The 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft was the fourth annual CPL–U Sports Draft. Eight Canadian Premier League (CPL) teams selected 16 eligible U Sports soccer players in total, when the draft was held on January 20, 2022.
Format Players can be selected if they have one to four years of U Sports eligibility remaining and have declared for the draft by December 1, 2021. On January 13, 2022, the league announced the list of 165 players who would be eligible for selection.
Each CPL team made two selections in the draft. The selection order is the reverse of the previous season's standings, including playoffs and final standings.
Player selection * Denotes player who has signed a professional contract for the 2022 season ^ Denotes player who has signed a developmental contract for the 2022 season
Round 1 Pick # CPL team Player Position Nationality University Last team/academy 1 Atlético Ottawa José Cunha^ DF/LM Cape Breton G.D. Estoril Praia B 2 FC Edmonton Kairo Coore^ FW Cape Breton 3 HFX Wanderers FC Christopher Campoli MF Ontario Tech Unionville Milliken SC (L1O) 4 Valour FC Raine Lyn MF Cape Breton 5 York United FC Christian Rossi MF Trinity Western 6 Cavalry FC Caden Rogozinski DF Mount Royal Calgary Foothills (USL2) 7 Forge FC Guillaume Pianelli DF UQTR Celtix du Haut-Richelieu (PLSQ) 8 Pacific FC Luca Ricci MF Montréal FC Lanaudière (PLSQ)
Round 2 Pick # CPL team Player Position Nationality University Last team/academy 9 Atlético Ottawa Julien Bruce FW Montréal FC Laval (PLSQ) 10 FC Edmonton Quentin Paumier FW Montréal FC Côte Bleue 11 HFX Wanderers FC Colin Gander^ DF Guelph Guelph United (L1O) 12 Valour FC Jacob Carlos^ MF Ryerson Toronto FC Academy 13 York United FC Soji Olatoye FW York Sigma FC (L1O) 14 Cavalry FC Markus Kaiser^ MF British Columbia Calgary Foothills (USL2) 15 Forge FC Mohamed Alshakman MF McMaster Sigma FC (L1O) 16 Pacific FC Rees Goertzen DF Victoria Victoria Highlanders Source:
Selection statistics
Draftees by nationality RankCountrySelections1122331
Draftees by university RankUniversitySelections 1Cape Breton3Montréal3 3 10 universities 1
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