2023 CPL–U Sports Draft

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2023 CPL–U Sports Draft
Sport Soccer
Date December 15, 2022
League Canadian Premier League
Teams 8
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The 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft was the fifth annual CPL–U Sports Draft. Canadian Premier League (CPL) teams selected 16 eligible U Sports soccer players to be invited to their respective preseason camps with the opportunity to earn developmental contracts for the 2023 Canadian Premier League season.

Format

Players could be selected if they had one to four years of U Sports eligibility remaining, were in good academic standing, were planning to return to school the following year, and completed the CPL's draft declaration form by December 9, 2022.[1][2] On December 12, the CPL released the list of 199 athletes who declared for the draft.[3] Players who were selected can sign a full professional contract or a developmental contract, which allows them to return to university for the following season, without losing their eligibility.[4]

Teams were able to retain the rights to previously drafted players who had signed developmental contracts. Players who had their rights retained and did not enter the draft were: Kareem Sow (HFX Wanderers FC), Jacob Carlos (Valour FC), Markus Kaiser (Cavalry FC), and Luca Ricci (Pacific FC).[3]

Each CPL team made two selections in the draft with selections made in the reverse order of the previous season's standings, including playoffs and final standings. Expansion club Vancouver FC made the first and second picks of the draft but did not make a selection in the second round.[5]

Player selection

* Denotes player who has signed a professional contract for the 2023 season
^ Denotes player who has signed a developmental contract for the 2023 season

The following players were selected:[6]

Round 1

Pick # CPL team Player Position Nationality University Last team/academy
1 Vancouver FC Anthony White DF  Canada Toronto TSS Rovers FC (L1BC)
2 Vancouver FC Ameer Kinani FW  Iraq TMU ProStars FC (L1O)
3 HFX Wanderers FC Anthony Stolar DF  Canada Cape Breton Scrosoppi FC (L1O)
4 York United FC Christopher Campoli MF  Canada Ontario Tech ProStars FC (L1O)
5 Valour FC Guillaume Pianelli DF  France UQTR Celtix du Haut-Richelieu (PLSQ)
6 Pacific FC Eric Lajeunesse DF  Canada UBC Whitecaps FC Academy (L1BC)
7 Cavalry FC William Omoreniye DF  Canada Calgary
8 Atlético Ottawa Junior Agyekum MF  Canada Thompson Rivers Rivers FC (L1BC)
9 Forge FC Miles Green MF  Canada McMaster Hamilton United (L1O)

Round 2

Pick # CPL team Player Position Nationality University Last team/academy
10 HFX Wanderers FC Aiden Rushenas GK  Canada Dalhousie
11 York United FC Trivine Esprit MF  Canada Ontario Tech Simcoe County Rovers FC (L1O)
12 Valour FC Samuel LaPlante DF  Canada UQTR CS Saint-Hubert (PLSQ)
13 Pacific FC Brandon Torresan MF  Canada Trinity Western Rivers FC (L1BC)
14 Cavalry FC Eryk Kobza DF  Canada Calgary Poland Podlasie Biala Podlaska
15 Atlético Ottawa Mohamed Bouzidi FW  Canada Carleton West Ottawa SC (OPDL)
16 Forge FC Milo Djuricic DF  Canada York Vaughan Azzurri (L1O)

Selection statistics

Draftees by nationality

Rank Country Selections
1  Canada 14
2  France 1
3  Iraq 1

Draftees by university

Rank University Selections
1 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières 2
Ontario Tech University 2
University of Calgary 2
4 10 universities 1

References

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Further reading

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