Frederick, Spicer, Dowd headline top selections of 2024 MLS Draft

The 2024 MLS Draft has come and gone with several of tomorrow’s stars finding their homes for the future.

Wayne Frederick, Tyrese Spicer, and Bryan Dowd headlined the top draft picks on Tuesday night. The Colorado Rapids had two of the top four overall selections in the first round with Frederick and Kimani Stewart-Baynes both heading to Chris Armas’ squad.

Dowd was the first goalkeeper taken in the MLS Draft, heading to the Chicago Fire with the No. 6 overall pick. Lipscomb University was well represented in the Top 10 with both Spicer (No. 1, Toronto FC) and Malachi Jones (No. 8, NYCFC) being selected.

The top five picks were rounded out by Oregon State University forward Logan Farrington being selected by FC Dallas at No. 3 and Washington University defender Nate Jones heading to Austin FC at No. 5.

A total of 87 players were selected in Tuesday’s action, which surpassed the entire total of the 2023 MLS Draft.

Here are all the selections of the 2024 MLS Draft:

2024 MLS Draft

First Round

1. Toronto FC — Tyrese Spicer, Lipscomb, Forward
2. Colorado Rapids— Wayne Frederick, Duke, Midfielder
3. FC Dallas — Logan Farrington, Oregon State, Forward
4. Colorado Rapids — Kimani Stewart-Baynes, Maryland, Forward
5. Austin FC — Nate Jones, Washington, Defender
6. Chicago Fire — Bryan Dowd, Notre Dame, Goalkeeper
7. DC United — Jacob Murrell, Georgetown, Forward
8. NYCFC — Malachi Jones, Lipscomb, Forward
9. Minnesota United — Hugo Bacharach, Indiana, Defender
10. CF Montreal — Grayson Doody, UCLA, Defender
11. Nashville SC — Wyatt Meyer, UC Berkeley, Defender
12. New York Red Bulls — Aidan O’Connor, Virginia, Defender
13. San Jose Earthquakes — Jamar Ricketts, Cal State Northridge, Defender
14. Charlotte FC — Tyger Smalls, Loyola Marymouth, Forward
15. Inter Miami — Yannick Bright, New Hampshire, Midfielder
16. Real Salt Lake — Matthew Bell, Marshall, Forward
17. St. Louis CITY SC — Hosei Kijima, Wake Forest, Midfielder
18. Real Salt Lake — Jose (Kevin) Bonilla, Portland, Defender
19. Atlanta United — Jayden Hibbert, UCONN, Goalkeeper
20. Minnesota United— Marcus Caldeira, West Virginia, Forward
21. Orlando City — Jeorgio Kocevski, Syracuse, Midfielder
22. Sporting Kansas City— Ryan Schewe, Georgetown, Goalkeeper
23. Seattle Sounders— Kalani Kossa-Rienzi, Washington, Midfielder
24. Inter Miami — Ryan Carmichael, Hofstra, Forward
25. Orlando City — Yutaro Tsukada, West Virginia, Midfielder
26. Houston Dynamo – Stephen Annor Gyamfi, Virginia, Forward
27. FC Cincinnati — Brian Schaefer, South Florida, Defender
28. FC Dallas—Jackson Lee, West Virginia, Goalkeeper
29. Columbus Crew – Jayden Da, Duquesne, Forward

Second Round

30. Toronto FC — Joey Maher, Indiana, Defender
31. Austin FC— Bryant Farkarlun, Texas – Rio Grande Valley, Midfielder
32. Inter Miami — Leo Afonso, Virginia, Forward
33. Chicago Fire — Olu Oyegunle, Syracuse, Defender
34. Colorado Rapids — Palmer Ault, Butler, Midfielder
35. Chicago Fire— Jason Shokalook, Akron, Forward
36. DC United — Brandon Parrish, Clemson, Midfielder
37. Real Salt Lake —Damien Barker John , Louisville, Forward
38. Charlotte FC — Jahlane Forbes, Wake Forest, Defender
39. CF Montreal — Malik Henry, Akron, Midfielder
40. Portland Timbers — Kyle Linhares, Georgetown, Midfielder
41. Charlotte FC — Jacob Babalai, Portland, Forward
42. San Jose Earthquakes — Beau Leroux, San Jose State, Midfielder
43. Colorado Rapids — Anderson Rosa, Central Florida, Defender
44. FC Dallas — Turner Humphrey, Oregon State, Defender
45. Vancouver Whitecaps — Eliot Goldthorp, Hofstra, Defender
46. LA Galaxy — Ethan Brandt, Western Michigan, Goalkeeper
47. Real Salt Lake — Josh Jones, Louisville, Defender
48. Atlanta United — Javier Armas, Oregon State, Defender
49. DC United— Aldair Sanchez, Sacramento FC, Defender
50. Nashville SC — Kevin Carmichael, UC Berkeley, Defender
51. Sporting KC — Dyson Clapier, Akron, Midfielder
52. Seattle Sounders — Antino Lopez, Duke, Defender
53. Philadelphia Union — Stas Korzeniowski, Pennsylvania, Forward
54. Orlando City — Filip Mirkovic, Pittsburgh, Midfielder
55. Houston Dynamo — Ousmane Sylla, Clemson, Midfielder
56. FC Cincinnati – Kenji Mboma Dem, Dayton, Forward
57. LAFC – Kenny Nielsen, Georgetown, Defender
58. Columbus Crew – Zach Zengue, Georgetown, Midfielder

Third Round

59. Toronto FC — Patrick McDonald, Indiana, Midfielder
60. Colorado Rapids — Gunnar Studenhofft, Manhattan, Forward
61. Inter Miami — Pep Casas, North Carolina Wilmington, Midfielder.
62. LA Galaxy — Tucker Lepley, UCLA, Midfielder
63. Philadelphia Union — Zachary Bohane, Stanford, Forward
64. Chicago Fire — Laurence Wootton, Ohio State, Midfielder
65. DC United — Nathan Crockford, Wisconsin, Goalkeeper
66. NYCFC — Taylor Calheira, Maryand-Baltimore, Forward
67. Minnesota United — Morris Duggan, Marshall, Defender
68. CF Montreal — Eli Conway, UCONN, Forward
69. Portland Timbers — Gage Guerra, Louisville, Forward
70. Charlotte FC— Nathan Richmond, Clemson, Midfielder
71. San Jose Earthquakes — Riley Lynch, Saint Mary’s, Forward
72. Chicago Fire— Shane de Flores, Stanford, Midfielder
73. FC Dallas — Mads Westergren, Southern Methodist, Defender
74. Vancouver Whitecaps — Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau, St. John’s, Forward
75. Nashville SC— Bryce Boneau, Notre Dame, Midfielder
76. Real Salt Lake — Maximus Jennings, Georgetown, Defender
77. Atlanta United — Casper Mols, Kentucky, Goalkeeper
78. Minnesota United — Babacar Niang, Wake Forest, Midfielder
79. St. Louis CITY SC — Brendan McSorley, Providence, Forward
80. Sporting KC — Jonathan Robinson, Western Michigan, Defender
81. Seattle Sounders — Buba Fofanah, Portland, Forward
82. Philadelphia Union — Francesco Montali, Boston, Goalkeeper
83. Orlando City — Riyon Tori, UNC Charlotte, Midfielder
84. Real Salt Lake — Ruben Mesalles, Duke, Defender
85. Toronto FC — Fletcher Bank, Stanford, Midfielder
86 CF Montreal — Carson Hodgson, Western Michigan, Midfielder
87. Columbus Crew – Luke Pruter, Cal Irvine, Goalkeeper