MLS Draft 2022 results: Updated tracker with every pick by club

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MLS Draft 2022 results: Updated tracker with every pick by club image

The 2022 MLS draft, known as the SuperDraft, took place on Tuesday with expansion side Charlotte FC making Maryland midfielder Ben Bender the No. 1 pick. 

Among the players taken early were ones that won't be counting against a club's salary budget in 2022 after signing special generation adidas contracts. There was also a run by teams at eight defenders and two goalkeepers in the opening 14 picks of the draft.

FC Dallas made six draft picks to lead the draft, while Vancouver Whitecaps came away with five players. LAFC didn't have a pick and the Philadelphia Union passed on its only selection. Saint Louis University saw six of its players selected in the three-round draft.

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Below is the rundown of every pick made in all three rounds, as well as a recap of each club's draft-day haul.

2022 MLS draft picks by club

Club Total
Picks		 Players
Atlanta United 4 No. 19: Erik Centeno (FW, Pacific University)
No. 47: Tristan Trager (FW, Air Force)
No. 75: Danny Bloyou (FW, Penn State)
No. 88: Tola Showunmi (FW, New Hampshire)
Austin FC 3 No. 5: Kipp Keller (DF, Saint Louis)
No. 35: Charlie Asensio (DF, Clemson)
No. 61: Michael Knapp (MF, NY Red Bulls II)
Charlotte FC 3 No. 1: Ben Bender (MF, Maryland)
No. 29: Kyle Holcomb (FW, Wake Forest)
No. 57: George Marks (GK, Clemson)
Chicago Fire FC 4 No. 11: Kendall Burks (DF, Washington)
No. 33: Charlie Ostrem (DF, Washington)
No. 63: Carlo Ritaccio (DF, Akron)
No. 85: Yanis Leerman (DF, Central Florida)
FC Cincinnati 4 No. 2: Roman Celentano (GK, Indiana)
No. 14: Ian Murphy (DF, Duke)
No. 30: Nick Markanich (FW, Northern Illinois)
No. 58: PASS
Colorado Rapids 5 No. 23: Mohamed Omar (MF, Notre Dame)
No. 26: Anthony Markanich (DF, Northern Illinois)
No. 45: Roberto Molina (FW, UC-Irvine)
No. 51: PASS
No. 79: PASS
Columbus Crew 4 No. 12: Patrick Schulte (GK, Saint Louis)
No. 25: Philip Quinton (DF, Notre Dame)
No. 40: Jacob Erlandson (DF, Bowling Green)
No. 68: Chris Donovan (FW, Drexler)
D.C. United 3 No. 36: Sofiane Djeffal (MF, Oregon State)
No. 41: Alex Nagy (FW, Vermont)
No. 69: Skage Simonsen (MF, SMU)
FC Dallas 6 No. 3: Isaiah Parker (FW, Saint Louis)
No. 6: Lucas Bartlett (DF, St. John's)
No. 28: Tsiki Ntsalebeng (FW, Oregon State)
No. 62: Alec Smir (GK, North Carolina)
No. 66: Chase Niece (DF, Saint Louis)
No. 87: Holland Rula (DF, Wake Forest)
Inter Miami 5 No. 9: Ryan Sailor (DF, Washington)
No. 37: Lucas Meek (MF, Washington)
No. 48: Justin Ingram (MF, Loyola Marymount)
No. 54: Tyler Bagley (FW, Cornell)
No. 65: PASS
Houston Dynamo 3 No. 4: Thor Ulfarsson (FW, Duke)
No. 32: Paulo Lima (MF, Providence)
No. 39: Arturo Ordonez (DF, Pittsburgh)
LA Galaxy 4 No. 21: Farai Mutatu (FW, Michigan State)
No. 42: Callum Johnson (MF, Clemson)
No. 60: Chandler Vaughn (DF, Saint Louis)
No. 70: PASS
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Minnesota United 1 No. 17: Tani Oluwaseyi (FW, St. John's)
CF Montreal 2 No. 15: Jojea Kwizera (FW, Utah Valley)
No. 67: Ivy Brisma (FW, North Carolina State)
Nashville SC 3 No. 10: Ahmed Longmire (DF, UCLA)
No. 38: Will Meyer (GK, Akron)
No. 77: PASS
New England Revolution 3 No. 24: Jacob Jackson (GK, Loyola Marymount)
No. 52: Ben Reveno (DF, UCLA)
No. 80: PASS
NY Red Bulls 4 No. 7: Matthew Nocita (DF, Naval Academy)
No. 20: O'Vonte Mullings (FW, FGCU)
No. 71: Giannis Nikopolidis (GK, Georgetown)
No. 73: Seth Kuhn (MF, Penn State)
New York City FC 3 No. 34: Kevin O'Toole (FW, Princeton)
No. 56: Kingsford Adjei (FW, Dayton)
No. 84: El Mahdi Youssoufi (FW, St. Francis Brooklyn)
Orlando City 3 No. 18: Jack Lynn (FW, Notre Dame)
No. 46: Nathan Dossantos (DF, Marshall)
No. 74: Nick Taylor (FW, Central Florida)
Philadelphia Union 1 No. 82: PASS
Portland Timbers 3 No. 27: Justin Rasmussen (MF, Grand Canyon)
No. 55: Julian Bravo (DF/MF, Santa Clara)
No. 83: Sivert Haugli (DF, Virginia Tech)
Real Salt Lake 2 No. 53: Pedro Fonseca (FW, Louisville)
No. 81: Jasper Loeffelsend (DF, Pittsburgh)
San Jose Earthquakes 4 No. 8: Ousseni Bouda (FW, Stanford)
No. 13: Oskar Agren (DF, Clemson)
No. 64: John Martin (DF, Clemson)
No. 89: PASS
Seattle Sounders 2 No. 43: Achille Robin (DF, Washington)
No. 76: Hal Uderitz (MF, Seattle)
Sporting Kansas City 3 No. 22: Esai Easley (DF, Grand Canyon)
No. 50: Brett St. Martin (DF, Maryland)
No. 78: PASS
Toronto FC 2 No. 31: Luka Gavran (GK, St. John's)
No. 59: Reshaun Walkes (FW, Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Vancouver Whitecaps 5 No. 16: Simon Becher (FW, Saint Louis)
No. 44: L. Felipe Fernandez-Salvador (MF, Clemson)
No. 49: Giovanni Aguilar (MF, Cal State Northridge)
No. 72: Theo Collomb (FW, UNC-Greensboro)
No. 86: Vitor Dias (MF, Marshall)

2022 MLS Draft order: 1st Round

Pick Team Player Position College
1 Charlotte FC Ben Bender MF Maryland
2 FC Cincinnati Roman Celentano GK Indiana
3 FC Dallas Isaiah Parker FW Saint Louis
4 Houston Dynamo Thor Ulfarsson FW Duke
5 Austin FC Kipp Keller DF Saint Louis
6 FC Dallas Lucas Bartlett DF St. John's
7 NY Red Bulls Matthew Nocita DF Naval Academy
8 San Jose Earthquakes Ousseni Bouda FW Stanford
9 Inter Miami Ryan Sailor DF Washington
10 Nashville SC Ahmed Longmire DF UCLA
11 Chicago Fire FC Kendall Burks DF Washington
12 Columbus Crew Patrick Schulte GK Saint Louis
13 San Jose Earthquakes Oskar Agren DF Clemson
14 FC Cincinnati Ian Murphy DF Duke
15 CF Montreal Jojea Kwizera FW Utah Valley
16 Vancouver Whitecaps Simon Becher FW Saint Louis
17 Minnesota United Tani Oluwaseyi FW St. John's
18 Orlando City SC Jack Lynn FW Notre Dame
19 Atlanta United Erik Centeno FW Pacific
20 NY Red Bulls O'Vonte Mullings FW FGCU
21 LA Galaxy Farai Mutatu FW Michigan State
22 Sporting Kansas City Esai Easley DF Grand Canyon
23 Colorado Rapids Mohamed Omar MF Notre Dame
24 New England Revolution Jacob Jackson GK Loyola Marymount
25 Columbus Crew Philip Quinton DF Notre Dame
26 Colorado Rapids Anthony Markanich DF Northern Illinois
27 Portland Timbers Justin Rasmussen MF Grand Canyon
28 FC Dallas Tsiki Ntsabeleng FW Oregon State

2022 MLS Draft order: 2nd Round

Pick Team Player Position College
29 Charlotte FC Kyle Holcomb FW Wake Forest
30 FC Cincinnati Nick Markanich FW Northern Illinois
31 Toronto FC Luka Gavran GK St. John's
32 Houston Dynamo Paulo Lima MF Providence
33 Chicago Fire Charlie Ostrem DF Washington
34 NYCFC Kevin O'Toole FW Princeton
35 Austin FC Charlie Asensio DF Clemson
36 D.C. United Sofiane Djeffal MF Oregon State
37 Inter Miami Lucas Meek MF Washington
38 Nashville SC Will Meyer GK Akron
39 Houston Dynamo Arturo Ordonez DF Pittsburgh
40 Columbus Crew Jacob Erlandson DF Bowling Green
41 D.C. United Alex Nagy FW Vermont
42 LA Galaxy Callum Johnson MF Clemson
43 Seattle Sounders Achille Robin DF Washington
44 Vancouver Whitecaps L. Fernandez-Salvador MF Clemson
45 Colorado Rapids Roberto Molina FW UC-Irvine
46 Orlando City SC Nathan Dossantos DF Marshall
47 Atlanta United Tristan Trager FW Air Force
48 Inter Miami Justin Ingram MF Loyola Marymount
49 Vancouver Whitecaps Giovanni Aguilar MF Cal State Northridge
50 Sporting Kansas City Brett St. Martin DF Maryland
51 Colorado Rapids PASS    
52 New England Revolution Ben Reveno DF UCLA
53 Real Salt Lake Pedro Fonseca FW Louisville
54 Inter Miami Tyler Bagley FW Cornell
55 Portland Timbers Julian Bravo DF/MF Santa Clara
56 New York City FC Kingsford Adjei FW Dayton

2022 MLS Draft order: 3rd Round

Pick Team Player Position College
57 Charlotte FC George Marks GK Clemson
58 FC Cincinnati PASS    
59 Toronto FC Reshaun Walkes FW Texas Rio Grande Valley
60 LA Galaxy Chandler Vaughn DF Saint Louis
61 Austin FC Michael Knapp MF NY Red Bulls II
62 FC Dallas Alec Smir GK North Carolina
63 Chicago Fire Carlo Ritaccio DF Akron
64 San Jose Earthquakes John Martin DF Clemson
65 Inter Miami PASS    
66 FC Dallas Chase Niece DF Saint Louis
67 CF Montreal Ivy Brisma FW NC State
68 Columbus Crew Chris Donovan FW Drexel
69 D.C. United Skage Simonsen MF SMU
70 LA Galaxy PASS    
71 NY Red Bulls Giannis Nikopolidis GK Georgetown
72 Vancouver Whitecaps Theo Collomb FW UNC-Greensboro
73 NY Red Bulls Seth Kuhn MF Penn State
74 Orlando City SC Nick Taylor FW Central Florida
75 Atlanta United Danny Bloyou FW Penn State
76 Seattle Sounders Hal Uderitz MF Seattle
77 Nashville SC PASS    
78 Sporting Kansas City PASS    
79 Colorado Rapids PASS    
80 New England Revolution PASS    
81 Real Salt Lake Jasper Loeffelsend DF Pittsburgh
82 Philadelphia Union PASS    
83 Portland Timbers Sivert Haugli DF Virginia Tech
84 New York City FC El Mahdi Youssoufi FW St Francis-Brooklyn
85 Chicago Fire Yanis Leerman DF Central Florida
86 Vancouver Whitecaps Vitor Dias MF Marshall
87 FC Dallas Holland Rula DF Wake Forest
88 Atlanta United Tola Showunmi FW New Hampshire
89 San Jose Earthquakes PASS    

Who were the top 2022 MLS draft prospects?

This season, goalkeeper was the position to watch, and eight of them were taken in the three-round draft with three in the first round alone. By comparison not a single goalkeeper was taken in the first round of last year's draft, with the first taken by FC Dallas all the way down at pick No. 48.

There were several talented strikers in the pool including Kyle Holcomb and Thor Ulfarsson from the ACC, with a bulging forward group ready to bag goals in the upcoming season. The thin position this year was midfielder.

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Listed below are 18 players who were projected to go early. Saint Louis, which reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament, has a number of top players who were in demand, with six selected.

Goalkeepers:

Roman Celentano (Indiana): No. 2 to FC Cincinnati

A two-time Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year, Celentano compiled a stellar 82.1 percent save percentage over his three seasons at Indiana, including an insane 90.8 percent mark across 16 games in the COVID-19 disrupted 2020-21 season (six goals allowed, nine shutouts). His highlight was a bonkers quadruple save in November against Northwestern that was No. 1 on SportsCenter's Top 10 plays.

Patrick Schulte (Saint Louis): No. 12 to Columbus

A sophomore with U.S. youth national team experience at the Under-18 level, he performed well for both his school and club Saint Louis FC. Schulte once saved three penalties in one U.S. Open Cup penalty shootout in 2019 as the side reached the fourth round of the competition that year. He had nine shutouts and just 18 goals allowed in 21 matches for the Billikens this season.

Alec Smir (North Carolina): No. 62 to FC Dallas

Smir led the ACC with 10 shutouts in 2020, allowing just 11 goals in 18 games and playing every second of UNC's run to the College Cup. This past season saw a dip in those numbers, but he has significant high-level experience.

Will Meyer (Akron): No. 38 to Nashville SC

He joined Akron as a transfer from Louisville, and while his numbers don't jump off the page, he had high enough marks from the scouts, although he was always likely go behind the other three mentioned already.

Defenders:

Kipp Keller (Saint Louis): No. 5 to Austin FC

Keller, a 2021 second-team All American, was a potential top-three pick entering the draft after leaving as an underclassman and signing a special generation adidas contract which won't count against a team's salary budget.

He was outshined by teammate Simon Becher who made first-team All American as a forward, but Keller was a hot commodity as a young, domestic option at the back.

Esai Easley (Grand Canyon): No. 22 to Sporting KC

After choosing competitive soccer over competitive surfing, Easley worked his way onto the national scene at Grand Canyon where he proved to be a mobile option at center back en route to being named WAC Defensive Player of the Year and earning recognition as one of the best defenders in the nation.

Ryan Sailor (Washington): No. 9 to Inter Miami

The Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and a First-Team All American, Sailor had plenty of buzz amid a packed center-back class. In his redshirt senior season, Sailor started all 22 matches and led a defense that allowed just 10 goals, good for third-fewest in the nation. He also added six goals, the best total in the country for a center back. His pro readiness is the only question.

Ahmed Longmire (UCLA): No. 10 to Nashville SC

While Longmire's season didn't garner the Pac-12 and national plaudits that Sailor's did, due to concussion problems, the Utah Valley transfer came into his own at UCLA and cemented himself as a prominent prospect.

Charlie Asensio (Clemson): No. 35 to Austin FC

A late addition to the draft after passing on his option to join Atlanta United via a homegrown contract, Asensio is a fullback who was critical to Clemson's national championship run and who will provide width to a side with both his defensive abilities and creative skills.

Midfielders:

Mohamed Omar (Notre Dame): No. 23 to Colorado Rapids

A Canadian youth international hailing from Toronto, Omar is a talented holding midfielder who played over 1700 minutes with Notre Dame last season and scored four goals while helping the Irish reach the final four. Mock drafts had him all over the first round, but it's clear he's seen as a talent.

Ben Bender (Maryland): No. 1 overall to Charlotte FC

The unanimous 2021 Big Ten Midfielder of the Year bagged nine goals and five assists through two seasons at Maryland, but it's his two-way play that has earned accolades, and he went No. 1 in the draft amid a thin midfield group.

Sofiane Djeffal (Oregon State): No. 36 to D.C. United

The Pac-12 Player of the Year led Oregon State to a No. 1 ranking in the nation for the first time in program history en route to a Pac-12 title. Djeffal was at the center of that rise, scoring five goals and adding five assists. Hailing from France, the Nantes youth product would occupy an international roster slot which may have hurt his draft position.

Justin Rasmussen (Grand Canyon): No. 27 to Portland Timbers

Named a top-50 player by Top Drawer Soccer, Rasmussen struck nine times for Grand Canyon this past season. While the squad was ultimately upset in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Rasmussen stood out. He's a left-sided player who could be moved onto the flank if needed.

Forwards:

Isaiah Parker (Saint Louis): No. 3 to FC Dallas

A raw, high-upside player, Parker leaves Saint Louis on an underclassman generation adidas contract after just one season in which he scored three goals and assisted seven, showcasing exceptional speed in the process.

Kyle Holcomb (Wake Forest): No. 29 to Charlotte

An experienced, do-it-all striker who is not only ruthless in front of net but contributes in all areas of the field, Holcomb was a leader on the field for a strong Wake Forest program. Holcomb scored 33 goals in his four years as a Deac and contributes defensively as much as he goes for goal. The term "clinical" is often used in describing him, and for good reason.

Ousseni Bouda (Stanford): No. 8 to San Jose

A Pac-12 First Team member this past year, Bouda missed the COVID-19 shortened season due to injury but returned with aplomb. A native of Burkina Faso and a product of Ghana's Right to Dream Academy, Bouda has scored 10 goals and assisted 14 others in his 39 career matches at Stanford.

Thor Ulfarsson (Duke): No. 4 to Houston Dynamo

A constant and frustrating presence for ACC defenses, Ulfarsson scored a whopping 19 goals in 24 matches for Duke over two seasons, including 15 this past campaign. The Iceland native was a First Team All-American and is a true target man up front.

Farai Mutatu (Michigan State): No. 21 to LA Galaxy

Moving from Zimbabwe in 2006 to Michigan, Mutatu is a wide player who provides pace and good service and could be a versatile pickup. Mutatu has seen time in the lower tiers of American soccer and could be deployed in a number of positions, including as a No. 10 or at wingback.

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Kyle Bonn, is a Syracuse University broadcast journalism graduate with over a decade of experience covering soccer globally. Kyle specializes in soccer tactics and betting, with a degree in data analytics. Kyle also does TV broadcasts for Wake Forest soccer, and has had previous stops with NBC Soccer and IMG College. When not covering the game, he has long enjoyed loyalty to the New York Giants, Yankees, and Fulham. Kyle enjoys playing racquetball and video games when not watching or covering sports.