team building continued with the 2008 mls expansion draft and the 2009 mls superdraft. in the expansion draft, held on november 26, 2008, seattle sounders fc selected the following players from other mls teams: nate jaqua (houston), brad evans (columbus), stephen king (chicago), jeff parke (rbny), james riley (san jose), khano smith (new england), jarrod smith (toronto fc), nathan sturgis (real salt lake), peter vagenas (la galaxy) and tyson wahl (kansas city). as the 2009 expansion team sounders fc was given the first pick in each round of the superdraft. with the number one pick of the first round of the draft, seattle sounders fc selected university of akron forward steve zakuani. as the first picks of the second round (16th overall), third round (31st overall), and fourth round (46th overall), seattle selected wake forest university defender evan brown, azusa pacific university defender jared karkas, and harvard university midfielder/forward michael fucito respectively.