Editing MLS supplemental draft

{{Short description|Major League Soccer supplemental draft details}}

The '''MLS supplemental draft''' had a number of incarnations in US [[soccer]]:

From 1996 to 1999, all players playing in the United States 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]].

*[[1996 MLS supplemental draft]]
*[[1997 MLS supplemental draft]]
*[[1998 MLS supplemental draft]]
*[[1999 MLS supplemental draft]]

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 roster]]s, 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.

*[[2005 MLS supplemental draft]]
*[[2006 MLS supplemental draft]]
*[[2007 MLS supplemental draft]]
*[[2008 MLS supplemental draft]]

In 2009 and 2010, due to roster changes resulting in fewer developmental spaces, MLS again discontinued the Supplemental Draft.<ref>[http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2008/12/mls-to-scrap-supplemental-draft.html "MLS to scrap Supplemental Draft"]. Soccer By Ives.</ref>

In January 2011, it was announced that the Supplemental Draft would be re-instated.<ref>[http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/mls-superdraft-trimmed-three-rounds "MLS SuperDraft trimmed to three rounds"]. MLSSoccer.com.</ref> The first two rounds of the Supplemental Draft replaced the last two rounds of the SuperDraft.

*[[2011 MLS supplemental draft]]
*[[2012 MLS supplemental draft]]
*[[2013 MLS supplemental draft]]

==References==
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{{Major League Soccer}}
{{MLS drafts}}

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[[Category:Major League Soccer drafts|Supplemental Draft]]