The 2015 MLS SuperDraft was the sixteenth SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. The SuperDraft is held each year in conjunction with the annual National Soccer Coaches Association of America convention. The 2015 convention was held January 14–18, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The first two rounds of the SuperDraft took place on January 15, 2015. Rounds three and four took place via conference call on January 20, 2015.

Format The SuperDraft format has remained constant throughout its history and closely resembles that of the NFL draft:

Any expansion teams receive the first picks. In 2015, MLS added two expansion teams: New York City FC and Orlando City SC. As determined by a "Priority Draft" conducted on September 24, 2014, Orlando City had the first overall selection and New York City picked second. Non-playoff clubs receive the next picks in reverse order of prior season finish. Teams that make the MLS Cup Playoffs are then ordered by which round of the playoffs they were eliminated. The winners of the MLS Cup are given the last selection, and the losers the penultimate selection.

Contraction of Chivas USA MLS contracted the Chivas USA franchise at the conclusion of the 2014 MLS season. On November 7, 2014, MLS announced that all draft picks held by teams in the 2015 SuperDraft after previous trades with Chivas USA would be honored, while the two picks still held by Chivas USA would be deleted. Had Chivas USA not been contracted these selections would have been: Round 3, pick #48 - Chivas USA's natural selection. Round 4, pick #69 - Chivas USA's natural selection.

Also, draft picks retained by Chivas USA for the 2016 MLS SuperDraft were deleted except for the team's second-round pick which was previously traded to Columbus. That 2016 pick will be selection #11 in round two of the 2016 SuperDraft.

Player selection * 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 College Other 1 Orlando City SC Cyle Larin* Forward Connecticut 2 New York City FC Khiry Shelton Forward Oregon State Lane United FC 3 Montreal Impact Romario Williams* Forward UCF Orlando City U-23 4 San Jose Earthquakes Fatai Alashe Midfielder Michigan State Portland Timbers U23s 5 Portland Timbers Nick Besler Midfielder Notre Dame 6 Toronto FC Alex Bono* Goalkeeper Syracuse Reading United 7 Chicago Fire Matt Polster Defender SIU Edwardsville Chicago Fire Premier 8 Houston Dynamo Zach Steinberger Midfielder Butler Michigan Bucks 9 Toronto FC Clément Simonin Defender North Carolina State Seattle Sounders FC U-23 10 Sporting Kansas City Connor Hallisey Midfielder California 11 Toronto FC Skylar Thomas Defender Syracuse Reading United 12 Sporting Kansas City Saad Abdul-Salaam Defender Akron Portland Timbers U23s 13 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Tim Parker Defender St. John's Long Island Roughriders 14 Colorado Rapids Axel Sjöberg Defender Marquette Thunder Bay Chill 15 FC Dallas Otis Earle Defender UC Riverside FC Tucson 16 Seattle Sounders FC Cristian Roldan* Midfielder Washington Washington Crossfire 17 D.C. United Miguel Aguilar Forward San Francisco Portland Timbers U23s 18 New York Red Bulls Leo Stolz Midfielder UCLA 19 Columbus Crew SC Sergio Campbell Defender Connecticut 20 Sporting Kansas City Amadou Dia Defender Clemson Real Colorado Foxes 21 Los Angeles Galaxy Ignacio Maganto Forward Iona Reading United

Round 1 trades

Round 2 Any player marked with a * is part of the Generation Adidas program.

Pick # MLS team Player Position College Other 22 Orlando City SC Conor Donovan* Defender North Carolina State 23 New York City FC Connor Brandt Midfielder San Diego FC Tucson 24 Portland Timbers Andy Thoma Defender Washington Washington Crossfire 25 Orlando City SC Akeil Barrett Forward Tulsa Tulsa Athletics 26 Colorado Rapids Joseph Greenspan Defender Navy 27 Real Salt Lake Boyd Okwuonu Defender North Carolina Orlando City U-23 28 Chicago Fire Kingsley Bryce Midfielder Saint Louis 29 Toronto FC Wesley Charpie Defender South Florida Reading United 30 Houston Dynamo Oumar Ballo Defender UMBC Reading United 31 Philadelphia Union Dzenan Catic Forward Davenport Michigan Bucks 32 Portland Timbers Christian Volesky Forward SIU Edwardsville FC Tucson 33 Seattle Sounders FC Tyler Miller Goalkeeper Northwestern 34 Portland Timbers Kharlton Belmar Forward VCUPortland Timbers U23s 35 Columbus Crew SC Sagi Lev-Ari Forward Cal State Northridge 36 Houston Dynamo Rob Lovejoy Forward North CarolinaCarolina Dynamo 37 Toronto FC Edwin Rivas Forward Cal State Northridge 38 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Kay Banjo Forward UMBC 39 New York Red Bulls Stefano Bonomo Forward California 40 Seattle Sounders FC Oniel Fisher Midfielder New MexicoNew York Red Bulls U-23 41 Philadelphia Union Eric Bird Midfielder Virginia 42 D.C. United Dan Metzger Midfielder MarylandAustin Aztex

Round 2 trades

Round 3 Pick # MLS team Player Position College Other 43 Orlando City SC Earl Edwards Jr. Goalkeeper UCLASeattle Sounders FC U-23 44 New York City FC Andre Rawls Goalkeeper St. Mary's 45 Montreal Impact Cameron Porter Forward Princeton 46 San Jose Earthquakes Keasel Broome Goalkeeper ProvidenceBoston Rams 47 New England Revolution Marc Fenelus Forward Cal State Fullerton 48 Seattle Sounders FC Andy Craven Forward North CarolinaChicago Fire Premier 49 Houston Dynamo Taylor Hunter Defender Denver 50 Toronto FC Mike Ramos Forward Whitworth 51 Philadelphia Union Aaron Simmons Defender UCLAOC Pateadores Blues 52 Portland Timbers Anthony Manning Defender Saint Louis 53 Sporting Kansas City James Rogers Midfielder New MexicoOgden Outlaws 54 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Jovan Blagojevic Forward Simon Fraser 55 Columbus Crew SC Robert Kristo Forward Saint Louis 56 FC Dallas Will Seymore Defender Oregon StatePortland Timbers U23s 57 Real Salt Lake Jordan Murrell Defender SyracuseK-W United FC 58 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Adam Montague Midfielder Michigan StateMichigan Bucks 59 New York Red Bulls Shawn McLaws Midfielder Coastal CarolinaOcean City Nor'easters 60 Columbus Crew SC Tomas Gomez Goalkeeper Georgetown Orlando City U-23 61 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Spencer Richey Goalkeeper Washington Washington Crossfire 62 Los Angeles Galaxy Daniel Keller Defender Louisville Chicago Fire Premier

Round 3 trades

Round 4 Pick # MLS team Player Position College Other 63 Orlando City SC Sidney Rivera Forward Old Dominion 64 New York City FC Markus Naglestad Forward ProvidenceConnecticut FC Azul 65 Montreal Impact Cameron Iwasa Forward UC IrvineOC Pateadores Blues 66 San Jose Earthquakes Chimdum Mez Forward Cal State SacramentoLos Angeles Misioneros 67 Colorado Rapids Dominique Badji Forward Boston UniversityBoston Rams 68 Chicago Fire Alex Shinsky Midfielder MarylandBaltimore Bohemians 69 Columbus Crew Kalen Ryden Defender MidwesternMidland/Odessa Sockers 70 Toronto FC Sal Bernal Forward UNLVLas Vegas Mobsters 71 Philadelphia Union Raymond Lee Midfielder Saint Louis 72 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Craig Nitti Defender Loyola MarymountPortland Timbers U23s 73 Sporting Kansas City Tony Rocha Defender TulsaTulsa Athletics 74 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Nikola Paunic Defender South FloridaK-W United FC 75 Seattle Sounders FC Charlie Lyon Goalkeeper Marquette 76 FC Dallas Janeil Hoilett Midfielder FSV Frankfurt 77 Real Salt Lake Lucas Baldin Midfielder South FloridaReading United 78 Colorado Rapids Matt Jeffrey Defender Monmouth 79 New York Red Bulls Manolo Sanchez Midfielder ClemsonReading United 80 Seattle Sounders FC Andrew Bevin Forward West Virginia 81 Toronto FC Tyler Engel Forward North CarolinaChicago Fire Premier 82 Los Angeles Galaxy Andrew Wolverton Goalkeeper Penn StateIMG Academy Bradenton 83 Colorado Rapids Brandon Fricke Defender ButlerDes Moines Menace 84 Portland Timbers Seth Casiple Midfielder CaliforniaAustin Aztex

Round 4 trades

Unresolved 2015 SuperDraft Pick Trades

Conditional, Portland Timbers → Seattle Sounders FC. February 20, 2013: Seattle Sounders FC acquired a conditional 2015 draft pick and a first-round selection in the 2014 Supplemental Draft from Portland Timbers in exchange for the MLS rights to defender Mikaël Silvestre. Conditional, Real Salt Lake → D.C. United. July 17, 2013: D.C. United acquired a conditional 2015 draft pick and a third-round selection in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft from Real Salt Lake in exchange for defender Brandon McDonald.

Unspecified Year Draft Trade The trade below was announced without specifying which year or which draft (Super or Supplemental) contains the traded pick. The traded pick was not included in the 2013, 2014, or 2015 MLS drafts.

Conditional, Seattle Sounders FC → Toronto FC. September 14, 2012: Toronto FC acquired a conditional draft pick and the #10 position in the MLS Allocation Order from Seattle Sounders FC in exchange for the #1 position in the MLS Allocation Order. Seattle used the Allocation pick to select goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann.

Notable undrafted players Homegrown players

Original MLS teamPlayerPositionCollegeConferenceNotesChicago FirePatrick DoodyDefenderIndianaBig TenNew York Red BullsSean DavisMidfielderDukeACCToronto FCJay ChapmanMidfielderMichigan StateBig TenVancouver Whitecaps FCBen McKendryMidfielderNew MexicoConference USA

Others

Original MLS teamPlayerPositionCollegeConferenceNotesD.C. UnitedLuke MishuDefenderNotre DameACCD.C. UnitedTravis WorraGoalkeeperNew HampshireAmerica East

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