Thompson selected 28th overall by Houston Dynamo
in 2008 MLS Supplemental Draft

by Jeff Duggan, Colorado Mines Sports Information Director

GOLDEN, Colo. - Former Colorado School of Mines men's soccer player Craig Thompson was drafted by the Houston Dynamo in today's 2008 Major League Soccer (MLS) Supplemental Draft.

A 5'8", 160-lb. forward from Littleton, Colo. (Highlands Ranch High School), Thompson was selected 28th overall by Houston this afternoon. Thompson, who garnered NSCAA / adidas First Team All-Midwest Region honors following his senior season in 2007, also earned First Team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and Daktronics First Team All-Midwest Region accolades last fall.

Selected as the RMAC Player of the Year and the RMAC Academic Player of the Year in 2007, Thompson led the Orediggers and established a new individual single-season program record with 18 goals in 2007. Thompson, who also led Mines in assists (tied - five) and game-winning goals (four) last fall, tied CSM's individual single-season program record for total points (41) during his final season in an Oredigger uniform. A three-time Academic All-RMAC performer in the classroom (2005, 2006 and 2007), Thompson also garnered First Team All-RMAC, NSCAA / adidas Second Team All-Midwest Region and Daktronics All-Midwest Region laurels as a junior in 2006.

Thompson, who competed for Real Colorado during his prep career, is the first CSM men's soccer player to ever be selected in the MLS draft.

Houston, which plays its home matches at Robertson Stadium on the campus of the University of Houston, captured back-to-back MLS Cup Championships in 2006 and 2007.

For more information about Thompson, please visit http://athletics.mines.edu or contact CSM Sports Information Director Jeff Duggan at jduggan@mines.edu.