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2021 CPL-U SPORTS Draft: The full prospect list

The 2021 CPL-U SPORTS Draft will take place on Friday (3pm ET live on CanPL.ca, OneSoccer, and @CPLSoccer), an event that will see another 16 Canadian university athletes welcomed into the professional fold.

A total of 48 players have declared for the Draft. FC Edmonton has the first pick, with the “snake draft” format following results from the 2020 CPL season.

Below is a list of all the players available for Friday’s draft.  The final prospect list is a compilation of CPL Football Development scouting, U SPORTS Coach recommendations and CPL Coach recommendations, feedback and input that is narrowed down to a final list of invitations to players to declare.

Cape Breton Capers, Mount Royal Cougars, UBC Thunderbirds, and Carleton Ravens lead the way with five eligible players each, including former draftees Charlie Waters (Valour FC), Stefan Karajovanovic (York United), Mohamed El Gandour (Cavalry FC), Gabriel Bitar (Cavalry FC), and Thomas Gardner (Pacific FC). A total of 19 players are eligible to wrack up under-21 minutes in the CPL next season.


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◊ – Player considered an under-21 for 2021 CPL season (born on or after Jan. 1, 2000)

2021 CPL-USPORTS DRAFT LIST

PLAYER POS. SCHOOL U-21
Nikolas Baikas MF Saskatchewan
Euan Bauld DF Cape Breton
Jacob Begley DF Ontario Tech
Gabriel Bitar FW Carleton
Christopher Campoli FW Ontario Tech
David Chung MF Alberta
Dario Conte MF Carleton
Noah Cunningham DF Alberta
Miguel Da Rocha MF Mount Royal
Mohamed El Gandour FW Mount Royal
Jackson Farmer DF British Columbia
Luka Frankovich DF Waterloo
Colin Gander DF Guelph
Thomas Gardner MF British Columbia
Jacob Grant FW Memorial
Ben Grondin GK Dalhousie
Markus Kaiser DF British Columbia
Daniel Kaiser DF British Columbia
Stefan Karajovanovic FW Carleton
Ethan Keen DF Mount Royal
Reggie Laryea DF York
Christopher Lee DF Brtish Columbia
Victor Loturi MF Mount Royal University
Cian Lynch FW Cape Breton
Cristopher Malekos DF Carleton
Kai Martin DF Ryerson
Alex Meczarski DF Ryerson
Garven-Michée Metusala MF Concordia
Tony Mikhael DF Carleton
Tristan Nkoghe FW New Brunswick
Soji Olatoye FW York
Nicholas Osorio MF Toronto
Guillaume Pianelli-Balisoni DF UQTR
Jan Pirretas Glasmacher DF Thompson Rivers
Danial Rafisamii DF Ontario Tech
José Maria Ribeiro da Cunha DF Cape Breton  ◊
Caden Rogozinski DF Mount Royal
Dalin Saheb FW McGill
Jack Sears MF Guelph
Victory Shumbusho FW British Columbia
Kareem Sow DF Montreal
Gino Temguia MF Sherbrooke
Artem Tesker MD Toronto  ◊
Charlie Waters FW Cape Breton
Jamie Watson DF Cape Breton
Justin Yarde MF Ontario Tech
Yuba-Rayane Yesli GK Montreal
Emmanuel Zambazis MF York