The 2002 Major League Soccer SuperDraft was held on February 10, 2002 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
One month earlier, MLS had contracted two clubs: Tampa Bay Mutiny and Miami Fusion. In conjunction with the contraction, the league conducted both an allocation draft and a dispersal draft in which the top 2002 SuperDraft picks of Tampa Bay and Miami, as well as players from those clubs, were made available to remaining MLS clubs.
Allocation draft
MLS distributed the players of the Miami Fusion and the Tampa Bay Mutiny to the rest of the league via an allocation draft that took place on January 11, 2002, where teams with excess allocations were allowed to select from their players; the participants and the selection order for the draft were announced three days before the draft was conducted.
| Pick | MLS Team | Player | Position | Previous team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado Rapids | Pablo Mastroeni | Midfielder | Miami Fusion |
| 2 | New England Revolution | Mamadou Diallo | Forward | Tampa Bay Mutiny |
| 3 | D.C. United | Nick Rimando | Goalkeeper | Miami Fusion |
| 4 | MetroStars | Diego Serna | Forward | Miami Fusion |
| 5 | New England Revolution | Carlos Llamosa | Defender | Miami Fusion |
| 6 | New England Revolution | Steve Ralston | Midfielder | Tampa Bay Mutiny |
| 7 | Dallas Burn | #1 Pick, 2002 MLS SuperDraft | -- | Tampa Bay Mutiny |
| 8 | San Jose Earthquakes | Devin Barclay | Forward | Tampa Bay Mutiny |
| 9 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Tyrone Marshall | Midfielder | Miami Fusion |
Trades
Dispersal draft
Players who were not selected in the allocation draft were automatically assigned to the dispersal draft, which was held hours after the allocation draft occurred.
Round 1
| Pick | MLS Team | Player | Position | Previous team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado Rapids | Chris Henderson | Midfielder | Miami Fusion |
| 2 | New England Revolution | Jim Rooney | Midfielder | Miami Fusion |
| 3 | D.C. United | Lazo Alavanja | Midfielder | Miami Fusion |
| 4 | Kansas City Wizards | Eric Quill | Midfielder | Tampa Bay Mutiny |
| 5 | Dallas Burn | Josh Keller | Midfielder | Tampa Bay Mutiny |
| 6 | MetroStars | #3 pick, 2002 MLS SuperDraft | -- | Tampa Bay Mutiny |
| 7 | Columbus Crew | Brian Dunseth | Defender | Miami Fusion |
| 8 | Chicago Fire | #10 pick, 2002 MLS SuperDraft | -- | Miami Fusion |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | Eric Denton | Defender | Tampa Bay Mutiny |
| 10 | San Jose Earthquakes | PASS | -- | -- |
Trades
Round 2
| Pick | MLS Team | Player | Position | Previous team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | Kyle Beckerman | Midfielder | Miami Fusion |
| 12 | New England Revolution | Alex Pineda Chacon | Midfielder | Miami Fusion |
| 13 | D.C. United | PASS | -- | -- |
| 14 | Kansas City Wizards | Preki | Midfielder | Miami Fusion |
| 15 | Dallas Burn | Jeff Cassar | Goalkeeper | Miami Fusion |
| 16 | MetroStars | PASS | -- | -- |
| 17 | Columbus Crew | PASS | -- | -- |
| 18 | Chicago Fire | PASS | -- | -- |
| 19 | Los Angeles Galaxy | PASS | -- | -- |
| 20 | San Jose Earthquakes | PASS | -- | -- |
Round 3
| Pick | MLS Team | Player | Position | Previous team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Colorado Rapids | PASS | -- | -- |
| 22 | New England Revolution | Shaker Asad | Midfielder | Miami Fusion |
| 23 | D.C. United | PASS | -- | -- |
| 24 | Kansas City Wizards | PASS | -- | -- |
| 25 | Dallas Burn | PASS | -- | -- |
| 26 | MetroStars | PASS | -- | -- |
| 27 | Columbus Crew | PASS | -- | -- |
| 28 | Chicago Fire | PASS | -- | -- |
| 29 | Los Angeles Galaxy | PASS | -- | -- |
| 30 | San Jose Earthquakes | PASS | -- | -- |
SuperDraft
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| * | Denotes a player contracted under the Project-40 program |
| ^ | Denotes player who has been selected to an MLS All-Star Game |
| § | Denotes a player who won the MLS Rookie of the Year |
| † | Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team |
| ~ | Denotes a player who won the MLS MVP |
Round 1
| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Burn | Chris Gbandi | D | University of Connecticut |
| 2 | New England Revolution | Taylor Twellman^†~ | F | 1860 Munich |
| 3 | MetroStars | Brad Davis*^† | M | St. Louis University (P-40) |
| 4 | D.C. United | Justin Mapp*^† | M | Project-40 |
| 5 | Chicago Fire | Kelly Gray* | M | University of Portland (P-40) |
| 6 | San Jose Earthquakes | Luchi Gonzalez | F | Southern Methodist University |
| 7 | MetroStars | Mansour Ndiaye | M | University of Connecticut |
| 8 | Columbus Crew | Kyle Martino*^§ | M | University of Virginia (P-40) |
| 9 | Dallas Burn | Carl Bussey | D | Southern Methodist University |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | Billy Sleeth | D | University of Washington |
| 11 | D.C. United | Daouda Kanté | D | Florida International University |
| 12 | Dallas Burn | Lee Morrison | D | Stanford University |
Trades
Round 2
| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Hemir Neibles | M | Brooklyn Knights |
| 14 | New England Revolution | Shalrie Joseph^† | M | St. John's University |
| 15 | Dallas Burn | Jordan Stone* | M | Project-40 |
| 16 | Colorado Rapids | Danny Jackson | D | University of North Carolina |
| 17 | Chicago Fire | Craig Capano* | M | Project-40 |
| 18 | Dallas Burn | Matt Behncke | D | Princeton University |
| 19 | Colorado Rapids | Jeff Stewart | D | Santa Clara University |
| 20 | Columbus Crew | Jeff Matteo | M | St. John's University |
| 21 | New England Revolution | Ian Fuller | F | Clemson University |
| 22 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Bryheem Hancock | G | University of Connecticut |
| 23 | Columbus Crew | Jon Busch† | G | Hershey Wildcats |
| 24 | D.C. United | Mike McGinty | G | Richmond Kickers |
| 25 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Gavin Glinton | F | Bradley University |
Trades
Round 3
| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Chicago Fire | Steve Totten | M | University of Virginia |
| 27 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Alejandro Moreno | F | UNC-Greensboro |
| 28 | Colorado Rapids | Bryn Ritchie | D | University of Washington |
| 29 | Colorado Rapids | Daniel Alvarez | M | Furman University |
| 30 | MetroStars | Sam Forko | D | University of Connecticut |
| 31 | D.C. United | Mohammed Fahim | F | Southern Methodist University |
| 32 | Kansas City Wizards | O'Neil Peart | F | Long Island Rough Riders |
| 33 | San Jose Earthquakes | Chris Roner | M | University of California |
| 34 | Colorado Rapids | Matt Moses | M | Stanford University |
| 35 | Columbus Crew | John Barry Nusum | F | Furman University |
| 36 | Chicago Fire | Dipsy Selolwane | F | St. Louis University |
| 37 | Kansas City Wizards | Chris Brunt | D | Southwest Missouri State |
| 38 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Cory Gibbs^ | D | Brown University |
| 39 | San Jose Earthquakes | Kevin Sakuda | D | Duke University |
Trades
Round 4
| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | D.C. United | Dennis Ludwig | F | Rutgers University |
| 41 | New England Revolution | Derek Potteiger | M | Penn State |
| 42 | D.C. United | Bobby Brennan | D | American University |
| 43 | Kansas City Wizards | Dominic DaPra | F | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| 44 | Dallas Burn | Adauto Neto | M | University of Mobile |
| 45 | New England Revolution | Marshall Leonard | D | University of Virginia |
| 46 | Chicago Fire | Mike Nugent | F | Princeton University |
| 47 | Columbus Crew | Chris Leitch | D | University of North Carolina |
| 48 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Noah Delgado | M | Fresno State |
| 49 | San Jose Earthquakes | Erik Ozimek | M | Davidson College |
Trades
Round 5
| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Kansas City Wizards | Davy Arnaud^ | F | West Texas A&M University |
| 51 | Columbus Crew | Christof Lindenmayer | F | Loyola College in Maryland |
| 52 | New England Revolution | PASS | ||
| 53 | D.C. United | PASS | ||
| 54 | Dallas Burn | Jeremie Piette | M | West Texas A&M University |
| 55 | Dallas Burn | Ricardo Villar | M | Penn State |
| 56 | MetroStars | Mario Gomez | M | North Jersey Imperials (PDL) |
| 57 | Kansas City Wizards | Brian Lavin | D | Yale University |
| 58 | New England Revolution | PASS | ||
| 59 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Lawrence Smalls | M | UC Irvine |
| 60 | San Jose Earthquakes | Aaron Biddle | D | Stanford University |
Trades
Round 6
| Pick # | MLS team | Player | Position | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Colorado Rapids | Matt Harrell | F | University of Denver |
| 62 | New England Revolution | PASS | ||
| 63 | D.C. United | PASS | ||
| 64 | Kansas City Wizards | Dane Erickson | D | Davidson College |
| 65 | Kansas City Wizards | Mark Spears | G | William Carey College |
| 66 | MetroStars | Jeff Moore | M | Richard Stockton College |
| 67 | Columbus Crew | Scott Leber | D | Stanford University |
| 68 | MetroStars | Leo Krupnik | D | UC Berkeley |
| 69 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Ishmael Mintah | M | Bradley University |
| 70 | San Jose Earthquakes | Lars Lyssand | M | San Jose State |