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{{Short description|College draft for soccer teams}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox sports draft | name = 2004 MLS SuperDraft | image = | caption = | logo = | logosize = | sport = Soccer | date = January 16, 2004 | time = 10:00 am (EST) | location = [[Charlotte, North Carolina]] | network = [[Fox Soccer Channel|Fox Sports World]] | league = | teams = | first = [[Freddy Adu]], [[D.C. United]] | fewest = [[D.C. United]]<br>[[New England Revolution]]<br>(4 selections) | most = [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]]<br>(10 selections) | overall = 60 | prev = [[2003 MLS SuperDraft|2003]] | next = [[2005 MLS SuperDraft|2005]] }} The '''2004 MLS SuperDraft''', held in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]] on January 16, 2004, was the fifth incarnation of the annual [[Major League Soccer]] [[MLS SuperDraft|SuperDraft]]. The draft was most notable at the time for the selection of one of the youngest athletes in American sporting history, [[Freddy Adu]], with the first pick by [[D.C. United]] after a trade from the [[Dallas Burn]]. The trade was initiated by the league after Adu had signed in November 2003 with the intent of playing for D.C., his local team.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Jack |date=November 18, 2003 |title=14-Year-Old Signs Contract With Major League Soccer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/18/sports/soccer/14yearold-signs-contract-with-major-league-soccer.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=January 16, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=DeSimone |first=Bonnie |date=May 30, 2004 |title=When you're Freddy Adu, everything is larger than life |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-05-30-0405300335-story.html |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |accessdate=January 16, 2024}}</ref> The draft also included [[Clint Dempsey]] (1st round), who later won [[MLS Rookie of the Year]],<ref>{{cite news |date=August 31, 2018 |title=Clint Dempsey, once overlooked, got his start with the Revolution |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2018/08/31/clint-dempsey-once-overlooked-got-his-start-with-the-revolution/ |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |department=ProSoccerUSA |accessdate=January 16, 2024}}</ref> and teenager [[Michael Bradley (soccer)|Michael Bradley]] (4th round), the son of [[MetroStars]] coach [[Bob Bradley]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Jack |date=April 14, 2004 |title=Father-and-Son Quality Time Comes to the MetroStars |page=D3 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/14/sports/soccer-father-and-son-quality-time-comes-to-the-metrostars.html |work=The New York Times |accessdate=January 16, 2024}}</ref> Both players went on to earn over 120 caps with the [[United States men's national soccer team|U.S. national team]] and play overseas for European teams before returning to MLS.
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