The 2014 MLS SuperDraft was the fifteenth SuperDraft presented by Major League Soccer. The first two rounds of the four round draft took place on January 16, 2014, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Philadelphia Convention Center. Rounds three and four took place on January 21, 2014, via conference call.

Changes from 2013 The SuperDraft was expanded from two rounds to four rounds. The Supplemental Draft, typically held one week after the SuperDraft, was eliminated.

Selection order The MLS SuperDraft selection order has been constant throughout league history:

The nine clubs which do not qualify for the playoffs receive picks #1 through #9 (in reverse order of season points); The two clubs eliminated in the Knockout round of playoffs receive picks #10 and #11 (in reverse order of season points); The four clubs eliminated in the Conference Semifinals receive picks #12 through #15 (in reverse order of season points); The two clubs eliminated in the Conference Finals receive picks #16 and #17 (in reverse order of season points); The club which loses 2013 MLS Cup receives pick #18; The club which wins 2013 MLS Cup receives pick #19.

This selection order pertains to all rounds of the MLS SuperDraft.

* Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team

Round 1 Any player marked with a * is part of the Generation Adidas program.

Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 1 Philadelphia Union Andre Blake* Goalkeeper Connecticut 2 D.C. United Steve Birnbaum Defender CaliforniaOrange County Blue Star 3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Christian Dean* Defender California 4 New England Revolution Steve Neumann Forward GeorgetownReading United 5 Montreal Impact Eric Miller* Defender CreightonPortland Timbers U23s 6 FC Dallas Tesho Akindele Forward Colorado School of MinesReal Colorado Foxes 7 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Andre Lewis Midfielder Portmore United 8 Seattle Sounders FC Damion Lowe* Defender HartfordReading United 9 San Jose Earthquakes J. J. Koval Midfielder StanfordVentura County Fusion 10 Toronto FC Nick Hagglund Defender Xavier 11 New England Revolution Patrick Mullins Forward MarylandNew Orleans Jesters 12 Colorado Rapids Marlon Hairston* Midfielder Louisville 13 Chicago Fire Marco Franco Defender UC IrvineOC Blues Strikers FC 14 Columbus Crew Ben Sweat Defender USFReading United 15 Philadelphia Union Pedro Ribeiro Midfielder Coastal CarolinaReading United 16 Houston Dynamo A. J. Cochran* Defender WisconsinK-W United FC 17 Portland Timbers Schillo Tshuma* Forward Maryland 18 Real Salt Lake Ryan Neil Defender California 19 Colorado Rapids Grant Van De Casteele Defender Notre Dame

Round 1 trades

Round 2 Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 20 Chivas USA Thomas McNamara Midfielder ClemsonJersey Express 21 Seattle Sounders FC Jimmy Ockford Defender LouisvilleReading United 22 New York Red Bulls Chris Duvall Defender Wake Forest 23 Los Angeles Galaxy Kyle Venter Defender New MexicoReal Colorado Foxes 24 Toronto FC Daniel Lovitz Midfielder ElonCarolina Dynamo 25 Philadelphia Union Kevin Cope Defender Michigan StateMichigan Bucks 26 Portland Timbers Taylor Peay Defender WashingtonNorth Sound SeaWolves 27 Philadelphia Union Robbie Derschang Defender AkronAustin Aztex 28 San Jose Earthquakes Joe Sofia Defender UCLAVentura County Fusion 29 D.C. United Victor Muñoz Midfielder UCLAOC Blues Strikers FC 30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Mamadou Diouf Forward Connecticut 31 New England Revolution Alec Sundly Midfielder CaliforniaOrange County Blue Star 32 Houston Dynamo Mark Sherrod Forward MemphisPortland Timbers U23s 33 Colorado Rapids Jared Watts Midfielder Wake Forest 34 New York Red Bulls Eric Stevenson Midfielder AkronSeattle Sounders FC U-23 35 Colorado Rapids John Berner Goalkeeper SIU EdwardsvilleSt. Louis Lions 36 Portland Timbers Aaron Long Midfielder UC RiversideFC Tucson 37 Montreal Impact George Malki Midfielder Cal Poly 38 Sporting Kansas City Adnan Gabeljic Forward St. Louis

Round 2 trades

Round 3 Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 39 Portland Timbers George Fochive Midfielder ConnecticutReal Maryland 40 Chivas USA Kris Tyrpak Forward Houston BaptistAustin Aztex 41 Sporting Kansas City Peter Schmetz Midfielder UC Santa BarbaraVentura County Fusion 42 Columbus Crew Fifi Baiden Midfielder UC Santa Barbara 43 FC Dallas Nick Walker Defender Fairleigh DickinsonMichigan Bucks 44 Philadelphia Union Richie Marquez Defender Redlands 45 Columbus Crew Adam Bedell Forward Detroit-MercyDetroit City FC 46 Philadelphia Union Alex Sweetin Midfielder St. Louis 47 San Jose Earthquakes A. J. Corrado Midfielder Indiana 48 Montreal Impact Pete Caringi Forward UMBCBaltimore Bohemians 49 Colorado Rapids Tolani Ibikunle Defender Wake ForestReading United 50 New England Revolution Pierre Omanga Forward SNHUGPS Portland Phoenix 51 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Michael Kafari Midfielder New MexicoAustin Aztex 52 Philadelphia Union Aodhan Quinn Midfielder AkronSeattle Sounders FC U-23 53 Real Salt Lake Joey Dillon Midfielder GeorgetownMichigan Bucks 54 Houston Dynamo Michael Lisch Goalkeeper New MexicoAustin Aztex 55 Seattle Sounders FC Stefano Rijssel Forward W Connection 56 D.C. United Zach Barnes Midfielder CreightonPortland Timbers U23 57 Sporting Kansas City Alex Martinez Midfielder NC StateCarolina Dynamo

Round 3 trades

Round 4 Pick # MLS team Player Position Affiliation 58 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Mackenzie Pridham Forward Cal Poly 59 Chivas USA Michael Nwiloh Defender Georgia State 60 Toronto FC Kene Eze Forward Rutgers 61 Chicago Fire Zach Bolden Midfielder Denver 62 FC Dallas Ronny Santos Mendoza Defender Manta FC 63 Philadelphia Union Luca Gimenez Midfielder Wake Forest 64 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Michael Calderón Midfielder New Mexico 65 Chicago Fire Kadeem Dacres Forward UMBCReading United 66 San Jose Earthquakes Devante Dubose Defender Virginia TechMidland/Odessa Sockers 67 Montreal Impact Jordan Ongaro Forward San Diego State 68 Colorado Rapids Albert Edward Defender Lindsey Wilson CollegeDes Moines Menace 69 D.C. United Travis Golden Defender CampbellAustin Aztex 70 Real Salt Lake Daniel Jackson Forward Coker CollegeD.C. United U-23 71 Portland Timbers Victor Chavez Forward UCLAVentura County Fusion 72 Los Angeles Galaxy PASS 73 Portland Timbers Nikita Kotlov Midfielder Indiana 74 San Jose Earthquakes Billy Knutsen Goalkeeper American 75 Chicago Fire Bryan Ciesiulka Midfielder MarquetteChicago Fire Premier 76 Sporting Kansas City Reinaldo Brenes Forward AkronPortland Timbers U23s 77 Seattle Sounders FC Fabio Pereira Midfielder Michigan

Round 4 trades

Unresolved 2014 SuperDraft Trades

Conditional, Houston Dynamo → Toronto FC. December 28, 2011: Toronto FC acquired a conditional selection in the 2014 SuperDraft from Houston Dynamo in exchange for midfielder Nathan Sturgis. Round 6 (Supplemental Draft Round 4), FC Dallas → Columbus Crew. June 14, 2013: Columbus Crew acquired a fourth-round selection in the 2014 Supplemental Draft from FC Dallas in exchange for use of an international roster spot for 2013.

Notable undrafted players Homegrown players

Original MLS teamPlayerPositionCollegeConferenceNotesD.C. UnitedJalen RobinsonDefenderWake ForestACCReal Salt LakeJordan AllenMidfielderVirginiaACCSan Jose EarthquakesTommy ThompsonForwardIndianaBig TenSeattle Sounders FCAaron KovarMidfielderStanfordPac-12

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