colorado Rapids	Anaheim Splash	George Mason University
13	Tom Soehn (D)	Dallas Burn	Las Vegas Dustdevils	Western Illinois University
14	David Kramer (GK)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Monterey Bay Jaguars	Fresno State
15	Peter Woodring (D)	New England Revolution	Hawaii Tsunami	UC Berkeley
16	Peter Isaacs (F)	Kansas City Wiz	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Howard University
17	Peter Hattrup (M)	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Seattle Sounders	Seattle Pacific University
18	Altimont Butler (M)	San Jose Clash	North Jersey Imperials	University of New Hampshire
19	Troy Dayak (D)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	San Jose Grizzlies	University of San Francisco
20	Shawn Medved (M)	D.C. United	Seattle Sounders	Evergreen State

Round 3

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team	College
21	Billy Thompson (F)	Columbus Crew	Hawaii Tsunami	UCLA
22	Steve Trittschuh (D)	Colorado Rapids	Montreal Impact	Southern
23	Lawrence Lozzano (D)	Dallas Burn	Tampico
24	Jorge Salcedo (M)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Monarcas Morelia	UCLA
25	Bujon Vuckovic (F)	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Terror	Franklin Pierce College
26	Sean Bowers (D)	Kansas City Wiz	Anaheim Splash	Quincy College
27	John Diffley (D)	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Long Island Rough Riders	American University
28	Tim Martin (D)	San Jose Clash	Atlanta Ruckus	Fresno State
29	Peter Vermes (F)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	New York Fever	Rutgers University
30	Erik Imler (D)	D.C. United	Raleigh Flyers	University of Virginia

Round 4

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team	College
31	Mike Clark (D)	Columbus Crew	Richmond Kickers	Indiana University
32	Brian Bates (D)	Colorado Rapids	Richmond Kickers	University of Virginia
33	Brian Haynes (M)	Dallas Burn	Seattle Sounders	Erskine College
34	John Garvey (F)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Baltimore Spirit	University of Maryland
35	Marquis White (F)	New England Revolution	Club Destroyers	University of San Francisco
36	Eric Eichmann (F)	Kansas City Wiz	St. Louis Ambush	Clemson University
37	Ivan McKinley (M)	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Wits University FC	Lynn University
38	Rhett Harty (D)	San Jose Clash	Monterey Bay Jaguars	Stanford University
39	Jeff Zaun (D)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	North Jersey Imperials	Rutgers University
40	Richie Williams (M)	D.C. United	Richmond Kickers	University of Virginia

Round 5

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team	College
41	Bo Oshoniyi (GK)	Columbus Crew	New York Centaurs	Southern Connecticut State University
42	Troy Edwards (D)	Colorado Rapids	Myrtle Beach Boyz	Florida International University
43	Jason Kreis (F)	Dallas Burn	Raleigh Flyers	Duke University
44	Mark Semioli (D)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Monterey Bay Jaguars	Stanford University
45	Ted Chronopoulos (D)	New England Revolution	Panionios	San Diego State University
46	Jeff Causey (GK)	Kansas City Wiz	Richmond Kickers	University of Virginia
47	Diego Viera (F)	Tampa Bay Mutiny	New York Fever
48	Paul Holocher (M)	San Jose Clash	Monterey Bay Jaguars	Santa Clara University
49	A.J. Wood (F)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars		University of Virginia
50	Thor Lee (D)	D.C. United	Wichita Wings	Cal State-Northridge

Round 6

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team	College
51	Brandon Ward (M)	Columbus Crew	Hampton Roads Mariners	Indiana University
52	Scott Cannon (D)	Colorado Rapids	Cincinnati Silverbacks	University of Evansville
53	Mark Dodd (GK)	Dallas Burn	Colorado Foxes	Duke University
54	Joey Kirk (F)	Los Angeles Galaxy	St. Louis Ambush	Cal State-Northridge
55	Yari Allnutt (F)	New England Revolution	Irapuato	University of Portland
56	Tommy Reasoner (M)	Kansas City Wiz	San Diego Top Guns	University of Tampa
57	Frank Yallop (D)	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Ipswich Town
58	Jeff Baicher (F)	San Jose Clash	Monterey Bay Jaguars	Santa Clara University
59	Ted Gillen (M)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	Richmond Kickers	Penn State
60	Brian Kamler (M)	D.C. United	Richmond Kickers	Creighton University

Round 7

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team	College
61	Janusz Michallik (M)	Columbus Crew	New York Centaurs
62	Matt Kmosko (D)	Colorado Rapids	Cincinnati Silverbacks	Hartwick College
63	Rene Ortiz (M)	Dallas Burn	San Diego Sockers
64	Harut Karapetyan (F)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Los Angeles Salsa
65	Robert Ukrop (F)	New England Revolution	Richmond Kickers	Davidson College
66	Scott Uderitz (F)	Kansas City Wiz	Las Vegas Dustdevils	UNLV
67	Frankie Hejduk (D)	Tampa Bay Mutiny		UCLA
68	Jeff Betts (F)	San Jose Clash	Portland Pride	University of Portland
69	Zach Thornton (GK)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars		Loyola-Maryland
70	Mile Milovac (GK)	D.C. United

Round 8

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team	College
71	Todd Yeagley (M)	Columbus Crew	Richmond Kickers	Indiana University
72	Scott Benedetti (F)	Colorado Rapids	Colorado Foxes	University of Portland
73	Gerell Elliott (M)	Dallas Burn	Sacramento Knights	Fresno State
74	Curt Onalfo (D)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Tampico	University of Virginia
75	Darren Sawatzky (F)	New England Revolution	Cascade Surge	University of Portland
76	Nyanforth Peters (F)	Kansas City Wiz	FC Locarno	Park College
77	Tayt Ianni (D)	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Raj Pracha FC	UCLA
78	Dave Salzwedel (GK)	San Jose Clash	L.A. Soccer Club	Cal-Lutheran
79	Eddie Soto (F)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	Los Angeles Salsa U-23	Cal State-Fullerton
80	Kris Kelderman (D)	D.C. United	St. Louis Ambush	University of Virginia

Round 9

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team	College
81	Ramiro Corrales (D)	Columbus Crew	California Jaguars
82	Ian Butterworth (D)	Colorado Rapids	Norwich City
83	John Kerr (M)	Dallas Burn	Walsall	Duke University
84	Manny Motajo (D)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Washington Warthogs	Howard University
85	Tom Lips (D)	New England Revolution	New York Fever	Fairleigh Dickinson University
86	Uche Okafor (D)	Kansas City Wiz	Maccabi Ironi Ashdod
87	Mike Duhaney (M)	Tampa Bay Mutiny		UNLV
88	Victor Mella (F)	San Jose Clash	Colo-Colo
89	Giovanni Savarese (F)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	Long Island Rough Riders	Long Island University
90	Clint Peay (D)	D.C. United		University of Virginia

Round 10

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team	College
91	Marcelo Carrera (F)	Columbus Crew	Canton Invaders
92	Felipe Rodriguez (M)	Colorado Rapids	Montclair Standard Falcons
93	Jimmy McGeough, Jr. (D)	Dallas Burn	Wichita Wings	SUNY Farmingdale
94	Joey Leonetti (M)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Portland Pride	University of Portland
95	Richard Weiszmann (D)	New England Revolution	North Bay Breakers	UC Berkeley
96	Alan Prampin (F)	Kansas City Wiz	Raleigh Flyers	Southern Methodist University
97	Flavio Ferri (F)	Tampa Bay Mutiny	San Antonio Pumas	University of the Incarnate Word
98	Henry Gutierrez (M)	San Jose Clash	Monterey Bay Jaguars	North Carolina State University
99	Pat O'Kelly (D)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	North Jersey Imperials	Seton Hall University
100	Ben Crawley (F)	D.C. United	Richmond Kickers	University of Virginia

Round 11

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team	College
101	Shane Battelle (D)	Columbus Crew	St. Louis Knights	St. Louis University
102	Lance Hill (F)	Colorado Rapids	New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers	Creighton University
103	Jorge Flores (M)	Dallas Burn
104	John O'Brien (M)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Anaheim Splash	UCLA
105	John DeBrito (M)	New England Revolution	New York Fever	Southern Connecticut State University
106	Phil Wellington (GK)	Kansas City Wiz	Cocoa Expos	Georgetown University
107	Derek Backman (M)	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Tampa Bay Cyclones	College of Boca Raton
108	Oscar Draguicevich (D)	San Jose Clash	Cleveland Crunch	University of North Texas
109	Mickey Kydes (M)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	New York Fever	Long Island University
110	Said Fazlagic (D)	D.C. United	FC Sarajevo

Round 12

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team	College
111	Pete Marino (F)	Columbus Crew	Bayer Leverkusen	Brevard Community College
112	Eric Puls (F)	Colorado Rapids	St. Louis Knights	Syracuse University
113	Richard Farrer (F)	Dallas Burn	New Mexico Chiles	University of New Mexico
114	Adan Villalvazo (F)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Cerritos Inter-America
115	Jim Adams (GK)	New England Revolution	Cleveland Crunch	Monmouth College
116	Kevin Koetters (M)	Kansas City Wiz	Kansas City Attack	Rockhurst College
117	Nelson Vargas (M)	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Florida Eagles
118	Gabe Garcia (F)	San Jose Clash	Myrtle Beach Boyz	North Carolina-Charlotte
119	Khary Stockton (F)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	Richmond Kickers	College of William & Mary
120	Daniel De Oliveira (M)	D.C. United	Luis Ángel Firpo	Long Island University

Round 13

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team	College
121	Paul Young (M)	Columbus Crew	Charleston Battery	Syracuse University
122	Josh McKay (D)	Colorado Rapids	Hawaii Tsunami	University of San Francisco
123	Jimmy Glenn (F)	Dallas Burn	Cincinnati Silverbacks	Clemson University
124	Brad Wilson (M)	Los Angeles Galaxy	1. FC Saarbrücken	Cal State-Fullerton
125	Geoff Aunger (M)	New England Revolution	Vancouver 86ers
126	Billy Baumhoff (D)	Kansas City Wiz	St. Louis Ambush	University of South Carolina
127	Zen Luzniak (M)	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Wake Forest University
128	Rafael Amaya (D)	San Jose Clash	Colorado Foxes	Long Island University
129	Andrew Restrepo (D)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	Tampa Bay Cyclones	University of South Florida
130	Matthew Olson (GK)	D.C. United	Everett BigFoot	Wake Forest University

Round 14

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team	College
131	Laurence Piturro (D)	Columbus Crew	Long Island Rough Riders	Southern Connecticut State University
132	Khalil Azmi (GK)	Colorado Rapids	New Hampshire Ramblers
133	Steve Keller (M)	Dallas Burn	Rockford Raptors	Indiana University
134	David Beall (M)	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Diego Sockers	University of San Diego
135	Antonio Superbia (M)	New England Revolution	Jersey Dragons	Brooklyn College
136	Terry Woodberry (D)	Kansas City Wiz	Dallas Sidekicks	Southern Nazarene University
137	Scott Budnick (GK)	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Eintracht Braunschweig	College of William & Mary
138	Tom Liner (GK)	San Jose Clash	Schwartz-Weiss	Chico State University
139	Nidal Baba (M)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars		Clemson University
140	Sterling Wescott (F)	D.C. United	Wichita Wings	Fresno State

Round 15

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team	College
141	Todd Haskins (M)	Columbus Crew	Washington Warthogs	UNC Chapel Hill
142	Brian Hurley (M)	Colorado Rapids	Tampico-Madero
143	Ed Puskarich (D)	Dallas Burn	Milwaukee Wave	Southern Methodist University
144	Garfield Shaw (F)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Washington Warthogs
145	Derk Droze (F)	New England Revolution	CD Arica	George Washington University
146	Samuel Ekeme (D)	Kansas City Wiz	Hawaii Tsunami
147	Goran Hunjak (F)	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Kansas City Attack
148	Carlos Farias (F)	San Jose Clash	San Diego Flash
149	Jorge Acosta (F)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	New York Fever	Long Island University
150	Garth Lagerwey (GK)	D.C. United	Hampton Roads Mariners	Duke University

Round 16

Pick	Player	MLS Team	Previous Team	College
151	Manny Catano (M)	Columbus Crew	Des Moines Menace	Park College
152	Joel Shanker (M)	Colorado Rapids	St. Louis Ambush	Indiana University
153	Gabriel Gentile (M)	Dallas Burn	Dallas Texans	University of North Texas
154	Carlos Jaguande (M)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Brooklyn Italians	Ulster JC
155	Jorge Olamendi (M)	New England Revolution	Los Angeles Salsa
156	Ken Snow (F)	Kansas City Wiz	Detroit Neon	Indiana University
157	Greg Lalas (M)	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Avenir Beggen	Brown University
158	Kevin Grimes (M)	San Jose Clash	Raleigh Flyers	Southern Methodist University
159	Walter Bustamante (M)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	Jersey Dragons	Long Island University
160	Carlos Garcia (M)	D.C. United	Myrtle Beach Boyz	UNC Charlotte

External links

• Inaugural MLS Player Draft