| 2022 MLS SuperDraft | |
| Sport: | Soccer |
| Date: | January 11, 2022 |
| League: | Major League Soccer |
| Teams: | 28 |
| First: | Ben Bender, Charlotte FC |
| Most: | Vancouver Whitecaps FC (5) |
| Overall: | 79 |
| Rounds: | 3 |
| Prev: | 2021 |
| Next: | 2023 |
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]
The SuperDraft format has remained constant throughout its history and closely resembles that of the NFL Draft:
| 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 | ||||
| width=2% | width=17% | MLS team | width=13% | Player | width=4% | College | width=8% | Conference | Academy team | Other team | width=15% | Signed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 |  Yanis Leerman | DF | UCF | American | Troyes |  Loudoun United | ||||||||
| 86 |  Vitor Dias | MF | Marshall | C-USA | São Paulo | St. Louis City SC 2 | ||||||||
| 87 | Holland Rula | DF | Wake Forest | ACC | FC Dallas | |||||||||
| 88 | Tola Showunmi | FW | New Hampshire | America East | Cheshunt | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | ||||||||
| 89 | PASS |
| Original MLS team | Player | Position | College | Conference | class=unsortable | Notes | class=unsortable | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta United FC | | UCLA | Pac-12 | [6] | ||||
| Columbus Crew | | Campbell | Big South | |||||
| Columbus Crew | | Georgetown | Big East | |||||
| New York Red Bulls | | Stanford | Pac-12 | [7] | ||||
| Seattle Sounders FC | | Washington | Pac-12 |
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | MF | Louisville | ACC | USL Championship | Traded to Colorado Springs Switchbacks | [8] | ||
| MF | CSUN | Big West | USL Championship | Drafted by Vancouver Whitecaps FC and subsequently transferred to Whitecaps FC 2 | [9] [10] | ||
 | MF | Cal Sate Bernardino | CCAA | USL Championship | Undrafted | [11] | ||
| MF | Montclair | NJAC | USL Championship | Drafted by Austin FC | [12] | ||
 | MF | UC Irvine | Big West | USL Championship | Drafted by Colorado Rapids | [13] | ||
| 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 |
| Selections | Schools | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Clemson, Saint Louis | |
| 5 | Washington | |
| 3 | Notre Dame, St. John's | |
| 2 | Akron, Duke, Grand Canyon, Marshall, Maryland, NIU, Oregon State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, UCF, UCLA, Wake Forest |
