2018 MLS SuperDraft

Format

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

Round 1

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

Round 1 trades

Round 2

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

Round 2 trades

Round 3

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

Round 3 trades

Round 4

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

Round 4 trades

Notable undrafted players

Homegrown players

Players who signed outside of MLS

Summary

Selections by college athletic conference

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

  Schools with multiple draft selections