The 2019 MLS SuperDraft was the twentieth SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. The SuperDraft is typically held in conjunction with the annual January United Soccer Coaches convention, which in 2019 was held in Chicago, Illinois. The first two rounds of the 2019 SuperDraft were held on January 11, 2019. Rounds three and four were held via conference call on January 14, 2019.
Format The SuperDraft format has remained constant throughout its history and closely resembles that of the NFL draft:
Any expansion teams receive the first picks. In May 2018, MLS named FC Cincinnati as an expansion team to begin play in 2019. Non-playoff clubs receive the next picks in reverse order of prior season finish. Teams that made the MLS Cup Playoffs are then ordered by which round of the playoffs they are eliminated. The winners of the MLS Cup are given the last selection, and the losers the penultimate selection.
Player selection
+Key* Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team^ Member of 2019 Generation Adidas class† Player who was named to an MLS Best XI and Generation Adidas
+ Positions keyGK GoalkeeperDF DefenderMF MidfielderFW Forward
Round 1 MLS team Player College ConferenceClub teamSigned 1 FC Cincinnati Frankie Amaya^ MFUCLAPac-12 FC Cincinnati 2 San Jose Earthquakes Siad Haji^ MFVCUAtlantic 10Portland Timbers U23s San Jose Earthquakes 3 Orlando City SC Santiago Patiño FWFIUC-USASeattle Sounders FC U-23 Orlando City SC 4 FC Dallas Callum Montgomery DF Charlotte C-USAVictoria Highlanders FC Dallas 5 Colorado Rapids Andre Shinyashiki FWDenverSummitColorado Rapids U-23 Colorado Rapids 6 Toronto FC Griffin Dorsey^ FWIndianaBig TenColorado Rapids U-23 Toronto FC 7 Minnesota United FC Dayne St. Clair^ GK Maryland Big TenNew York Red Bulls U-23 Minnesota United FC 8 Houston Dynamo Sam Junqua DFCaliforniaPac-12San Francisco Glens Houston Dynamo 9 New England Revolution Tajon Buchanan† FWSyracuseACC New England Revolution 10 FC Dallas John Nelson^ DFNorth CarolinaACCTobacco Road FC FC Dallas 11 New England Revolution DeJuan Jones MFMichigan StateBig TenLansing United New England Revolution 12 New York City FC Luis Barraza GKMarquetteBig EastChicago FC United New York City FC 13 FC Cincinnati Logan Gdula DFWake ForestACCCarolina Dynamo FC Cincinnati 14 D.C. United Akeem O'Connor-Ward DFCreightonBig EastChicago FC United D.C. United 15 Minnesota United FC Chase Gasper DFMarylandBig TenFC Golden State Force Minnesota United FC 16 New York Red Bulls Roy Boateng DFUC DavisBig WestSan Francisco Glens New York Red Bulls II (II Division) 17 Real Salt Lake Sam Brown MFHarvardIvyPortland Timbers U23s Real Monarchs (II Division) 18 Columbus Crew SC J. J. Williams^ FWKentuckyC-USADayton Dutch Lions Columbus Crew SC 19 LA Galaxy Emil Cuello MFSMUAmericanOcean City Nor'easters LA Galaxy 20 Seattle Sounders FC Tucker Bone MFAir ForceWACColorado Pride Switchbacks U23 Colorado Springs Switchbacks (II Division) 21 Sporting Kansas City Kamar Marriott DFFlorida Gulf CoastAtlantic SunSeattle Sounders FC U-23 22 New York Red Bulls János Löbe FWFordhamAtlantic 10New York Red Bulls U-23 New York Red Bulls II (II Division) 23 Portland Timbers Ryan Sierakowski FWMichigan StateBig TenChicago FC United Portland Timbers 2 (II Division) 24 Atlanta United FC Anderson Asiedu MFUCLAPac-12FC Golden State Force Atlanta United FC
Round 2 MLS team Player College ConferenceClub teamSigned 25New York Red Bulls Sean NealisDFHofstraCAAWestchester Flames New York Red Bulls 26San Jose Earthquakes Sergio RivasMFSeattleWACAlbuquerque Sol Reno 1868 (II Division) 27Orlando City SC Kamal MillerDFSyracuseACCReading United Orlando City SC 28Colorado Rapids Marcello BorgesDFMichiganBig TenMichigan Bucks Detroit City FC (IV Division) 29FC Cincinnati Tommy McCabeMFNotre DameACCBaltimore Bohemians FC Cincinnati 30FC Cincinnati Jimmy HagueGKMichigan StateBig TenMichigan Bucks FC Cincinnati 31Minnesota United FC Hassani DotsonMFOregon StatePac-12Lane United Minnesota United FC 32New York Red Bulls Rece BuckmasterDFIndianaBig TenChicago Fire U-23 New York Red Bulls II (II Division) 33Houston Dynamo Andrew SamuelsDFMarylandBig TenTampa Bay Rowdies U23 RGVFC Toros (II Division) 34Montreal Impact Amar SejdičMFMarylandBig TenDerby City Rovers Montreal Impact 35Vancouver Whitecaps FC Brendan McDonoughDFGeorgetownBig East Vancouver Whitecaps FC 36LA Galaxy Don TchilaoMFOregon StatePac-12Portland Timbers U23s LA Galaxy II (II Division) 37FC Cincinnati Ben LundtGKAkronMACReading United FC Cincinnati 38Orlando City SC Tommy MaddenMFCharlotteC-USA New Mexico United (II Division) 39Toronto FC Adam WilsonMFLouisvilleACCCincinnati Dutch Lions 40Los Angeles FC Peter-Lee VassellMF Harbour View Los Angeles FC 41Real Salt Lake Kyle CoffeeFWWashingtonPac-12Portland Timbers U23s Real Monarchs (II Division) 42Colorado Rapids Jacob Hauser-RamseyDFConnecticutAmericanMyrtle Beach Mutiny Memphis 901 (II Division) 43New York City FC Abdi MohamedDFAkronMAC New York City FC 44Seattle Sounders FC Joel RydstrandMFCreightonBig EastLane United Tacoma Defiance (II Division) 45Sporting Kansas City Camden RileyMFPacificWCCPortland Timbers U23s Swope Park Rangers (II Division) 46San Jose Earthquakes Mamadi CamaraFWSimon FraserGNAC (DII)Calgary Foothills Colorado Springs Switchbacks (II Division) 47Portland Timbers Lennart HeinDFSaint LouisAtlantic 10 Saint Louis Club Atletico Carshalton Athletic 48Atlanta United FC Amir BashtiFWStanfordPac-12Burlingame Dragons San Francisco Glens (IV Division)
Round 3 MLS team Player College ConferenceClub teamSigned 49FC Cincinnati Rashawn DallyMFQuinnipiacMAACMyrtle Beach Mutiny FC Cincinnati 50San Jose Earthquakes Nathan AuneDFSeattleWACSeattle Sounders FC U-23 Reno 1868 (II Division) 51LA Galaxy PASS 52LA Galaxy PASS 53Chicago Fire Ebenezer AckonDFBowling GreenMACLansing United San Antonio FC (II Division) 54Toronto FC Patrick Bunk-AndersenDFClemsonACC Toronto FC II (III Division) 55Chicago Fire Grant StonemanDFLoyola ChicagoMVCChicago FC United Lansing Ignite (III Division) 56Houston Dynamo Brad DunwellMFWake ForestACCMichigan Bucks RGVFC Toros (II Division) 57New England RevolutionPASS 58Montreal ImpactPASS 59Orlando City SC Scott DeVossDFDenverSummitColorado Rapids U23 Hartford Athletic (II Division) 60LA GalaxyPASS 61FC CincinnatiPASS 62D.C. United Geo AlvesMFVermontAmerica EastReal Boston Rams New York Cosmos (IV Division) 63FC Dallas Eduvie IkobaFWDartmouthIvyBlack Rock FC ZTE 64Los Angeles FC Javier PérezMFPittsburghACC Los Angeles FC 65Real Salt LakePASS 66Columbus Crew SC Justin DonawaMFDartmouthIvy Black Rock FC Darlington 67New York City FCPASS 68Seattle Sounders FC Aleks BerkoldsDFSan Diego StatePac-12Seattle Sounders FC U-23 Tacoma Defiance (II Division) 69Sporting Kansas City Franky MartinezDFUMass LowellAmerica EastLehigh Valley United Los Angeles Force (III Division) 70New York Red Bulls Rashid NuhuGKFordhamAtlantic 10New York Red Bulls U-23 New York Red Bulls II (II Division) 71Portland Timbers Francesco MooreDFIndianaBig TenChicago FC United Retired 72D.C. United Shinya KadonoMFCaliforniaPac-12San Francisco Glens Loudoun United (II Division)
Round 4 MLS team Player College ConferenceClub teamSigned 73Los Angeles FC Kevin MendozaMFLibertyAtlantic SunOKC Energy U23 Veracruz 74San Jose EarthquakesPASS 75Minnesota United FC Kevin RodriguezFWNorthern IllinoisMACBrazos Valley Cavalry RGVFC Toros (II Division) 76Colorado Rapids Robbie MertzMFMichiganBig TenBurlingame Dragons Pittsburgh Riverhounds (II Division) 77Chicago Fire Mark ForrestFWLehighPatriotReading United Pittsburgh Riverhounds (II Division) 78New York Red Bulls Sean McSherryMFPrincetonIvy New York Red Bulls II (II Division) 79Atlanta United FCPASS 80Real Salt Lake PASS 81New England RevolutionPASS 82Montreal ImpactPASS 83Vancouver Whitecaps FCPASS 84New York Red Bulls Joey PiatczycMFWest VirginiaMAC Retired 85FC Cincinnati PASS 86LA Galaxy PASS 87FC Dallas Sam EbsteinFWCaliforniaPac-12San Francisco Glens 88FC Dallas Dylan CastanheiraGKColumbiaIvyLong Island Rough Riders Atlanta United 2 (II Division) 89Real Salt LakePASS 90Columbus Crew SC Rafa MentzingenMFValparaisoMVCDetroit City FC Lansing Ignite (III Division) 91Columbus Crew SC PASS 92Montreal Impact PASS 93Sporting Kansas CityPASS 94Minnesota United FC Mitch OsmondDFUTRGVWACThunder Bay Chill Indy Eleven (II Division) 95Portland Timbers David ZalzmanMFMemphisAmericanMemphis City FC Deportivo Táchira 96Orlando City SCPASS
Trades Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Notable undrafted players Homegrown players
Original MLS teamPlayerPositionCollegeConferenceNotesRef.Chicago Fire IndianaBig Ten Colorado Rapids UCLAPac-12 All-Pac-12 Second TeamColorado Rapids Wake ForestACC All-ACC Third TeamColumbus Crew VirginiaACCAll-ACC Rookie TeamD.C. United William & MaryCAAD.C. United MarylandBig TenNew England Revolution IndianaBig Ten New York Red Bulls Wake ForestACCACC Offensive Player of the YearNew York Red Bulls VirginiaACCOrlando City SC PortlandWCC All-WCC First TeamPhiladelphia Union HarvardIvyReal Salt Lake LouisvilleACC All-ACC First TeamReal Salt Lake UCLAPac-12 All-Pac-12 First TeamSeattle Sounders FC IndianaBig Ten Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year
Players who signed outside of MLS
PlayerNat.PositionCollegeConferenceTeamLeagueNotesRef. DF Cal State Fullerton Big West Helsingør Danish 2nd Division DF Limestone Conference Carolinas (DII) Greenville Triumph USL League One DF Young Harris Peach Belt (DII) Lansing Ignite USL League One DF North Carolina Tar Heels ACC North Carolina FC USL ChampionshipFirst team 2018 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans and ACC Defender of the Year DF St. Francis Brooklyn NEC Chattanooga Red Wolves USL League One DF Indiana Big Ten Celtic Scottish Premiership Hermann Trophy winner MF Spring Arbor Crossroads (NAIA) Lansing Ignite USL League One MF Butler Big East Forward Madison USL League OneMFVCUAtlantic 10Richmond KickersUSL League OneMFMilwaukeeHorizonLansing IgniteUSL League One MF Lenoir–Rhyne SAC (DII) Greenville Triumph USL League One FW Rowan NJAC (DIII) Greenville Triumph USL League One FW Akron Mid-American Forge FC Canadian Premier League
Summary Selections by college athletic conference ConferenceRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Total NCAA Division I conferencesACC 3 2 30 8 America East 0 0 20 2American 1 1 01 3Atlantic 10 2 1 10 4 Atlantic Sun 1 0 01 2 Big East 2 2 00 4Big South00000 Big Ten 5 5 11 12Big West10001CAA01001Conference USA 3 1 00 4 Horizon 0 0 00 0 Ivy 1 0 22 5 MAAC 0 0 10 1 Mid-American 0 2 21 5 Missouri Valley 0 0 11 2 Northeast 0 0 00 0 Pac-12 3 4 21 10 Patriot 0 0 01 1 SoCon 0 0 00 0 Summit 1 0 01 1 Sun Belt 0 0 00 0WAC 1 1 11 4West Coast 0 1 00 1NCAA Division II conferencesGNAC 0 1 00 1Non-NCAA conferencesNPL01001Passes Pass0081321
Schools with multiple draft selections SelectionsSchools 4 Maryland 3 California, Indiana, Michigan State 2 Akron, Charlotte, Creighton, Dartmouth, Denver, Fordham, Michigan, Oregon State, Seattle, UCLA, Wake Forest
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