Real Salt Lake landed four players in the 2010 draft, but lost one in the process. They ended up with:
1st Round (#15) - Collen Warner, University of Portland:
21 year-old two-way midfielder. Partially drafted to replace the departing Clint Mathis. Has good size. Reported as a good wide player with good crossing skills, but according to coach Jason Kreis, that’s not his strong suit. He will fit well into the “outside of our diamond”. 
Position: Midfielder
Height: 5-10
Weight: 170
Born: June 24, 1988 in Denver, Colo.
Hometown: Denver, Colo.
College: Portland
Citizenship: USA
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND CAREER: Concluded his UP career with 20 goals, 20 assists, 60 points and six game-winners in 79 games as a combination midfielder/forward …
2009: Completed his UP career by helping guide the Pilots to the Third Round of the NCAA postseason … During Portland’s run through the 2009 playoffs, Warner scored both goals during a 2-1 overtime win at New Mexico and assisted on the game-winner in a 2-1 win at North Carolina State … Also went three-for-three on penalty kicks last fall … Led Portland last year with nine goals (three game-winners), seven assists, 60 shots and 25 shots on goal … Led the West Coast Conference in points (25), was tied for first in game-winners, tied for second in goals and he ranked third in assists … Named to his third consecutive All-WCC First Team …
2008: Named to the All-WCC First Team for the second consecutive year … Led the Pilots and the West Coast Conference with eight assists … Finished second on the team with five goals, 18 points and 43 shots … Ranked fourth in the WCC in points and was sixth in goals …
2007: Named to the All-WCC First Team and to Top Drawer Soccer’s All-Season Third Team … Finished second on the team with four assists and tied for third with 10 points … Also scored three goals and a game-winner … Started all 20 games he appeared in …
2006: Named to the All-West Coast Conference Freshman Team and named All-WCC Honorable Mention … Named to the Top Drawer Soccer All-Rookie Second Team … Finished third on the team with three goals … Also recorded an assist, one game-winner, 19 shots and eight shots on goal …
OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: Member of the Colorado ODP state team from 2001-04 … Part of the Region IV team pool from 2002-04 and a region team member in 2004 … Scored two goals with the Region IV team at the 2004 Disney Showcase …
DENVER EAST HS: Four-year letterwinner for coach Beth Hinz … Team MVP and an All-Conference selection in 2005 … Team won the Denver Prep League in 2002 and 2004 and reached the Colorado State semifinals during freshman season …
CLUB TEAM: Played for the Colorado Rush club team for five years and trained with English Premier League players and coaches at the Liverpool Youth Academy in 2002 … Trained with Italy’s prestigious Serie "A" Club Youth Academy Atalanta in 2005 …
PERSONAL: Born on June 24, 1988 in Denver, Colo. … Parents are Marcia Scott-Warner and Darrick Warner … Major is Environmental Science.
2nd Round (#32) – Justin Davis, University of New Mexico:
21 year-old midfielder/forward will actually return to his “natural” position as a left-back. He initially played this position in college, but has been moved into an attackin
g role.
Position: Defender
Height: 6-0
Weight: 170
Born: May 6, 1988 in Avondale, Ariz.
Hometown: Litchfield Park, Ariz.
College: New Mexico
Citizenship: USA
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO CAREER: Not only a dangerous striker who was lethal from distance, but a versatile player that is comfortable anywhere on the field … Completed his four-year career last fall and was a two-time All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation first-team selection … Selected to the All-Far West Region squad twice in his Lobo career, and earned two Academic All-MPSF nods … Finished his UNM career ranked ninth all-time in points with 58, tied for eighth in goals with 20 and tied for seventh in assists with 18 … The Litchfield Park, Ariz., native was fourth all-time in shots with 184 …
2008 - SENIOR SEASON
Davis led the Lobos in scoring with seven goals and six assists for 20 points on the year, earning All-Far West Region first-team honors … The Lobos posted a 12-7-1 mark in 2009, advancing to their seventh NCAA Tournament in the last nine years … New Mexico earned at at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and hosted Portland – and fellow RSL draftee Collen Warner – in a first round game, which the Lobos lost 2-1 in OT …
2008 - JUNIOR SEASON
Played in 17 games while starting 16 of them … Lobos' leading scorer with seven goals and six assists for 20 points … Also led the MPSF in scoring while earning First Team All-MPSF accolades … Earned Second Team All-Far West Region honors … Scored five game-winners against second ranked Akron, San Jose State, Sacramento State, at Stanford and Sacramento State in double overtime … Logged 1,310 minutes …
2007 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
Played in all 19 games, with 14 starts … Second on the team in scoring with five goals and three assists … Had game-winning goals at San Francisco and Air Force and against Sacramento State … Earned Academic All-MPSF honors …
2006 - FRESHMAN SEASON
Played in all 21 games on the year (10 starts) … Scored a goal and three assists … Had the game-winner in overtime against UNLV …
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterman at Westview High School in Avondale, Ariz. … Three-time All-State and All-Region selection and two-time regional player of the year …
CLUB
Played club soccer for the Sereno Golden Eagles … Won the 2005 and 2006 Arizona Club State Championships …
OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Was a member of the Arizona '88 ODP squad …
PERSONAL
Born May 6, 1988, Justin is the son of Dan and Jackie Davis … He has one older brother, Jeff … Majoring in Business at New Mexico.
3rd Round (#39) – Chris Schuler, Creighton University:
22 year-old central defender was added at a point in the draft, when RSL didn’t initially have a pick. The player was projected by the media as a late first round, beginning of second round pick. 
Position: Defender
Height: 6-4
Weight: 195
Born: September 6, 1987 in St. Louis, Mo.
Hometown: Aurora, Ill.
College: Creighton
Citizenship: USA
CREIGHTON CAREER:
2009 (Senior) Co-captain was named Second-Team All-Region in 2009, his third All-Region honor as a Bluejay … One of the most dominant defenders in school history, Schuler was a first-team honoree in 2008 and also earned second-team notice in 2007 … The 2008 MVC Defensive Player of the Year helped the Bluejays lead the MVC with a 0.76 goals against average in 2009, ranking among NCAA leaders in both GAA and shutout percentage (eight clean sheets in 16 matches) … Center back became the ninth player in school history to be named First-Team All-MVC three times - the first since MLS product David Wagenfuhr (2001-03) … CU posted 37 shutouts over the last four years with Schuler anchoring the defense …
2008 (Junior) – Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year, NSCAA Second-Team All-America and NSCAA All-Midwest Region First-Team … All-MVC First-Team, MVC All-Tournament Team and College Soccer News Second-Team All-America honoree … Twice honored on the Soccer America National Team of the Week (Sept. 23, Oct. 7) and named MVC Defensive Player of the Week twice (Sept. 22, Oct. 6) … Led the team with 1,852 minutes played, playing every minute of every match with the exception of a 12-minute break against UMKC (Sept. 13) … Captain and anchor for record-setting defense which led the NCAA in shutout percentage (.650) and ranked second in goals against average (0.48) … Helped team set school record with 13 shutouts … Scored his only goal of the season against No. 22 Connecticut (Nov. 29) in the NCAA Tournament, the equalizer in the 79th minute of the overtime win …
2007 (Sophomore) – Tabbed First-Team All-MVC and Second-Team NSCAA All-Midwest Region … One of six Bluejays to start all 20 matches, while his 1,864 minutes played ranked second among field players … Played all but one minute in CU’s final 19 matches, playing every minute of CU’s final 15 contests … Leader on a CU defense which posted seven shutouts and led the MVC with a 0.79 goals against average …
2006 (Freshman) – Honored on the Soccer America Freshman All-America Second-Team and MVC All-Freshman Team … Named to the MVC All-Tournament Team after scoring the game-winning goal of the championship match … Each of his three goals were game-winners, two in overtime, ranking second on the team in game-winning goals … First collegiate goal came in the 99th minute against Georgetown (Sept. 1) to give CU a 3-2 win in his home debut …
2005 (Freshman/Indiana) – Redshirted in his only season at Indiana after appearing in the Hoosiers’ first exhibition match against UCLA … Tabbed a Top 100 Freshmen to Watch by College Soccer News …
PREP CAREER: Named a 2005 PARADE All-American for Waubonsie Valley HS … Ranked as the top defender and seventh-best player in the nation by StudentSportsSoccer.com … 2004 NSCAA/adidas Youth Boys Region II All-American and earned NSCAA/adidas All-Region V honors as a senior … First-Team All-State defender in Illinois as named by the Chicago Tribune ... Two-time All-Conference and All-Area First-Team honoree … Played high school soccer for 1978 Hermann Trophy winner Angelo DiBernardo … Played club soccer for the Chicago Magic, leading the team to State Cup Championships from 2001-04 and three regional championships … Served as four-year captain for the Magic … Member of the Illinois and Region II Olympic Development Program … Participated in two events with the national team in summer 2005 … Tabbed the MVP at the US Youth Soccer National Championships in July 2006 …
PERSONAL: The son of Chris and Christina Schuler, Chris was born Sept. 6, 1987, in St. Louis, Mo. … Has one younger sister, Christen (21), who plays soccer at Northern Illinois University …. Management Information Systems major.
4th Round (#64) - Kris Banghart, University of Denver:
21 year-old defender. Gets the 
Mr. Irrelevant label as the last pick in the draft. An extreme long shot to make the team.
Position: Defender
Height: 6-1
Weight: 190
Born: March 1, 1988 in Loveland, Colo.
Hometown: Ft. Collins, Colo.
College: Denver
Citizenship: USA
2009: Denver co-captain … Named to Duke Nike Classic All-Tournament Team … Earned All-MPSF First-Team honors … Selected to MPSF All-Tournament Team … Started in 16 games …
2008: Earned All-MPSF Second-Team honors … Started in all 19 games for the Pioneers … Tallied two shots at New Mexico and UC Davis …
2007: Started all 18 games for DU… All-MPSF Second-Team member … Tallied one shot …
2006: Started all 19 games for North Carolina Wesleyan during his freshman season … Recorded three points on a goal and an assist …
High School: Helped lead Fort Collins High School to the Colorado State Title …
Personal: Born March 1, 1988 in Loveland, Colo. … Son of Steve and Tommie Banghart … Has one sister, Katie … Enjoys snowboarding, mountain biking, Frisbee golf and camping.
Real Salt Lake and LA Galaxy Trading Places
Real Salt Lake did alot of trading places with the La Galaxy in this one. They completed two trades with the team during the draft:
- Trade #1: RSL sent Clint Mathis to the LA Galaxy along with their #16 pick for LA’s #15 pick, and a 3rd rounder in 2011. Clint Mathis had asked to be traded to LA so that he could be closer to family. Lagerwey mentioned that this was consistent with RSL being a player-friendly club (although I’m not sure that Yura Movsisyan would agree).
- Trade #2: RSL traded LA their 2011 3rd round pick for LA’s #39 pick in this draft, which they turned into Chris Schuler.
So what to make of it? At the end of the day RSL and LAG swapped first rounders this year, and third rounders in 2011. They also effectively traded Clint Mathis for Chris Schuler. Good trades? Depends on how good Schuler is, but Warner and Davis were the ones that Kreis and Lagerwey seemed most interested in. I think LAG ended up with the best out of the situation, but when a player asks to be granted a trade (and to a specific location), it’s unlikely that you’ll get equal value.
