COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Maryland men's soccer's Leon Koehl and William Kulvik both heard their names called as part of the MLS SuperDraft 2025. Both players were drafted in the third round of the draft, with Koehl going to Sporting Kansas City with the 64th pick and Kulvik was taken with the 83rd by Atlanta United.
Koehl and Kulvik are the 57th and 58th Terps taken in the history of the SuperDraft. Maryland has had 21 selections in the last 21 SuperDrafts. This also marks the fifth consecutive year that Maryland has had a selection in the MLS SuperDraft.
"It's always exciting to have our players selected in the MLS SuperDraft", said head coach Sasho Cirovski. "Leon and William both had outstanding seasons and it's gratifying that SKC and Atlanta recognized their talent."
Koehl earned first-team All-Big Ten honors after playing in 16 matches and making 15 starts. Koehl finished the season tied with a team-leading seven goals with two assists. Koehl finished the season a perfect 7-for-7 from the penalty spot, improving Maryland's total from a season ago where it missed all four of its chances from the spot. Koehl's seven successful penalty kicks not only led the Big Ten, but were also the most in all of Division I. Koehl's 7-7 from the spot are the most for a Terps since Patrick Mullins, who went a perfect 9-9 in 2013.
Kulvik earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honors this past season, following a campaign where he played and started in 19 matches. Kulvik was second on the team with minutes played with 1,691 and went the full 90 minutes in all but two matches. Kulvik finished the season with two goals and two assists. Kulvik helped lead a back line that kept opposing offenses in check all regular season. In addition to being named the conference's Defensive Player of the Year, Kulvik also earned first team All-Big Ten honors.
Below is a breakdown of Terps and the MLS SuperDraft:
2025 - William Kulvik, third round (83rd overall)
2025 - Leon Koehl, third round (64th overall)
2024 - Kimani Stewart-Baynes, first round (4th overall)
2023 - Joshua Bolma, first round (4th overall)
2023 - Malcolm Johnston, first round (26th overall)
2023 - Chris Rindov, second round (37th overall)
2023 - Hunter George, third round (62nd overall)
2022 - Ben Bender, first round (1st overall)
2022 - Brett St. Martin, second round (50th overall)
2021 - Matt Di Rosa, first round (25th overall)
2021 - Ben Di Rosa, second round (44th overall)
2019 – Dayne St. Clair, first round (7th overall)
2019 – Chase Gasper, first round (15th overall)
2019 – Andrew Samuels, second round (33rd overall)
2019 – Amar Sejdic, second round (34th overall)
2018 – Gordon Wild, second round (37th overall)
2018 – Jake Rozhansky, second round (44th overall)
2017 – Chris Odoi-Atsem, first round (12th overall)
2016 – Tsubasa Endoh, first round (9th overall)
2016 – Ivan Magalhaes, second round (26th overall)
2015 – Dan Metzger, second round (42nd overall)
2015 – Alex Shinsky, fourth round (68th overall)
2014 – Patrick Mullins, first round (11th overall)
2014 – Schillo Tshuma, first round (17th overall)
2013 - John Stertzer, first round (12th overall)
2013 - Taylor Kemp, first round (17th overall)
2012 - Casey Townsend, first round (5th overall)
2011 - Zac MacMath, first round (5th overall)
2011 - Billy Cortes, third round (38th overall)
2011 - Jason Herrick, third round (45th overall)
2010 - Drew Yates, second round (29th overall)
2010 - Kevin Tangney, third round (35th overall)
2009 - Omar Gonzalez, first round (third overall)
2009 - Rodney Wallace, first round (sixth overall)
2009 - Jeremy Hall, first round (11th overall)
2009 - A.J. Delagarza, second round (19th overall)
2009 - Graham Zusi, second round (23rd overall)
2008 - Stephen King, third round (40th overall)
2007 - Maurice Edu, first round (1st overall)
2007 - Chris Seitz, first round (4th overall)
2006 - Jason Garey, first round, (3rd overall)
2006 - Marc Burch, second round (24th overall)
2006 - Michael Dello-Russo, fourth round (42nd overall)
2006 - Kenney Bertz, fourth round (47th overall)
2005 - Domenic Mediate, second round (23rd overall)
2005 - Abe Thompson, supplemental draft second round (16th overall)
2005 - Noah Palmer, supplemental draft third round (25th overall)
2004 - Clarence Goodson, first round (7th overall)
2004 - Scott Buete, first round (9th overall)
2004 - Seth Stammler, second round (18th overall)
2004 - Sumed Ibrahim, second round (20th overall)
2002 - Taylor Twellman, first round (2nd overall)
2001 - Nick Downing, second round (21st overall)
2000 - Dan Califf, first round (6th overall)
1999 - Keith Beach, second round (17th overall)
1999 - Randy Merkel, third round (33rd overall)
1998 - Leo Cullen, first round (1st overall)
1998 - R.T. Moore, third round (34th overall)
