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Union take Penn & Princeton players in supp. draft

Posted by on January 17, 2012 at 2:19 pm

The Philadelphia Union’s used their first pick, 13th overall, in the first round of the 2012 Supplemental draft to selected defender Tom Brandt (University of Pennsylvania). With their second pick the Union selected forward Krystian Witkowski from Marist College. Princeton forward Antoine Hoppenot was the team’s third round selection. The Union’s final pick was midfielder Brandon Zimmerman (Santa Clara).

Brandt, co-captain in 2010, was the captain of the Quakers in 2011 and was named to Third Team NSCAA All-American and First Team All-Ivy. He was named First Team NSCAA All-Northeast Region and First Team All-Ivy in 2010.

Witkowski, a three-time NSCAA All-Region and All-MAAC honoree, is the first player from Marist to be drafted into MLS. In his four years at Marist he recorded scored 21 goals and 12 assists.

Hoppennot, the Ivy League Player of the Year in 2010, was named First Team All-Ivy in 2011. He scored 26 goals with 15 assists during four seasons with Princeton.

Three-Time All-WCC Midfielder Brandon Zimmerman was named to the All-WCC Second Team in 2011.

University of Pennsylvania/Reading United AC midfielder and Sons of Ben member Christian Barrerio was selected by—you guessed it—New York Red Bulls as the 12th pick of the third round. Also selected from Reading in the Supplemental Draft were Dawyne Smith (first round, third pick to New England), Brian Ownby (first round, seventh pick to Houston) and Evans Frimpong (first round, ninth pick to Chicago). Reading set a new club record in 2012 with seven alumni being drafted by MLS teams. Three Reading alumni were selected in the SuperDraft: No. 1 pick overall Andrew Wenger, Matt Hedges and Philadelphia Union third pick Raymon Gaddis.

The complete list of Supplemental Draft selections is below.

Round 1
Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation
1 Montreal Impact  Evan James  MF  UNC-Charlotte
2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC  Gienir Garcia  D  Cruz Azul
3 New England Revolution  Dawyne Smith  MF  Bethel University
4 Toronto FC  Michael Green  MF  New Mexico
5 Chivas USA1  RJ Allen  D  Monmouth
6 Real Salt Lake2  Andy Rose  MF  UCLA
7 Houston Dynamo3  Brian Ownby  F  Virginia
8 Portland Timbers  Ryan Kowaluk  MF  Univ. of Portland
9 Chicago Fire  Evans Frimpong  FW  Univ. of Delaware
10 Columbus Crew  Kirk Urso  MF  UNC
11 FC Dallas  Alex Lee  D  Maryland
12 Houston Dynamo4  Karo Okiomah  FW  High Point Univ.
13 Philadelphia Union  Thomas Brandt  D  Penn
14 Toronto FC5  Nick Blake  D  UConn
15 Chicago Fire6  Karl Woszczynski  GK  UAB
16 Sporting Kansas City  Shawn Singh  D  UCLA
17 Real Salt Lake  Emiliano Bonfigli  FW  Manta FC
18 Houston Dynamo  Eder Arreola  MF  UCLA
19 Los Angeles Galaxy  Bryan Gaul  FW  Bradley

Round 1 Trades

  1. #5: Chivas USA → Sporting Kansas City → Chivas USA. 29 November 2011: Chivas USA acquired this first-round selection from Sporting Kansas City in exchange for midfielder Paulo Nagamura. On 21 November 2011, Sporting Kansas City had acquired this selection and a third-round Supplemental Draft selection from Chivas USA in exchange for midfielder Ryan Smith.
  2. #6: San Jose Earthquakes → Real Salt Lake. 1 December 2011: Real Salt Lake acquired this first-round selection from San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for midfielder Jean Alexandre.
  3. #7: D.C. United → Houston Dynamo. 14 August 2009: Houston Dynamo acquired a then third-round SuperDraft selection from D.C. United in exchange for defender Julius James. This pick became a first-round Supplemental Draft pick when MLS shortened the 2012 SuperDraft to two rounds.
  4. #12: New York Red Bulls → Houston Dynamo. 17 December 2010: Houston Dynamo acquired a then third-round SuperDraft selection and the rights to defender Hunter Freeman from New York Red Bulls in exchange for allocation money. The traded pick is New York’s natural selection. This pick became a first-round Supplemental Draft pick when MLS shortened the 2012 SuperDraft to two rounds.
  5. #14: Colorado Rapids → Toronto FC. 30 November 2010: Toronto FC acquired a then third-round SuperDraft selection from Colorado Rapids in exchange for midfielder Joseph Nane.The traded pick is Colorado’s natural selection. This pick became a first-round Supplemental Draft pick when MLS shortened the 2012 SuperDraft to two rounds.
  6. #15: Seattle Sounders FC → Chicago Fire. 26 August 2011: Chicago Fire acquired a then third-round SuperDraft selection and the #6 position in the MLS allocation order from Seattle Sounders FC in exchange for the #4 position in the MLS allocation order. Seattle then used the #4 allocation position to select forward Sammy Ochoa. This pick became a first-round Supplemental Draft pick when MLS shortened the 2012 SuperDraft to two rounds.
Round 2
Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation
20 Montreal Impact  Aaron Schoenfeld  FW  East Tennessee State
21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC  Greg Klazura  D/MF  Notre Dame
22 New England Revolution  Alec Purdie  MF  Indiana
23 Toronto FC  Mykel Bates  D  Santa Clara
24 Chivas USA  Brian Rowe  GK  UCLA
25 San Jose Earthquakes  Cesar Diaz Pizarro  FW  UC Riverside
26 D.C. United  Lance Rozeboom  MF  New Mexico
27 Portland Timbers  Miguel Ibarra  MF  UC-Irvine
28 Chivas USA1  Daniel Steres  D  San Diego State
29 Columbus Crew  Jamie Finch  D  Washington
30 Chivas USA2  Fabian Kling  D  Fort Lewis
31 New York Red Bulls  Mike Volk  D  Virginia
32 Philadelphia Union  Krystian Witkowski  FW  Marist
33 Seattle Sounders FC3  Tim Pontius  D  UC-Santa Barbara
34 Seattle Sounders FC  Jason Banton  FW  Leicester City
35 Sporting Kansas City  Pablo Punyed  MF  St. John’s
36 Real Salt Lake  Oliver Kupe  FW  Northwestern
37 Chivas USA4  Kevin Venegas  D  Cal State Fullerton
38 Los Angeles Galaxy  Rafael Garcia  MF  Cal State Northridge

Round 2 Trades

  1. #28: Chicago Fire → Chivas USA. 23 March 2011: Chivas USA acquired a 2012 Supplemental Draft pick, which became this pick, from Chicago Fire in exchange for the rights to defender Yamith Cuesta.
  2. #30: FC Dallas → Chivas USA. 1 April 2011: Chivas USA acquired a then first-round 2012 Supplemental Draft pick from FC Dallas in exchange for the rights to forward Maykel Galindo. This pick became a second-round pick when MLS shortened the 2012 SuperDraft to two rounds.
  3. #33: Colorado Rapids → FC Dallas → Seattle Sounders. 15 December 2010: Seattle Sounders FC acquired a then fourth-round SuperDraft selection from FC Dallas in exchange for goalkeeper Chris Seitz. This pick became a second-round Supplemental Draft pick when MLS shortened the 2012 SuperDraft to two rounds. On 30 July 2010, FC Dallas had acquired a conditional 2012 SuperDraft selection, which became this pick, and a fourth-round selection in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft (which was converted to a first-round selection in the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft) on 30 July 2010 from Colorado Rapids in exchange for defender Anthony Wallace.The conditional 2012 SuperDraft pick became a second-round Supplemental Draft pick when MLS shortened the 2012 SuperDraft to two rounds.
  4. #37: Houston Dynamo → Chivas USA. 21 January 2010: Chivas USA acquired a then fourth-round SuperDraft selection from Houston Dynamo in exchange for midfielder Kevin Harmse. The trade was for a conditional third-round or fourth-round selection.As Harmse was released before playing a game for Houston it is assumed the pick will be fourth-round. This pick became a second-round Supplemental Draft pick when MLS shortened the 2012 SuperDraft to two rounds.
 Round 3
Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation
39 Montreal Impact  Steven Miller  FW  Colgate
40 Vancouver Whitecaps FC  Andrew Fontein  GK  UC Irvine
41 New England Revolution  Kevin Garcia  D  Villanova
42 Toronto FC  Arthur Ivo  MF  SMU
43 Sporting Kansas City1  Stefan Antonijevic  D  Valparaiso
44 San Jose Earthquakes  David Tiemstra  D  Ohio State
45 D.C. United  Charles Rodriguez  D  UNC-Charlotte
46 Portland Timbers  Doug Herrick  GK  St. Mary’s
47 Chicago Fire  Tony Walls  MF  UW-Green Bay
48 Columbus Crew  Darren Amoo  FW  Liberty
49 FC Dallas  Phillipp Aseweh  FW  Liberty
50 New York Red Bulls  Christian Barreiro  MF  Penn
51 Philadelphia Union  Antoine Hoppenot  FW  Princeton
52 Colorado Rapids  Kohei Yamada  MF  TheSpa Kusatsu
53 Seattle Sounders FC  Abdul Aman  F  Washington
54 Sporting Kansas City  Kyle Miller  MF  Rockhurst
55 Real Salt Lake  Benjamin Ubierna  MF  San Martin, Peru
56 Houston Dynamo  Philip Aseweh  F  Liberty
57 Los Angeles Galaxy  Yuri Gorentzvaig  F  SC Corinthians, Brazil

Round 3 Trades

  1. #43: Chivas USA → Sporting Kansas City. 21 November 2011: Sporting Kansas City acquired this selection and a first-round Supplemental Draft selection from Chivas USA in exchange for midfielder Ryan Smith.
 Round 4
Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation
58 Montreal Impact  Carl Haworth  FW  Niagara
59 Vancouver Whitecaps FC  Mark Fetrow  D  Penn State
60 New England Revolution  Mike Roach  FW  St. Louis
61 Toronto FC  Michael Mazzullo  MF  Columbia
62 Los Angeles Galaxy1  Steven Posa  FW  San Diego
63 San Jose Earthquakes  James Kiffe  D  UC Santa Barbara
64 D.C. United  Matt Kuhn  MF  Drake
65 Portland Timbers  Logan McDaniel  MF  Loyola
66 Chicago Fire  Justin Chavez  D  Tulsa
67 Columbus Crew  Andrew Bulls  FW  UMBC
68 FC Dallas  Ian Kalis  D  SMU
69 New York Red Bulls  Nate Polak  MF  (Hastings College
70 Philadelphia Union  Brandon Zimmerman  MF  Santa Clara
71 Colorado Rapids  Joel Helmick  GK  Longwood Univ.
72 Seattle Sounders FC  Wes Feighner  D  Cal Poly
73 Sporting Kansas City  Tyler Krumpe  D  Loyola
74 Real Salt Lake  PASSED  NA  NA
75 Houston Dynamo  Daniel Roberts  MF  UNC Wilmington
76 Los Angeles Galaxy  Justin Davies  D  SDSU

Round 4 Trades

  1. #62: Chivas USA → Los Angeles Galaxy. 17 August 2011: Los Angeles Galaxy acquired a then third-round 2012 Supplemental Draft pick from Chivas USA in exchange for forward Juan Pablo Ángel.This pick became a fourth-round pick when MLS shortened the 2012 SuperDraft to two rounds.

 

Author: Editor-at-large at PSP. His work has also appeared at Philly.com, TheCup.us, Society for American Soccer History, The Encylopedia of Greater Philadelphia, Centro de Investigaciones de Historia y Estadística del Fútbol Español, EPYSA.org, and in the 2011 MLS All-Star Game program. Email him at efarnsworth@phillysoccerpage.com. Follow him on Twitter at @FarnsworthPSP.

One Comment

  1. James says:
    January 17, 2012 at 3:31 pm

    Looks like the Mad Tinkerer (who sometimes goes by Peter Nowak) is going to have a fun time this season.

    Reply

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