2012 MLS SuperDraft

Changes from 2011

• As an expansion club, Montreal received the first pick in the SuperDraft.
• The SuperDraft was contracted from three rounds to two rounds, making it the shortest SuperDraft in terms of rounds.

  Selection order

1. 2012 expansion team Montreal Impact received the first selection;
2. The eight clubs which did not qualify for the playoffs received picks #2 through #9 ;
3. The two clubs eliminated in the Wild Card round of playoffs received picks #10 and #11 ;
4. The four clubs eliminated in the Conference Semifinals received picks #12 through #15 ;
5. The two clubs eliminated in the Conference Finals received picks #16 and #17 ;
6. The club which lost the 2011 MLS Cup received pick #18;
7. The club which won the 2011 MLS Cup received pick #19.

Round 1

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
1	Montreal Impact	*Andrew Wenger	Forward	Duke University
2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	*Darren Mattocks	Forward	University of Akron
3	New England Revolution	*Kelyn Rowe	Midfielder	UCLA Washington Crossfire
4	Toronto FC	Luis Silva	Midfielder	UC Santa Barbara Orange County Blue Star
5	Chivas USA	Casey Townsend	Forward	University of Maryland
6	San Jose Earthquakes	*Sam Garza	Forward	UC Santa Barbara
7	D.C. United	Nick DeLeon	Midfielder	University of Louisville Arizona Sahuaros
8	Portland Timbers	*Andrew Jean-Baptiste	Defender	University of Connecticut
9	Chicago Fire	Austin Berry	Defender	University of Louisville Chicago Fire Premier
10	Columbus Crew	Ethan Finlay	Midfielder	Creighton University Chicago Fire Premier
11	FC Dallas	Matt Hedges	Defender	University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Reading United AC
12	Toronto FC	Aaron Maund	Defender	University of Notre Dame Indiana Invaders
13	Philadelphia Union	*Chandler Hoffman	Forward	UCLA Orange County Blue Star
14	Colorado Rapids	Tony Cascio	Midfielder	University of Connecticut
15	Seattle Sounders FC	Andrew Duran	Defender	Creighton University Des Moines Menace
16	Sporting Kansas City	*Dom Dwyer	Forward	University of South Florida
17	Real Salt Lake	*Enzo Martinez	Midfielder	University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
18	Houston Dynamo	Colin Rolfe	Forward	University of Louisville
19	Los Angeles Galaxy	Tommy Meyer	Defender	Indiana University Chicago Fire Premier

Round 1 trades

Round 2

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
20	Montreal Impact	Calum Mallace	Midfielder	Marquette University Chicago Fire Premier
21	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Chris Estridge	Defender	Indiana University Chicago Fire Premier
22	New England Revolution	*Tyler Polak	Defender	Creighton University Chicago Fire Premier
23	Chicago Fire	Lucky Mkosana	Forward	Dartmouth College Michigan Bucks
24	Real Salt Lake	Diogo de Almeida	Defender	Southern Methodist University
25	San Jose Earthquakes	Jacob Hustedt	Midfielder	University of Washington Ventura County Fusion
26	Columbus Crew	Aubrey Perry	Defender	University of South Florida
27	Portland Timbers	Brendan King	Midfielder	University of Notre Dame Chicago Fire Premier
28	Chicago Fire	Hunter Jumper	Defender	University of Virginia
29	Columbus Crew	Kevan George	Midfielder	University of Central Florida
30	Sporting Kansas City	Cyprian Hedrick	Defender	Coastal Carolina University Fresno Fuego
31	New York Red Bulls	Ryan Meara	Goalkeeper	Fordham University Jersey Express
32	Philadelphia Union	Greg Jordan	Midfielder	Creighton University
33	San Jose Earthquakes	Chris Blais	Goalkeeper	University of South Florida
34	Seattle Sounders FC	Babayele Sodade	Forward	University of Alabama-Birmingham Michigan Bucks
35	Philadelphia Union	Ray Gaddis	Defender	West Virginia University Reading United
36	Real Salt Lake	Sebastián Velásquez	Midfielder	Spartanburg Methodist College
37	Houston Dynamo	Warren Creavalle	Midfielder	University of Central Florida Carolina Dynamo
38	Los Angeles Galaxy	Kenney Walker	Midfielder	University of Louisville Chicago Fire Premier

Round 2 trades

Round 3 and round 4 trades

Other draft day trades

• Portland Timbers traded forward Kenny Cooper to New York Red Bulls in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft and allocation money.

  Notable undrafted players

Homegrown players