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.
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.
[4] Teams were able to retain the rights to previously drafted players who had signed developmental contracts.
Expansion club Vancouver FC made the first and second picks of the draft but did not make a selection in the second round.