2024 MLS SuperDraft

2024 MLS SuperDraft
General information
Sport	Soccer
Date(s)	December 19, 2023
Time	3:00 p.m. EST
Network(s)	MLS Season Pass
Overview
87 total selections in 3 rounds
League	Major League Soccer
Teams	29
First selection	Tyrese Spicer (Toronto FC)
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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]

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.

P	MLS team	Player	Year	Pos.	College	Conference	Academy team(s)	Other team(s)	Signed
1	Toronto FC	Tyrese Spicer	Senior	FW	Lipscomb	ASUN	Central FC	Tennessee SC Des Moines Menace	Toronto FC[4]
2	Colorado Rapids	Wayne Frederick	Sophomore	MF	Duke	ACC	Bethesda SC	—	Colorado Rapids[5]
3	FC Dallas[R1 trade 1]	Logan Farrington	Senior	FW	Oregon State	PAC-12	Milwaukee Bavarians	Ventura County Fusion	FC Dallas[4]
4	Colorado Rapids[R1 trade 2]	Kimani Stewart-Baynes	Freshman	FW	Maryland	Big Ten	Vaughan SC	HFX Wanderers FC	Colorado Rapids[4]
5	Austin FC	Nate Jones	Junior	DF	Washington	PAC-12	Crossfire Premier	Crossfire Redmond Vermont Green	Colorado Rapids[5]
6	Chicago Fire FC	Bryan Dowd	Senior	GK	Notre Dame	ACC	Chicago Fire FC Chicago FC United	Chicago FC United	Chicago Fire FC[7]
7	D.C. United	Jacob Murrell	Sophomore	FW	Georgetown	Big East	Pipeline SC	Annapolis Blues	D.C. United[8]
8	New York City FC	Malachi Jones	Sophomore	FW	Lipscomb	ASUN	—	Tennessee SC	New York City FC[9]
9	Minnesota United FC	Hugo Bacharach	Senior	DF	Indiana	Big Ten	Villarreal	Flint City Bucks	Minnesota United FC[10]
10	CF Montréal	Grayson Doody	Senior	DF	UCLA	PAC-12	Beach FC LA Galaxy	—	CF Montréal[11]
11	Nashville SC[R1 trade 3]	Wyatt Meyer	Junior	DF	California	PAC-12	ACC Mavericks	Project 51O	California[13]
12	New York Red Bulls[R1 trade 4]	Aidan O'Connor	Senior	DF	Virginia	ACC		—	New York Red Bulls[16]
13	San Jose Earthquakes	Jamar Ricketts	Senior	DF	Cal State Northridge	Big West	Cedar Stars	Ventura County Fusion	San Jose Earthquakes[17]
14	Charlotte FC[R1 trade 5]	Tyger Smalls	Junior	FW	Loyola Marymount	WCC	Norwich City Tottenham Hotspur	Haverhill Rovers Saffron Walden Town Felixstowe & Walton United	Charlotte FC[18]
15	Inter Miami CF[R1 trade 6]	Yannick Bright	Senior	MF	New Hampshire	America East	GS Arconatese 1926	NC Fusion	Inter Miami CF[19]
16	Real Salt Lake[R1 trade 7]	Matthew Bell	Sophomore	FW	Marshall	Sun Belt	Real Mona Kingston Football Academy	Valeo FC	Real Salt Lake[21]
17	St. Louis City SC[R1 trade 8]	Hosei Kijima	Senior	MF	Wake Forest	ACC	IMG Academy	Sarasota Paradise	St. Louis City SC[22]
18	Real Salt Lake	Kevin Bonilla	Senior	DF	Portland	WCC	FC Dallas	North Texas SC United PDX	Real Salt Lake[23]
19	Atlanta United FC	Jayden Hibbert	Sophomore	GK	UConn	Big East	Cedar Stars New York Red Bulls	Cedar Stars Rush	Atlanta United 2[24]
20	Minnesota United FC[R1 trade 9]	Marcus Caldeira	Sophomore	FW	West Virginia	Sun Belt	Sigma FC	Forge FC Sigma FC	West Virginia[26]
21	Orlando City SC[R1 trade 10]	Jeorgio Kocevski	Senior	MF	Syracuse	ACC	Rochester New York FC	Syracuse FC Ocean City Nor'easters Long Island Rough Riders	Orlando City SC[28]
22	Sporting Kansas City	Ryan Schewe	Senior	GK	Georgetown	Big East	Atlanta United FC	Apotheos FC Westchester Flames	Sporting Kansas City[29]
23	Seattle Sounders FC	Kalani Kossa-Rienzi	Junior	DF	Washington	PAC-12	—	Crossfire Redmond	Tacoma Defiance[30]
24	Inter Miami CF[R1 trade 11]	Ryan Carmichael	Senior	FW	Hofstra	CAA	Loughgall Portadown	Georgia Revolution Long Island Rough Riders	Inter Miami CF II[32]
25	Orlando City SC	Yutaro Tsukada	Senior	FW	West Virginia	Sun Belt	FC Tokyo	Capital FC Atletico	Orlando City B[33]
26	Houston Dynamo FC	Stephen Annor Gyamfi	Freshman	FW	Virginia	ACC	Montverde Academy	—	Houston Dynamo[4]
27	FC Cincinnati	Brian Schaefer	Senior	DF	South Florida	AAC	Jacksonville Armada	St. Petersburg FC Tampa Bay United	FC Cincinnati 2[34]
28	Los Angeles FC	Jackson Lee	Senior	GK	West Virginia	Sun Belt	Perth Glory	Seacoast United Phantoms	Rhode Island FC[35]
29	Columbus Crew	Jayden Da	Junior	FW	Duquesne	A-10	OBGC Rangers	Toledo Villa	Columbus Crew 2[36]

P	MLS team	Player	Year	Pos.	College	Conference	Academy team(s)	Other team(s)	Signed
30	Toronto FC	Joey Maher	Senior	DF	Indiana	Big Ten	Saint Louis FC	—	Saint Louis[37]
31	Austin FC[R2 trade 1]	Bryant Farkarlun	Senior	MF	UT Rio Grande Valley	WAC	African United FC	Houston FC	Austin FC II[39]
32	Inter Miami CF	Leo Afonso	Senior	FW	Virginia	ACC	Boca United Philadelphia Union		Inter Miami CF II[32]
33	Chicago Fire FC[R2 trade 2]	Olu Oyegunle	Junior	DF	Syracuse	ACC	Sigma FC	Forge FC
34	Colorado Rapids[R2 trade 3]	Palmer Ault	Sophomore	MF	Butler	Big East	Indiana Fire Indy Eleven	Flint City Bucks	Butler[5]
35	Chicago Fire FC	Jason Shokalook	Senior	FW	Akron	Big East	Internationals SC	Flint City Bucks	Chicago Fire FC II[42]
36	D.C. United	Brandon Parrish	Senior	MF	Clemson	ACC			Crown Legacy FC[43]
37	Real Salt Lake[R2 trade 4]	Damien Barker John	Sophomore	FW	Louisville	ACC	Met Oval New York City FC Queensboro FC		Real Monarchs[45]
38	Charlotte FC[R2 trade 5]	Jahlane Forbes	Senior	DF	Wake Forest	ACC	Orlando City SC	SIMA Águilas Orlando City B Manhattan SC	Charlotte FC[18]
39	CF Montréal	Malik Henry	Senior	MF	Akron	Big East	Saltfleet Stoney Creek SC Toronto FC	Flint City Bucks	Akron[47]
40	Portland Timbers	Kyle Linhares	Senior	MF	Georgetown	Big East	PDA	FC Motown	Portland Timbers 2[48]
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	Santa Cruz Breakers	Project 51O	The Town FC
43	Colorado Rapids[R2 trade 6]	Anderson Rosa	Senior	DF	UCF	Sun Belt	Montverde Academy		UCF[5]
44	FC Dallas	Turner Humphrey	Senior	DF	Oregon State	Pac-12	Blues Youth SC	Redlands FC	North Texas SC[49]
45	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Eliot Goldthorp	Junior	DF	Hofstra	CAA	Manchester United Leeds United Bradford City	Des Moines Menace	Whitecaps FC 2[50]
46	LA Galaxy[R2 trade 7]	Ethan Brandt	Senior	GK	Western Michigan	MVC	FRAM	Midwest United
47	Real Salt Lake	Josh Jones	Junior	DF	Louisville	ACC	Philadelphia Ukrainians	Philadelphia Ukrainians Ocean City Nor'easters
48	Atlanta United FC	Javier Armas	Senior	DF	Oregon State	Pac-12	Deportivo de La Coruña	CD Vallesco	Atlanta United 2[52]
49	D.C. United[R2 trade 8]	Aldair Sanchez		DF	North Carolina[Note 1]	ACC	Portland Timbers	Sacramento Republic FC	Sacramento Republic FC[55]
50	Nashville SC[R2 trade 9]	Kevin Carmichael	Junior	DF	California	Pac-12	Real So Cal	Ventura County Fusion	California[13]
51	Sporting Kansas City	Dyson Clapier	Senior	MF	Akron	Big East	Portland Timbers	Portland Timbers 2 Park City Red Wolves Akron City FC	Akron[47]
52	Seattle Sounders FC	Antino Lopez	Senior	DF	Duke	ACC	Shattuck St. Mary's Seattle Sounders FC	Tobacco Road FC FC Tucson	Tacoma Defiance[56]
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	Long Island Rough Riders	Crown Legacy FC[57]
55	Houston Dynamo FC	Ousmane Sylla	Senior	MF	Clemson	ACC	Montverde Academy		Houston Dynamo FC[58]
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[59]

P	MLS team	Player	Year	Pos.	College	Conference	Academy team(s)	Other team(s)	Signed
59	Toronto FC	Patrick McDonald	Junior	MF	Indiana	Big Ten	Indy Eleven	North Carolina Fusion U23	Indiana[60]
60	Colorado Rapids	Gunnar Studenhofft	Senior	FW	Manhattan	MAAC	Orlando City SC	Cedar Stars Manhattan SC	Manhattan[5]
61	Inter Miami CF	Pep Casas	Senior	MF	UNC-Wilmington	CAA			Inter Miami CF II[32]
62	LA Galaxy	Tucker Lepley	Senior	MF	UCLA	PAC-12	Charlotte Soccer Academy Sporting Kansas City	Swope Park Rangers	LA Galaxy[61]
63	Philadelphia Union[R3 trade 1]	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[63]
65	D.C. United	Nathan Crockford	Junior	GK	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Chicago Fire FC	Chicago City SC	D.C. United[64]
66	New York City FC	Taylor Calheira	Senior	FW	UMBC	AmEast		Christos FC	New York City FC II[65]
67	Minnesota United FC	Morris Duggan	Senior	DF	Marshall	Sun Belt	Kirchheimer SC FC Ismaning	VfR Garching Kirchheimer SC Des Moines Menace	Minnesota United FC[66]
68	CF Montréal	Eli Conway	Sophomore	FW	Connecticut	Big East	Cedar Stars Academy 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		The Town FC
72	Chicago Fire FC[R3 trade 2]	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[67]
74	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau	Senior	FW	St. John's	Big East	West Ottawa SC	Manhattan SC	Whitecaps FC 2[50]
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	Minnesota United FC[R3 trade 3]	Babacar Niang	Junior	MF	Wake Forest	ACC
79	St. Louis City SC	Brendan McSorley	Senior	FW	Providence	Big East	PDA	FC Motown	St. Louis City 2[68]
80	Sporting Kansas City	Jonathan Robinson	Senior	DF	Western Michigan	MVC	Chicago Magic PSG Academy Chicago FC United	Flint City Bucks	Sporting Kansas City II[69]
81	Seattle Sounders FC	Buba Fofanah	Junior	FW	Portland	WCC	Santa Barbara Elite	Ventura County Fusion	Portland[70]
82	Philadelphia Union	Francesco Montali	Senior	GK	Boston	Patriot League	Orlando City SC New York Red Bulls		Vermont Green FC[71]
83	Orlando City SC	Riyon Tori	Junior	MF	Charlotte	AAC	Cerezo Osaka	Kwansei Gakuin Manhattan SC	Charlotte[72]
84	Real Salt Lake[R3 trade 4]	Ruben Mesalles	Junior	DF	Duke	ACC	Gimnàstic IMG Academy	St. Petersburg FC
85	Toronto FC[R3 trade 5]	Fletcher Bank	Sophomore	MF	Stanford	PAC-12	CalSouth		Stanford[75]
86	CF Montréal[R3 trade 6]	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

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.

Original MLS team	Player	Position	College	Conference	Notes	Ref.
Atlanta United FC	Garrison Tubbs	DF	Wake Forest	ACC	Shortly after being signed by Atlanta, Tubbs was dealt to D.C. United.	[77]
FC Dallas	Malik Henry-Scott	FW	Tulsa	AAC		[78]
Philadelphia Union	Nick Pariano	MF	Duke	ACC		[79]

Round 1:

Round 2:

Round 3: