2018_MLS_SuperDraft

2018 MLS SuperDraft
2018 MLS SuperDraft
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Sport	Soccer
Date(s)	January 19, 2018
Time	11:00 a.m. ET
Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Network(s)	MLSSoccer.com
Overview
	81 total selections
First selection	João Moutinho
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2018 MLS SuperDraft

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The 2018 MLS SuperDraft was the nineteenth SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. As customary, the SuperDraft was held in conjunction with the annual United Soccer Coaches convention. The 2018 UCS was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between January 17–21, 2018.^[1] Rounds one and two of the SuperDraft were held on January 19, 2018. Rounds three and four of the 2018 SuperDraft were held via a conference call on January 21, 2018.^[2]

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[4] [R 1]
No. 3: D.C. United → Los Angeles FC. January 19, 2018: Los Angeles FC acquired a first-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from D.C. United in exchange for $100,000 of General Allocation Money and $100,000 of Targeted Allocation Money.^[3]

[7] [R 2]
No. 4: Colorado Rapids → Montreal Impact → FC Dallas. January 19, 2018: FC Dallas acquired a first-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Montreal Impact in exchange for $200,000 of General Allocation Money.^[4] On February 4, 2016, Montreal had acquired this first-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft and general allocation money from Colorado Rapids in exchange for defender Eric Miller.^[5]

[9] [R 3]
No. 5: Minnesota United FC → Chicago Fire. January 19, 2018: Chicago Fire acquired a first-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft Minnesota United FC in exchange for the #15 selection in the 2018 SuperDraft, $75,000 of General Allocation Money, $100,000 of Targeted Allocation Money, and goalkeeper Matt Lampson.^[6]

[10] [R 4]
No. 7: Montreal Impact → Minnesota United FC. January 19, 2018: Minnesota United FC acquired a first-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Montreal Impact in exchange for $150,000 of General Allocation Money.^[4]

[12] [R 5]
No. 8: Philadelphia Union → New England Revolution. August 3, 2016: New England Revolution acquired a first-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft, general allocation money, and targeted allocation money from Philadelphia Union in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft and forward Charlie Davies.^[7]

[14] [R 6]
No. 10: Real Salt Lake → Chicago Fire. January 19, 2018: Chicago Fire acquired a first-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Real Salt Lake in exchange for $85,000 of General Allocation Money.^[8]

[15] [R 7]
No. 15: Chicago Fire → Minnesota United FC. January 19, 2018: Minnesota United FC acquired this first-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft, $75,000 of General Allocation Money, $100,000 of Targeted Allocation Money, and goalkeeper Matt Lampson from Chicago Fire in exchange for the #5 selection in the 2018 SuperDraft.^[6]

[17] [R 8]
No. 18: Portland Timbers → Sporting Kansas City. February 3, 2017: Sporting Kansas City acquired a first-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft and $50,000 in general allocation money from Portland Timbers in exchange for defender Lawrence Olum.^[9]

[19] [R 9]
No. 23: Toronto FC → Minnesota United FC. January 19, 2018: Minnesota United FC acquired a first-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Toronto FC in exchange for $50,000 of General Allocation Money and a second-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft.^[10]

[21] [R 1]
No. 25: LA Galaxy → Colorado Rapids. December 13, 2016: Colorado Rapids acquired a second-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft and a first-round selection in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft from LA Galaxy in exchange for midfielder Jermaine Jones.^[11]

[23] [R 2]
No. 26: D.C. United → Vancouver Whitecaps FC. January 8, 2018: Vancouver Whitecaps FC acquired a second-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from D.C. United in exchange for goalkeeper David Ousted.^[12]

[24] [R 3]
No. 28: Minnesota United FC → Toronto FC. January 19, 2018: Toronto FC acquired a second-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft and $50,000 of General Allocation Money from Minnesota United FC in exchange for a first-round selection in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft^[10]

[26] [R 4]
No. 29: Orlando City → FC Dallas. August 4, 2016: FC Dallas acquired this selection, originally a conditional third-round selection, in the 2018 SuperDraft from Orlando City SC in exchange for the MLS rights to defender Mikey Ambrose.^[13]

[28] [R 5]
No. 30: Montreal Impact → San Jose Earthquakes. July 13, 2017: San Jose Earthquakes acquired a second-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Montreal Impact in exchange for defender Shaun Francis.^[14]

[30] [R 6]
No. 31: Philadelphia Union → New York Red Bulls. February 8, 2017: New York Red Bulls acquired a second-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Philadelphia Union in exchange for the MLS rights to midfielder Adam Najem.^[15]

[32] [R 7]
No. 32: New England Revolution → Columbus Crew. May 12, 2016: Columbus Crew SC acquired a second-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft, a first-round selection in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, an international roster slot for the 2016 season, general allocation money, and targeted allocation money from New England Revolution in exchange for forward Kei Kamara.^[16]

[34] [R 8]
No. 36: Sporting Kansas City → Atlanta United. December 10, 2017: Atlanta United FC acquired a second-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft, midfielder Kévin Oliveira, and defender Tyler Pasher from Sporting Kansas City in exchange for forward Kenwyne Jones, goalkeeper Alexander Tambakis and a fourth-round selection in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft.^[17]

[36] [R 9]
No. 40: Vancouver Whitecaps FC → LA Galaxy. December 15, 2017: LA Galaxy acquired a second-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Vancouver Whitecaps FC in exchange for goalkeeper Brian Rowe.^[18]

[38] [R 10]
No. 41: Portland Timbers → Minnesota United. December 20, 2016: Minnesota United FC acquired a second-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Portland Timbers in exchange for goalkeeper Jeff Attinella.^[19]

[40] [R 1]
No. 49: D.C. United → Chicago Fire. July 29, 2016: Chicago Fire acquired a third-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft and targeted allocation money from D.C. United in exchange for Kennedy Igboananike.^[20]

[42] [R 2]
No. 51: Minnesota United → Real Salt Lake. February 3, 2017: Real Salt Lake acquired a third-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft and $50,000 in general allocation money from Minnesota United FC in exchange for an international roster slot for the 2017 MLS season.^[21]

[44] [R 3]
No. 52: Orlando City → New York City FC. December 18, 2017: New York City FC acquired a third-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Orlando City SC in exchange for defender R. J. Allen.^[22]

[45] [R 4]
No. 55: New England Revolution → Philadelphia Union. August 3, 2016: Philadelphia Union acquired a third-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft and forward Charlie Davies from New England Revolution in exchange for a first-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft, general allocation money, and targeted allocation money.^[7]

[47] [R 5]
No. 59: Sporting Kansas City → Houston Dynamo. January 7, 2016: Houston Dynamo acquired a third-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft, a second-round selection in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, and future considerations from Sporting Kansas City in exchange for midfielder Brad Davis.^[23]

[49] [R 6]
No. 60: Atlanta United → Montreal Impact. December 11, 2016: Montreal Impact acquired a third-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Atlanta United FC in exchange for forward Romario Williams.^[24]

[51] [R 7]
No. 61: Chicago Fire → Portland Timbers. August 11, 2017: Portland Timbers acquired a conditional third-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft and the #19 spot in the Allocation Order from Chicago Fire in exchange for the #6 spot in the Allocation Order. Chicago used the allocation spot to sign goalkeeper Richard Sánchez, who appeared in 2 games in the 2017 MLS season. Had Sanchez appeared in five or more games Portland would have instead received Chicago's natural second-round selection.^[25]

[52] [R 8]
No. 62: New York Red Bulls → Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Trade details needed. As of December 21, 2017, the MLS website states that Vancouver acquired this pick from New York as part of a trade completed on August 6, 2015. However, no trade between the clubs was announced in 2015.

[55] [R 9]
No. 63: Vancouver Whitecaps FC → Real Salt Lake → Portland Timbers. December 15, 2017: Portland Timbers acquired a third-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Real Salt Lake in exchange for the MLS rights to defender Taylor Peay.^[26] On August 9, 2017, Real Salt Lake had acquired this third-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Vancouver Whitecaps FC in exchange for defender Aaron Maund.^[27]

[57] [R 1]
No. 70: Los Angeles FC → Atlanta United. December 10, 2017: Atlanta United FC acquired a fourth-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Los Angeles FC in exchange for an international roster slot for the 2018 season.^[28]

[59] [R 2]
No. 71: LA Galaxy → D.C. United. December 12, 2016: D.C. United acquired a fourth-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from LA Galaxy in exchange for midfielder Miguel Aguilar and a fourth-round selection in the 2019 SuperDraft.^[29]

[61] [R 3]
No. 72: D.C. United → Colorado Rapids. February 1, 2016: Colorado Rapids acquired a fourth-round selection, originally a conditional selection, in the 2018 SuperDraft and targeted allocation money from D.C. United in exchange for midfielder Marcelo Sarvas.^[30]

[63] [R 4]
No. 74: Minnesota United → D.C. United. January 3, 2017: D.C. United acquired a fourth-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Minnesota United FC in exchange for midfielder Collin Martin.^[31]

[65] [R 5]
No. 75: Orlando City → Sporting Kansas City. August 3, 2016: Sporting Kansas City acquired a fourth-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Orlando City SC in exchange for the MLS rights to midfielder Tony Rocha.^[32]

[67] [R 6]
No. 83: Atlanta United → New York Red Bulls. March 1, 2017: New York Red Bulls acquired a fourth-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Atlanta United FC in exchange for goalkeeper Kyle Reynish.^[33]

[69] [R 7]
No. 90: Columbus Crew → LA Galaxy. December 13, 2017: LA Galaxy acquired a fourth-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Columbus Crew SC in exchange for goalkeeper Jon Kempin.^[34]

[71] [R 8]
No. 91: Seattle Sounders FC → D.C. United. August 7, 2017: D.C. United acquired a fourth-round selection in the 2018 SuperDraft from Seattle Sounders FC in exchange for forward Lamar Neagle.^[35]

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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 ^{[R1 trade 1]}	Tristan Blackmon	Defender	Pacific	Burlingame Dragons FC	Los Angeles FC
4	FC Dallas ^{[R1 trade 2]}	Francis Atuahene*	Forward	Michigan	Michigan Bucks	FC Dallas
5	Chicago Fire ^{[R1 trade 3]}	Jon Bakero	Forward	Wake Forest	Carolina Dynamo	Chicago Fire
6	Orlando City SC	Chris Mueller	Forward	Wisconsin	Chicago FC United	Orlando City SC
7	Minnesota United FC ^{[R1 trade 4]}	Mason Toye*	Forward	Indiana		Minnesota United FC
8	New England Revolution ^{[R1 trade 5]}	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 ^{[R1 trade 6]}	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 FC
15	Minnesota United FC ^{[R1 trade 7]}	Wyatt Omsberg	Defender	Dartmouth	Seacoast United Phantoms	Minnesota United FC
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 ^{[R1 trade 8]}	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 ^{[R1 trade 9]}	Carter Manley	Defender	Duke	D.C. United U-23	Minnesota United FC

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College	PDL or NPSL affiliation	Signed
24	Los Angeles FC	Pol Calvet	Midfielder	Pittsburgh		Retired
25	Colorado Rapids ^{[R2 trade 1]}	Alan Winn	Forward	North Carolina	Tobacco Road FC	Nashville SC
26	Vancouver Whitecaps FC ^{[R2 trade 2]}	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 ^{[R2 trade 3]}	Tim Kübel	Defender	Louisville		Toronto FC II
29	FC Dallas ^{[R2 trade 4]}	Mauro Cichero	Forward	SMU	OKC Energy U23	Charleston Battery
30	San Jose Earthquakes ^{[R2 trade 5]}	Danny Musovski	Forward	UNLV	FC Tucson	San Jose Earthquakes
31	New York Red Bulls ^{[R2 trade 6]}	Niko de Vera	Defender	Akron	Portland Timbers U23	New York Red Bulls II
32	Columbus Crew SC ^{[R2 trade 7]}	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 ^{[R2 trade 8]}	Oliver Shannon	Midfielder	Clemson		Atlanta United FC
37	Atlanta United FC	Gordon Wild*	Forward	Maryland		Atlanta United FC
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 ^{[R2 trade 9]}	Drew Skundrich	Midfielder	Stanford	Burlingame Dragons FC	Bethlehem Steel
41	Minnesota United FC ^{[R2 trade 10]}	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

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 ^{[R3 trade 1]}	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 ^{[R3 trade 2]}	PASS
52	New York City FC ^{[R3 trade 3]}	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	Reading United \| Chicago FC United	Bethlehem Steel
55	Philadelphia Union ^{[R3 trade 4]}	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 ^{[R3 trade 5]}	Pablo Aguilar	Midfielder	Virginia	Reading United AC	RGVFC Toros
60	Montreal Impact ^{[R3 trade 6]}	PASS
61	Portland Timbers ^{[R3 trade 7]}	Caleb Duvernay	Defender	NC State	North Carolina FC U23	North Carolina FC U23
62	Vancouver Whitecaps FC ^{[R3 trade 8]}	Cory Brown	Defender	Xavier	Michigan Bucks	Fresno FC
63	Portland Timbers ^{[R3 trade 9]}	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

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College	PDL or NPSL affiliation	Signed
70	Atlanta United FC ^{[R4 trade 1]}	Paul Christensen	Goalkeeper	Portland	Seattle Sounders FC U-23	Atlanta United 2
71	D.C. United ^{[R4 trade 2]}	Afonso Pinheiro	Forward	Albany	FC Tucson	Batatais
72	Colorado Rapids ^{[R4 trade 3]}	Brian Iloski	Midfielder	UCLA	San Diego Zest FC	Legia Warsaw
73	Colorado Rapids	Niki Jackson	Forward	Grand Canyon		Colorado Rapids
74	D.C. United ^{[R4 trade 4]}	Rafael Andrade Santos	Midfielder	VCU	SIMA Águilas	SIMA Águilas
75	Sporting Kansas City ^{[R4 trade 5]}	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 ^{[R4 trade 6]}	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 ^{[R4 trade 7]}	PASS
91	D.C. United ^{[R4 trade 8]}	PASS
92	Toronto FC	Ben White	Defender	Gonzaga	Portland Timbers U23s	Unsigned

Original MLS team	Player	Position	College	Conference	Notes
Montreal Impact	Jason Beaulieu	Goalkeeper	New Mexico	Conference USA
Real Salt Lake	Corey Baird	Forward	Stanford	Pac-12
Seattle Sounders FC	Handwalla Bwana	Forward	Washington	Pac-12	2016 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
FC Dallas	Jordan Cano	Defender	SMU	American	2017 AAC Defender of the Year
Real Salt Lake	Aaron Herrera	Defender	New Mexico	Conference USA	2017 C-USA Defender of the Year
Portland Timbers	Foster Langsdorf	Forward	Stanford	Pac-12
Chicago Fire	Grant Lillard	Defender	Indiana	Big Ten	2017 Big Ten Defender of the Year
San Jose Earthquakes	JT Marcinkowski	Goalkeeper	Georgetown	Big East	2017 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament MVP
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	David Norman Jr.	Midfielder	Oregon State	Pac-12
New York Red Bulls	Kevin Politz	Defender	Wake Forest	ACC	2017 ACC Defender of the Year
FC Dallas	Kris Reaves	Defender	Portland	West Coast
FC Dallas	Brandon Servania	Midfielder	Wake Forest	ACC

2018_MLS_SuperDraft

2018 MLS SuperDraft

Format

Player selection

Round 1

Round 1 trades

Round 2

Round 2 trades

Round 3

Round 3 trades

Round 4

Round 4 trades

Other 2018 SuperDraft Trade Notes

Notable undrafted players

Homegrown players

Players who signed outside of MLS

Summary

Selections by college athletic conference

Schools with multiple draft selections

See also

References

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Player	Position	College	Conference	Team	League	Notes
Greg Boehme	Midfielder	VCU	Atlantic 10	Richmond Kickers	United Soccer League	^[38]
Harry Cooksley	Midfielder	St. John's	Big East	Mallorca	Segunda División B
Nico Corti	Goalkeeper	Stanford	Pac-12	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	United Soccer League
Fabio De Sousa	Forward	Rutgers–Newark	NJAC	Penn FC	United Soccer League
Bryce Marion	Midfielder	Stanford	Pac-12	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	United Soccer League
Nico Matern	Midfielder	Indiana Wesleyan	Crossroads	Indy Eleven	United Soccer League
Koby Osei-Wusu	Midfielder	George Washington	Atlantic 10	Richmond Kickers	United Soccer League

Conference	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
NCAA Division I conferences
ACC	8	8	4	0	20
America East	0	0	1	1	2
American	1	1	0	0	2
Atlantic 10	0	0	0	1	1
Atlantic Sun	0	0	0	2	2
Big East	1	4	2	1	8
Big Ten	4	3	2	0	9
Conference USA	1	0	1	0	2
Horizon	0	1	0	1	2
Ivy	1	0	0	1	2
MAAC	0	0	1	0	1
Mid-American	2	2	2	0	6
Missouri Valley	0	0	1	0	1
Pac-12	2	1	2	2	7
Patriot	0	0	0	1	1
SoCon	0	0	0	1	1
Summit	1	1	0	0	2
Sun Belt	0	1	0	1	2
WAC	1	1	2	1	5
West Coast	1	0	1	3	5
NCAA Division II conferences
Pacific West	0	0	1	0	1

Selections	Schools
4	Akron, Virginia, Wisconsin
3	Creighton, Duke, Wake Forest
2	Clemson, Dartmouth, Grand Canyon, Louisville, Maryland, Oregon State, SMU, Stanford, UNLV, Western Michigan