# 2023 MLS SuperDraft

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College draft for soccer teams

2023 MLS SuperDraft General information Sport Soccer Date December 21, 2022 Time 1:00 p.m. Network Twitch Overview 83 total selections in 3 rounds League Major League Soccer Teams 29 First selection Hamady Diop, Charlotte FC ← 2022 2024 →

The **2023 MLS SuperDraft** was the 24th edition of the [SuperDraft](/source/MLS_SuperDraft) conducted by [Major League Soccer](/source/Major_League_Soccer). It was held on December 21, 2022, becoming the first SuperDraft to be held in December, but retained the 2023 branding.[1] The draft was conducted via [conference call](/source/Conference_call) and streamed online. Previously, the SuperDraft had been held in conjunction with the annual January [United Soccer Coaches](/source/United_Soccer_Coaches) convention.[2]

Since 2021, the SuperDraft has consisted of three rounds. Teams that received fourth-round picks for this draft via past trades received compensatory picks instead.[3] The first overall pick is awarded to expansion team [St. Louis City SC](/source/St._Louis_City_SC) and the remaining picks are set by [2022 regular season](/source/2022_Major_League_Soccer_season) and post-season results in reverse order.[1]

## Format

The SuperDraft format has remained constant throughout its history and closely resembles that of the [NFL draft](/source/NFL_draft):

1. Any [expansion teams](/source/Expansion_teams) receive the first picks. MLS announced that [St. Louis City SC](/source/St._Louis_City_SC)[4] would debut in 2023 instead of 2022, and the league's expansion to [Sacramento](/source/Sacramento_Republic_FC) was put on hiatus indefinitely.

1. Non-playoff clubs receive the next picks in reverse order of prior season finish.

1. Teams that made the [MLS Cup Playoffs](/source/MLS_Cup_Playoffs) are then ordered by which round of the playoffs they are eliminated.

1. The winners of the [MLS Cup](/source/MLS_Cup) are given the last selection, and the losers the penultimate selection.

## Player selection

Player key * Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team ^ Member of 2023 Generation Adidas class † Player who was named to an MLS Best XI and Generation Adidas Signed key 28 Denotes player who signed for a MLS team (Division I) 4 Denotes player who signed for a USL Championship team (Division II) 38 Denotes player who signed for a MLS Next Pro, USL League One or NISA team (Division III) 3 Denotes player who signed for a team outside the United States soccer league system 7 Denotes player who returned to college team Positions key GK Goalkeeper DF Defender MF Midfielder FW Forward

### Round 1

P MLS team Player Pos. College Conference Academy team(s) Other team(s) Signed 1 Charlotte FC[R1 trade 1] Hamady Diop DF Clemson ACC SIMA Águilas —N/a Charlotte FC 2 Orlando City SC[R1 trade 2] Shak Mohammed FW Duke ACC Right to Dream Academy Black Rock FC Manhattan SC Orlando City SC 3 Colorado Rapids[R1 trade 3] Moïse Bombito DF New Hampshire America East CS Saint-Hubert Seacoast United Phantoms Colorado Rapids 4 New England Revolution[R1 trade 4] Joshua Bolma MF Maryland Big Ten Rising Stars Academy Black Rock FC Ocean City Nor'easters Westchester Flames New England Revolution 5 Vancouver Whitecaps FC[R1 trade 5] J.C. Ngando MF UNC Greensboro SoCon Amiens Paris FC South Georgia Tormenta FC 2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 6 Orlando City SC[R1 trade 6] Duncan McGuire FW Creighton Big East Elkhorn SC Lane United FC Orlando City SC 7 Real Salt Lake[R1 trade 7] Ilijah Paul FW Washington Pac-12 Valparaiso United Real Salt Lake Phoenix Rising FC Barca Residency Academy FC Tucson Crossfire Redmond Real Salt Lake 8 Sporting Kansas City Stephen Afrifa FW FIU American Woodbridge Strikers One Knoxville SC Sporting Kansas City 9 St. Louis City SC[R1 trade 8] Owen O'Malley MF Creighton Big East North Carolina FC Boston Bolts Vermont Green FC St. Louis City SC 10 San Jose Earthquakes[R1 trade 9] Daniel Munie DF Indiana Big Ten Saint Louis FC St. Louis Scott Gallagher SC San Jose Earthquakes 11 Nashville SC[R1 trade 10] Joey Skinner DF Clemson ACC Charlotte Independence Charlotte Independence 2 Nashville SC 12 Charlotte FC[R1 trade 11] Patrick Agyemang FW Rhode Island A-10 Hartford Hellions Western Mass Pioneers Charlotte FC 13 Austin FC[R1 trade 12] CJ Fodrey FW San Diego State Pac-12 Albion SC San Diego Surf San Diego Nomads LA Galaxy San Diego Loyal SC Austin FC 14 Columbus Crew Maximilian Arfsten FW UC Davis Big West California Odyssey San Jose Earthquakes II Columbus Crew 15 Portland Timbers Noel Caliskan MF Loyola Marymount West Coast 1. FC Köln Fortuna Düsseldorf Flint City Bucks SpVg Frechen 20 Portland Timbers 2 16 Real Salt Lake Bertin Jacquesson FW Pittsburgh ACC Strasbourg —N/a Real Salt Lake 17 Orlando City SC Abdi Salim DF Syracuse ACC Delaware SC Empire United Ocean City Nor'easters Orlando City SC 18 Inter Miami CF Cole Jensen GK Xavier Big East Elkhorn SC —N/a Inter Miami CF 19 Minnesota United FC Ryen Jiba DF SLCC NJCAA Sparta United Park City Red Wolves SC Union Omaha Minnesota United FC 20 Austin FC[R1 trade 13] Valentin Noël MF Pittsburgh ACC Chamois Niortais —N/a Austin FC II 21 New York Red Bulls Elian Haddock GK Yale Ivy Bavarian SC —N/a 22 FC Cincinnati Joey Akpunonu DF Bowling Green MAC Pacesetter SC Toledo Villa FC FC Cincinnati 23 LA Galaxy Gino Vivi FW Central Florida AAC Deportivo Saprissa —N/a LA Galaxy 24 FC Dallas Herbert Endeley FW Indiana Big Ten Minneapolis United Minneapolis City SC FC Dallas 25 Real Salt Lake[R1 trade 14] Emeka Eneli FW Cornell Ivy Columbus Crew Ohio Premier Lionsbridge FC Flint City Bucks Real Salt Lake 26 New York City FC Malcolm Johnston MF Maryland Big Ten Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan Azzurri Whitecaps FC 2 27 Columbus Crew[R1 trade 15] Xavier Zengue DF Dayton A-10 St. Paul Blackhawks Minnesota Thunder Minneapolis City SC Columbus Crew 2 28 Philadelphia Union Holden Trent GK High Point Big South Carolina Rapids NC Fusion Charlotte Independence South Georgia Tormenta FC 2 Philadelphia Union 29 Vancouver Whitecaps FC[R1 trade 16] Levonte Johnson FW Syracuse ACC Master's FA Capital FC Chicago FC United Whitecaps FC 2

### Round 2

P MLS team Player Pos. College Conference Academy team Other team Signed 30 St. Louis City SC John Klein MF Saint Louis A-10 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers 2 Chicago FC United St. Louis Scott Gallagher SC Kaw Valley FC St. Louis City 2 31 D.C. United Ben Stitz MF Penn Ivy Baltimore Celtic FC Baltimore Christos FC Cincinnati 2 32 Toronto FC Jalen Watson DF Penn State Big Ten Erin Mills SC Vancouver Whitecaps FC —N/a Toronto FC II 33 San Jose Earthquakes Liam Butts FW Penn State Big Ten Gwinnett Soccer Academy Atlanta United FC East Atlanta FC Penn State 34 Houston Dynamo FC Isaiah Reid FW Clemson ACC Charlotte Soccer Academy —N/a Houston Dynamo 2 35 Nashville SC[R2 trade 1] Sean Suber DF Charlotte American Carolina Rapids —N/a Huntsville City FC 36 Atlanta United FC Tyler Young MF Campbell Big South Carolina Rapids Charlotte Eagles Atlanta United 2 37 Sporting Kansas City Chris Rindov DF Maryland Big Ten Olney Soccer —N/a Sporting Kansas City 38 Seattle Sounders FC Eythor Björgolfsson FW Kentucky Sun Belt Ull/Kisa Nardo FK Vermont Green FC Tacoma Defiance 39 New England Revolution Victor Souza DF Boston College ACC Met Oval New York City FC Lionsbridge FC New England Revolution II 40 Charlotte FC Nick Scardina FW Washington Pac-12 Portland Timbers PDX FC Crossfire Redmond Charlotte FC 41 Colorado Rapids Oliver Semmle GK Marshall Sun Belt FC Rastatt 04 Karlsruher SC —N/a Louisville City FC 42 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Daniel Nimick DF Western Michigan MAC Leeds United Harrogate Town Grand Rapids FC South Bend Lions HFX Wanderers FC 43 Columbus Crew Clay Holstad MF Kentucky Sun Belt Birmingham United Dalton Red Wolves SC Columbus Crew 2 44 Portland Timbers Ryan Bilichuk GK Elon CAA D.C. United Barca Residency Academy Greenville FC Asheville City SC Portland Timbers 2 45 Real Salt Lake Amferny Sinclair MF Syracuse ACC Alajuelense Once de Abril Reading United FC Buffalo One Knoxville SC Real Monarchs 46 Orlando City SC Luis Grassow DF Kentucky Sun Belt TSV Neuried SpVgg Unterhaching SV Planegg-Krailling FC Pipinsried SSV Ulm 1846 TSV Neuried Ocean City Nor'easters Retired[18] 47 Inter Miami CF Bachir Ndiaye MF UNC Wilmington CAA Onslow Classic Asheville City SC Charlotte Independence 48 Minnesota United FC Emmanuel Iwe MF St. Cloud State NSIC Joy Athletic Club Joy St. Louis Park Minnesota United FC 2 Minnesota United FC 2 49 Nashville SC Alex Meinhard FW Tulsa AAC Santos Tartu Santos Tartu Clemson 50 New York Red Bulls Ethan Conley DF UNC Greensboro SoCon Sockers FC Chicago North Carolina Fusion U23 UNC Greensboro 51 FC Cincinnati Hunter Morse GK Western Michigan MAC Michigan Wolves Detroit City FC Kalamazoo FC FC Cincinnati 2 52 LA Galaxy Russell Shealy GK Syracuse ACC Darlington Academy Concorde Fire Atlanta United FC Georgia Revolution FC Reading United Crown Legacy FC 53 FC Dallas Ryan Wittenbrink FW Indiana Big Ten FC United Libertyville FC 1974 Chicago FC United Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC 54 CF Montréal Milo Garvanian DF North Carolina ACC Rio Rapids SC Colorado Rapids South Georgia Tormenta FC 2 Tennessee SC New Mexico United 55 New York City FC Braudílio Rodrigues FW Franklin Pierce NE-10 Odivelas Benfica AD Oeiras Os Belenenses Real Sintra Western Mass Pioneers Tacoma Defiance 56 Austin FC Jackson Wälti MF Pittsburgh ACC SIMA Águilas —N/a Austin FC II 57 Philadelphia Union Stefan Stojanovic FW Georgetown Big East Sockers FC Chicago Chicago FC United Philadelphia Union II Philadelphia Union II 58 Los Angeles FC Jassem Koleilat GK New Hampshire America East Laval Sparta Prague Seacoast United Phantoms Los Angeles FC 2

### Round 3

P MLS team Player Pos. College Conference Academy team Other team Signed 59 Seattle Sounders FC[R1 trade 17] Blake Bowen DF San Diego State Pac-12 OC Surf —N/a Tacoma Defiance 60 D.C. United Aidan Rocha MF Georgetown Big East Bethesda SC —N/a Loudoun United FC 61 Toronto FC Charlie Sharp FW Western Michigan MAC Michigan Wolves Flint City Bucks Seacoast United Phantoms Western Michigan 62 San Jose Earthquakes Hunter George FW Maryland Big Ten Sacramento Republic FC —N/a 63 Houston Dynamo FC Frantz Pierrot FW Connecticut Big East Seacoast United Phantoms FC Westchester Reading United Boston Bolts Seacoast United Phantoms Athlone Town 64 Chicago Fire FC Noah Egan DF Vermont America East Strikers FC Irvine Magia FA Chicago Fire II 65 Nashville SC[R3 trade 1] Makel Rasheed DF Xavier Big East McLean Soccer Asheville City SC Xavier 66 New York City FC[R3 trade 2] MD Myers FW Rutgers Big Ten Philadelphia Union Ocean City Nor'easters New York City FC II 67 Chicago Fire FC[R3 trade 3] Billy Hency MF Loyola-Chicago A-10 Sporting STL Chicago FC United Chicago Fire II 68 New England Revolution Andreas Ueland DF Virginia ACC Bryne FK —N/a Chicago Fire II 69 Charlotte FC Andrew Privett MF Penn State Big Ten Baltimore Armour Christos FC Charlotte FC 70 Colorado Rapids PASS —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a 71 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Buster Sjöberg DF Syracuse ACC IFK Uppsala IK Sirius Gamla Upsala SK One Knoxville SC Syracuse 72 Austin FC[R3 trade 4] Salvatore Mazzaferro DF South Florida AAC Toronto FC South Georgia Tormenta FC 2 Austin FC II 73 Portland Timbers Jaden Jones-Riley DF Dayton A-10 —N/a Tallahassee SC One Knoxville SC Portland Timbers 2 74 Real Salt Lake Moses Mensah DF Campbell Big South WA All Stars Des Moines Menace One Knoxville SC Birmingham Legion FC 75 CF Montréal[R3 trade 5] Ousman Jabang DF Mercer SoCon Georgia Soccer Atlanta United FC Georgia Revolution FC CF Montréal 76 Chicago Fire FC[R3 trade 6] Wilmer Cabrera Jr. FW Butler Big East Colorado Rapids IMG Academy Houston Dynamo FC Brazos Valley Cavalry FC Rio Grande Valley FC Real Cartagena 77 LA Galaxy[R3 trade 7] PASS —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a 78 Nashville SC Rory O'Driscoll MF New Hampshire America East Minneapolis United Minnesota Thunder North Carolina Fusion U23 Minneapolis City SC Minnesota United FC 2 79 New York Red Bulls Amos Shapiro-Thompson MF Boston College ACC New England Revolution Dinamo Zagreb Legia Warsaw Western Mass Pioneers New York Red Bulls II 80 FC Cincinnati London Aghedo DF Air Force WAC Real SoCal —N/a FC Cincinnati 81 LA Galaxy PASS —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a 82 FC Dallas Kameron Lacey FW Charlotte AAC Miramar United SIMA Águilas FC Dallas Orlando City SC Asheville City SC Minnesota United FC 2 83 CF Montréal Nick Christoffersen GK Penn Ivy Toronto FC Toronto FC II West Chester United SC Vermont Green FC Penn 84 Nashville SC[R3 trade 8] Lyam MacKinnon FW Villanova Big East Lausanne-Sport Reading United West Chester United SC Greenville Triumph SC 85 Portland Timbers[R3 trade 9] Tyler Clegg DF James Madison Sun Belt Evergreen Hammers Evergreen FC Northern Virginia FC Asheville City SC Portland Timbers 2 86 Philadelphia Union PASS —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a 87 Los Angeles FC Noah Dollenmayer DF Cal State San Bernardino CCAA Sporting San Fernando FC Golden State Force Los Angeles FC 2

### Round 4

Compensatory pick for a trade done before the SuperDraft was downsized to only three rounds.

P MLS team Player Pos. College Conference Academy team Other team Signed 88 Portland Timbers[R4 trade 1] PASS —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a

## Notable undrafted players

### Homegrown players

Further information: [Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)](/source/Homegrown_Player_Rule_(Major_League_Soccer))

Original MLS team Player Position College Conference Notes Ref. Seattle Sounders FC Jacob Castro GK San Diego State Pac-12 [24] New York Red Bulls Jayden Reid DF Connecticut Big East [25]

### Eligible players who signed outside of MLS in 2023

This is a list of eligible players who signed in leagues outside of MLS prior to the SuperDraft, but were still draft eligible.

Player Nat. Position College Conference Team League Notes Ref. Nathan Opoku FW Syracuse ACC Leicester City Premier League [26]

### Other notable players

Original MLS Team Player Pos Affiliation Played in MLS Notes Houston Dynamo FC Charles Auguste MF Creighton 2023–

## Summary

### Selections by college athletic conference

Conference Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total NCAA Division I conferences ACC 7 6 3 16 America East 1 1 2 5 American 1 2 2 5 Atlantic 10 2 1 2 5 Big East 3 1 5 9 Big South 1 1 1 3 Big Ten 4 4 3 11 Big West 1 0 0 1 Colonial 0 2 0 2 Ivy 2 1 1 4 MAC 1 2 1 4 Pac-12 2 1 1 4 SoCon 1 1 1 3 Sun Belt 1 4 1 6 WAC 0 0 1 1 West Coast 1 0 0 1 Non-Division I conferences CCAA 0 0 1 1 Northeast-10 0 1 0 1 NSIC 0 1 0 1 NJCAA 1 0 0 1 Passes Passes 0 0 4 4

### Schools with multiple draft selections

Selections Schools 5 Syracuse 4 Maryland 3 Clemson, Indiana, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Western Michigan 2 Creighton, Dayton, Georgetown, Penn, San Diego State, UNC Greensboro, Washington

## 2023 SuperDraft trades

**Round 1**

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** **No. 1: St. Louis City → Charlotte**. December 21, 2022: Charlotte acquired [St. Louis City SC](/source/St._Louis_City_SC)'s first-round selection in exchange for $400,000 in General Allocation Money and their No. 20 MLS SuperDraft pick.[5]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** **No. 2: D.C. United → Orlando**. December 21, 2022: Orlando acquired [D.C. United](/source/D.C._United)'s first-round selection in exchange for [Ruan](/source/Ruan_(footballer%2C_born_1995)).[6]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** **No. 3: Toronto → Colorado**. July 8, 2022: Colorado acquired [Toronto FC](/source/Toronto_FC)'s first-round selection and [Ralph Priso](/source/Ralph_Priso) in exchange for $1,025,000 in general allocation money, and [Mark-Anthony Kaye](/source/Mark-Anthony_Kaye).[7]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** **No. 4: San Jose → New England**. December 21, 2022: New England acquired [San Jose Earthquakes](/source/San_Jose_Earthquakes)'s first-round selection in exchange for $250,000 in General Allocation Money and their No. 10 MLS SuperDraft pick.[8]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** **No. 5: Houston → Vancouver**. December 21, 2022: Vancouver acquired [Houston Dynamo FC](/source/Houston_Dynamo_FC)'s first-round selection in exchange for $225,000 in General Allocation Money and their No. 13 MLS SuperDraft pick.[8]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** **No. 6: Chicago → Orlando**. May 5, 2022: Orlando acquired [Chicago Fire FC](/source/Chicago_Fire_FC)'s first-round selection and discovery rights to [Chris Mueller](/source/Chris_Mueller_(soccer)) in exchange for $250,000 in 2022 general allocation money, and $250,000 in 2023 in general allocation money, and discovery prior for an unnamed player.[9]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** **No. 7: Atlanta → Salt Lake**. December 21, 2022: Real Salt Lake acquired [Atlanta United FC](/source/Atlanta_United_FC)'s first-round selection in exchange for $175,000 in General Allocation Money.[8]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** **No. 9: Seattle → St. Louis**. December 21, 2022: St. Louis City acquired [Seattle Sounders FC](/source/Seattle_Sounders_FC)'s first-round selection in exchange for $175,000 in General Allocation Money and the no. 59 pick in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft.[8]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** **No. 10: New England → San Jose**. December 21, 2022: San Jose acquired [New England Revolution](/source/New_England_Revolution)'s first-round selection as part of the No.4 pick trade.[8]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** **No. 11: Charlotte → Nashville**. December 12, 2021: Nashville exercised the right to swap [Charlotte FC](/source/Charlotte_FC)'s first-round selection in exchange for two international roster spots and Charlotte sending $500,000 allocation to Nashville.[10]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** **No. 12: Colorado → Charlotte**. December 21, 2022: Charlotte acquired [Colorado Rapids](/source/Colorado_Rapids) No. 12 pick in exchange for $50,000 in 2023 GAM, $50,000 in conditional GAM, and a first round pick in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft.[11]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-24)** **No. 13: Vancouver → Houston → Austin**. December 21, 2022: Houston acquired [Vancouver Whitecaps FC](/source/Vancouver_Whitecaps_FC)'s first-round selection as part of the No.5 pick trade. It was subsequently traded to [Austin FC](/source/Austin_FC) in exchange for $100,000 in General Allocation Money (50,000 in 2023 General Allocation Money (GAM), and $50k in 2024 GAM) and the No. 27 pick in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft.[12]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-26)** **No. 20: Nashville → Charlotte → St. Louis City → Austin**. November 9, 2022: Charlotte acquired [Nashville SC](/source/Nashville_SC)'s first-round selection in a swap of first round picks from a December 12, 2021 trade, St. Louis acquired the No. 20 pick from Charlotte in exchange for $400,000 GAM and the No. 1 Pick. Austin acquired the No. 20 pick from St. Louis in exchange for $50,000 General Allocation Money and conditional General Allocation Money.[13]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-28)** **No. 25: Montréal → Salt Lake**. December 21, 2022: Salt Lake acquired [CF Montréal](/source/CF_Montr%C3%A9al)'s first-round selection as part of the trade for [Aaron Herrera](/source/Aaron_Herrera_(soccer)).[14]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-30)** **No. 27: Austin → Houston → Columbus**. December 21, 2022: Columbus acquired the pick from Houston for $50,000 of General Allocation Money.[15]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-32)** **No. 29: Los Angeles FC → Vancouver**. December 14, 2021: Vancouver acquired [Los Angeles FC](/source/Los_Angeles_FC)'s first-round selection and [Tristan Blackmon](/source/Tristan_Blackmon) in exchange for $350,000 in [General Allocation Money](/source/Allocation_money).[16]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-36)** **No. 59: St. Louis → Seattle**. December 21, 2022: Seattle acquired the No. 59 pick from [St. Louis City SC](/source/St._Louis_City_SC) as part of the earlier No. 9 pick trade.[8]

**Round 2**

1. **[^](#cite_ref-34)** **No. 35: Chicago → Nashville**. November 9, 2022: Nashville acquired [Chicago Fire FC](/source/Chicago_Fire_FC)'s natural second-round selection and $175,000 in [General Allocation Money](/source/Allocation_money) in exchange for an international roster slot.[17]

**Round 3**

1. **[^](#cite_ref-38)** **No. 65: Atlanta → Nashville**. June 22, 2022: Nashville acquired [Atlanta United FC](/source/Atlanta_United_FC)'s natural third-round selection and $175,000 in [General Allocation Money](/source/Allocation_money) in exchange for an international roster slot.[19]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-39)** **No. 66: Kansas City → New York City FC**. June 22, 2022: New York City FC acquired [Sporting Kansas City](/source/Sporting_Kansas_City)'s natural third-round selection.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-41)** **No. 67: Seattle → Chicago**. February 14, 2022: Chicago acquired [Seattle Sounders FC](/source/Seattle_Sounders_FC)'s natural third-round selection in exchange for the College Protected Period Priority for [Jackson Ragen](/source/Jackson_Ragen).[20]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-43)** **No. 72: Columbus → Austin**. December 23, 2021: Austin acquired [Columbus Crew](/source/Columbus_Crew)'s natural third-round selection in exchange for switching draft positions in the [2022 MLS Re-Entry Draft](/source/2022_MLS_Re-Entry_Draft).[21]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-45)** **No. 75: Orlando → Montréal**. January 25, 2022: Montréal acquired [Orlando City SC](/source/Orlando_City_SC)'s natural third-round selection and $200,000 in [General Allocation Money](/source/Allocation_money) in exchange for an international roster slot.[22]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-46)** **No. 76: Miami → Chicago**. January 25, 2022: Chicago acquired [Inter Miami CF](/source/Inter_Miami_CF)'s natural third-round selection.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-48)** **No. 77: Minnesota → LA Galaxy**. November 7, 2022: LA Galaxy acquired [Minnesota United FC](/source/Minnesota_United_FC)'s natural third-round selection and $75,000 in [General Allocation Money](/source/Allocation_money) in exchange for [Cameron Dunbar](/source/Cameron_Dunbar).[23]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-49)** **No. 84: NYCFC → Nashville**. November 17, 2022: Nashville acquired [New York City FC](/source/New_York_City_FC)'s natural third-round selection/

1. **[^](#cite_ref-50)** **No. 85: Austin → Portland**. November 7, 2022: Austin acquired [Portland Timbers](/source/Portland_Timbers)'s natural third-round selection/

**Compensatory picks**

1. **[^](#cite_ref-51)** **No. 88: Salt Lake → Portland**. June 9, 2020: Portland acquired [Real Salt Lake](/source/Real_Salt_Lake)'s pick via trade for [Ryan Sierakowski](/source/Ryan_Sierakowski)

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v t e 2023 MLS SuperDraft first-round selections Hamady Diop Shak Mohammed Moïse Bombito Joshua Bolma J.C. Ngando Duncan McGuire Ilijah Paul Stephen Afrifa Owen O'Malley Daniel Munie Joey Skinner Patrick Agyemang CJ Fodrey Max Arfsten Noel Caliskan Bertin Jacquesson Abdi Salim Cole Jensen Ryen Jiba Valentin Noël Elian Haddock Joey Akpunonu Gino Vivi Herbert Endeley Emeka Eneli Malcolm Johnston Xavier Zengue Holden Trent Levonte Johnson

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