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It takes place in January and is used by teams to select players who have graduated from college or otherwise been signed by the league. The SuperDraft was first instituted in 2000, as a combination of the MLS College Draft, in which players having graduated from college were selected, and the MLS Supplemental Draft, in which all other players ...
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 was held on December 19, 2023, marking the second year ...
The 2025 MLS SuperDraft was the 26th edition of the MLS SuperDraft, a sports draft to select amateur, usually collegiate, soccer players that are not affiliated with an MLS club, or college soccer players that had their homegrown player rights relinquished by their parent MLS club. The draft was held on December 20, 2024, marking the third year ...
This is a list of Major League Soccer drafts. Types of Major League Soccer drafts include the MLS SuperDraft , the MLS supplemental draft and the MLS expansion draft . Inaugural draft
The SuperDraft format has remained constant throughout its history and closely resembles that of the NFL Draft: . Any expansion teams receive the first picks. MLS announced that St. Louis City SC [4] would debut in 2023 instead of 2022, and the league's expansion to Sacramento was put on hiatus indefinitely.
No first pick has ever won the Landon Donovan MVP Award, although Alecko Eskandarian is the only first draft pick to win the MLS Cup Most Valuable Player Award. Note that between 1996 and 1999, the MLS draft was known as the MLS College Draft. Official MLS publications include the College Draft as part of MLS's draft history.
The number and rounds and picks in the SuperDraft have fluctuated based on the needs of teams and the expansion of MLS, which grew from 15 teams in 2009 to 30 teams in 2025. [ 6 ] [ 12 ] The SuperDraft was cut from four rounds to two by 2012 due to the reintroduction of the supplemental draft , which replaced the later rounds. [ 13 ]
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.