MLS announces eligible players for MLS SuperDraft 2021

Major League Soccer announced the list of 176 players eligible for selection in the MLS SuperDraft 2021. The list includes three players signed to the Generation adidas class: forward Calvin Harris (Wake Forest – sophomore), and midfielders Philip Mayaka (Clemson – sophomore) and Daniel Pereira (Virginia Tech – sophomore).

The SuperDraft will take place at 1PM CST on January 21, and will be broadcast on the league website and app, as well as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Pluto TV. Selection order is determined in reverse order of the 2020 standings. As a result, Nashville SC will pick 20th overall (first round), 74th overall (third round), and 86th overall (compensatory round via trade with Minnesota). Nashville traded their second round pick to Chicago as part of their acquisition of Dax McCarty.

Nashville had a lot of success in the 2020 draft, taking Jack Maher second overall. In addition, they drafted Alistair Johnston 11th overall, who became the starting right-back and is now a Canadian international, as well as Elliot Panicco with the 13th pick, who became their backup goalkeeper.

Partially due to the truncated college schedule, as well as selecting much later in the draft, Nashville will have less options to work with. However, there is still plenty of talent in the draft, and Nashville have shown willingness to take a shot on players coming out of the college ranks. Finding a player who can fight for depth minutes or be loaned to USL to continue their development would be a success.

Ives Galarcep has published his always valuable SBI Draft Big Board, and his mock draft has Nashville SC selecting Michigan State center-back Brandon Hackenburg with their first round pick. While this isn’t a locked-in prediction (and he admits that), his mock draft is a good look at the tiers players will likely fall into in this year’s draft. It’s definitely worth a read as we get closer to the SuperDraft.

Full list of eligible players

NamePositionCollege
Christopher Allan
Elijah Amo
Kasper Andersen
Luther Archimede
George Asomani
Giuseppe Barone
Nick Barreiro
Josh Bauer
Jack Beer
Lorne Bickley
Adrian Billhardt
Paul Bin
Don-Junior Bobe
Dylan Borczak
Aris Briggs
Dante Brigida
Chase Bromstedt
Javain Brown
Joseph Buete
TJ Bush
Enrique Bustamante
Rafael Bustamante
Samuel Buzzas
Nico Campuzano
Pierre Cayet
Matt Constant
Lamine Conte
Nathaniel Crofts
Pablo DeCastro
Jake Dengler
Michael DeShields
Alexander Dexter
Ben Di Rosa
Matt Di Rosa
Derek Dodson
Josh Dolling
Irakoze Donasiyano
Jack Doran
Rei Dorwart
Josh Drack
Francois Dulysse
David Egbo
Emil Elveroth
Leroy Enzugusi
McKay Eves
Enrique Facusse
Umar Farouk Osman
Sameer Fathazada
Jonas Fjeldberg
Avionne Flanagan
Allen Gavilanes
Jake Gelnovatch
Bryce Gibson
Marco Gonzalez
Jacob Graiber
Alex Greive
Christopher Guerreiro
Mitch Guitar
Diego Gutierrez
Brandon Hackenberg
Joseph Hafferty
Ben Hale
Calvin Harris
Joel Harrison
Skye Harter
Jake Haupt
Nicky Hernandez
Santiago Herrera
Kyle Hiebert
Noah Hilt
Patrick Hogan
Rio Hope-Gund
Eric Iloski
Joshua Jackson-Ketchup
Thibaut Jacquel
Soren Jensen
Noah Jensen
Preston Judd
Tom Judge
Ryan Khedoo
Nabilai Kibunguchy
Edward Kizza
Freddy Kleemann
Elan Koenig
Robin Lapert
Vuk Latinovich
Noah Lawrence
Titouan Le Menec
John Leisman
Jasper Loeffelsend
Gerardo Lopez
Logan Lucas
Aime Mabika
Justin Malou
Jon-Talen Maples
AJ Marcucci
Eric Matzelevich
Philip Mayaka
Dawson McCartney
Aiden McFadden
Justin McMaster
Felix Metzler
Noe Meza
Rodney Michael
Tyrone Mondi
Josue Monge
Giovanni Montesdeoca
Patrick Murphy
Zach Nelson
Sondre Norheim
David Norris
Yannik Oettl
Brian O’Hara
Sean O’Hearn
Pape Oumar Gueye
Diogo Pacheco
Will Palmquist
Logan Panchot
Andrew Pannenberg
Josh Penn
Daniel Pereira
Louis Perez
Jose Perez Flores
Marcony Pimental
Christian Pinzon
Marcello Polisi
Matteo Polisi
Will Pulisic
Musa Qongo
Theo Quartey
Aldo Quevedo
Alvaro Quezada
Jackson Ragen
Kareve Richards
Kareem Riley
Jamil Roberts
Lucas Rosa
Paul Rothrock
Mark Salas
Martin Salas
Tor Saunders
Keaton Schieffer
Colin Shutler
Brendan Skinner
Kimarni Smith
Terrel Smith
Caua Soares
Yoni Sorokin
Aedan Stanley
Daniel Steedman
Jacob Stensson
Kyammani Stewart
Kristofer Strickler
Mathijs Swaneveld
Steven Tekesky
Brandon Terwege
Clayton Torr
Alex Touche
Daniel Trejo
CC Uche
Alex Valencia
Gustavo Vasconcelos
Trey Vinson
Chase Vosvick
Matthew Vowinkel
Jahmali Waite
Iwan Webster
Alex Welch
Rene White
Patrick Wilkinson
Tommy Williamson
Blake Willis
Mark Winhoffer
Daniel Wright
Oliver Wright
Filippo Zattarin
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F
F
F
M
M
M
D
F
F
F
F
F
M
F
F
M
D
M
GK
M
D
D
GK
D
D
M
F
F
D
D
F
D
M
F
F
F
M
M
F
D
F
F
F
D
GK
M
F
M
D
M
GK
D
F
D
F
D
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F
D
D
GK
F
D
M
D
M
F
D
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D
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D
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F
D
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F
D
D
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GK
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D
D
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GK
F
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M
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GK
D
D
GK
D
D
M
M
GK
M
GK
F
M
M
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M
F
F
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GK
D
M
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F
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D
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M
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M
GK
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Atlanta United 2 [USL] / Univ. of Charleston
Univ. of Louisville
Central Arkansas Univ.
Syracuse Univ.
North Carolina State Univ.
Michigan State Univ.
Grand Canyon Univ.
Birmingham Legion [USL] / Univ. of New Hampshire
Georgetown Univ.
Wilmington Univ.
Univ. of South Florida
Univ. of Maryland
Fairfield Univ.
Oakland Univ.
Georgia State Univ.
Oral Roberts Univ.
Univ. of Tulsa
Atlanta United 2 [USL] / Univ. of South Florida
Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham
James Madison Univ.
California Polytechnic State Univ.
St. John’s Univ.
Ohio State Univ.
Univ. of Pittsburgh
Temple Univ.
Univ. of North Carolina
Univ. of Louisville
Univ. of Virginia
Rider Univ.
Loudoun United [USL] / Univ. of Connecticut
NE Revolution II [USL] / Wake Forest Univ.
Univ. of Pittsburgh
Univ. of Maryland
Univ. of Maryland
Georgetown Univ.
Missouri State Univ.
Univ. of Virginia
Duke Univ.
California State Univ., Fullerton
Univ. of Denver
NE Revolution II [USL] / Univ. of Central Florida
Univ. of Akron
Univ. of Louisville
Drake Univ.
Utah Valley Univ.
Univ. of Kentucky
Univ. of Michigan
Fordham Univ.
Univ. of Dayton
Univ. of South Florida
Marist College
Univ. of Louisville
Creighton Univ.
Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
Univ. of Illinois Chicago
Univ. of San Diego
Simon Fraser Univ.
Indy Eleven [USL] / Univ. of Wisconsin
Creighton Univ.
Penn State Univ.
Oregon State Univ.
Furman Univ.
Wake Forest Univ.
Univ. of Michigan
Univ. of Akron
Univ. of California, Davis
North Texas SC [USL] / Southern Methodist Univ.
Univ. of North Carolina
Missouri State Univ.
Southern Methodist Univ.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Georgetown Univ.
UCLA
Ohio State Univ.
Campbell Univ.
Central Arkansas Univ.
Oakland Univ.
Sporting Kansas City 2 [USL] / Denver Univ.
James Madison Univ.
Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City
Univ. of California, Davis
Univ. of Pittsburgh
Univ. of Washington
Villanova Univ.
Univ. of Connecticut
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ohio State Univ.
Florida Gulf Coast Univ.
Yale Univ. 
Univ. of Pittsburgh
Loyola Marymount University
West Virginia Univ.
Univ. of Kentucky
Clemson Univ.
Southern Methodist Univ.
Connecticut College
Univ. of Maryland
Clemson Univ.
Dartmouth College
Univ. of Notre Dame
Wake Forest Univ.
Univ. of Connecticut
Seattle Univ.
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
Oregon State Univ.
Univ. of South Florida
Univ. of North Carolina
Dartmouth College
Seattle Univ.
Syracuse Univ.
North Carolina State Univ.
Univ. of Central Florida
Univ. of Portland
NE Revolution II [USL] / Georgetown Univ.
Radford Univ.
Univ. of Akron
Denver Univ.
Stanford Univ.
Wake Forest Univ.
Indy Eleven [USL] / Indiana Univ.
Virginia Tech Univ.
Univ. of Central Florida
Univ. of Illinois Chicago
UCLA
California State Univ., Fullerton
Simon Fraser Univ.
Simon Fraser Univ.
Duke Univ.
Creighton Univ.
Villanova Univ.
Yale Univ. 
Univ. of California, Irvine
Univ. of Michigan
Mercer Univ.
Florida International Univ.
Marshall Univ.
Saint Francis Univ.
Georgetown Univ.
Univ. of North Carolina
Univ. of North Carolina
Coastal Carolina Univ.
Saint Louis Univ.
Univ. of Virginia
Western Michigan Univ.
Clemson Univ.
Santa Clara Univ.
Univ. of Portland
Univ. of Central Florida
Portland Timbers 2 [USL] / Duke Univ.
Atlanta United 2 [USL] / Univ. of Virginia
Denver Univ.
Stetson Univ.
Virginia Tech Univ.
Virginia Tech Univ.
West Virginia Univ.
Southern Methodist Univ.
California State Univ., Fullerton
New Mexico United [USL] / Univ. of Pennsylvania
California State Univ., Northridge
Ohio State Univ.
Univ. of New Hampshire
Florida Gulf Coast Univ.
Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County
Loyola Univ. Maryland
Hofstra Univ.
Univ. of Connecticut
Maryville Univ.
Northern Illinois Univ.
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Saint Louis Univ.
Univ. of California
Columbia Univ.
Yale Univ. 
Duke Univ.
St. Mary’s Univ.
Univ. of North Carolina
Author: Ben Wrightis the Director of Soccer Content and a Senior MLS Contributor for Broadway Sports covering Nashville SC and the US National Team. Previously Ben was the editor and a founder of Speedway Soccer, where he has covered Nashville SC and their time in USL before journeying to Major League Soccer since 2018. Raised in Louisville, KY Ben grew up playing before a knee injury ended his competitive career. When he is not talking soccer he is probably producing music, drinking coffee or hanging out with his wife and kids. Mastodon

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