And with their sole pick in the 2013 Major League Soccer SuperDraft, the New York Red Bulls select Georgetown midfielder Ian Christianson …

Video of Christianson at play is here.

Had it not been for the trade with Portland that sent defender Kosuke Kimura and a draft pick to the Red Bulls, the club would have been mere spectators in the draft, not that there’s anything wrong with that considering that most of the players are household names only in their own households. The Red Bulls last year traded their first-round pick to the Timbers in the deal that brought Kenny Cooper to New Jersey. (Word is now that the Red Bulls are peddling Cooper, who led the team in goals last year.)

Christianson, a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is 5-foot-11 and started all 26 games last season as he helped the Hoyas reach the College Cup final four for the first time in school history.

“We had a short list of players who we hoped would make it through to us with the 22nd pick and Ian was on that list,” the Red Bulls interim coach Mike Petke said in a statement. “Ian is a player we have seen many times at Georgetown. We also interviewed him and his personality fit what we are looking for at the club. We think that we can help develop Ian into a potential contributor for our team. He’s going to be a good fit for us.”

Where he fits in with the Red Bulls is anyone’s guess at this point, since the club still has not named a coach with preseason training scheduled to begin next week. Paulo Sousa of Portugal remains the name mentioned most recently, though the club has yet to announce plans for an introductory news conference. The Red Bulls leave for Florida early next week after convening on Monday for physicals.

As training camp approaches, the transfer rumor mill continues to spin with mention of: Pascal Chimbonda, a Frenchman who has been a free agent since leaving Doncaster after last season; the Argentine striker Fernando Cavenaghi, according to the Twitter page of @MLSTransfers; and the young Chilean wing Aníbal Carvallo.

At this point, it is all merely talk.

Here are the other selections in the two rounds of the M.L.S. draft held Thursday in Indianapolis:

Round 1

1. New England, Andrew Farrell, defender, Louisville

2. Chivas USA, Carlos Alvarez, midfielder, Connecticut

3. Toronto, Kyle Bekker, midfielder, Boston College

4. Vancouver, Kekuta Manneh, forward, Austin Axtex

5. Vancouver, Erik Hurtado, forward, Santa Clara

6. Colorado, Deshorn Brown, forward, Central Florida

7. Dallas, Walker Zimmerman, defender, Furman

8. Montreal, Blake Smith, midfielder, New Mexico

9. Columbus, Ryan Finley, forward, Notre Dame

10. Seattle, Eriq Zavaleta, forward, Indiana

11 Colorado, Dillon Powers, midfielder, Notre Dame

12. Salt Lake, John Stertzer, midfielder, Maryland

13. Houston, Jason Johnson, forward, Virginia Commonwealth

14. Kansas City, Mikey Lopez, midfielder, North Carolina

15. San Jose, Tommy Muller, defender, Georgetown

16. Toronto, Emery Welshman, forward, Oregon St.

17. D.C., Taylor Kemp, defender, Maryland

18. Montreal, Fernando Monge, midfielder, U.C.L.A.

19. Los Angeles, Charlie Rugg, forward, Boston College

Round 2

20. Dallas, Ryan Hollingshead, midfielder, U.C.L.A.

21. New England, Donnie Smith, midfielder, U.N.C.-Charlotte

22. Red Bulls, Ian Christianson, midfielder, Georgetown

23. New England, Luke Spencer, forward, Xavier

24. Los Angeles, Kofi Opare, defender, Michigan

25. Colorado, Kory Kindle, defender, Cal-Bakersfield

26. Philadelphia, Don Anding, forward, Northeastern

27. Montreal, Paolo DelPiccolo, midfielder, Louisville

28. Columbus, Drew Beckie, defender, Denver

29. Salt Lake, Dylan Sandoval, forward, New Mexico

30. Chicago, Yazid Atouba Emane, midfielder, Rainbow Bamenda (Cameroon)

31. Philadelphia, Stephen Okai, midfielder, Mobile

32. Montreal, Brad Stuver, goalkeeper, Cleveland St.

33. San Jose, Dan Delgado, midfielder, San Diego

34. Portland, Dylan Tucker-Gangnes, defender, Washington

35. Seattle, Dylan Remick, defender, Brown

36. New England, Luis Soffner, goalkeeper, Indiana

37. Houston, Jimmy Nealis, defender, Georgetown

38. Los Angeles, Greg Cochrane, defender, Louisville