2025 MLS SuperDraft
{{Short description|College draft for soccer teams}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox sports draft
| name = 2025 MLS SuperDraft
| image =
| caption =
| logo =
| logosize =
| sport = Soccer
| date = December 20, 2024
| time = 3:00 p.m. EST
| location =
| network = MLS Season Pass
| league = Major League Soccer
| teams = 30
| first = Manu Duah
| fewest =
| most =
| overall = 90
| rounds = 3
| prev = 2024
| next = 2026
}}
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.{{cite web |title=MLS Announces Calendar of 2024-25 Offseason Roster Building Events |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/mls-announces-calendar-of-2024-25-offseason-roster-building-events |website=MLSsoccer.com |access-date=November 3, 2024 |date=October 9, 2024}}
Format
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.{{Cite web |date=May 18, 2023 |title=San Diego named 30th MLS club; debut in '25 |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37676377/mls-names-san-diego-30th-team-debut-2025 |access-date=December 1, 2024 |publisher=ESPN |language=en}}
- 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.
Player selection
| class="wikitable"
!colspan="11"|Player key |
| scope="row" style="background:#FBCEB1;"|*
|colspan="11"| Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team |
| scope="row" style="background:#ddffdd;"|^
| colspan="11"| Member of 2025 Generation Adidas class |
| scope="row" style="background:#cedff2;"|†
| colspan="11"| Player who was named to an MLS Best XI and Generation Adidas |
| colspan="11"|Signed key |
|---|
| scope="row" style="background:#FEAAAA;"| 22
|colspan="11"| Denotes player who signed for a MLS team (Division I) |
| scope="row" style="background:#DACB95;"| 1
| colspan="11"| Denotes player who signed for a USL Championship team (Division II) |
| scope="row" style="background:#A6EBF1;"| 30
| colspan="11"| Denotes player who signed for a MLS Next Pro, USL League One or NISA team (Division III) |
| scope="row" style="background:#CBF1A6;"|
| colspan="11"| Denotes player who signed for a team outside the United States soccer league system |
| scope="row" style="background:#FFFACD;"|
| colspan="11"| Denotes player who returned to college team |
| colspan="11"| Positions key |
| style="text-align:center;"|GK
|style="text-align:left;"| Goalkeeper |style="background-color:lightgrey;"| |style="text-align:center;"|DF |style="text-align:left;"| Defender |style="background-color:lightgrey;"| |style="text-align:center;"|MF |style="text-align:left;"| Midfielder |style="background-color:lightgrey;"| |style="text-align:center;"|FW |style="text-align:left;"| Forward |
= First round =
= Second round =
= Third round =
Notable undrafted players
= Homegrown players =
{{further|Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)}}
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.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |
| {{nowrap|Original MLS team}}
!Player !Position !College !Conference !class=unsortable|Notes !class=unsortable|Ref. |
|---|
| align="center"| Atlanta United FC
|align="center"| {{flagicon|USA}} Will Reilly | MF | {{nowrap|Stanford}} | ACC | | {{cite web |title=Atlanta United sign homegrown midfielder Will Reilly |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/atlanta-united-sign-homegrown-midfielder-will-reilly|website=MLSsoccer.com|publisher=Major League Soccer |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=en |date=20 December 2024}} |
| align="center"| Chicago Fire FC
|align="center"| {{flagicon|USA}} Dylan Borso | MF | {{nowrap|Wake Forest}} | ACC | | {{cite web |title=Chicago Fire sign homegrown midfielder Dylan Borso |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/chicago-fire-sign-homegrown-midfielder-dylan-borso|website=MLSsoccer.com|publisher=Major League Soccer |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=en |date=20 December 2024}} |
Summary
=Selections by college athletic conference=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| Conference
!Round 1 !Round 2 !Round 3 !Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan=5| NCAA Division I conferences | ||||
| 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 |
| colspan=5| NCAA Division II conference | ||||
| CCAA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
=Schools with multiple draft selections=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" | |
| Selections
!class="unsortable"|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 |
Trades
Round 1:
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Round 2:
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Round 3:
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References
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{{MLS drafts}}
{{2025 MLS season by team}}
{{2025 in American men's soccer}}
{{2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer season}}