| 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft | |
| Sport: | Soccer |
| Date: | January 20, 2022 |
| Time: | 8:00 PM ET |
| Network: | OneSoccer, CBC Gem, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, canpl.ca |
| League: | Canadian Premier League |
| Teams: | 8 |
| First: | José Cunha, Atlético Ottawa |
| Overall: | 16 |
| Rounds: | 2 |
| Prev: | 2021 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft was the fourth annual CPL–U Sports Draft. Eight Canadian Premier League (CPL) teams selected 16 eligible U Sports soccer players in total, when the draft was held on January 20, 2022.[1] [2]
Players can be selected if they have one to four years of U Sports eligibility remaining and have declared for the draft by December 1, 2021. On January 13, 2022, the league announced the list of 165 players who would be eligible for selection.[3]
Each CPL team made two selections in the draft. The selection order is the reverse of the previous season's standings, including playoffs and final standings.
| Denotes player who has signed a professional contract for the 2022 season | ||
| ^ | Denotes player who has signed a developmental contract for the 2022 season |
| Pick # | CPL team | Player | Position | Nationality | University | Last team/academy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Cunha^ | DF/LM |  G.D. Estoril Praia B | ||||
| 2 | Kairo Coore^ | FW | Cape Breton | ||||
| 3 | MF | Unionville Milliken SC (L1O) | |||||
| 4 | MF | Cape Breton | |||||
| 5 | MF | ||||||
| 6 | DF | Calgary Foothills (USL2) | |||||
| 7 | DF | Celtix du Haut-Richelieu (PLSQ) | |||||
| 8 | MF | FC Lanaudière (PLSQ) |
| Pick # | CPL team | Player | Position | Nationality | University | Last team/academy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | FW | FC Laval (PLSQ) | |||||
| 10 | FW | Montréal |  FC Côte Bleue | ||||
| 11 | Colin Gander^ | DF | Guelph United (L1O) | ||||
| 12 | Jacob Carlos^ | MF | Toronto FC Academy | ||||
| 13 | FW | Sigma FC (L1O) | |||||
| 14 | Markus Kaiser^ | MF | Calgary Foothills (USL2) | ||||
| 15 | MF | Sigma FC (L1O) | |||||
| 16 | DF | Victoria Highlanders |
| Rank | Country | Selections | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 |
| Rank | University | Selections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Breton | 3 |
| Montréal | 3 | |
| 3 | 10 universities | 1 |