2024 MLS SuperDraft explained

2024 MLS SuperDraft
Sport:	Soccer
Date:	December 19, 2023
Time:	3:00 p.m. EST
Network:	MLS Season Pass
League:	Major League Soccer
Teams:	29
First:	Tyrese Spicer (Toronto FC)
Overall:	87
Rounds:	3
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The 2024 MLS SuperDraft was the 25th edition of the MLS SuperDraft, a sports draft to select amateur, usually collegiate, soccer players that are not affiliate with an MLS club, or college soccer players that had their Homegrown player rights relinquished by their parent MLS club. The draft will be held on December 19, 2023, marking the second year in a row that the draft will be held in December. Despite the draft being held in 2023, the draft retained the 2024 branding.^[1]

Ahead of the 2024 draft MLS has expanded the player eligibility criteria for the SuperDraft. For the first time in league history, collegiate sophomores and juniors, alongside seniors and above, and Generation adidas signees in the selection pool will be eligible for the draft, similar to eligibility in the Major League Baseball draft.^[2] Drafted players retaining college eligibility can opt to return to school for further development but will forfeit future draft eligibility. The drafting club retains SuperDraft Priority for approximately two years if a selected player chooses to return to college or remains unsigned.^{[1] [3]}

Format

Historically, the MLS SuperDraft has closely resembled that of the NFL Draft:

1. Any expansion teams receive the first picks. This season, no new expansion teams will be entering MLS.
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 2024 Generation Adidas class
†	Player who was named to an MLS Best XI and Generation Adidas
Signed key
26	Denotes player who signed for a MLS team (Division I)
2	Denotes player who signed for a USL Championship team (Division II)
25	Denotes player who signed for a MLS Next Pro, USL League One or NISA team (Division III)
0	Denotes player who signed for a team outside the United States soccer league system
14	Denotes player who returned to college team
Positions key
GK	Goalkeeper		DF	Defender		MF	Midfielder		FW	Forward

Round 1

width=2%		width=17%	MLS team	width=13%	Player	width=4%	Year	width=4%		College	width=8%	Conference	Academy team(s)	Other team(s)	width=15%	Signed
1	Toronto FC	Tyrese Spicer	Senior	FW	Lipscomb	ASUN	Central FC		^[4]
2	Colorado Rapids	Wayne Frederick	Sophomore	MF	Duke	ACC			^[5]
3		Logan Farrington	Senior	FW		PAC-12	Milwaukee Bavarians		FC Dallas
4			Freshman	FW	Maryland	Big Ten	Vaughan SC	HFX Wanderers FC
5	Austin FC	Nate Jones	Junior	DF	Washington	PAC-12	Crossfire Premier	Crossfire Redmond Vermont Green
6	Chicago Fire FC	Bryan Dowd	Senior	GK	Notre Dame	ACC	Chicago Fire FC	Chicago FC United	Chicago Fire FC^[6]
7	D.C. United	Jacob Murrell	Sophomore	FW	Georgetown	Big East	Pipeline SC	Annapolis Blues	D.C. United^[7]
8	New York City FC	Malachi Jones	Sophomore	FW	Lipscomb	ASUN		Tennessee SC	New York City FC^[8]
9		Hugo Bacharach	Senior	DF	Indiana	Big Ten	Villarreal	Flint City Bucks	Minnesota United FC^[9]
10	CF Montréal	Grayson Doody	Senior	DF	UCLA	PAC-12			CF Montréal^[10]
11	Nashville SC	Wyatt Meyer	Junior	DF	California	PAC-12	ACC Mavericks	Project 51O	California^[11]
12	New York Red Bulls	Aidan O'Connor	Senior	DF	Virginia	ACC
13	San Jose Earthquakes	Jamar Ricketts	Senior	DF		Big West	Cedar Stars	Ventura County Fusion
14	Charlotte FC	Tyger Smalls	Junior	FW	Loyola Marymount	WCC	Norwich City Tottenham Hotspur	Haverhill Rovers Saffron Walden Town	Charlotte FC^[12]
15	Inter Miami CF	Yannick Bright	Senior	MF	New Hampshire	America East	GS Arconatese 1926	NC Fusion	Inter Miami CF^[13]
16	Real Salt Lake	Matthew Bell	Sophomore	FW	Marshall	Sun Belt	Real Mona Kingston Football Academy	Valeo FC	Real Salt Lake^[14]
17	St. Louis City SC	Hosei Kijima	Senior	MF	Wake Forest	ACC	IMG Academy	Sarasota Paradise	^[15]
18	Real Salt Lake	Kevin Bonilla	Senior	DF	Portland	WCC	FC Dallas	North Texas SC United PDX	^[16]
19	Atlanta United FC	Jayden Hibbert	Sophomore	GK	UConn	Big East	Cedar Stars New York Red Bulls	Cedar Stars Rush	Atlanta United 2^[17]
20		Marcus Caldeira	Sophomore	FW	West Virginia	Sun Belt	Sigma FC	Forge FC Sigma FC	West Virginia^[18]
21	Orlando City SC	Jeorgio Kocevski	Senior	MF	Syracuse	ACC		Syracuse FC Ocean City Nor'easters Long Island Rough Riders	Orlando City SC^[19]
22	Sporting Kansas City	Ryan Schewe	Senior	GK	Georgetown	Big East	Atlanta United FC	Apotheos FC Westchester Flames
23	Seattle Sounders FC	Kalani Kossa-Rienzi	Junior	DF	Washington	PAC-12		Crossfire Redmond	^[20]
24	Inter Miami CF	Ryan Carmichael	Senior	FW	Hofstra	CAA	Loughgall Portadown	Georgia Revolution Long Island Rough Riders	Inter Miami CF II^[21]
25	Orlando City SC	Yutaro Tsukada	Senior	FW	West Virginia	Sun Belt	FC Tokyo	Capital FC Atletico	Orlando City B^[22]
26	Houston Dynamo FC	Stephen Annor Gyamfi	Freshman	FW	Virginia	ACC	Montverde Academy
27	FC Cincinnati	Brian Schaefer	Senior	DF	South Florida	AAC	Jacksonville Armada	St. Petersburg FC Tampa Bay United	FC Cincinnati 2^[23]
28	Los Angeles FC	Jackson Lee	Senior	GK	West Virginia	Sun Belt	Perth Glory	Seacoast United Phantoms
29	Columbus Crew	Jayden Da	Junior	FW	Duquesne	A-10	OBGC Rangers	Toledo Villa	Columbus Crew 2^[24]

Round 2

width=2%		width=17%	MLS team	width=13%	Player	width=4%	Year	width=4%		College	width=8%	Conference	Academy team(s)	Other team(s)	width=15%	Signed
30	Toronto FC		Senior	DF	Indiana	Big Ten
31	Austin FC		Senior	MF		WAC		Houston FC
32	Inter Miami CF	Leo Afonso	Senior	FW	Virginia	ACC	Boca United		Inter Miami CF II
33		Olu Oyegunle	Junior	DF	Syracuse	ACC	Sigma FC	Forge FC
34		Palmer Ault	Sophomore	MF	Butler	Big East	Indiana Fire Indy Eleven	Flint City Bucks
35	Chicago Fire FC		Senior	FW	Akron	Big East	Internationals SC	Flint City Bucks	^[25]
36	D.C. United	Brandon Parrish	Senior	MF	Clemson	ACC			^[26]
37	Real Salt Lake		Sophomore	FW	Louisville	ACC	Met Oval New York City FC Queensboro FC		^[27]
38	Charlotte FC	Jahlane Forbes	Senior	DF	Wake Forest	ACC	Orlando City SC	SIMA Águilas Orlando City B Manhattan SC	Charlotte FC
39	CF Montréal	Malik Henry	Senior	MF	Akron	Big East	Saltfleet Stoney Creek SC Toronto FC	Flint City Bucks
40	Portland Timbers	Kyle Linhares	Senior	MF	Georgetown	Big East	PDA	FC Motown	^[28]
41	Charlotte FC	Jacob Babalai	Senior	FW	Portland	WCC	Eastside Timbers Westside Timbers	United PDX
42	San Jose Earthquakes	Beau Leroux	Junior	MF	San Jose State	WAC		Project 51O
43	Colorado Rapids	Anderson Rosa	Senior	DF	UCF	Sun Belt	Montverde Academy
44	FC Dallas	Turner Humphrey	Senior	DF	Oregon State	Pac-12	Blues Youth SC		^[29]
45	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Eliot Goldthorp	Junior	DF	Hofstra	CAA	Leeds United Bradford City	Des Moines Menace	^[30]
46	LA Galaxy	Ethan Brandt	Senior	GK	Western Michigan	MVC	FRAM	Midwest United
47	Real Salt Lake	Josh Jones	Junior	DF	Louisville	ACC		Ocean City Nor'easters
48	Atlanta United FC	Javier Armas	Senior	DF	Oregon State	Pac-12		CD Vallesco
49	D.C. United	Aldair Sanchez		DF	North Carolina	ACC	Portland Timbers		^[31]
50	Nashville SC	Kevin Carmichael	Junior	DF	California	Pac-12	Real So Cal	Ventura County Fusion	California
51	Sporting Kansas City	Dyson Clapier	Senior	MF	Akron	Big East	Portland Timbers	Portland Timbers 2 Park City Red Wolves Akron City FC	Akron^[32]
52	Seattle Sounders FC	Antino Lopez	Senior	DF	Duke	ACC	Shattuck St. Mary's Seattle Sounders FC	Tobacco Road FC FC Tucson	^[33]
53	Philadelphia Union	Stas Korzeniowski	Junior	FW	Penn	Ivy League	PDA	Ballard FC
54	Orlando City SC	Filip Mirkovic	Senior	MF	Pittsburgh	ACC	New York City FC		^[34]
55	Houston Dynamo FC	Ousmane Sylla	Senior	MF	Clemson	ACC	Montverde Academy
56	FC Cincinnati	Kenji Mboma Dem	Senior	FW	Dayton	A10	Paris Saint-Germain Black Rock FC		FC Cincinnati 2
57	Los Angeles FC	Kenny Nielsen	Senior	DF	Georgetown	Big East	Pateadores
58	Columbus Crew	Zach Zengue	Sophomore	MF	Georgetown	Big East	Shattuck St. Mary's	Vermont Green	Georgetown^[35]

Round 3

width=2%		width=17%	MLS team	width=13%	Player	width=4%	Year	width=4%		College	width=8%	Conference	Academy team(s)	Other team(s)	width=15%	Signed
59	Toronto FC	Patrick McDonald	Junior	MF	Indiana	Big Ten	Indy Eleven
60	Colorado Rapids	Gunnar Studenhofft	Senior	FW	Manhattan	MAAC	Orlando City SC	Cedar Stars Manhattan SC
61	Inter Miami CF	Pep Casas	Senior	MF		CAA			Inter Miami CF II
62	LA Galaxy	Tucker Lepley	Senior	MF	UCLA	PAC-12		Swope Park Rangers	LA Galaxy^[36]
63	Philadelphia Union	Zachary Bohane	Sophomore	FW	Stanford	PAC-12	De Anza Force	Project 51O
64	Chicago Fire FC	Laurence Wootton	Senior	MF	Ohio State	Big Ten	Stoke City Cardiff City		Chicago Fire FC^[37]
65	D.C. United	Nathan Crockford	Junior	GK	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Chicago Fire FC	Chicago City SC	^[38]
66	New York City FC	Taylor Calheira	Senior	FW	UMBC	AmEast		Christos FC	^[39]
67	Minnesota United FC	Morris Duggan	Senior	DF	Marshall	Sun Belt	Kirchheimer SC FC Ismaning	VfR Garching Kirchheimer SC Des Moines Menace
68	CF Montréal	Eli Conway	Sophomore	FW	Connecticut	Big East	New York Red Bulls	Cedar Stars Rush
69	Portland Timbers	Gage Guerra	Junior	FW	Louisville	ACC	Houston Dynamo FC
70	Charlotte FC	Nathan Richmond	Sophomore	MF	Clemson	ACC	Atlanta United FC IMG Academy	Sarasota Paradise
71	San Jose Earthquakes	Riley Lynch	Junior	FW	Saint Mary's	WCC	Phoenix Rising FC
72	Chicago Fire FC	Shane de Flores	Junior	MF	Stanford	PAC-12	Ballistic United De Anza Force
73	FC Dallas	Mads Westergren	Junior	DF	SMU	AAC	Lyngby BK HB Køge Brøndby IF	Long Island Rough Riders	North Texas SC^[40]
74	Vancouver Whitecaps FC		Senior	FW	St. John's	Big East	West Ottawa SC	Manhattan SC
75	Nashville SC	Bryce Boneau	Junior	MF	Notre Dame	ACC	Solar FC FC Dallas	Texas United
76	Real Salt Lake	Maximus Jennings	Junior	DF	Georgetown	Big East	Black Rock FC	FC Motown
77	Atlanta United FC	Casper Mols	Sophomore	GK	Kentucky	Sun Belt	SönderjyskE	SC Weiche Flensburg 08 FC Tucson
78		Babacar Niang	Junior	MF	Wake Forest	ACC
79	St. Louis City SC	Brendan McSorley	Senior	FW	Providence	Big East	PDA	FC Motown	^[41]
80	Sporting Kansas City	Jonathan Robinson	Senior	DF		MVC	Chicago Magic PSG Academy Chicago FC United	Flint City Bucks	^[42]
81	Seattle Sounders FC	Buba Fofanah	Junior	FW	Portland	WCC	Santa Barbara Elite	Ventura County Fusion	Portland^[43]
82	Philadelphia Union	Francesco Montali	Senior	GK	Boston	Patriot League	Orlando City SC New York Red Bulls		Vermont Green FC^[44]
83	Orlando City SC	Riyon Tori	Junior	MF	Charlotte	AAC	Cerezo Osaka	Kwansei Gakuin Manhattan SC
84	Real Salt Lake	Ruben Mesalles	Junior	DF	Duke	ACC	Gimnàstic IMG Academy	St. Petersburg FC
85	Toronto FC	Fletcher Bank	Sophomore	MF	Stanford	PAC-12	CalSouth
86	CF Montréal	Carson Hodgson	Sophomore	MF	Western Michigan	MVC		Oakland County
87	Columbus Crew	Luke Pruter	Senior	GK	UC Irvine	Big West	LA Galaxy Barça Academy	LA Galaxy II

Notes

Notable undrafted players

Homegrown players

This is a list of players who were draft eligible, but previously played on the Academy team of an MLS side, and were signed directly to the first team roster prior to the SuperDraft.

	Player	Position	College	Conference	class=unsortable	Notes	class=unsortable	Ref.
Atlanta United FC	Garrison Tubbs	DF			Shortly after being signed by Atlanta, Tubbs was dealt to D.C. United.	^[45]
FC Dallas		FW	Tulsa			^[46]
Philadelphia Union	Nick Pariano	MF	Duke			^[47]

Summary

Selections by college athletic conference

Conference	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
NCAA Division I conferences
	6	9	7	22
	1	0	1	2
	1	0	0	1
	1	1	0	2
	2	0	0	2
	3	7	4	14
	2	1	3	6
	1	0	1	2
	1	1	1	3
	0	1	0	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	1	2	3
	5	3	4	12
	0	0	1	1
	4	1	2	7
	0	2	0	2
	2	1	2	5

Schools with multiple draft selections

Selections	Schools
6	Georgetown
4	Duke
3	Akron, Clemson, Indiana, Louisville, Oregon State, Stanford, Virginia, West Virginia, Western Michigan, Portland
2	California, Hofstra, Lipscomb, Marshall, Notre Dame, Syracuse, UConn, UCLA, Washington

Trades

Round 1:

Round 2:

Round 3:

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eligible player pool expanded for MLS SuperDraft presented by adidas . mlssoccer.com . November 12, 2023 . October 31, 2023.
2. Web site: Anderson . Jason . MLS allows clubs to select college sophomores, juniors after SuperDraft rule change . Pro Soccer Wire . . November 12, 2023 . October 31, 2023.
3. Web site: MLS expands eligibility for 2024 SuperDraft, opening door for younger college players . SoccerWire.com . November 13, 2023 . November 1, 2023.
4. Web site: 2024 Generation adidas class announced . December 19, 2023 . MLSSoccer.com . Major League Soccer . December 20, 2023.
5. Web site: Colorado Rapids sign midfielder Wayne Frederick, forward Kimani Stewart-Baynes and defender Nate Jones . ColoradoRapids.com . . 17 January 2024.
6. Web site: Chicago Fire FC sign MLS SuperDraft pick Bryan Dowd. Major League Soccer. January 15, 2024. January 15, 2024.
7. Web site: DC United sign MLS SuperDraft selection Jacob Murrell. Major League Soccer. January 12, 2024. January 12, 2024.
8. Web site: New York City FC Signs 2024 SuperDraft Pick Malachi Jones . NYCFC.com . . 22 January 2024.
9. Web site: Minnesota United sign defender Hugo Bacharach. Major League Soccer. March 5, 2024. March 5, 2024.
10. Web site: CF Montréal sign defender Grayson Doody. Major League Soccer. March 5, 2024. March 5, 2024.
11. Web site: Evan Davila Signs With Louisville City FC. March 13, 2024. California Golden Bears.
12. Web site: Charlotte FC sign SuperDraft selections Tyger Smalls, Jahlane Forbes. Major League Soccer. February 14, 2024. February 14, 2024.
13. Web site: Inter Miami CF Signs MLS SuperDraft Pick Yannick Bright. March 22, 2024. Inter Miami CF. March 22, 2024.
14. Web site: Real Salt Lake Signs First-Round 2024 Draft Pick Matthew Bell. Major League Soccer. February 19, 2024. February 20, 2024.
15. Web site: St. Louis CITY sign SuperDraft selection Hosei Kijima. Major League Soccer. February 20, 2024. February 20, 2024.
16. Web site: RSL Inks 2024 MLS SuperDraft Pick Kevin Bonilla . RSL.com . . 10 January 2024.
17. Web site: Atlanta United 2 signs Jayden Hibbert . January 12, 2024 . AtlUtd.com . Atlanta United 2 . January 15, 2023.
18. Web site: Marcus Caldeira announces return to WVU Men's Soccer . Blain . Luke . January 9, 2024 . TheDAonline.com . The DA . January 15, 2023.
19. Web site: Orlando City sign midfielder Jeorgio Kocevski. Major League Soccer. February 20, 2024. February 20, 2024.
20. Web site: Tacoma Defiance Signs Kalani Kossa-Rienzi and Antino Lopez . March 7, 2024 . SoundersFC.com . Tacoma Defiance . March 14, 2024.
21. Web site: Inter Miami CF II Season Kicks Off on Sunday, March 17 at Chase Stadium at 3 p.m. ET. March 17, 2024. Inter Miami CF. March 22, 2024.
22. Web site: Orlando City B signs MLS SuperDraft selection Yutaro Tsukada . March 15, 2024 . OrlandoCitySC.com . Orlando City . March 22, 2024.
23. Web site: FC Cincinnati 2 sign defender Brian Schaefer . February 15, 2024 . FCCincinnati.com . FC Cincinnati 2 . March 6, 2024.
24. Web site: Columbus Crew 2 Sign Forward Jayden Da . February 29, 2024 . ColumbusCrew.com . Columbus Crew 2 . March 6, 2024.
25. Web site: Chicago Fire FC II Signs 2024 MLS SuperDraft Pick Jason Shokalook to MLS NEXT Pro Contract . February 23, 2024 . ChicagoFireFC.com . Chicago Fire FC II . March 14, 2024.
26. Web site: Crown Legacy FC Signs Clemson Midfielder Brandon Parrish . March 6, 2024 . CharlotteFootballClub.com . Crown Legacy FC . March 22, 2024.
27. Web site: Monarchs Sign Five Ew Players Season Opener . March 12, 2024 . Real Monarchs . March 14, 2024.
28. Web site: Timbers2 sign five players ahead of 2024 MLS NEXT Pro season . March 14, 2024 . Timbers.com . Portland Timber 2 . March 14, 2024.
29. Web site: North Texas SC Signs FC Dallas' SuperDraft Pick Turner Humphrey . March 12, 2024 . FCDallas.com . North Texas SC . March 12, 2024.
30. Web site: Whitecaps FC sign Sjöberg, Goldthorp, and Fleuriau Chateau to WFC2 .
31. Web site: Republic FC Exercise Contract Options for 2024 Roster. Sacramento Republic FC. November 28, 2023. April 3, 2024.
32. Web site: MLS teams draft Malik Henry, Dyson Clapier; both still with Akron . January 13, 2024 . BeaconJournal.com . . January 15, 2024 . subscription.
33. Web site: Defiance sign Kossa-Rienzi and Lopez . Ostlund-Foss . Tim . March 7, 2024 . Sounders at Heart . March 14, 2024.
34. Web site: Crown Legacy FC Signs Pitt Midfielder Filip Mirkovic . March 13, 2024 . CharlotteFootballClub.com . Crown Leagcy FC . March 22, 2024.
35. Web site: MLS SuperDraft Selection Returning for Second Season . February 7, 2024 . www.theblazingmusket.com . The Blazing Musket . February 28, 2024.
36. Web site: LA Galaxy sign SuperDraft pick Tucker Lepley. Major League Soccer. February 23, 2024. February 23, 2024.
37. Web site: Chicago Fire FC Signs 2024 MLS SuperDraft Pick Laurence Wootton. Chicago Fire FC. April 3, 2024. April 3, 2024.
38. Web site: DC United sign MLS SuperDraft pick Nathan Crockford. Major League Soccer. January 16, 2024. January 16, 2024.
39. Web site: New York City FC II 2024 Roster Announcement . March 21, 2024 . NewYorkCityFC.com . New York City FC II . March 29, 2024.
40. Web site: North Texas SC Signs Defender Mads Westergren . March 27, 2024 . FCDallas.com . North Texas SC . March 29, 2024.
41. Web site: Kijima signs with St. Louis CITY SC and McSorley will join St Louis CITY2. St. Louis City SC. February 20, 2024. February 20, 2024.
42. Web site: Sporting KC II signs defender and SuperDraft pick Jonathan Robinson . Kovzan . Sam . February 27, 2024 . SportingKC.com . Sporting KC II . March 14, 2024.
43. Web site: Buba Fofanah to Return to Portland for Final Year of Eligibility . January 17, 2024 . Portland Pilots . March 6, 2024.
44. Web site: Welcome to Burlington, Francesco!. X. April 17, 2024. April 17, 2024.
45. Web site: Atlanta United signs Garrison Tubbs to Homegrown Deal . Dirty South Soccer . SB Nation . 19 December 2023 . en . 15 December 2023.
46. Web site: FC Dallas Signs Academy Forward Malik Henry-Scott as the Club's League-Leading 37th Homegrown Player . FC Dallas . Major League Soccer . 19 December 2023 . en . 18 December 2023.
47. Web site: Heintzelman . Martin . Nick Pariano signs with Philadelphia Union, will leave Duke for MLS . The Chronicle . Duke Student Publishing Company . 19 December 2023 . 14 December 2023.