2024 MLS SuperDraft
General information
SportSoccer
Date(s)December 19, 2023
Time1:00 p.m.
Network(s)Twitch
Overview
83 total selections in 3 rounds
LeagueMajor League Soccer
Teams29

The 2024 MLS SuperDraft will be 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 will retain 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
0 Denotes player who signed for a MLS team (Division I)
0 Denotes player who signed for a USL Championship team (Division II)
0 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
Positions key
GK Goalkeeper DF Defender MF Midfielder FW Forward

Round 1

P MLS team Player Pos. College Conference Academy team(s) Other team(s) Signed
1 Toronto FC
2 Colorado Rapids
3 Inter Miami CF
4 LA Galaxy
5 Austin FC
6 Chicago Fire FC
7 D.C. United
8 New York City FC
9 Minnesota United FC
10 CF Montréal
11 Portland Timbers
12 Charlotte FC
13 San Jose Earthquakes
14 New York Red Bulls
15 FC Dallas
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
17 Nashville SC
18 Real Salt Lake
19 Atlanta United FC
20 New England Revolution
21 St. Louis City SC
22 Sporting Kansas City
23 Seattle Sounders FC
24 Philadelphia Union
25 Orlando City SC
26
27
28
29

References

  1. 1 2 "Eligible player pool expanded for MLS SuperDraft presented by adidas". mlssoccer.com. October 31, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  2. ↑ Anderson, Jason (October 31, 2023). "MLS allows clubs to select college sophomores, juniors after SuperDraft rule change". Pro Soccer Wire. USA Today. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ "MLS expands eligibility for 2024 SuperDraft, opening door for younger college players". SoccerWire.com. November 1, 2023. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
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