2012 MLS SuperDraft

The official selection order was set by Major League Soccer on October 21, 2011:

1. 2012 expansion team Montreal Impact received the first selection;
2. The eight clubs which did not qualify for the playoffs received picks #2 through #9 (in reverse order of season points);
3. The two clubs eliminated in the Wild Card round of playoffs received picks #10 and #11 (in reverse order of season points);
4. The four clubs eliminated in the Conference Semifinals received picks #12 through #15 (in reverse order of season points);
5. The two clubs eliminated in the Conference Finals received picks #16 and #17 (in reverse order of season points);
6. The club which lost the 2011 MLS Cup received pick #18;
7. The club which won the 2011 MLS Cup received pick #19.

This selection order held for both rounds of the MLS SuperDraft. The same order was followed for the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft, which was held on January 17, 2012.

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

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
1	Montreal Impact	*Andrew Wenger	Forward	Duke University
2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	*Darren Mattocks	Forward	University of Akron
3	New England Revolution	*Kelyn Rowe	Midfielder	UCLA Washington Crossfire
4	Toronto FC	Luis Silva	Midfielder	UC Santa Barbara Orange County Blue Star
5	Chivas USA	Casey Townsend	Forward	University of Maryland
6	San Jose Earthquakes	*Sam Garza	Forward	UC Santa Barbara
7	D.C. United	Nick DeLeon	Midfielder	University of Louisville Arizona Sahuaros
8	Portland Timbers	*Andrew Jean-Baptiste	Defender	University of Connecticut
9	Chicago Fire	Austin Berry	Defender	University of Louisville Chicago Fire Premier
10	Columbus Crew	Ethan Finlay	Midfielder	Creighton University Chicago Fire Premier
11	FC Dallas	Matt Hedges	Defender	University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Reading United AC
12	Toronto FC[R1 trade 1]	Aaron Maund	Defender	University of Notre Dame Indiana Invaders
13	Philadelphia Union	*Chandler Hoffman	Forward	UCLA Orange County Blue Star
14	Colorado Rapids	Tony Cascio	Midfielder	University of Connecticut
15	Seattle Sounders FC	Andrew Duran	Defender	Creighton University Des Moines Menace
16	Sporting Kansas City	*Dom Dwyer	Forward	University of South Florida
17	Real Salt Lake	*Enzo Martinez	Midfielder	University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
18	Houston Dynamo	Colin Rolfe	Forward	University of Louisville
19	Los Angeles Galaxy	Tommy Meyer	Defender	Indiana University Chicago Fire Premier

Any player marked with an * is part of the Generation Adidas program.

Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	Affiliation
20	Montreal Impact	Calum Mallace	Midfielder	Marquette University Chicago Fire Premier
21	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Chris Estridge	Defender	Indiana University Chicago Fire Premier
22	New England Revolution	*Tyler Polak	Defender	Creighton University Chicago Fire Premier
23	Chicago Fire[R2 trade 1]	Lucky Mkosana	Forward	Dartmouth College Michigan Bucks
24	Real Salt Lake[R2 trade 2]	Diogo de Almeida	Defender	Southern Methodist University
25	San Jose Earthquakes	Jacob Hustedt	Midfielder	University of Washington Ventura County Fusion
26	Columbus Crew[R2 trade 3]	Aubrey Perry	Defender	University of South Florida
27	Portland Timbers	Brendan King	Midfielder	University of Notre Dame Chicago Fire Premier
28	Chicago Fire	Hunter Jumper	Defender	University of Virginia
29	Columbus Crew	Kevan George	Midfielder	University of Central Florida
30	Sporting Kansas City[R2 trade 4]	Cyprian Hedrick	Defender	Coastal Carolina University Fresno Fuego
31	New York Red Bulls	Ryan Meara	Goalkeeper	Fordham University Jersey Express
32	Philadelphia Union	Greg Jordan	Midfielder	Creighton University
33	San Jose Earthquakes[R2 trade 5]	Chris Blais	Goalkeeper	University of South Florida
34	Seattle Sounders FC	Babayele Sodade	Forward	University of Alabama-Birmingham Michigan Bucks
35	Philadelphia Union[R2 trade 6]	Ray Gaddis	Defender	West Virginia University Reading United
36	Real Salt Lake	Sebastián Velásquez	Midfielder	Spartanburg Methodist College
37	Houston Dynamo	Warren Creavalle	Midfielder	University of Central Florida Carolina Dynamo
38	Los Angeles Galaxy	Kenney Walker	Midfielder	University of Louisville Chicago Fire Premier

Prior to the reduction of the 2012 SuperDraft to two rounds, trades were made which involved SuperDraft Round 3 and Round 4 selections. These selections were converted into 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft Round 1 and Round 2 selections.^[2]

• Portland Timbers traded forward Kenny Cooper to New York Red Bulls in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft and allocation money.^{[ref 8]}