The 2024 MLS SuperDraft was the 25th edition of the

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to select amateur, usually collegiate, soccer players that are not affiliate with an MLS club, or

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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 retained the 2024 branding. 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

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. 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.

Format

Historically, the MLS SuperDraft has closely resembled that of the

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receive the first picks. This season, no new expansion teams will be entering MLS. #Non-playoff clubs receive the next picks in reverse order of prior season finish. #Teams that made the

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are then ordered by which round of the playoffs they are eliminated. #The winners of the

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are given the last selection, and the losers the penultimate selection.

Player selection

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Notes

Notable undrafted players

Homegrown players

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.

Summary

Selections by college athletic conference

Schools with multiple draft selections

Trades

Round 1: Round 2: Round 3:

References

{{2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season Major League Soccer drafts SuperDraft