2026 CPL–U Sports Draft
The 2026 CPL–U Sports Draft was the eighth annual CPL–U Sports Draft. Canadian Premier League teams selected 16 eligible U Sports soccer players to be invited to their respective preseason camps with the opportunity to earn development contracts for the 2026 Canadian Premier League season.
Format
Players could be selected if they had one to four years of U Sports eligibility remaining, were in good academic standing, were planning to return to school the following year, and completed the CPL's draft declaration form. Players who were selected can sign a full professional contract or a U Sports development contract, which allows them to return to university for the following season, without losing their eligibility.Players interested in being selected were required to declare for the draft by November 13, 2025. A total of 201 players declared for the draft and were eligible for selection.
Each CPL team was awarded two selections in the draft. Consistent with the 2023 CPL-U Sports Draft, expansion club FC Supra du Québec would receive both the first and second overall selections in the first round. The remainder of the selections were awarded in reverse order of the previous season's standings, including playoffs and final standings. Valour FC folded following the 2025 season, and were thus not included. In addition, Inter Toronto FC's first round selection was traded to Vancouver FC during the 2025 season, in a transaction involving Gabriel Bitar.