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2025 MLS SuperDraft

2025 MLS SuperDraft
Soccer
December 20, 2024
3:00 p.m. EST
MLS Season Pass
90 total selections in 3 rounds
Major League Soccer
30
Manu Duah

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 in a row that the draft was held in December. Despite the draft being held in 2024, the draft retained the 2025 branding.

Historically, the MLS SuperDraft has closely resembled that of the NFL draft:

Any expansion teams receive the first picks. This season, San Diego FC entered MLS.
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.

.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}P	MLS team	Player	Year	Pos.	College	Conference	Academy team(s)	Other team(s)
San Diego FC	Manu Duah	Freshman	MF	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	Santa Barbara SC	—.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}N/a	San Diego FC
San Jose Earthquakes	Max Floriani	Senior	DF	Saint Louis	A-10	—N/a	RKC Third Coast	San Jose Earthquakes
Chicago Fire FC	Dean Boltz	Freshman	FW	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Sockers FC	—N/a	Chicago Fire FC
Colorado Rapids	Alex Harris	Sophomore	FW	Cornell	Ivy	Washington Timbers	United PDX	Colorado Rapids
San Jose Earthquakes	Reid Roberts	Junior	DF	San Francisco	WCC	Real Colorado	Tampa Bay United SC	San Jose Earthquakes
Colorado Rapids	Matthew Senanou	Junior	DF	Xavier	Big East	Sockers FC	Chicago City SCRiver Light FC	Colorado Rapids 2
St. Louis City SC	Emil Jääskeläinen	Senior	FW	Akron	Big East	Blackpool	Kendal TownTexas UnitedFC Motown	St. Louis City 2
Sporting Kansas City	Jansen Miller	Senior	DF	Indiana	Big Ten	St. Louis Scott Gallagher SC	Saint Louis FCSt. Louis Scott Gallagher SCOcean City Nor'easters	Sporting Kansas City
Charlotte FC	Mikah Thomas	Sophomore	DF	UConn	Big East	Jacksonville Armada	—N/a	Charlotte FC
D.C. United	Hakim Karamoko	Sophomore	FW	NC State	ACC	Manhattan SC	Manhattan SC	D.C. United
FC Dallas	Enzo Newman	Sophomore	DF	Oregon State	WCC	Murieta Soccer Academy	—N/a	FC Dallas
Colorado Rapids	Efetobo Aror	Sophomore	MF	Portland	WCC	Barca Residency Academy	Phoenix Rising FC	Portland
CF Montréal	Michael Adedokun	Senior	MF	Ohio State	Big Ten	—N/a	Fort Wayne FC	CF Montréal
Portland Timbers	Ian Smith	Junior	DF	Denver	Summit	Real Colorado	Green Bay Voyageurs	Portland Timbers
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Tate Johnson	Freshman	DF	North Carolina	ACC	Tampa Bay United SC	Tampa Bay RowdiesCrown Legacy FC	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Colorado Rapids	Sydney Wathuta	Sophomore	FW	Vermont	America East	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Vermont Green FC	Colorado Rapids 2
New York City FC	Max Murray	Senior	DF	Vermont	America East	—N/a	Seacoast United PhantomsFC Motown	New York City FC
New England Revolution	Donovan Parisian	Sophomore	GK	San Diego	WCC	AYSO United SC	FC ArizonaArizona Arsenal SC	New England Revolution
Real Salt Lake	Jesús Barea	Senior	FW	Missouri State	Missouri Valley	Cádiz	—N/a	Real Salt Lake
LA Galaxy	Jason Bucknor	Senior	DF	Michigan	Big Ten	Weston FCInter Miami CF	Fort Lauderdale CF	Ventura County FC
Real Salt Lake	Max Kerkvliet	Freshman	GK	UConn	Big East	Albion Hurricanes FC	—N/a	Real Salt Lake
Los Angeles FC	Alec Hughes	Senior	FW	UMass	A-10	FSA FC	Western Mass PioneersHartford City FC	Los Angeles FC 2
Toronto FC	Reid Fisher	Sophomore	DF	San Diego State	WAC	Slammers FC	Vermont Green FC	Toronto FC II
San Diego FC	Ian Pilcher	Senior	DF	Charlotte	American	Charlotte Soccer Academy	Grove Soccer United	San Diego FC
Minnesota United FC	Roman Torres	Junior	MF	Creighton	Big East	FC Dallas	North Texas SCTulsa Athletic	Minnesota United FC 2
Colorado Rapids	Josh Copeland	Sophomore	MF	Detroit Mercy	Horizon	Liverpool FC International Academy Michigan	Union FC Macomb	Colorado Rapids 2
Orlando City SC	Joran Gerbet	Senior	MF	Clemson	ACC	FC Eyrieux EmbroyeRhône Crussol Foot 07ValenceAJ Auxerre	—N/a	Orlando City SC
Seattle Sounders FC	Ryan Baer	Senior	MF	West Virginia	SBC	Carolina RapidsCharlotte Independence	Charlotte IndependenceAsheville City SC	Tacoma Defiance
Real Salt Lake	Lineker Rodrigues dos Santos	Senior	FW	Marshall	SBC	Dynamos SC	AHFC Royals	Real Monarchs
Real Salt Lake	Sergi Solans	Freshman	FW	Oregon State	WCC	GironaPeralada del Girona	Lane United FC	UCLA

P	MLS team	Player	Year	Pos.	College	Conference	Academy team(s)	Other team(s)
San Diego FC	Harrison Bertos	Sophomore	DF	Washington	Big Ten	Seacoast United	Seacoast United Phantoms	Washington
San Jose Earthquakes	Nick Fernandez	Junior	MF	Portland	WCC	Barca Residency Academy	Chicago City SCRiver Light FC	San Jose Earthquakes
Chicago Fire FC	Travis Smith Jr.	Sophomore	DF	Wake Forest	ACC	FC CincinnatiLouisville City FC	Louisville City FC	Wake Forest
Sporting Kansas City	Anthony Samways	Senior	DF	Ohio State	Big Ten	Columbus Crew	Kings Hammer FC	Sporting Kansas City II
New England Revolution	Eric Howard	Sophomore	DF	Georgetown	Big East	Crossfire Premier	Crossfire Redmond	Georgetown
Nashville SC	Alioune Ka	Senior	FW	Cornell	Ivy	Solar SC	Texas United	Huntsville City FC
St. Louis City SC	Joey Zalinsky	Senior	DF	Rutgers	Big Ten	New York Red Bulls	New York Red Bulls IIJackson Lions FC	St. Louis City SC
Colorado Rapids	Charlie Harper	Junior	DF	North Carolina	ACC	Tokyo Musashino United	Asheville City SC	Colorado Rapids 2
Toronto FC	Michael Sullivan	Senior	MF	Pittsburgh	ACC	Century UnitedArsenal FC of PA	Steel City FC	Toronto FC II
D.C. United	Daniel Ittycheria	Junior	FW	Princeton	Ivy	PDA	FC Motown	Princeton
FC Dallas	Sam Sarver	Senior	FW	Indiana	Big Ten	Columbus Crew	FC MotownAkron City FC	North Texas SC
Austin FC	Riley Thomas	Senior	DF	North Carolina	ACC	Southern Soccer Academy	—N/a	Austin FC II
Minnesota United FC	Kieran Chandler	Sophomore	DF	UConn	Big East	Oakwood SC	Long Island Rough RidersHartford City FC	Minnesota United FC 2
CF Montréal	Arik Duncan	Senior	FW	California	ACC	SSA ChelseaConcorde Fire	Project 51O
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Nikola Djordjevic	Junior	DF	SMU	ACC	Capital City SC	—N/a	Whitecaps FC 2
Orlando City SC	Titus Sandy Jr	Senior	DF	Clemson	ACC	Charlotte Soccer Academy	Charlottetowne Hops FC	Orlando City B
Charlotte FC	Andrew Johnson	Junior	DF	Cornell	Ivy	FC DELCO	Reading United AC	Cornell
Houston Dynamo FC	Bo Cummins	Senior	DF	Wake Forest	ACC	Minnesota United FCNew York Red Bulls	New York Red Bulls IIOcean City Nor'eastersCharlotte EaglesAlbion SC Colorado
Real Salt Lake	Nick Dang	Junior	DF	Virginia	ACC	Nashville United Soccer Academy	Tennessee SC	Virginia
CF Montréal	Caden Grabfelder	Sophomore	FW	Penn State	Big Ten	FC DELCOPhiladelphia Union	Lehigh Valley United	Penn State
Columbus Crew	Cesar Ruvalcaba	Senior	DF	SMU	ACC	Downey FC UnitedStrikers FC	Thunder Bay ChillRedlands FC	Columbus Crew
Inter Miami CF	Bailey Sparks	Senior	MF	SMU	ACC	Solar SCSporting Kansas City	Sporting Kansas City IITexas United	Inter Miami CF II
Atlanta United FC	Ronan Wynne	Senior	DF	Denver	Summit	Wellington Phoenix FC	Albion FC Colorado	Atlanta United 2
New York City FC	Collin McCamy	Senior	MF	Northwestern	Big Ten	Triangle United SAWake FCNorth Carolina FC	North Carolina FCRKC Third Coast	New York City FC II
Minnesota United FC	Logan Dorsey	Senior	FW	Kentucky	SBC	Colorado Rapids	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Minnesota United FC 2
San Diego FC	Samy Kanaan	Junior	FW	San Diego	WCC	San Diego SC	Ventura County Fusion	San Diego
Orlando City SC	Collins Oduro	Sophomore	FW	Indiana	Big Ten	Right to Dream Academy	—N/a	Indiana
Seattle Sounders FC	Demian Alvarez	Senior	DF	Seattle	WAC	Pacific Northwest SC	Ballard FC	Tacoma Defiance
Real Salt Lake	Trace Alphin	Senior	GK	Wake Forest	ACC	North Carolina FC	North Carolina FC U23	Real Monarchs
LA Galaxy	Jacob Woznicki	Senior	FW	Hofstra	CAA	Ajax Premier	Long Island Rough Riders

P	MLS team	Player	Year	Pos.	College	Conference	Academy team(s)	Other team(s)
San Diego FC	Donovan Sessoms	Sophomore	FW	Sacramento State	Big West	Sacramento Republic FC	—N/a	Sacramento State
Colorado Rapids	Donavan Phillip	Sophomore	FW	NC State	ACC	—N/a	Kalamazoo FC	NC State
Chicago Fire FC	Geni Kanyane	Senior	DF	Dayton	A-10	Bidvest Wits	Des Moines Menace	Chicago Fire FC II
Sporting Kansas City	Leon Koehl	Sophomore	MF	Maryland	Big Ten	Bayer Leverkusen	—N/a	Maryland
New England Revolution	C. J. Williams	Junior	DF	Boston College	ACC	Met OvalNew York City FCNew York Red Bulls	—N/a	Boston College
Nashville SC	Ethan Ballek	Junior	MF	South Carolina	SBC	Real Colorado	Albion SC Colorado	South Carolina
St. Louis City SC	Colin Welsh	Senior	GK	Western Michigan	Missouri Valley	Sporting Blue Valley Academy	Kaw Valley FC	St. Louis City 2
Colorado Rapids	Shawn Smart	Junior	DF	Clemson	ACC	SIMA Gold	Las Vegas Lights FC	Las Vegas Lights FC
Toronto FC	Joseph Melto Quiah	Senior	FW	Dayton	A-10	Paynesville FC	LISCR FC	Toronto FC II
D.C. United	Jonah Biggar	Sophomore	DF	South Carolina	SBC	Greenville Triumph SC	Greenville Triumph SC	South Carolina
FC Dallas	Mohamed Cisset	Sophomore	DF	Penn State	Big Ten	Montverde Academy	—N/a	North Texas SC
Austin FC	Patrick Gryczewski	Senior	FW	Rhode Island	A-10	Ajax Connecticut	Western Mass Pioneers	Austin FC II
CF Montréal	Arthur Duquenne	Sophomore	DF	Clemson	ACC	Amiens	—N/a	Clemson
Portland Timbers	Lukas Burns	Senior	GK	Providence	Big East	Philadelphia Union	—N/a	Portland Timbers 2
Colorado Rapids	Matthew Van Horn	Sophomore	MF	Georgetown	Big East	Shattuck-Saint Mary's	—N/a	Georgetown
Seattle Sounders FC	Trace Terry	Junior	FW	Bowling Green	Missouri Valleey	Columbus Crew	Toledo Villa FC	Bowling Green
Charlotte FC	Barzee Blama	Sophomore	FW	Mercer	SoCon	—N/a	Flint City Bucks	Crown Legacy FC
New York City FC	A. J. Smith	Sophomore	FW	Virginia	ACC	Fremad Amager	Fremad Amager	Virginia
Real Salt Lake	Liam O'Gara	Sophomore	MF	Wake Forest	ACC	North Carolina Fusion	—N/a	Real Monarchs
FC Cincinnati	Ben Augee	Junior	MF	Gonzaga	WCC	Portland Timbers	United PDX	FC Cincinnati 2
Columbus Crew	Drew Kerr	Junior	FW	Duke	ACC	North Carolina FC	North Carolina FCNorth Carolina FC U23	Duke
Inter Miami CF	Michael Appiah	Senior	FW	FIU	American	—N/a	Miami AC
Atlanta United FC	William Kulvik	Senior	DF	Maryland	Big Ten	Stabæk	Stabæk
New York City FC	Arnau Farnós	Junior	FW	Oregon State	WCC	FC BarcelonaRC Celta de VigoGirona FC	Lane United FC	Oregon State
Minnesota United FC	Nick Collins	Sophomore	DF	Rutgers	Big Ten	Players Development Academy	FC Motown	Rutgers
D.C. United	Grant Bailey	Sophomore	DF	Loyola Chicago	A-10	Indy Eleven	—N/a	Loyola Chicago
Orlando City SC	Takahiro Fujita	Sophomore	DF	Marshall	SBC	Cerezo Osaka	—N/a	Marshall
New York City FC	Nico Cavallo	Senior	DF	UCLA	Big Ten	Richmond Strikers	Long Island Rough RidersAsheville City SC	New York City FC
Real Salt Lake	Aleksandar Vuković	Senior	DF	Marshall	SBC	—N/a	Capo FC	Duke
LA Galaxy	Nicklaus Sullivan	Senior	FW	CSUSB	CCAA	—N/a	AMSG FCLos Angeles FC 2	Ventura County FC

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
Atlanta United FC	Will Reilly	MF	Stanford	ACC
New York City FC	Prince Amponsah	DF	Wake Forest	ACC
Chicago Fire FC	Dylan Borso	MF	Wake Forest	ACC

Conference	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
A-10	2	0	4	6
ACC	3	12	7	22
America East	2	0	0	2
American	1	0	1	2
Big East	5	2	2	9
Big Ten	4	7	5	16
Big West	1	0	1	2
CAA	0	1	0	1
Horizon	1	0	0	1
Ivy	1	3	0	4
Missouri Valley	1	0	1	2
SoCon	0	0	1	1
Summit	1	1	0	2
SBC	2	1	4	7
WAC	1	1	0	2
WCC	5	2	2	9
CCAA	0	0	1	1

Selections	Schools
4	Clemson, Wake Forest
3	Cornell, Indiana, Marshall, North Carolina, Oregon State, SMU, UConn
2	Dayton, Denver, Georgetown, Maryland, NC State, Ohio State, Penn State, Portland, Rutgers, San Diego, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia

Round 1:

Round 2:

Round 3:

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