Draft season is upon us! The 2020 MLS SuperDraft takes place on Thursday, January 9, and if the pattern of previous years continues, the vast majority of players selected to begin their professional soccer careers will have experience playing in League Two.
In the first version of this year's mock SuperDraft, we've highlighted the former League Two prospects at each position in the order in which we think they'll be drafted. Check back next week for predictions of which players will be selected by which MLS teams, as well as a chance to vote for the players you think will be drafted first at each position.
Forwards | |||
Pick |
Player |
College |
|
1 | OKC Energy U23 | Garrett McLaughlin | SMU |
2 | Orange County U23 | Miguel Berry | San Diego |
3 | Flint City Bucks | Nebojsa Popovic | Michigan |
4 | North Carolina FC U23 | Jack Skahan | UNC Chapel Hill |
5 | OKC Energy U23 | Daryl Dike | Virginia |
6 | FC Golden State Force | Daniel Trejo | Cal State Northridge |
7 | GPS Portland Phoenix | Matthew Bentley | Missouri State |
8 | New York Red Bulls U23 | Brian Saramogo | Loyola (MD) |
Midfielders | |||
Pick |
Player |
College |
|
1 | Reading United AC | Aaron Molloy | Penn State |
2 | Long Island Rough Riders | Manuel Ferriol | James Madison |
3 | Chicago FC United | Jesus Perez | UIC |
4 | North Carolina FC U23 | Jeremy Kelly | UNC Chapel Hill |
5 | Nashville SC U23 | Tanner Dieterich | Clemson |
6 | North Carolina Fusion U23 | Bruno Lapa | Wake Forest |
7 | Wake FC | Brandon Williamson | Duke |
8 | Chicago FC United | Jorge Gonzalez | SIU Edwardsville |
9 | Portland Timbers U23 | Rey Ortiz | Portland |
10 | Lionsbridge FC | Gideon Betz | Campbell |
Defenders | |||
Pick |
Player |
College |
|
1 | Long Island Rough Riders | Dylan Nealis | Georgetown |
2 | Saint Louis FC U23 | Jack Maher | Indiana |
3 | AC Connecticut | Henry Kessler | Virginia |
4 | San Francisco City FC | Tanner Beason | Stanford |
5 | Flint City Bucks | Patrick Nielsen | Michigan State |
6 | San Francisco Glens | Simon Lekressner | UC Berkeley |
7 | Long Island Rough Riders | Carlo Ritaccio | Akron |
8 | Treasure Coast Tritons | Javain Brown | South Florida |
9 | SIMA Aguilas | Malick Mbaye | Clemson |
Goalkeepers | |||
Pick |
Player |
College |
|
1 | Des Moines Menace | Wallis Lapsley | UC Davis |
2 | Portland Timbers U23 | Remi Prieur | St. Mary's (CA) |
3 | San Francisco City FC | Andrew Thomas | Stanford |
4 | Reading United AC | Simon Lefebvre | Temple |