2022 MLS SuperDraft

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2022 MLS SuperDraft
Sport Soccer
Date January 11, 2022
League Major League Soccer
Teams 28
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The 2022 MLS SuperDraft was the 23rd edition of the SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. The SuperDraft is held every January prior to the start of the MLS season and has been conducted via conference calls since 2020.[1] Previously, the SuperDraft had been held in conjunction with the annual January United Soccer Coaches convention.

Since 2021, the SuperDraft consists of three rounds. Teams that received fourth-round picks for this draft via past trades received compensatory picks instead.[2] Of the 75 players selected in the SuperDraft, 28 were signed by MLS teams—most of them from the first round picks.[3]

Format

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

  1. Any expansion teams receive the first picks. MLS has announced that Charlotte FC[4] would begin play as an expansion team in 2022. Sacramento Republic and St. Louis City SC[5] were about to debut that year, but MLS delayed St. Louis's start to 2023 instead, and the league's expansion to Sacramento was withheld indefinitely.
  2. Non-playoff clubs receive the next picks in reverse order of prior season finish.
  3. Teams that made the MLS Cup Playoffs are then ordered by which round of the playoffs they are eliminated.
  4. The winners of the MLS Cup are given the last selection, and the losers the penultimate selection.

Player selection

Player key
* Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team
^ Member of 2022 Generation Adidas class
Player who was named to an MLS Best XI and Generation Adidas
Signed key
29 Denotes player who signed for a MLS team (Division I)
16 Denotes player who signed for a USL Championship team (Division II)
28 Denotes player who signed for a MLS Next Pro, USL League One or NISA team (Division III)
1 Denotes player who signed for a team outside the United States soccer league system
Positions key
GK Goalkeeper DF Defender MF Midfielder FW Forward

Round 1

P MLS team Player Pos. College Conference Academy team Other team Signed
1 Charlotte FC United States Ben Bender MF Maryland Big Ten Baltimore Armour FC Baltimore Christos United States Charlotte FC
2 FC Cincinnati United States Roman Celentano GK Indiana Big Ten Sockers FC N/A United States FC Cincinnati
3 FC Dallas[R1 trade 1] United States Isaiah Parker FW Saint Louis A-10 FC United Chicago FC United United States FC Dallas
4 Houston Dynamo Iceland Thorleifur Úlfarsson FW Duke ACC Breiðablik N/A United States Houston Dynamo
5 Austin FC United States Kipp Keller DF Saint Louis A-10 Saint Louis FC St. Louis Scott Gallagher United States Austin FC
6 FC Dallas United States Lucas Bartlett DF St. John's Big East Sporting Blue Valley Kaw Valley FC United States FC Dallas
7 New York Red Bulls[R1 trade 2] United States Matt Nocita DF Naval Academy Patriot Real So Cal N/A United States New York Red Bulls
8 San Jose Earthquakes Burkina Faso Ousseni Bouda FW Stanford Pac-12 Black Rock FC Black Rock FC United States San Jose Earthquakes
9 Inter Miami CF United States Ryan Sailor DF Washington Pac-12 Real Colorado Colorado Rapids U-23 United States Inter Miami CF
10 Nashville SC [R1 trade 3] United States Ahmed Longmire DF UCLA Pac-12 Las Vegas Sports Academy Seattle Sounders FC U-23 United States Nashville SC
11 Chicago Fire FC [R1 trade 4] United States Kendall Burks DF Washington Pac-12 Washington Premier Seattle Sounders FC U-23 United States Chicago Fire FC
12 Columbus Crew United States Patrick Schulte GK Saint Louis A-10 Saint Louis FC St. Louis Scott Gallagher United States Columbus Crew
13 San Jose Earthquakes[R1 trade 5] Sweden Oskar Ågren DF Clemson ACC LB07 N/A United States San Jose Earthquakes
14 FC Cincinnati [R1 trade 6] United States Ian Murphy DF Duke ACC FC Golden State N/A United States FC Cincinnati
15 CF Montréal[R1 trade 7] Democratic Republic of the Congo Jojea Kwizera FW Utah Valley WAC Forza West FC Ogden City SC Canada CF Montréal
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC United States Simon Becher FW Saint Louis A-10 Oakwood SC Ocean City Nor'easters Canada Whitecaps FC 2
17 Minnesota United FC Nigeria Tani Oluwaseyi FW St. John's Big East GPS Academy Manhattan SC United States Minnesota United FC
18 Orlando City SC United States Jack Lynn FW Notre Dame ACC Saint Louis FC St. Louis Scott Gallagher United States Orlando City SC
19 Atlanta United FC United States Erik Centeno FW Pacific Big West Sacramento Republic N/A United States Atlanta United FC
20 New York Red Bulls[R1 trade 8] Canada O'Vonte Mullings FW Florida Gulf Coast ASUN FC Durham Seattle Sounders FC U-23 United States New York Red Bulls II
21 LA Galaxy [R1 trade 9] Zimbabwe Farai Mutatu FW Michigan State Big Ten Crew Academy Wolves Chicago FC United
22 Sporting Kansas City United States Esai Easley DF Grand Canyon WAC De Anza Force Portland Timbers U23 United States Sporting Kansas City II
23 Colorado Rapids Canada Mohamed Omar MF Notre Dame ACC Toronto FC Chicago FC United Canada HFX Wanderers
24 New England Revolution United States Jacob Jackson GK Loyola Marymount WCC Real Salt Lake N/A United States New England Revolution
25 Columbus Crew[R1 trade 10] United States Philip Quinton DF Notre Dame ACC FC Portland Portland Timbers U23 United States Columbus Crew 2
26 Colorado Rapids [R1 trade 11] United States Anthony Markanich DF Northern Illinois MAC Chicago Fire FC Green Bay Voyageurs United States Colorado Rapids
27 Portland Timbers United States Justin Rasmussen MF Grand Canyon WAC Las Vegas Sports Academy Portland Timbers U23 United States Portland Timbers
28 FC Dallas[R1 trade 12] South Africa Tsiki Ntsabeleng FW Oregon State Pac-12 Kaizer Chiefs Reading United United States FC Dallas

Round 2

P MLS team Player Pos. College Conference Academy team Other team Signed
29 Charlotte FC United States Kyle Holcomb FW Wake Forest ACC Pateadores FC Orange County SC U23 United States Charleston Battery
30 FC Cincinnati United States Nick Markanich FW Northern Illinois MAC Chicago Fire FC Green Bay Voyageurs United States FC Cincinnati
31 Toronto FC Canada Luka Gavran GK St. John's Big East GPS Academy Manhattan SC Canada Toronto FC II
32 Houston Dynamo Portugal Paulo Lima MF Providence Big East Sporting CP Boston Bolts United States Houston Dynamo 2
33 Chicago Fire FC United States Charlie Ostrem DF Washington Pac-12 Crossfire Premier Crossfire Redmond United States Chicago Fire FC II
34 New York City FC [R2 trade 1] United States Kevin O'Toole FW Princeton Ivy League New York Red Bulls New York Red Bulls U-23 United States New York City FC
35 Austin FC United States Charlie Asensio DF Clemson ACC Atlanta United FC N/A United States Austin FC
36 D.C. United France Sofiane Djeffal MF Oregon State Pac-12 FC Nantes Portland Timbers U23s United States D.C. United
37 Inter Miami CF United States Lucas Meek MF Washington Pac-12 Eastside FC OSA Seattle FC United States Inter Miami II
38 Nashville SC [R2 trade 2] United States Will Meyer GK Akron MAC Cleveland Soccer Academy Derby City Rovers United States Nashville SC
39 Houston Dynamo Spain Arturo Ordoñez DF Pittsburgh ACC Gimnàstic N/A United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds
40 Columbus Crew United States Jacob Erlandson DF Bowling Green MAC Ohio Galaxies Flint City Bucks United States Columbus Crew 2
41 D.C. United United States Alex Nagy MF Vermont America East New England Revolution Valeo FC United States Loudoun United
42 LA Galaxy United States Callum Johnson MF Clemson ACC New York Red Bulls New York Red Bulls U-23 United States LA Galaxy II
43 Seattle Sounders FC France Achille Robin DF Washington Pac-12 Les Herbiers VF Chicago FC United United States Tacoma Defiance
44 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Ecuador Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador MF Clemson ACC Shattuck St. Mary's N/A Canada Whitecaps FC 2
45 Colorado Rapids [R2 trade 3] El Salvador Roberto Molina MF UC Irvine Big West Barça Residency Academy Las Vegas Lights United States Las Vegas Lights
46 Orlando City SC Canada Nathan Dossantos DF Marshall C-USA Woodbridge Strikers FC Florida U23 United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds
47 Atlanta United FC United States Tristan Trager FW Air Force WAC Academy Strikers FC N/A United States Atlanta United 2
48 Inter Miami CF United States Justin Ingram MF Loyola (MD) Patriot Indiana Fire Flint City Bucks United States Indy Eleven
49 Vancouver Whitecaps FC [R2 trade 4] United States Giovanni Aguilar MF Cal State Northridge Big West Sacramento Republic FC Golden State Force Canada Whitecaps FC 2
50 Sporting Kansas City United States Brett St. Martin DF Maryland Big Ten Baltimore Celtic N/A United States Charleston Battery
51 Colorado Rapids PASS N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
52 New England Revolution United States Ben Reveno DF UCLA Pac-12 San Jose Earthquakes N/A United States New England Revolution II
53 Real Salt Lake Brazil Pedro Fonseca FW Louisville ACC Fluminense FC Golden State Force United States Real Monarchs
54 Inter Miami CF [R2 trade 5] United States Tyler Bagley MF Cornell Ivy League Irvine Strikers Boston Bolts United States Inter Miami II
55 Portland Timbers United States Julian Bravo DF Santa Clara WCC FC Golden State N/A United States Portland Timbers 2
56 New York City FC Ghana Kingsford Adjei FW Dayton A-10 Right To Dream Academy Des Moines Menace United States South Georgia Tormenta

Round 3

P MLS team Player Pos. College Conference Academy team Other team Signed
57 Charlotte FC United States George Marks GK Clemson ACC North Carolina FC North Carolina FC U23 United States Charlotte FC
58 FC Cincinnati PASS N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
59 Toronto FC Canada Reshaun Walkes FW UT Rio Grande Valley WAC Toronto FC Des Moines Menace Canada Toronto FC II
60 LA Galaxy [R3 trade 1] United States Chandler Vaughn DF Saint Louis A-10 D.C. United Kaw Valley FC United States LA Galaxy II
61 Austin FC United States Michael Knapp MF Montclair State NJAC New York Red Bulls New York Red Bulls II United States New York Red Bulls II
62 FC Dallas United States Alec Smir GK North Carolina ACC NC Fusion Ocean City Nor'easters United States Minnesota United 2
63 Chicago Fire FC United States Carlo Ritaccio DF Akron MAC BW Gottschee Long Island Rough Riders United States Chicago Fire FC II
64 San Jose Earthquakes United States John Martin MF Clemson ACC CESA Greenville FC
65 Inter Miami CF PASS N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
66 FC Dallas [R3 trade 2] United States Chase Niece DF Saint Louis A-10 St. Louis Scott Gallagher St. Louis Scott Gallagher United States North Texas SC
67 CF Montréal Haiti Ivy Brisma FW NC State ACC Philadelphia Union Wake FC
68 Columbus Crew United States Chris Donovan FW Drexel CAA N/A West Chester United United States Philadelphia Union II
69 D.C. United Norway Skage Simonsen MF SMU American Brann Lokomotiv Oslo United States Loudoun United
70 LA Galaxy PASS N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
71 New York Red Bulls Greece Giannis Nikopolidis GK Georgetown Big East Olympiacos N/A United States New York Red Bulls II
72 Vancouver Whitecaps FC France Théo Collomb FW UNC Greensboro SoCon Clermont N/A Canada Whitecaps FC 2
73 New York Red Bulls [R3 trade 3] United States Seth Kuhn MF Penn State Big Ten Philadelphia Union Reading United
74 Orlando City SC Cambodia Nick Taylor FW UCF American Dallas Texans Albuquerque Sol United States Orlando City B
75 Atlanta United FC Ghana Daniel Bloyou FW Penn State Big Ten Philadelphia Union Philadelphia Lone Star United States FC Tucson
76 Seattle Sounders FC United States Hal Uderitz MF Seattle WAC Crossfire Premier Crossfire Redmond United States Tacoma Defiance
77 Nashville SC PASS N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
78 Sporting Kansas City PASS N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
79 Colorado Rapids PASS N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
80 New England Revolution PASS N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
81 Real Salt Lake Germany Jasper Löffelsend DF Pittsburgh ACC TV Herkenrath 09 N/A United States Real Salt Lake
82 Philadelphia Union PASS N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
83 Portland Timbers Norway Sivert Haugli DF Virginia Tech ACC Bærum Des Moines Menace United States Portland Timbers 2
84 New York City FC Morocco El Mahdi Youssoufi FW St. Francis Brooklyn NEC FUS Rabat Toledo Villa United States New York City FC II

Compensatory picks

P MLS team Player Pos. College Conference Academy team Other team Signed
85 Chicago Fire FC [Trade 1] France Yanis Leerman DF UCF American Troyes N/A United States Loudoun United
86 Vancouver Whitecaps FC [Trade 2] Brazil Vitor Dias MF Marshall C-USA São Paulo N/A United States St. Louis City SC 2
87 FC Dallas [Trade 3] United States Holland Rula DF Wake Forest ACC FC Dallas N/A
88 Atlanta United FC [Trade 4] England Tola Showunmi FW New Hampshire America East Cheshunt N/A United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds
89 San Jose Earthquakes [Trade 5] PASS N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Notable undrafted players

Homegrown players

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Original MLS team Player Position College Conference Notes Ref.
Atlanta United FC United States Justin Garces GK UCLA Pac-12 [24]
Columbus Crew United States Jake Morris DF Campbell Big South
Columbus Crew United States Sean Zawadzki MF Georgetown Big East
New York Red Bulls United States Zach Ryan MF Stanford Pac-12 [25]
Seattle Sounders FC United States Dylan Teves MF Washington Pac-12

Eligible players who signed outside of MLS in 2021

This is a list of eligible players who signed in leagues outside of MLS prior to the SuperDraft, but were still draft eligible.

Player Nat. Position College Conference Team League Notes Ref.
Haji Abdikadir Somalia MF Louisville ACC San Diego Loyal USL Championship Traded to Colorado Springs Switchbacks [26]
Giovanni Aguilar United States MF CSUN Big West Sacramento Republic USL Championship Drafted by Vancouver Whitecaps FC and subsequently transferred to Whitecaps FC 2 [27][28]
Frank Daroma Sierra Leone MF Cal Sate Bernardino CCAA Las Vegas Lights USL Championship Undrafted [29]
Michael Knapp United States MF Montclair NJAC New York Red Bulls II USL Championship Drafted by Austin FC [30]
Roberto Molina El Salvador MF UC Irvine Big West Las Vegas Lights USL Championship Drafted by Colorado Rapids [31]

Summary

Selections by college athletic conference

Conference Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Comp. Total
NCAA Division I conferences
ACC 6 6 6 1 19
America East 0 1 0 1 2
American 0 0 2 1 3
ASUN 1 0 0 0 1
A-10 4 1 2 0 7
Big East 2 2 1 0 5
Big Ten 3 1 2 0 6
Big West 1 2 0 0 3
CAA 0 0 1 0 1
Conference USA 0 1 0 1 2
Ivy 0 2 0 0 2
Mid-American 1 3 1 0 5
NEC 0 0 1 0 1
Pac-12 5 5 0 0 10
Patriot 1 1 0 0 2
SoCon 0 0 1 0 1
WAC 3 1 2 0 6
WCC 1 1 1 0 3
NCAA Division III conference
NJAC 0 0 1 0 1
Passes
Pass 0 1 8 1 10

Schools with multiple draft selections

Selections Schools
6 Clemson, Saint Louis
5 Washington
3 Note Dame, St. John's
2 Akron, Duke, Grand Canyon, Marshall, Maryland, NIU, Oregon State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, UCF, UCLA, Wake Forest

2022 SuperDraft trades

Round 1
  1. No. 3: Toronto → Dallas. January 10, 2022: Dallas acquired Toronto FC's first-round selection and Dom Dwyer in exchange for $50,000 in general allocation money and buying out Dwyer's contract.[6]
  2. No. 7: Chicago → NY Red Bulls. January 11, 2022: The Red Bulls acquired Chicago's 2022 first-round selection in exchange for $100,000 in general allocation money.[7]
  3. No. 10: Los Angeles FC → Colorado → Nashville. July 27, 2021: Colorado acquired a 2022 first-round selection and midfielder Mark-Anthony Kaye from Los Angeles FC in exchange for $1 million in 2021 general allocation money and a 2022 international roster slot. On January 11, 2022, Colorado traded the pick to Nashville SC in exchange for general allocation money.[8]
  4. No. 7: Montréal → NY Red Bulls → Chicago. January 11, 2022: The New York Red Bulls acquired Montréal's 2022 first-round selection in exchange for $100,000 in general allocation money and the Red Bulls traded to Chicago Fire for the same GAM.[7]
  5. No. 13: D.C. → San Jose. January 11, 2022: San Jose acquired D.C.'s 2022 first-round selection in exchange for $100,000 in general allocation money.[7]
  6. No. 14: LA Galaxy → Cincinnati. April 8, 2021: Cincinnati acquired a 2022 first-round selection and $250,000 in 2021 general allocation money from the LA Galaxy in exchange for the discovery rights to winger Kévin Cabral.[9]
  7. No. 15: NY Red Bulls → Montréal. January 11, 2022: Montréal acquired the New York Red Bulls' 2022 first-round selection as part of their earlier first-round trade.[7]
  8. No. 20: Seattle → NY Red Bulls. January 11, 2022: The New York Red Bulls acquired Seattle's 2022 first-round selection in exchange for general allocation money.[7]
  9. No. 21: Nashville → LA Galaxy. December 12, 2021: LA Galaxy acquired Nashville's first-round selection in exchange for Ethan Zubak.[10]
  10. No. 25: Salt Lake → Columbus. January 11, 2022: Columbus acquired Real Salt Lake's first-round selection in exchange for $50,000 in general allocation money.[7]
  11. No. 26: Philadelphia → Nashville → Colorado. January 19, 2021: Nashville acquired a 2022 first-round selection and 2021 second- and third-round selections from Philadelphia in exchange for up to $225,000 of general allocation money. On January 11, 2022, the pick was traded to Colorado for general allocation money.[11]
  12. No. 28: NY City FC → Dallas. January 11, 2022: New York City FC traded the pick to FC Dallas in exchange for $50,000 in general allocation money.[11]
Round 2
  1. No. 34: Dallas → NY City FC. January 11, 2022: NYC FC traded $50,000 in general allocation money to Dallas in exchange for a second-round selection.[7]
  2. No. 38: Los Angeles FC → Nashville. February 26, 2020: Nashville acquired a 2022 second-round selection, $350,000 in combined 2020 and 2021 general allocation money, and the No. 24 spot in the MLS Allocation Order from Los Angeles FC in exchange for the No. 1 spot in the Allocation Order. The traded pick was LAFC's natural selection.[12]
  3. No. 45: Minnesota → Colorado. September 19, 2020: Colorado acquired a 2022 second-round selection and $150,000 in 2020 general allocation money from Minnesota in exchange for forward Kei Kamara.[13]
  4. No. 49: Nashville → Vancouver. November 26, 2019: Vancouver acquired a 2022 second-round selection and the No. 25 selection in Stage One of the 2019 MLS Re-Entry Draft from Nashville SC in exchange for the No. 2 selection in the same stage of that Re-Entry Draft. Nashville used the No. 2 pick to select defender Eric Miller. The traded pick was Nashville's natural selection.[14]
  5. No. 54: Philadelphia → Miami. December 23, 2021: Inter Miami acquired a 2022 second-round selection from Philadelphia in exchange for forward Julián Carranza on loan with a purchase option.[15]
Round 3
  1. No. 60: Houston → LA Galaxy. December 12, 2021: LA Galaxy acquired a 2022 third-round selection from Houston in exchange for defender Daniel Steres.[16]
  2. No. 66: Los Angeles FC → Dallas. March 9, 2021: Dallas acquired a 2022 third-round selection and additional incentives, if certain performance thresholds are met, from the Los Angeles FC in exchange for forward Cal Jennings and his college protected list rights.[17]
  3. No. 73: Minnesota → NY Red Bulls. April 30, 2021: The Red Bulls acquired a 2022 third-round selection from Minnesota in exchange for the homegrown player rights to midfielder Aziel Jackson.[18]
Compensatory picks
  1. No. 85: Charlotte → Chicago. December 18, 2020: Charlotte and Chicago swapped fourth-round selections in exchange for Charlotte's acquisition of midfielder Brandt Bronico.[19] The pick acquired from Chicago was not exercised.
  2. No. 86: Miami → Vancouver. September 5, 2019: Vancouver acquired a conditional 2022 selection from Inter Miami in exchange for midfielder David Norman Jr.[20]
  3. No. 87: Minnesota → Dallas. December 13, 2020: FC Dallas acquired a 2022 fourth-round selection and up to $50,000 of general allocation money from Minnesota in exchange for the MLS rights to defender Callum Montgomery.[21]
  4. No. 88: Colorado → Atlanta. March 4, 2020: Atlanta acquired a 2022 fourth-round selection from Colorado in exchange for the homegrown player rights to midfielder Will Vint.[22]
  5. No. 89: New England → San Jose. December 13, 2020: San Jose acquired a 2022 fourth-round selection from New England in exchange for the player rights to Jon Bell.[23]

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