Vancouver chooses forward Omar Salgado with No. 1 pick in MLS SuperDraft

Major League Soccer 2011 First-Round Draft Picks *

Pick; Team; Player; Position; Age; College/Club

1; Vancouver; Omar Salgado; forward; 17; U.S. under-20 team

2; Portland; Darlington Nagbe; forward; 20; Akron

3; D.C. United; Perry Kitchen; midfielder; 18; Akron

4; Chivas USA; Zarek Valentin; defender; 19; Akron

5; Philadelphia; Zac MacMath; goalkeeper; 19; Maryland

6; New England; A.J. Soares; defender; 22; California

7; Houston; Kofi Sarkodie; defender; 19; Akron

8; Vancouver; Michael Nanchoff; midfielder; 22; Akron

9; Chicago; Jalil Anibaba; defender; 22; North Carolina

10; Kansas City; C.J. Sapong; forward; 22; James Madison

11; Houston; Will Bruin; forward; 21; Indiana

12; Columbus; Rich Balchan; defender; 21; Indiana

13; New York; Corey Hertzog; forward; 20; Penn State

14; Chivas USA; Victor Estupinan; forward; 22; LDU Quito (Ecuador)

15; Columbus; Justin Meram; forward; 22; Michigan

16; Galaxy; Paolo Cardozo; midfielder; 21; Quilmes (Argentina)

17; Dallas; Bobby Warshaw; defender; 22; Stanford

18; Colorado; Eddie Ababio; defender; 23; North Carolina

* Salt Lake, San Jose, Seattle and Toronto traded away their first-round picks.