It’s the Super-est of Tuesdays, folks. That’s right, it’s MLS SuperDraft day.
The 2022 MLS SuperDraft is set to kick off today at 12 p.m. PT (3 p.m. ET). With the rise of Homegrown Player signings, the U-22 Player Initiative, and the improvement of MLS academies, MLS teams have many more direct mechanisms for finding young talent. So the annual draft of college players doesn’t hold the same weight that it did about a decade ago. Indeed, many players drafted often don’t see the field for their first teams much at all.
Still, there has been value that has emerged in recent years.