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The MLS Supplemental Draft had a number of incarnations:

From 1996 to 1999, all players playing in the United States currently playing professionally in the United Soccer Leagues were eligible for the MLS Supplemental Draft, where they could be selected by all Major League Soccer teams. Players graduating college were entered into a separate MLS College Draft. The division between the two was eliminated in 2000, when they were combined into a single MLS SuperDraft.

In 2003, MLS held a Supplemental draft to distribute players who were signed by the league after the SuperDraft.

2003 MLS Supplemental Draft

From 2005 to 2008, with the expansion of developmental rosters, the creation of reserve teams, and contractual limits on the length of the MLS Superdraft included in the MLS Players Union Contract, MLS re-instituted the Supplemental draft, which was held after the SuperDraft those years.

As of 2009, the Superdraft will no longer be followed by the Supplemental Draft due to roster changes for the 2009 season decreasing the number of developmental spaces.^[1]

[edit] References

^ "MLS to scrap Supplemental Draft". Soccer By Ives.

[0] "MLS to scrap Supplemental Draft". Soccer By Ives.

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