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2018 MLS SuperDraft

2018 MLS SuperDraft

Soccer
January 19, 2018
11:00 a.m. ET
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
MLSSoccer.com
81 total selections
João Moutinho

The 2018 MLS SuperDraft was the nineteenth SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. As customary, the SuperDraft was held in conjunction with the annual United Soccer Coaches convention. The 2018 UCS was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between January 17–21, 2018. Rounds one and two of the SuperDraft were held on January 19, 2018. Rounds three and four of the 2018 SuperDraft were held via a conference call on January 21, 2018.

The SuperDraft format has remained constant throughout its history and closely resembles that of the NFL draft:

Any expansion teams receive the first picks. Los Angeles FC will enter the league as an expansion team in 2018.
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.

Any player marked with a * is part of the Generation Adidas program.

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College	PDL or NPSL affiliation
Los Angeles FC	João Moutinho*	Defender	Akron		Los Angeles FC
LA Galaxy	Tomas Hilliard-Arce	Defender	Stanford	Burlingame Dragons FC	LA Galaxy
Los Angeles FC	Tristan Blackmon	Defender	Pacific	Burlingame Dragons FC	Los Angeles FC
FC Dallas	Francis Atuahene*	Forward	Michigan	Michigan Bucks	FC Dallas
Chicago Fire	Jon Bakero	Forward	Wake Forest	Carolina Dynamo	Chicago Fire
Orlando City SC	Chris Mueller	Forward	Wisconsin	Chicago FC United	Orlando City SC
Minnesota United FC	Mason Toye*	Forward	Indiana		Minnesota United FC
New England Revolution	Brandon Bye	Defender	Western Michigan	Minneapolis City SC	New England Revolution
New England Revolution	Mark Segbers	Forward	Wisconsin	Chicago FC United	New England Revolution
Chicago Fire	Mo Adams*	Midfielder	Syracuse	Reading United AC	Chicago Fire
FC Dallas	Ema Twumasi*	Midfielder	Wake Forest	GPS Portland Phoenix	FC Dallas
San Jose Earthquakes	Paul Marie	Midfielder	FIU	Reading United AC	San Jose Earthquakes
Sporting Kansas City	Eric Dick	Goalkeeper	Butler	OKC Energy U23	Sporting Kansas City
Atlanta United FC	Jon Gallagher	Forward	Notre Dame		Atlanta United FC
Minnesota United FC	Wyatt Omsberg	Defender	Dartmouth	Seacoast United Phantoms	Minnesota United FC
New York Red Bulls	Brian White	Forward	Duke	New York Red Bulls U-23	New York Red Bulls II
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Justin Fiddes	Defender	Washington	Southern California Surf	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Sporting Kansas City	Graham Smith	Defender	Denver	Colorado Rapids U-23	Sporting Kansas City
New York City FC	Jeff Caldwell	Goalkeeper	Virginia	Colorado Rapids U-23	New York City FC
Houston Dynamo	Michael Nelson	Goalkeeper	SMU	OKC Energy U23	Houston Dynamo
Columbus Crew SC	Ben Lundgaard	Goalkeeper	Virginia Tech	New York Red Bulls U-23	Columbus Crew SC
Seattle Sounders FC	Alex Roldan	Midfielder	Seattle	OSA FC	Seattle Sounders FC
Minnesota United FC	Carter Manley	Defender	Duke	D.C. United U-23	Minnesota United FC

Any player marked with a * is part of the Generation Adidas program.

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College	PDL or NPSL affiliation
Los Angeles FC	Pol Calvet	Midfielder	Pittsburgh		Retired
Colorado Rapids	Alan Winn	Forward	North Carolina	Tobacco Road FC	Nashville SC
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Lucas Stauffer	Defender	Creighton	Des Moines Menace	New York Red Bulls II
Colorado Rapids	Frantzdy Pierrot	Forward	Coastal Carolina	Reading United AC	Royal Excel Mouscron
Toronto FC	Tim Kübel	Defender	Louisville		Toronto FC II
FC Dallas	Mauro Cichero	Forward	SMU	OKC Energy U23	Charleston Battery
San Jose Earthquakes	Danny Musovski	Forward	UNLV	FC Tucson	San Jose Earthquakes
New York Red Bulls	Niko de Vera	Defender	Akron	Portland Timbers U23	New York Red Bulls II
Columbus Crew SC	Edward Opoku*	Forward	Virginia	AC Connecticut	Columbus Crew SC
Real Salt Lake	Ricky Lopez-Espin	Forward	Creighton	Tampa Bay Rowdies U23	Real Salt Lake
FC Dallas	Chris Lema	Midfielder	Georgetown	New York Red Bulls U-23	New York Red Bulls II
San Jose Earthquakes	Mohamed Thiaw	Forward	Louisville	Portland Timbers U23	San Jose Earthquakes
Atlanta United FC	Oliver Shannon	Midfielder	Clemson		Atlanta United FC
Atlanta United FC	Gordon Wild*	Forward	Maryland		Atlanta United FC
Chicago Fire	Diego Campos	Midfielder	Clemson	SIMA Águilas	Chicago Fire
New York Red Bulls	Tom Barlow	Forward	Wisconsin	Chicago FC United	New York Red Bulls II
LA Galaxy	Drew Skundrich	Midfielder	Stanford	Burlingame Dragons FC	Bethlehem Steel
Minnesota United FC	Xavier Gomez	Forward	Omaha		Chicago FC United
New York City FC	A. J. Paterson	Midfielder	Wright State	SW Florida Adrenaline	Bethlehem Steel
Houston Dynamo	Mac Steeves	Forward	Providence	FC Boston	Houston Dynamo
Columbus Crew SC	Jake Rozhansky	Midfielder	Maryland	D.C. United U-23	Maccabi Netanya
Seattle Sounders FC	Markus Fjørtoft	Defender	Duke	New York Red Bulls U-23	Southern United
Toronto FC	Drew Shepherd	Goalkeeper	Western Michigan	Michigan Bucks	Toronto FC II

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College	PDL or NPSL affiliation
Los Angeles FC	Jordan Jones	Forward	Oregon State	Lane United	RGVFC Toros
LA Galaxy	Nate Shultz	Defender	Akron	Portland Timbers U23s	LA Galaxy II
Chicago Fire	Elliot Collier	Forward	Loyola Chicago	Michigan Bucks	Chicago Fire
Colorado Rapids	Thomas Olsen	Goalkeeper	San Diego	FC Tucson	Las Vegas Lights
Real Salt Lake	PASS
New York City FC	Alex Bumpus	Defender	Kentucky		Unsigned
Montreal Impact	Ken Krolicki	Midfielder	Michigan State	K-W United FC	Montreal Impact
Philadelphia Union	Mike Catalano	Midfielder	Wisconsin	Reading United \| Chicago FC United	Bethlehem Steel
Philadelphia Union	Aidan Apodaca	Forward	California Baptist	Southern California Seahorses	Bethlehem Steel
Real Salt Lake	PASS
FC Dallas	Amir Šašivarević	Defender	Grand Canyon	Lane United	Ogden City SC
San Jose Earthquakes	Kevin Partida	Midfielder	UNLV	FC Tucson	Reno 1868
Houston Dynamo	Pablo Aguilar	Midfielder	Virginia	Reading United AC	RGVFC Toros
Montreal Impact	PASS
Portland Timbers	Caleb Duvernay	Defender	NC State	North Carolina FC U23	North Carolina FC U23
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Cory Brown	Defender	Xavier	Michigan Bucks	Fresno FC
Portland Timbers	Timmy Mueller	Forward	Oregon State	Portland Timbers U23s	SR Delémont
Portland Timbers	Stuart Holthusen	Forward	Akron		Unsigned
New York City FC	PASS
Houston Dynamo	Sheldon Sullivan	Defender	Virginia	Reading United AC	RGVFC Toros
Columbus Crew SC	Luis Argudo	Midfielder	Wake Forest	Carolina Dynamo	Columbus Crew SC
Seattle Sounders FC	Chris Bared	Defender	Villanova		Unsigned
Toronto FC	Andre Morrison	Defender	Hartford	Long Island Rough Riders	Unsigned

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College	PDL or NPSL affiliation
Atlanta United FC	Paul Christensen	Goalkeeper	Portland	Seattle Sounders FC U-23	Atlanta United 2
D.C. United	Afonso Pinheiro	Forward	Albany	FC Tucson	Batatais
Colorado Rapids	Brian Iloski	Midfielder	UCLA	San Diego Zest FC	Legia Warsaw
Colorado Rapids	Niki Jackson	Forward	Grand Canyon		Colorado Rapids
D.C. United	Rafael Andrade Santos	Midfielder	VCU	SIMA Águilas	SIMA Águilas
Sporting Kansas City	Will Bagrou	Forward	Mercer	Seattle Sounders FC U-23	Birmingham Hammers
Montreal Impact	PASS
Philadelphia Union	Matt Danilack	Midfielder	Dartmouth	GPS Portland Phoenix	Unsigned
New England Revolution	Nicolas Samayoa	Defender	Florida Gulf Coast		New England Revolution
Real Salt Lake	PASS
FC Dallas	Noah Franke	Midfielder	Creighton	Tampa Bay Rowdies U23	Pittsburgh Riverhounds
San Jose Earthquakes	PASS
Sporting Kansas City	Wilfred Williams	Defender	Oakland	Myrtle Beach Mutiny	Detroit City FC
New York Red Bulls	Jared Stroud	Midfielder	Colgate	New York Red Bulls U-23	New York Red Bulls II
Chicago Fire	Josh Morton	Defender	California	Burlingame Dragons FC	Tulsa Roughnecks
New York Red Bulls	Jose Aguinaga	Forward	Rider	New York Red Bulls U-23	New York Red Bulls II
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	PASS
Portland Timbers	Mamadou Guirassy	Forward	NJIT	Jersey Express	USL Dunkerque
New York City FC	PASS
Houston Dynamo	Manny Padilla	Defender	San Francisco	San Francisco City FC	RGVFC Toros
LA Galaxy	PASS
D.C. United	PASS
Toronto FC	Ben White	Defender	Gonzaga	Portland Timbers U23s	Unsigned

On December 23, 2016, Columbus Crew SC acquired a second-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Atlanta United FC in exchange for the MLS rights to defender Greg Garza. Trade terms stated that if Garza started a minimum of 12 MLS regular-season games in 2017 the SuperDraft pick would be converted to General Allocation Money instead of the SuperDraft pick. Garza met this threshold and Columbus received General Allocation Money.
On March 30, 2017, Vancouver Whitecaps FC acquired a conditional first-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft, midfielder Tony Tchani, $225,000 of targeted allocation money, and $75,000 of general allocation money from Columbus Crew SC in exchange for forward Kekuta Manneh. The traded SuperDraft pick was contingent on Columbus signing Manneh to a contract extending beyond the 2017 MLS season and would have been Columbus's natural selection. However, in December 2017 Manneh instead signed with Pachuca of Liga MX. Trade terms also stated that Vancouver would receive additional general allocation money if Manneh is traded by Columbus prior to December 31, 2018, and would have retained a percentage of any future transfer fee if Manneh was transferred outside of MLS.

Original MLS team	Player	Position	College	Conference	Notes
Montreal Impact	Jason Beaulieu	Goalkeeper	New Mexico	Conference USA
Real Salt Lake	Corey Baird	Forward	Stanford	Pac-12
Seattle Sounders FC	Handwalla Bwana	Forward	Washington	Pac-12	2016 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
FC Dallas	Jordan Cano	Defender	SMU	American	2017 AAC Defender of the Year
Real Salt Lake	Aaron Herrera	Defender	New Mexico	Conference USA	2017 C-USA Defender of the Year
Portland Timbers	Foster Langsdorf	Forward	Stanford	Pac-12
Chicago Fire	Grant Lillard	Defender	Indiana	Big Ten	2017 Big Ten Defender of the Year
San Jose Earthquakes	JT Marcinkowski	Goalkeeper	Georgetown	Big East	2017 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament MVP
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	David Norman Jr.	Midfielder	Oregon State	Pac-12
New York Red Bulls	Kevin Politz	Defender	Wake Forest	ACC	2017 ACC Defender of the Year
FC Dallas	Kris Reaves	Defender	Portland	West Coast
FC Dallas	Brandon Servania	Midfielder	Wake Forest	ACC

Player	Position	College	Conference	Team	League
Greg Boehme	Midfielder	VCU	Atlantic 10	Richmond Kickers	United Soccer League
Harry Cooksley	Midfielder	St. John's	Big East	Mallorca	Segunda División B
Nico Corti	Goalkeeper	Stanford	Pac-12	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	United Soccer League
Fabio De Sousa	Forward	Rutgers–Newark	NJAC	Penn FC	United Soccer League
Bryce Marion	Midfielder	Stanford	Pac-12	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	United Soccer League
Nico Matern	Midfielder	Indiana Wesleyan	Crossroads	Indy Eleven	United Soccer League
Koby Osei-Wusu	Midfielder	George Washington	Atlantic 10	Richmond Kickers	United Soccer League

Conference	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
8	8	4	0
0	0	1	1
1	1	0	0
0	0	0	1
0	0	0	2
1	4	2	1
4	3	2	0
1	0	1	0
0	1	0	1
1	0	0	1
0	0	1	0
2	2	2	0
0	0	1	0
2	1	2	2
0	0	0	1
0	0	0	1
1	1	0	0
0	1	0	1
1	1	2	1
1	0	1	3
0	0	1	0

NCAA Division I conferences with no draft picks: Big South, Colonial and Northeast

Selections	Schools
4	Akron, Virginia, Wisconsin
3	Creighton, Duke, Wake Forest
2	Clemson, Dartmouth, Grand Canyon, Louisville, Maryland, Oregon State, SMU, Stanford, UNLV, Western Michigan

2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
2018 NWSL College Draft

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Conference	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
8	8	4	0
0	0	1	1
1	1	0	0
0	0	0	1
0	0	0	2
1	4	2	1
4	3	2	0
1	0	1	0
0	1	0	1
1	0	0	1
0	0	1	0
2	2	2	0
0	0	1	0
2	1	2	2
0	0	0	1
0	0	0	1
1	1	0	0
0	1	0	1
1	1	2	1
1	0	1	3
0	0	1	0

Conference	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
8	8	4	0
0	0	1	1
1	1	0	0
0	0	0	1
0	0	0	2
1	4	2	1
4	3	2	0
1	0	1	0
0	1	0	1
1	0	0	1
0	0	1	0
2	2	2	0
0	0	1	0
2	1	2	2
0	0	0	1
0	0	0	1
1	1	0	0
0	1	0	1
1	1	2	1
1	0	1	3
0	0	1	0

Conference	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
8	8	4	0
0	0	1	1
1	1	0	0
0	0	0	1
0	0	0	2
1	4	2	1
4	3	2	0
1	0	1	0
0	1	0	1
1	0	0	1
0	0	1	0
2	2	2	0
0	0	1	0
2	1	2	2
0	0	0	1
0	0	0	1
1	1	0	0
0	1	0	1
1	1	2	1
1	0	1	3
0	0	1	0