2015 MLS SuperDraft


The 2015 MLS SuperDraft was the sixteenth SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. The SuperDraft is held each year in conjunction with the annual National Soccer Coaches Association of America convention. The 2015 convention was held January 14–18, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The first two rounds of the SuperDraft took place on January 15, 2015. Rounds three and four took place via conference call on January 20, 2015.

Format

The SuperDraft format has remained constant throughout its history and closely resembles that of the NFL Draft:
  1. Any expansion teams receive the first picks. In 2015, MLS added two expansion teams: New York City FC and Orlando City. As determined by a "Priority Draft" conducted on September 24, 2014, Orlando City had the first overall selection and New York City picked second.
  2. Non-playoff clubs receive the next picks in reverse order of prior season finish.
  3. Teams that make the MLS Cup Playoffs are then ordered by which round of the playoffs they were eliminated.
  4. The winners of the MLS Cup are given the last selection, and the losers the penultimate selection.

    Contraction of Chivas USA

MLS contracted the Chivas USA franchise at the conclusion of the 2014 MLS season. On November 7, 2014, MLS announced that all draft picks held by teams in the 2015 SuperDraft after previous trades with Chivas USA would be honored, while the two picks still held by Chivas USA would be deleted. Had Chivas USA not been contracted these selections would have been:
Also, draft picks retained by Chivas USA for the 2016 MLS SuperDraft were deleted except for the team's second-round pick which was previously traded to Columbus. That 2016 pick will be selection #11 in round two of the 2016 SuperDraft.

Player selection

Round 1

Any player marked with a * is part of the Generation Adidas program.
Pick #MLS teamPlayerPositionCollegeOther
1Orlando City SC Cyle Larin*ForwardConnecticut
2New York City FC Khiry SheltonForwardOregon StateLane United FC
3Montreal Impact Romario Williams*ForwardUCFOrlando City U-23
4San Jose Earthquakes Fatai AlasheMidfielderMichigan StatePortland Timbers U23s
5Portland Timbers Nick BeslerMidfielderNotre Dame
6Toronto FC Alex Bono*GoalkeeperSyracuseReading United
7Chicago Fire Matt PolsterDefenderSIU EdwardsvilleChicago Fire Premier
8Houston Dynamo Zach SteinbergerMidfielderButlerMichigan Bucks
9Toronto FC Clément SimoninDefenderNorth Carolina StateSeattle Sounders FC U-23
10Sporting Kansas City Connor HalliseyMidfielderCalifornia
11Toronto FC Skylar ThomasDefenderSyracuseReading United
12Sporting Kansas City Saad Abdul-SalaamDefenderAkronPortland Timbers U23s
13Vancouver Whitecaps FC Tim ParkerDefenderSt. John'sLong Island Roughriders
14Colorado Rapids Axel SjöbergDefenderMarquetteThunder Bay Chill
15FC Dallas Otis EarleDefenderUC RiversideFC Tucson
16Seattle Sounders FC Cristian Roldan*MidfielderWashingtonWashington Crossfire
17D.C. United Miguel AguilarForwardSan FranciscoPortland Timbers U23s
18New York Red Bulls Leo StolzMidfielderUCLA
19Columbus Crew SC Sergio CampbellDefenderConnecticut
20Sporting Kansas City Amadou DiaDefenderClemsonReal Colorado Foxes
21Los Angeles Galaxy Ignacio MagantoForwardIonaReading United

Round 1 trades

Round 2

Any player marked with a * is part of the Generation Adidas program.
Pick #MLS teamPlayerPositionCollegeOther
22Orlando City SC Conor Donovan*DefenderNorth Carolina State
23New York City FC Connor BrandtMidfielderSan DiegoFC Tucson
24Portland Timbers Andy ThomaDefenderWashingtonWashington Crossfire
25Orlando City SC Akeil BarrettForwardTulsaTulsa Athletics
26Colorado Rapids Joseph GreenspanDefenderNavy
27Real Salt Lake Boyd OkwuonuDefenderNorth CarolinaOrlando City U-23
28Chicago Fire Kingsley BryceMidfielderSaint Louis
29Toronto FC Wesley CharpieDefenderSouth FloridaReading United
30Houston Dynamo Oumar BalloDefenderUMBCReading United
31Philadelphia Union Dzenan CaticForwardDavenportMichigan Bucks
32Portland Timbers Christian VoleskyForwardSIU EdwardsvilleFC Tucson
33Seattle Sounders FC Tyler MillerGoalkeeperNorthwestern
34Portland Timbers Kharlton BelmarForwardVCUPortland Timbers U23s
35Columbus Crew SC Sagi Lev-AriForwardCal State Northridge
36Houston Dynamo Rob LovejoyForwardNorth CarolinaCarolina Dynamo
37Toronto FC Edwin RivasForwardCal State Northridge
38Vancouver Whitecaps FC Kay BanjoForwardUMBC
39New York Red Bulls Stefano BonomoForwardCalifornia
40Seattle Sounders FC Oniel FisherMidfielderNew MexicoNew York Red Bulls U-23
41Philadelphia Union Eric BirdMidfielderVirginia
42D.C. United Dan MetzgerMidfielderMarylandAustin Aztex

Round 2 trades

Round 3

Round 3 trades

Round 4

Round 4 trades

Unresolved 2015 SuperDraft Pick Trades

The trade below was announced without specifying which year or which draft contains the traded pick. The traded pick was not included in the 2013, 2014, or 2015 MLS drafts.

Homegrown players

Original MLS teamPlayerPositionCollegeConferenceNotes
Chicago FirePatrick DoodyDefenderIndianaBig Ten
New York Red BullsSean DavisMidfielderDukeACC
Toronto FCJay ChapmanMidfielderMichigan StateBig Ten
Vancouver Whitecaps FCBen McKendryMidfielderNew MexicoConference USA

Others

Original MLS teamPlayerPositionCollegeConferenceNotes
D.C. UnitedLuke MishuDefenderNotre DameACCMade 11 appearances for D.C. United
D.C. UnitedTravis WorraGoalkeeperNew HampshireAmerica EastMade 14 appearances for D.C. United