2024 MLS SuperDraft: Tyrese Spicer of Lipscomb goes No. 1 to Toronto FC

Lipscomb University forward Tyrese Spicer was the first pick in Major League Soccer's SuperDraft on Tuesday by Toronto FC.

This is the second time that Toronto FC has made the No. 1 overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft. The last time came before Toronto's inaugural season in 2007, when the club took Maurice Edu, a forward out of Maryland. Edu earned MLS rookie of the year honors in 2007, made his U.S. national team debut that same year, and three years later played in his first and only World Cup.

After Toronto selected Spicer at No. 1, the Colorado Rapids used the first of their two first-round selections on Duke midfielder Wayne Frederick. Washington defender Nate Jones, who was initially selected by Austin FC with the No. 5 overall pick, later had his rights traded to the Colorado Rapids.

There were three rounds in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft. Among the 87 overall selections, 48 different colleges and universities were represented. Five colleges had multiple players selected in the first round, led by West Virginia with three. Lipscomb was the only university with two top-10 selections.

2024 MLS SuperDraft first-round picks

1. Toronto FC — Tyrese Spicer, forward, Lipscomb

2. Colorado Rapids — Wayne Frederick, midfielder, Duke

3. FC Dallas (from Inter Miami CF) — Logan Farrington, forward, Oregon State

4. Colorado Rapids (from Los Angeles Galaxy) — Kimani Stewart-Baynes, forward, Maryland

5. Austin FC — Nate Jones, defender, Washington

6. Chicago Fire FC — Bryan Dowd, goalkeeper, Notre Dame

7. D.C. United — Jacob Murrell, forward, Georgetown

8. New York City FC — Malachi Jones, forward, Lipscomb

9. Minnesota United FC — Hugo Bacharach, defender, Indiana

10. CF Montréal — Grayson Doody, defender, UCLA

11. Nashville SC (from Portland Timbers) — Wyatt Meyer, defender, California

12. New York Red Bulls (from Charlotte FC through Colorado Rapids) — Aidan O'Connor, defender, Virginia

13. San Jose Earthquakes — Jamar Ricketts, defender, Cal State Northridge

14. Charlotte FC (from New York Red Bulls through Colorado Rapids) — Tyger Smalls, forward, Loyola Marymount

15. Inter Miami CF (from FC Dallas) — Yannick Bright, midfielder, New Hampshire

16. Real Salt Lake (from Vancouver Whitecaps FC) — Matthew Bell, forward, Marshall

17. St. Louis City SC (from Nashville SC) — Hosei Kijima, midfielder, Wake Forest

18. Real Salt Lake — Kevin Bonilla, defender, Portland

19. Atlanta United FC — Jayden Hibbert, goalkeeper, Connecticut

20. Minnesota United FC (from New England Revolution) — Marcus Caldeira, forward, West Virginia

21. Orlando City SC (from St. Louis City SC through Colorado Rapids) — Jeorgio Kocevski, midfielder, Syracuse

22. Sporting Kansas City — Ryan Schewe, goalkeeper, Georgetown

23. Seattle Sounders FC — Kalani Kossa-Rienzi, defender, Washington

24. Inter Miami CF (from Philadelphia Union) — Ryan Carmichael, forward, Hofstra

25. Orlando City SC — Yutaro Tsukada, forward, West Virginia

26. Houston Dynamo FC — Stephen Annor Gyamfi, forward, Virginia

27. FC Cincinnati — Brian Schaefer, defender, South Florida

28. Los Angeles FC — Jackson Lee, goalkeeper, West Virginia

29. Columbus Crew — Jayden Da, forward, Duquesne

2024 MLS SuperDraft second-round picks

1. Toronto FC — Joey Maher, defender, Indiana

2. Austin FC (from Colorado Rapids) — Bryant Farkarlun, midfielder, Texas-Rio Grande Valley

3. Inter Miami CF — Leo Afonso, forward, Virginia

4. Chicago Fire FC (from Los Angeles Galaxy through Atlanta United FC) — Olu Oyegunle, defender, Syracuse

5. Colorado Rapids (from Austin FC) — Palmer Ault, midfielder, Butler

6. Chicago Fire FC — Jason Shokalook, forward, Akron

7. D.C. United — Brandon Parrish, midfielder, Clemson

8. Real Salt Lake (from New York City FC) — Damien Barker John, forward, Louisville

9. Charlotte FC (from Minnesota United FC) — Jahlane Forbes, defender, Wake Forest

10. CF Montréal — Malik Henry, midfielder, Akron

11. Portland Timbers — Kyle Linhares, midfielder, Georgetown

12. Charlotte FC — Jacob Babalai, forward, Portland

13. San Jose Earthquakes — Beau Leroux, midfielder, San Jose State

14. Colorado Rapids (from New York Red Bulls) — Anderson Rosa, defender, Central Florida

15. FC Dallas — Turner Humphrey, defender, Oregon State

16. Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Eliot Goldthorp, defender, Hofstra

17. Los Angeles Galaxy (from Nashville SC) — Ethan Brandt, goalkeeper, Western Michigan

18. Real Salt Lake — Josh Jones, defender, Louisville

19. Atlanta United FC — Javier Armas, defender, Oregon State

20. D.C. United (from New England Revolution) — Aldair Sanchez, defender, North Carolina (via Sacramento Republic FC)

21. Nashville SC (from St. Louis City SC) — Kevin Carmichael, defender, California

22. Sporting Kansas City — Dyson Clapier, defender, Duke

23. Seattle Sounders FC — Antino Lopez, defender, Duke

24. Philadelphia Union — Stas Korzeniowski, forward, Pennsylvania

25. Orlando City SC — Filip Mirkovic, midfielder, Pittsburgh

26. Houston Dynamo FC — Ousmane Sylla, midfielder, Clemson

27. FC Cincinnati — Kenji Mboma Dem, forward, Dayton

28. Los Angeles FC — Kenny Nielson, defender, Georgetown

29. Columbus Crew — Zach Zengue, midfielder, Georgetown

2024 MLS SuperDraft third-round picks

1. Toronto FC — Patrick McDonald, midfielder, Indiana

2. Colorado Rapids — Gunnar Studenhofft, forward, Manhattan

3. Inter Miami CF — Pep Casas, midfielder, UNC Wilmington

4. Los Angeles Galaxy — Tucker Lepley, midfielder, UCLA

5. Philadelphia Union (from Austin FC) — Zachary Bohane, forward, Stanford

6. Chicago Fire FC — Laurence Wootton, midfielder, Ohio State

7. D.C. United — Nathan Crockford, goalkeeper, Wisconsin

8. New York City FC — Taylor Calheira, forward, Maryland-Baltimore County

9. Minnesota United FC — Morris Duggan, defender, Marshall

10. CF Montréal — Eli Conway, forward, Connecticut

11. Portland Timbers — Gage Guerra, forward, Louisville

12. Charlotte FC — Nathan Richmond, midfielder, Clemson

13. San Jose Earthquakes — Riley Lynch, forward, Saint Mary's

14. Chicago Fire FC (from New York Red Bulls through Atlanta United FC) — Shane de Flores, midfielder, Stanford

15. FC Dallas — Mads Westergren, defender, SMU

16. Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau, forward, St. John's

17. Nashville SC — Bryce Boneau, midfielder, Notre Dame

18. Real Salt Lake — Maximus Jennings, defender, Georgetown

19. Atlanta United FC — Casper Mols, goalkeeper, Kentucky

20. Minnesota United FC (from New England Revolution) — Babacar Niang, midfielder, Wake Forest

21. St. Louis City SC — Brendan McSorley, midfielder, Providence

22. Sporting Kansas City — Jonathan Robinson, defender, Western Michigan

23. Seattle Sounders FC — Buba Fofanah, forward, Portland

24. Philadelphia Union — Francesco Montali, goalkeeper, Boston University

25. Orlando City SC — Riyon Tori, midfielder, UNC Charlotte

26. Real Salt Lake (from Houston Dynamo FC) — Ruben Mesalles, defender, Duke

27. Toronto FC (from FC Cincinnati) — Fletcher Bank, midfielder, Stanford

28. CF Montréal (from Los Angeles FC) — Carson Hodgson, midfielder, Western Michigan

29. Columbus Crew — Luke Pruter, goalkeeper, UC Irvine

Past MLS No. 1 overall draft picks

Here is every No. 1 MLS draft pick:

• 2023: Hamady Diop (defender, Clemson), Charlotte FC

• 2022: Ben Bender (midfielder, Maryland), Charlotte FC

• 2021: Dani Pereira (midfielder, Virginia Tech), Austin FC

• 2020: Robbie Robinson (forward, Clemson), Inter Miami CF

• 2019: Frankie Almaya (midfielder, UCLA), FC Cincinnati

• 2018: João Moutinho (defender, Akron), Los Angeles FC

• 2017: Abu Danladi (forward, UCLA), Minnesota United FC

• 2016: Jack Harrison (midfielder, Wake Forest), Chicago Fire

• 2015: Cyle Larin (forward, Connecticut), Orlando City SC

• 2014: Andre Blake (forward, Connecticut), Philadelphia Union

• 2013: Andrew Farrell (defender, Louisville), New England Revolution

• 2012: Andrew Wenger (forward, Duke), Montreal Impact

• 2011: Omar Salgado (forward, no college), Vancouver Whitecaps FC

• 2010: Danny Mwanga (forward, Oregon State), Philadelphia Union

• 2009: Steve Zakuani (forward, Akron), Seattle Sounders FC

• 2008: Chance Myers (defender, UCLA), Kansas City Wizards

• 2007: Maurice Edu (midfielder, Maryland), Toronto FC

• 2006: Marvell Wynne (defender, UCLA), MetroStars

• 2005: Nikolas Besagno (midfielder, no college), Real Salt Lake

• 2004: Freddy Adu (midfielder, no college), D.C. United

• 2003: Alecko Eskandarian (forward Virginia), D.C. United

• 2002: Chris Gbandi (defender, Connecticut), Dallas Burn

• 2001: Chris Carrieri (midfielder, North Carolina), San Jose Earthquakes

• 2000: Steve Shak (midfielder, UCLA), MetroStars

• 1999: Jason Moore (midfielder, Virginia), D.C. United

• 1998: Leo Cullen (defender, Maryland), Miami Fusion

• 1997: Tahj Jakins (defender, UCLA), Colorado Rapids

• 1996: Matt McKeon (midfielder, St. Louis), Kansas City Wiz

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: MLS SuperDraft 2024 tracker: Round-by-round selections