2015 MLS SuperDraft

2015 MLS SuperDraft
Date(s)	January 15, 2015
Time	12:30 p.m. ET
Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Network(s) (US)	MLSSoccer.com
Picks
First selection	Cyle Larin
Overall selections	84
	← 2014; MLS SuperDrafts; 2016 →;

The 2015 MLS SuperDraft was the sixteenth SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. The SuperDraft is held each year in conjunction with the annual National Soccer Coaches Association of America convention. The 2015 convention was held January 14–18, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The first two rounds of the SuperDraft took place on January 15, 2015. Rounds three and four took place via conference call on January 20, 2015.

Format

The SuperDraft format has remained constant throughout its history and closely resembles that of the NFL Draft:

Any expansion teams receive the first picks. In 2015, MLS is adding two expansion teams: New York City FC and Orlando City. As determined by a "Priority Draft" conducted on September 24, 2014, Orlando City will have the first overall selection and New York City will pick second.
Non-playoff clubs receive the next picks in reverse order of prior season finish.
Teams that made the MLS Cup Playoffs are then ordered by which round of the playoffs they are eliminated.
The winners of the MLS Cup are given the last selection, and the losers the penultimate selection.

Contraction of Chivas USA

MLS contracted the Chivas USA franchise at the conclusion of the 2014 MLS season. On November 7, 2014, MLS announced that all draft picks held by teams in the 2015 SuperDraft after previous trades with Chivas USA would be honored, while the two picks still held by Chivas USA would be deleted.^{[ref 1]} Had Chivas USA not been contracted these selections would have been:

Round 3, pick #48 - Chivas USA's natural selection.
Round 4, pick #69 - Chivas USA's natural selection.

Also, draft picks retained by Chivas USA for the 2016 MLS SuperDraft were deleted except for the team’s second-round pick which was previously traded to Columbus. That 2016 pick will be selection #11 in round two of the 2016 SuperDraft.^{[ref 1]}

Player Selection

*	Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team

Round 1

Any player marked with a * is part of the Generation Adidas program.

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
1	Orlando City SC	Cyle Larin*	Forward	Connecticut
2	New York City FC	Khiry Shelton	Forward	Oregon State Lane United FC
3	Montreal Impact	Romario Williams*	Forward	UCF Orlando City U-23
4	San Jose Earthquakes	Fatai Alashe	Midfielder	Michigan State Portland Timbers U23s
5	Portland Timbers^{[R1 trade 1]}	Nick Besler	Midfielder	Notre Dame
6	Toronto FC^{[R1 trade 2]}	Alex Bono*	Goalkeeper	Syracuse Reading United
7	Chicago Fire	Matt Polster	Defender	SIU Edwardsville Chicago Fire Premier
8	Houston Dynamo	Zach Steinberger	Midfielder	Butler Michigan Bucks
9	Toronto FC	Clément Simonin	Defender	North Carolina State Seattle Sounders FC U-23
10	Sporting Kansas City^{[R1 trade 3]}	Connor Hallisey	Midfielder	California
11	Toronto FC^{[R1 trade 4]}	Skylar Thomas	Defender	Syracuse Reading United
12	Sporting Kansas City	Saad Abdul-Salaam	Defender	Akron Portland Timbers U23s
13	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Tim Parker	Defender	St. John's Long Island Roughriders
14	Colorado Rapids^{[R1 trade 5]}	Axel Sjöberg	Defender	Marquette Thunder Bay Chill
15	FC Dallas	Otis Earle	Defender	UC Riverside FC Tucson
16	Seattle Sounders FC^{[R1 trade 6]}	Cristian Roldan*	Midfielder	Washington Washington Crossfire
17	D.C. United	Miguel Aguilar	Forward	San Francisco Portland Timbers U23s
18	New York Red Bulls	Leo Stolz	Midfielder	UCLA
19	Columbus Crew SC^{[R1 trade 7]}	Sergio Campbell	Defender	Connecticut
20	Sporting Kansas City^{[R1 trade 8]}	Amadou Dia	Defender	Clemson Real Colorado Foxes
21	Los Angeles Galaxy	Ignacio Maganto	Forward	Iona Reading United

Round 1 trades

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Round 2

Any player marked with a * is part of the Generation Adidas program.

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
22	Orlando City SC	Conor Donovan*	Defender	North Carolina State
23	New York City FC	Connor Brandt	Midfielder	San Diego FC Tucson
24	Portland Timbers^{[R2 trade 1]}	Andy Thoma	Defender	Washington Washington Crossfire
25	Orlando City SC^{[R2 trade 2]}	Akeil Barrett	Forward	Tulsa Tulsa Athletics
26	Colorado Rapids	Joseph Greenspan	Defender	Navy
27	Real Salt Lake^{[R2 trade 3]}	Boyd Okwuonu	Defender	North Carolina Orlando City U-23
28	Chicago Fire	Kingsley Bryce	Midfielder	Saint Louis
29	Toronto FC^{[R2 trade 4]}	Wesley Charpie	Defender	South Florida Reading United
30	Houston Dynamo^{[R2 trade 5]}	Oumar Ballo	Defender	UMBC Reading United
31	Philadelphia Union	Dzenan Catic	Forward	Davenport Michigan Bucks
32	Portland Timbers	Christian Volesky	Forward	SIU Edwardsville FC Tucson
33	Seattle Sounders FC^{[R2 trade 6]}	Tyler Miller	Goalkeeper	Northwestern
34	Portland Timbers^{[R2 trade 7]}	Kharlton Belmar	Forward	VCU Portland Timbers U23s
35	Columbus Crew SC	Sagi Lev-Ari	Forward	Cal State Northridge
36	Houston Dynamo^{[R2 trade 8]}	Rob Lovejoy	Forward	North Carolina Carolina Dynamo
37	Toronto FC^{[R2 trade 9]}	Edwin Rivas	Forward	Cal State Northridge
38	Vancouver Whitecaps FC^{[R2 trade 10]}	Kay Banjo	Forward	UMBC
39	New York Red Bulls	Stefano Bonomo	Forward	California
40	Seattle Sounders FC	Oniel Fisher	Midfielder	New Mexico New York Red Bulls U-23
41	Philadelphia Union^{[R2 trade 11]}	Eric Bird	Midfielder	Virginia
42	D.C. United^{[R2 trade 12]}	Dan Metzger	Midfielder	Maryland Austin Aztex

Round 2 trades

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Round 3

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
43	Orlando City SC	Earl Edwards, Jr.	Goalkeeper	UCLA Seattle Sounders FC U-23
44	New York City FC	Andre Rawls	Goalkeeper	St. Mary's
45	Montreal Impact	Cameron Porter	Forward	Princeton
46	San Jose Earthquakes	Keasel Broome	Goalkeeper	Providence Boston Rams
47	New England Revolution^{[R3 trade 1]}	Marc Fenelus	Forward	Cal State Fullerton
48	Seattle Sounders FC^{[R3 trade 2]}	Andy Craven	Forward	North Carolina Chicago Fire Premier
49	Houston Dynamo	Taylor Hunter	Defender	Denver
50	Toronto FC	Mike Ramos	Forward	Whitworth
51	Philadelphia Union	Aaron Simmons	Defender	UCLA OC Pateadores Blues
52	Portland Timbers	Anthony Manning	Defender	Saint Louis
53	Sporting Kansas City	James Rogers	Midfielder	New Mexico Ogden Outlaws
54	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Jovan Blagojevic	Forward	Simon Fraser
55	Columbus Crew SC	Robert Kristo	Forward	Saint Louis
56	FC Dallas	Will Seymore	Defender	Oregon State Portland Timbers U23s
57	Real Salt Lake	Jordan Murrell	Defender	Syracuse K-W United FC
58	Vancouver Whitecaps FC^{[R3 trade 3]}	Adam Montague	Midfielder	Michigan State Michigan Bucks
59	New York Red Bulls	Shawn McLaws	Midfielder	Coastal Carolina Ocean City Nor'easters
60	Columbus Crew SC^{[R3 trade 4]}	Tomas Gomez	Goalkeeper	Georgetown Orlando City U-23
61	Vancouver Whitecaps FC^{[R3 trade 5]}	Spencer Richey	Goalkeeper	Washington Washington Crossfire
62	Los Angeles Galaxy	Daniel Keller	Defender	Louisville Chicago Fire Premier

Round 3 trades

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Round 4

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
63	Orlando City SC	Sidney Rivera	Forward	Old Dominion
64	New York City FC	Markus Naglestad	Forward	Providence Connecticut FC Azul
65	Montreal Impact	Cameron Iwasa	Forward	UC Irvine OC Pateadores Blues
66	San Jose Earthquakes	Chimdum Mez	Forward	Cal State Sacramento Los Angeles Misioneros
67	Colorado Rapids	Dominique Badji	Forward	Boston Boston Rams
68	Chicago Fire	Alex Shinsky	Midfielder	Maryland Baltimore Bohemians
69	Columbus Crew^{[R4 trade 1]}	Kalen Ryden	Defender	Midwestern Midland/Odessa Sockers
70	Toronto FC	Sal Bernal	Forward	UNLV Las Vegas Mobsters
71	Philadelphia Union	Raymond Lee	Midfielder	Saint Louis
72	Vancouver Whitecaps FC^{[R4 trade 2]}	Craig Nitti	Defender	Loyola Marymount Portland Timbers U23s
73	Sporting Kansas City	Tony Rocha	Defender	Tulsa Tulsa Athletics
74	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Nikola Paunic	Defender	South Florida K-W United FC
75	Seattle Sounders FC^{[R4 trade 3]}	Charlie Lyon	Goalkeeper	Marquette
76	FC Dallas	Janeil Hoilett	Midfielder	FSV Frankfurt
77	Real Salt Lake	Lucas Baldin	Midfielder	South Florida Seattle Sounders FC U-23
78	Colorado Rapids^{[R4 trade 4]}	Matt Jeffrey	Defender	Monmouth
79	New York Red Bulls	Manolo Sanchez	Midfielder	Clemson Reading United
80	Seattle Sounders FC	Andrew Bevin	Forward	West Virginia
81	Toronto FC^{[R4 trade 5]}	Tyler Engel	Forward	North Carolina Chicago Fire Premier
82	Los Angeles Galaxy	Andrew Wolverton	Goalkeeper	Penn State IMG Academy Bradenton
83	Colorado Rapids^{[R4 trade 6]}	Brandon Fricke	Defender	Butler Des Moines Menace
84	Portland Timbers^{[R4 trade 7]}	Seth Casiple	Midfielder	California Austin Aztex

Round 4 trades

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Unresolved 2015 SuperDraft Pick Trades

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Conditional, Portland Timbers → Seattle Sounders. February 20, 2013: Seattle Sounders FC acquired a conditional 2015 draft pick and a first-round selection in the 2014 Supplemental Draft from Portland Timbers in exchange for the MLS rights to defender Mikaël Silvestre.^{[ref 40]}
Conditional, Real Salt Lake → D.C. United. July 17, 2013: D.C. United acquired a conditional 2015 draft pick and a third-round selection in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft from Real Salt Lake in exchange for defender Brandon McDonald.^{[ref 41]}

Unspecified Year Draft Trade

The trade below was announced without specifying which year or which draft (Super or Supplemental) contains the traded pick. The traded pick was not included in the 2013, 2014, or 2015 MLS drafts.

Conditional, Seattle Sounders → Toronto FC. September 14, 2012: Toronto FC acquired a conditional draft pick and the #10 position in the MLS Allocation Order from Seattle Sounders FC in exchange for the #1 position in the MLS Allocation Order. Seattle used the Allocation pick to select goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann.^{[ref 42]}

References

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[R2 trade 9]

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[R2 trade 11]

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2015 MLS SuperDraft

Contents

Format

Contraction of Chivas USA

Player Selection

Round 1

Round 1 trades

Round 2

Round 2 trades

Round 3

Round 3 trades

Round 4

Round 4 trades

Unresolved 2015 SuperDraft Pick Trades

Unspecified Year Draft Trade

References

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