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The 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft was the fourth annual CPL–U Sports Draft. Eight Canadian Premier League (CPL) teams selected 16 eligible U Sports soccer players in total, when the draft was held on January 20, 2022.

Format

Players can be selected if they have one to four years of U Sports eligibility remaining and have declared for the draft by December 1, 2021. On January 13, 2022, the league announced the list of 165 players who would be eligible for selection.

Each CPL team made two selections in the draft. The selection order is the reverse of the previous season's standings, including playoffs and final standings.

Player selection

Round 1

Pick #	CPL team	Player	Position	Nationality	University	Last team/academy
1	Atlético Ottawa	José Cunha^	DF/LM	Portugal	Cape Breton	G.D. Estoril Praia B
2	FC Edmonton	Kairo Coore^	FW	Canada	Cape Breton
3	HFX Wanderers FC	Christopher Campoli	MF	Canada	Ontario Tech	Unionville Milliken SC (L1O)
4	Valour FC	Raine Lyn	MF	Canada	Cape Breton
5	York United FC	Christian Rossi	MF	Canada	Trinity Western
6	Cavalry FC	Caden Rogozinski	DF	Canada	Mount Royal	Calgary Foothills (USL2)
7	Forge FC	Guillaume Pianelli	DF	France	UQTR	Celtix du Haut-Richelieu (PLSQ)
8	Pacific FC	Luca Ricci	MF	Canada	Montréal	FC Lanaudière (PLSQ)

Round 2

Pick #	CPL team	Player	Position	Nationality	University	Last team/academy
9	Atlético Ottawa	Julien Bruce	FW	France	Montréal	FC Laval (PLSQ)
10	FC Edmonton	Quentin Paumier	FW	France	Montréal	FC Côte Bleue
11	HFX Wanderers FC	Colin Gander^	DF	Canada	Guelph	Guelph United (L1O)
12	Valour FC	Jacob Carlos^	MF	Canada	Ryerson	Toronto FC Academy
13	York United FC	Soji Olatoye	FW	Canada	York	Sigma FC (L1O)
14	Cavalry FC	Markus Kaiser^	MF	Canada	British Columbia	Calgary Foothills (USL2)
15	Forge FC	Mohamed Alshakman	MF	Canada	McMaster	Sigma FC (L1O)
16	Pacific FC	Rees Goertzen	DF	Canada	Victoria	Victoria Highlanders

Source:

1. Forge FC announced that Pianelli was added to their roster in February 2022 before the club's first match in the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League. However, he was ultimately not included in the club's roster for the 2022 Canadian Premier League season.

Selection statistics

Draftees by nationality

Rank	Country	Selections
1	Canada	12
2	France	3
3	Portugal	1

Draftees by university

References

1. ^ "Canadian Premier League Announces 2022 CPL - U SPORTS Draft". U Sports. November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
2. ^ "Canadian Premier League announces date for 2022 CPL-U SPORTS Draft". canpl.ca. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
3. Thompson, Marty (January 13, 2022). "2022 CPL-U SPORTS Draft: View all eligible prospects here". canpl.ca. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
4. "Forge FC signs Canadians Jensen, Kalongo, adds four others to roster". Canadian Premier League. February 15, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
5. "Forge FC Roster". Forge FC. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
6. "2022 CPL-U SPORTS Draft: View all 16 picks here". Canadian Premier League. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

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