2017 MLS SuperDraft

Format

1. Any expansion teams receive the first picks. MLS has announced that Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC will begin play in 2017. As determined by a "Priority Draft" conducted on October 16, 2016, Minnesota received the first overall selection and Atlanta picked second.
2. Non-playoff clubs received the next picks in reverse order of prior season finish.
3. Teams that made the MLS Cup Playoffs were then ordered by which round of the playoffs they were eliminated.
4. The winners of the MLS Cup were given the last selection, and the losers the penultimate selection.

   Player selection

Round 1

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College	PDL or NPSL affiliation	Signed
1	Minnesota United FC	Round 1 trades Round 2 Any player marked with a * is part of the Generation Adidas program. Pick # MLS team Player Position College PDL or NPSL affiliation Signed 23 Minnesota United FC #tag:ref|#24: Atlanta United → Colorado Rapids. December 11, 2016: Colorado Rapids acquired a second-round selection in the 2017 SuperDraft in exchange for an international roster slot to be used in the 2017 and 2018 seasons.|group="R2 trade" Round 2 trades Round 3 Any player marked with a * is part of the Generation Adidas program. Pick # MLS team Player Position College PDL or NPSL affiliation Signed 45 Colorado Rapids Round 3 trades Round 4 Any player marked with a * is part of the Generation Adidas program. Pick # MLS team Player Position College PDL or NPSL affiliation Signed 67 Minnesota United FC Round 4 trades Notable undrafted players Homegrown players Original MLS team Player Position College Conference Notes Colorado Rapids Kortne Ford Defender Denver Summit Colorado Rapids Ricardo Perez Midfielder Creighton Big East Columbus Crew Alex Crognale Defender Maryland Big Ten D.C. United Ian Harkes Midfielder Wake Forest ACC 2016 Hermann Trophy winner FC Dallas Reggie Cannon Defender UCLA Pac-12 New York Red Bulls Arun Basuljevic Midfielder Georgetown Big East New York Red Bulls Evan Louro Goalkeeper Michigan Big Ten Real Salt Lake José Hernández Midfielder UCLA Pac-12 2016 Pac-12 Player of the Year San Jose Earthquakes Nick Lima Defender California Pac-12 Seattle Sounders FC Seyi Adekoya Forward UCLA Pac-12 Seattle Sounders FC Henry Wingo Midfielder Washington Pac-12 Toronto FC Sergio Camargo Midfielder Syracuse ACC Players who signed outside of MLS Player Position College Conference Team League Notes Sam Brotherton Defender Wisconsin Big Ten Sunderland Premier League Summary Selections by college athletic conference Schools with multiple draft selections