UCLA - No. 1 Producer of Pro Talent Once again proving it is one of the top producers of soccer talent, Carlos UCLA had a league-high 23 former athletes on Major League Soccer Bocanegra UCLA’s MLS Draft History (MLS) rosters in 2012, including 2012 fi rst-round draft picks Kelyn Yr. Player Team Rd./overall Rowe and Chandler Hoffman. 1996 Billy Thompson# Columbus 3rd/21 Jorge Salcedo# Los Angeles 3rd/24 Overall, 66 Bruins have played in MLS in the league’s 18 years of Frankie Hejduk# Tampa Bay 7th/67 existence, more than any other school in the nation by far. Every Tayt Ianni# Tampa Bay 8th/77 starting UCLA goalkeeper from 1990-2003 played in the league. John O’Brien# Los Angeles 11th/104 Some of the most successful MLS players came from UCLA, includ- Paul Caligiuri* Columbus 1st/10 ing 2009 MLS Cup MVP Nick Rimando, 2006 MLS Rookie of the Zak Ibsen* New England 3rd/26 Adam Frye Tampa Bay 1st/4 Year Jonathan Bornstein, 2005 Defender of the Year Jimmy Conrad, Chris Snitko Kansas City 1st/5 two-time Defender of the Year and 2000 Rookie of the Year Carlos Greg Vanney Los Angeles 2nd/17 Bocanegra, 1999 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Kevin Hartman, and Eddie Lewis San Jose 3rd/23 1997 Goalkeeper of the Year Brad Friedel. Ante Razov Los Angeles 3rd/27 UCLA alumni have won MLS titles in each of the last nine years with 1997 Tahj Jakins Colorado 1st/1 a total of 26 former Bruins winning the MLS Cup all-time - Kyle Kevin Hartman Los Angeles 3rd/29 Sam George* New England 3rd/22 Nakazawa, Brian Perk, Brian Rowe, Michael Stephens with the LA Galaxy in 2012; Sean Alvarado, Chad Barrett, Frankie Hejduk, Perk 1998 Josh Keller Tampa Bay 1st/7 Matt Reis Los Angeles 3rd/26 and Stephens with the LA Galaxy in 2011; Marvell Wynne in 2010 Kevin Coye New England 3rd/29 with the Colorado Rapids; Rimando and Tony Beltran in 2009; He- Nick Theslof Columbus 3rd/33 jduk and head coach Sigi Schmid with the Columbus Crew in 2008; Tayt Ianni* Colorado 3rd/35 Patrick Ianni and Zach Wells with the Houston Dynamo in 2006 and 2007; Mike Enfi eld, Hartman, Cobi 1999 Seth George Los Angeles 2nd/13 Jones and Pete Vagenas with the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2005; Rimando in 2004 with DC United; Adam Tom Poltl Colorado 2nd/20 Frye, Hartman, Jones, Matt Reis, Vagenas and Sasha Victorine in 2002 with the Schmid-coached Galaxy; Adam Frye* San Jose 1st/3 Conrad and Zak Ibsen in 2001 with the San Jose Earthquakes; Tahj Jakins in 2000 with the Kansas City 2000 Steve Shak NY/NJ 1st/1 Wizards; and Josh Keller and Ante Razov with the Chicago Fire in 1988. Carlos Bocanegra Chicago 1st/4 Bruins have also been very successful in MLS drafts. Twice in the last seven years, a Bruin has been the Sasha Victorine Los Angeles 1st/11 Pete Vagenas Los Angeles 2nd/23 No. 1 draft pick - Chance Myers in 2008 (Kansas City) and Marvell Wynne in 2006 (New York). Other Nick Rimando Miami 3rd/35 No. 1 picks were Tahj Jakins (1997, Colorado) and Steve Shak (2000, New York/New Jersey). Two Bruins were Top 3 picks in 2008 - No. 1 Myers and No. 3 Tony Beltran (Real Salt Lake). A school record-tying 2001 Ryan Lee Colorado 3rd/32 McKinley Tennyson Columbus 4th/39 fi ve players were chosen in the 2010 draft, including a record-tying three in the fi rst round. UCLA also Shaun Tsakiris New England 5th/54 had fi ve draft picks in 1996, 2000 and 2004. 2003 Scot Thompson Los Angeles 2nd/16 Other former MLS Bruins have been successful overseas as well. Four Bruins played in the English Premier Jimmy Frazelle Los Angeles 5th/50 League in 2007-08 - Friedel (Blackburn), Bocanegra (Fulham), Lewis (Derby County) and Benny Feilhaber Ryan Futagaki Chicago 6th/54 (Derby County). Friedel became the fi rst American player picked for the 2002 English Premier League 2004 Matt Taylor Kansas City 1st/4 team of the year when he was voted the top goalkeeper by his peers. Several others played in Europe Leonard Griffi n Chicago 2nd/11 before returning to the U.S. to play in MLS. Paul Caligiuri, the fi rst American-born player ever to play in Adolfo Gregorio Colorado 2nd/15 the top-fl ight division in Germany, fi rst played abroad with SV Meppen and also played with St. Pauli in Zach Wells NY/NJ 3rd/21 the German Bundesliga. Hejduk also played in the German Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen, and Jones Ty Maurin Dallas 3rd/29 (Coventry City), Joe-Max Moore (Everton) and Adolfo Gregorio (Darlington) enjoyed stints in England. 2005 Chad Barrett Chicago 1st/3 Mike Enfi eld Los Angeles 2nd/15 Westwood has become the German pipeline recently, with three Bruins heading to the German Bundes- Aaron Lopez Chivas 3rd/26 liga in the last fi ve years - Feilhaber to Hamburg SV in 2005, Kamani Hill to VfL Wolfsburg in 2006 and 2006 Marvell Wynne New York 1st/1 Sal Zizzo to Hannover 96 in 2007. Currently playing in Germany is Matt Taylor (SC Preußen Münster). Patrick Ianni Houston 1st/8 Jonathan Bornstein Chivas USA 4th/37 Bruins Abroad Germany Jordan Harvey* Colorado 1st/9 Paul Caligiuri, St. Pauli (95-96), FC Freiburg (92-94), 2007 Kiel McClung* Los Angeles 4th/44 Argentina FC Hansa Rostock (90-91), SV Meppen (87-89), 2008 Chance Myers Kansas City 1st/1 DJ Countess, Club Atletico Tigre (07) Hamburg SV (87) Tony Beltran Salt Lake 1st/3 Benny Feilhaber, Hamburg SV (05-07) Australia Mike Zaher Toronto 3rd/30 Seth George, 1860 Munich (99) Mike Enfi eld, Sydney FC (07-09) Brandon Owens* DC United 1st/10 Frankie Hejduk, Bayer Leverkusen (98-02) Greg Folk* Los Angeles 3rd/32 Belgium Kamani Hill, VfL Wolfsburg (07-08) Alex Yi, Royal Antwerp (02-04) Joe-Max Moore, Nurnberg (95-96), FC Saarbruecken 2010 Amobi Okugo Philadelphia 1st/6 Brazil (94-95) David Estrada Seattle 1st/11 Cobi Jones, Vasco de Gama (96) Matt Taylor, SC Preußen Münster (12-pres.), SC Pad- Michael Stephens Los Angeles 1st/16 erborn 07 (12), Rot Weiss Ahlen (11), FSV Frankfurt Kyle Nakazawa Philadelphia 3rd/33 Chile Brian Perk Philadelphia 4th/49 DJ Countess, Provincial Osorno (07) (10.), TuS Koblenz (08-09) Sal Zizzo, Hannover 96 (07-10) 2012 Kelyn Rowe New England 1st/3 Denmark Chandler Hoffman Philadelphia 1st/13 Benny Feilhaber, AGF Aarhus (08-11) Holland Shea Travis, NEC Njimegen (00) Andy Rose* Real Salt Lake 1st/6 Brad Rusin, HB Koge (11-12) Shawn Singh* Sporting Kansas City 1st/16 England Italy Eder Arreola* Houston 1st/18 Carlos Bocanegra, Fulham (04-08) Alex Yi, Nocerina (02) Brian Rowe* Chivas USA 2nd/24 Benny Feilhaber, Derby County (07-08) Mexico 2013 Fernando Monge Montreal 1st/18 Brad Friedel, Tottenham Hotspur (11-pres.), As- Mike Getchell, FC Morelia (88-89) Ryan Hollingshead FC Dallas 2nd/20 ton Villa (08-11), Blackburn (01-08), Liverpool Jorge Salcedo, FC Morelia (95-96) (97-01) Jonathan Bornstein, Tigres UANL (11-pres.) # - initial draft; * - supplemental draft Adolfo Gregorio, Darlington FC (04-05) Portugal Cobi Jones, Coventry City (94-95) Kamani Hill, Vitoria Guimaraes (09-10) Eddie Lewis, Derby County (2007-08); Leeds United (05-07), Preston North End (02-05), Scotland Fulham (00-02) Carlos Bocanegra, Rangers (11-pres.) Joe-Max Moore, Everton (99-02) Spain France Ante Razov, Racing Ferrol (01) Carlos Bocanegra, St. Etienne (10-11), Rennes Sweden (08-09) DJ Countess, Östers IF (06) Billy Thompson, Pau (91-94) Steve Shak, Boden BK (04) Greg Vanney, Bastia (02-04) McKinley Tennyson, Jr., GIF Sundsvall (02) Shea Travis, Boden BK (01) Switzerland 2012 fi rst-round draft pick Chandler Hoffman with MLS Frankie Hejduk, FC St. Gallen (02-03) Commissioner Don Garber .