Pair Of Tar Heels Taken In MLS SuperDraft

January 12, 2012 | Men's Soccer

By: UNC Athletic Communications

Jan. 12, 2012

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Senior defender Matt Hedges and junior midfielder Enzo Martinez were both selected in the first round of 2012 MLS SuperDraft on Thursday in Kansas City, Mo. Hedges and Martinez become the 10th and 11th Tar Heels to be picked in the MLS SuperDraft First Round since the inaugural draft of 1996.

Hedges became the third straight Tar Heel center back to be picked among the top 11 picks in the draft when FC Dallas took the Carmel, Ind., native 11th overall in the first round.

Hedges joins former Tar Heel Zach Loyd in Dallas who was taken fifth overall in the 2010 SuperDraft and Chicago Fire defender Jalil Anibaba who was picked ninth overall last year.

The towering center back becomes the fifth Tar Heel taken by FC Dallas as he joins Temoc Suarez (1997), Dax McCarty (2006) and Brian Shriver (2009).

Generation adidas signee Enzo Martinez became the 11th player in school history to be taken in the first round when Real Salt Lake took the playmaking midfielder 17th overall.

Martinez finished the season second the team with nine goals and distributed a team-high 17 assists to earn a second straight All-America honor.

The Rock Hill, S.C., native joins Jamie Watson from the 2005 MLS SuperDraft as Tar Heels taken by Real Salt Lake.

Tar Heels In The Major League Soccer Draft

Year	Round	Pick	Player	Team
1996	15th	141st	Todd Haskins	Columbus
1996	1st	2nd	Eddie Pope	D.C. United
1997	1st	6th	Temoc Suarez	Dallas
1998	2nd	14th	Carey Talley	D.C. United
2000	3rd	30th	Kerry Zavagnin	Kansas City
2001	1st	1st	Chris Carrieri	San Jose
2001	2nd	20th	Eddie Robinson	San Jose
2001	5th	50th	Caleb Norkus	D.C. United
2002	2nd	16th	Danny Jackson	Colorado
2002	4th	47th	Chris Leitch	Columbus
2003	1st	5th	David Stokes	D.C. United
2003	3rd	24th	Logan Pause	Chicago
2003	4th	38th	Matt Crawford	Colorado
2005	2nd	13th	Jamie Watson	Real Salt Lake
2005	2nd	20th	Marcus Storey	Columbus
2005	4th	48th	Tim Merritt	D.C. United
2006	1st	6th	Dax McCarty	FC Dallas
2007	1st	3rd	Michael Harrington	Kansas City
2007	2nd	26th	Corey Ashe	Houston
2007	3rd	36th	Justin Hughes	Colorado
2007	4th	49th	Ben Hunter	Columbus
2008	4th	49th	Scott Campbell	Colorado
2009	2nd	27th	Brian Shriver	FC Dallas
2010	1st	5th	Zach Loyd	FC Dallas
2010	4th	55th	Jordan Graye	D.C. United
2011	1st	9th	Jalil Anibaba	Chicago
2011	1st	18th	Eddie Ababio	Colorado
2011	2nd	23rd	Michael Farfan	Philadelphia
2011	2nd	24th	Stephen McCarthy	New England
2012	1st	11th	Matt Hedges	FC Dallas
2012	1st	17th	Enzo Martinez	Real Salt Lake
			31 total selections

By Round:
1st - 11 first round picks (1996 - Eddie Pope, 2nd overall; 1997 - Temoc Suarez, 6th overall; 2001 - Chris Carrieri, 1st overall; 2003 - David Stokes, 5th overall; 2006 - Dax McCarty - 6th overall; 2007 - Michael Harrington, 3rd overall; 2010 - Zach Loyd, 5th overall; 2011 - Jalil Anibaba, 9th overall; Eddie Ababio, 18th overall; 2012 - Matt Hedges, 11th overall; Enzo Martinez, 17th overall)
2nd - 9 second round picks (1998 - Carey Talley, 14th overall; 2001 - Eddie Robinson, 20th overall; 2002 - Danny Jackson, 16th overall; 2005 - Jamie Watson, 13th overall; Marcus Storey, 20th overall; 2007 - Corey Ashe, 26th overall; 2009 - Brian Shriver, 27th overall; 2011 - Michael Farfan, 23rd overall; Stephen McCarthy, 24th overall)
3rd - 3 third round picks (2000 - Kerry Zavagnin, 30th overall; 2003 - Logan Pause, 24th overall; 2007 - Justin Hughes, 36th overall)
4th - 6 fourth round picks (2002 - Chris Leitch, 47th overall; 2003 - Matt Crawford, 38th overall; 2005 - Tim Merritt, 48th overall; 2007 - Ben Hunter, 49th overall; 2008 - Scott Campbell, 49th overall; 2010 - Jordan Graye, 55th overall)
5th - 1 fifth round pick (2001 - Caleb Norkus - 50th overall)
15th - 1 15th round pick (1996 - Todd Haskins - 141st overall)

By Team:
Chicago Fire - 2 (2003 - Logan Pause, 3rd round; 2011 - Jalil Anibaba, 1st round)
Colorado Rapids - 5 (2002 - Danny Jackson, 2nd round; 2003 - Matt Crawford, 4th round; 2007 - Justin Hughes, 3rd round; 2008 - Scott Campbell, 4th round; 2011 - Eddie Ababio, 1st round)
Columbus Crew - 4 (1996 - Todd Haskins, 15th round; 2002 - Chris Leitch, 4th round; 2005 - Marcus Storey, 2nd round; 2007 - Ben Hunter, 4th round)
FC Dallas - 5 (1997 - Temoc Suarez, 1st round; 2006 - Dax McCarty, 1st round; 2009 - Brian Shriver, 2nd round; 2010 - Zach Loyd, 1st round; 2012 - Matt Hedges, 1st round)
D.C. United - 6 (1996 - Eddie Pope, 1st round; 1998 - Carey Talley, 2nd round; 2001 - Caleb Norkus, 5th round; 2003 - David Stokes, 1st round; 2005 - Tim Merritt, 4th round; 2010 - Jordan Graye, 4th round)
Houston Dynamo - 1 (2007 - Corey Ashe, 2nd round)
New England Revolution - 1 (2011 - Stephen McCarthy, 2nd round)
Philadelphia Union - 1 (2011 - Michael Farfan, 2nd round)
Portland Timbers - N/A
Real Salt Lake - 2 (2005 - Jamie Watson, 2nd round; 2012 - Enzo Martinez, 1st round)
San Jose Earthquakes - 2 (2001 - Chris Carrieri, 1st round; Eddie Robinson, 2nd round)
Seattle Sounders - N/A
Sporting KC - 2 (2000 - Kerry Zavagnin, 3rd round; 2007 - Michael Harrington, 1st round)
Toronto FC - N/A
Vancouver Whitecaps - N/A