From 1976 to 1980, the American Soccer League held a college draft (which later included high school players), usually after the North American Soccer League had made its selections. For 1976 and 1977, we have the actual draft order. For 1978-1980, we have draft lists by teams. Additions (especially of positions) and corrections are always welcome.
| Rd | Pk | Team | Player | Pos | School |
| 1 | 1 | Los Angeles | Steve Ralbovsky | D | Brown University |
| 1 | 2 | Oakland | Paul Korn | F | San Francisco |
| 1 | 3 | Sacramento | Chris Witworth | D | Washington |
| 1 | 4 | Chicago | Roman Rosul | F | Cleveland State |
| 1 | 5 | Cleveland | Billy Pollack | D | Akron |
| 1 | 6 | Connecticut | Hugh O’Neil | F | Bridgeport |
| 1 | 7 | Rhode Island | Mike Swofford | M | Connecticut |
| 1 | 8 | Boston | Mike Cardoza | D | Cleveland State |
| 1 | 9 | New York | Eugene DuChateau | G | Adelphi |
| 2 | 10 | Los Angeles | Brooks Kreiter | F | Philadelphia Textile |
| 2 | 11 | Oakland | John Smillie | D | San Jose |
| 2 | 12 | Sacramento | Matt O’Sullivan | D | Chico State |
| 2 | 13 | Chicago | Sam Bick | D | Quincy |
| 2 | 14 | Cleveland | Bob Viti | D | Madison |
| 2 | 15 | Connecticut | Len Tsantires | F | Connecticut |
| 2 | 16 | Rhode Island | Bertram Becket | D | Howard |
| 2 | 17 | Boston | Alan King, Jr. | D | Worcester Tech. |
| 2 | 18 | New York | Jim Holbrook | D | Cornell |
| 3 | 19 | Los Angeles | Peter Manos | G | Northern Illinois |
| 3 | 20 | Oakland | Victor Arbelaez | F | San Francisco |
| 3 | 21 | Sacramento | J.D. Harding | F | Chico State |
| 3 | 22 | Chicago | B. McManus | D | Western Illinois |
| 3 | 23 | Cleveland | Tom Nowicky | D | Cleveland State |
| 3 | 24 | Connecticut | Don Reiter | M | Yale |
| 3 | 25 | Rhode Island | Mark Staropoli | F | Western New England |
| 3 | Boston | Pass | |||
| 3 | 26 | New York | Barry Small | F | Colgate |
| 4 | 27 | Los Angeles | Jim Pollihan | F | Quincy |
| 4 | 28 | Oakland | Mark Dillon | F | San Francisco |
| 4 | 29 | Sacramento | Joe Clarke | D | St. Louis |
| 4 | 30 | Chicago | Kim Perez | F | Western Illinois |
| 4 | 31 | Cleveland | John Stremiau | F | Southern Illinois |
| 4 | 32 | Connecticut | Steve Sobourne | F | Bridgeport |
| 4 | 33 | Rhode Island | Tom Walsh | D | Brown |
| 4 | Boston | Pass | |||
| 4 | 34 | New York | Colin Fowles | M/F | Long Island University |
| 5 | 35 | Los Angeles | Terry Weeks | G | Santa CLara |
| 5 | 36 | Oakland | Ron Watson | M/D | California |
| 5 | 37 | Sacramento | Philip LaSpisa | F/M | St. Francis |
| 5 | 38 | Chicago | Tom Chamela | F/M | Aurora |
| 5 | 39 | Cleveland | Talal Kamal | F/M | Cleveland State |
| 5 | 40 | Connecticut | Richard Davey | F/M | Howard |
| 5 | 41 | Rhode Island | A. Nezaj | D | Cornell |
| 5 | Boston | Pass | |||
| 5 | 42 | New York | Louis Portugal | F/M | Cornell |
| 6 | 43 | Los Angeles | Terry Lippman | D | UCLA |
| 6 | 44 | Oakland | Ward Forrest | F | Washington |
| 6 | 45 | Sacramento | Tom Redmond | D | Indiana |
| 6 | 46 | Chicago | Jim Waldschmidt | D | lndiana |
| 6 | 47 | Cleveland | Robert Smith | M | Akron |
| 6 | 48 | Connecticut | John Marsden | F | Penn State |
| 6 | 49 | Rhode Island | Cayetano Bastidas | F/M | Montclair |
| 6 | Boston | Pass | |||
| 6 | 50 | New York | Richard Witter | M | Baruch |
| 7 | 51 | Los Angeles | Steve Cacciatore | F | Southern Illinois |
| 7 | 52 | Oakland | Tom Fleischli | M | Santa Clara |
| 7 | 53 | Sacramento | Theo VanDerHeyden | F | San Francisco |
| 7 | 54 | Chicago | Paul Wenson | D | Northern Illinois |
| 7 | 55 | Cleveland | Ray LaRoche | F | Madison |
| 7 | 56 | Connecticut | Clyde Brown | D | Clemson |
| 7 | 57 | Rhode Island | Pepe Casais | M | Jersey City |
| 7 | Boston | Pass | |||
| 7 | 58 | New York | Dave Sarachan | F | Colgate |
| 8 | 59 | Los Angeles | Dale Rothe | M | University of Baltimore |
| 8 | 60 | Oakland | Simons Cornell | D | Colorado State |
| 8 | 61 | Sacramento | Mario McLennon | M/D | Hcward |
| 8 | 62 | Chicago | John Dolinsky | F/M | Lewis |
| 8 | 63 | Cleveland | Chris Collyer | F/M | Washington |
| 8 | 64 | Connecticut | Berhane Sequom | M | Federal City |
| 8 | 65 | Rhode Island | Keith Lookloy | D | Howard |
| 8 | Boston | Pass | |||
| 8 | New York | Pass | |||
| S | 66 | Oakland | Steve Robertson | F | San Diego |
| Rd | Pk | Team | Player | Pos | School |
| T | 1 | California | Ron Thomas | D | Pomona Pitzer |
| T | 2 | Santa Barbara | Alfonzo Guzman | F | Westmont |
| T | 3 | Sacramento | Mel Roche | San Francisco | |
| T | 4 | New Jersey | Steve Reid | Penn State | |
| T | 5 | Connecticut | Paul Hunter | Connecticut | |
| T | 6 | Cleveland | Hassan Rezaie | Cleveland State | |
| T | 7 | Rhode Island | Fred Pereira | Brown | |
| T | 8 | New York | Flavio Vozila | St. Francis | |
| T | Los Angeles | Pass | |||
| 1 | 9 | California | Frank Fudenna | California State | |
| 1 | 10 | Santa Barbara | Howard Mattfield | Chico | |
| 1 | 11 | Sacramento | Dennis Bozesky | Missouri-St. Louis | |
| 1 | 12 | New Jersey | Bob Rohrbach | Dayton | |
| 1 | 13 | Connecticut | Dale Russell | Philadelphia Textile | |
| 1 | 14 | Cleveland | Nick LeGrand | Akron | |
| 1 | 15 | Rhode Island | David Grimaldi | Rutgers | |
| 1 | 16 | New York | James Bolster | Denison | |
| 1 | 17 | Los Angeles | Iseed Khoury | F | North Texas |
| 2 | 18 | California | David Goldstein | Clairmont | |
| 2 | 19 | Santa Barbara | Mike Benton | Santa Clara | |
| 2 | 20 | Sacramento | Greg McKeown | San Francisco | |
| 2 | 21 | New Jersey | Gregory Kourtesis | St. Francis | |
| 2 | 22 | Connecticut | Franz Grueter | Babson | |
| 2 | 23 | Cleveland | Ted Busetto | Cleveland State | |
| 2 | 24 | Rhode Island | David Names | Rhode Island | |
| 2 | 25 | New York | Robert Auletta | Rhode Island | |
| 2 | 26 | Los Angeles | Tom Tronstad | D | San Francisco |
| 3 | California | Pass | |||
| 3 | 27 | Santa Barbara | Dan Rivens | Westmont | |
| 3 | 28 | Sacramento | Terry White | Seattle Pacific | |
| 3 | 29 | New Jersey | Tim Murphy | Davis & Elkins | |
| 3 | 30 | Connecticut | Jim Evans | Connecticut | |
| 3 | 31 | Cleveland | Paul Dueker | Akron | |
| 3 | 32 | Rhode Island | Charlie Krupansky | Dartmouth | |
| 3 | 33 | New York | Jim Buehler | Rhode Island | |
| 3 | 34 | Los Angeles | Ricky Spray | M | Indiana |
| 4 | California | Pass | |||
| 4 | 35 | Santa Barbara | Dave Flaschen | Brown | |
| 4 | 36 | Sacramento | Kenny Hall | Seattle Pacific | |
| 4 | 37 | New Jersey | Ian Reid | Loyola (Md.) | |
| 4 | 38 | Connecticut | Shane Kennedy | Babson | |
| 4 | 39 | Cleveland | George Nanchoff | Akron | |
| 4 | 40 | Rhode Island | Bob Black | New Hampshire | |
| 4 | 41 | New York | Tom Lang | Adelphi | |
| 4 | 42 | Los Angeles | Renard Droegmoeller | F | Monroe |
| 5 | 43 | California | Dan Doran | St. Louis | |
| 5 | 44 | Santa Barbara | Elton Seale | Philadelphia Textile | |
| 5 | 45 | Sacramento | Ray Sparks | Nevada-Las Vegas | |
| 5 | 46 | New Jersey | Scott Strasburg | Bucknell | |
| 5 | 47 | Connecticut | Frank Vinciguerri | Quincy | |
| 5 | 48 | Cleveland | Henry Wyman | Washington | |
| 5 | 49 | Rhode Island | John Taft | Yale | |
| 5 | 50 | New York | Charlie O’Donnell | Adelphi | |
| 5 | 51 | Los Angeles | David Stahl | D | Chico |
| 6 | 52 | California | Steve Burks | Indiana | |
| 6 | Santa Barbara | Pass | |||
| 6 | Sacramento | Pass | |||
| 6 | 53 | New Jersey | Carlos Merchan | Fairleigh Dickinson | |
| 6 | Connecticut | Pass | |||
| 6 | 54 | Cleveland | Dale Heatherington | Western Michigan | |
| 6 | 55 | Rhode Island | Robert Kerrs | Bucknell | |
| 6 | New York | Pass | |||
| 6 | Los Angeles | Pass | |||
| Player | Pos | School |
| Duncan MacDonald | D | Hartwick |
| Jeff Tipping | D | Hartwick |
| Nick Megaloudis | M | Long Island University |
| Herve Guilliod | F | Fredonia State |
| John Nusum | D | Philadelphia Textile |
| Zeren Ombadykow | D | Hartwick |
| Glenn Goldsen | M | Long Island University |
| Roman Downs | G | Oneonta |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Dave Theobold | G | El Camino |
| Dave Shelton | Indiana | |
| John Sandoval | Santa Ana | |
| Kurt Stierle | D | El Camino |
| Sam Nguyen | Golden West | |
| Fernando Arevalo | UCLA | |
| John Anton | San Francisco University | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Allan Jefferies | Cleveland State | |
| Roberto Bellini | Akron | |
| Gunther Schieb. | Cleveland State | |
| Sam Williams | Mount Union | |
| Brian Bialik | Cleveland State | |
| Greg Volpe | Akron | |
| Key Akintunde | College of Wooster | |
| Joe Burwell | Kent State | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Ray Schnattgoecke | Brown | |
| Greg Makowski | Southern Illinois | |
| George Perry | Indiana | |
| Chris Cacciatore | Southern Illinois | |
| Pete Collico | St Louis University | |
| Gary LaGrand | University of Missouri | |
| Tad DeLorn | Keene State | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Jack Rainwater | Golden West | |
| Leif Redal | UCLA | |
| Juan Carillo | California State-Fullerton | |
| Tom Lytle | Santa Ana Junior College | |
| Jim Roth | University of Missouri | |
| Abe Rothman | University of California-Santa Barbara | |
| Jim Boyle | San Francisco | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Tommy Nevers | University of Connecticut | |
| David Andrewjeski | Maryland | |
| Dan Gaspar | Hartford | |
| Bill Gazonas | Hartwick | |
| Paul Beuttenmuller | Cornell | |
| Emilio Romero | Metro State | |
| Andy Atuegbu | San Francisco | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Jim Ekman | Santa Barbara | |
| Dan McCrudden | M | Rhode Island |
| Ron Schneider | D | Adelphi |
| Mike Zanneman | UCLA | |
| Kevin Dunne | Westmont | |
| Joe Hight | Southern Methodist | |
| Jim Popov | Golden West | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Joe Gantenhammer | G | Long Island University |
| Cleveland Lewis | F | Brandeis |
| Vinny Lombardo | F | Long Island University |
| Nimrod Dreyfuss | D | Adelphi |
| Bill Sautter | F | Temple |
| Alex Rosul | D | Cleveland State |
| Peter Francis | F | Long Island University |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Bjorn Skagen | San Francisco | |
| Allan Kelly | San Diego | |
| Alfonso Guzman | Westmont | |
| Emilio John | Quincy | |
| Bjorn Dahl | San Francisco | |
| Dan Salvamini | University of California-Berkeley | |
| Louis Nanchoff | Akron | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Paul Milone | Princeton | |
| Art Napolitano | Hartwick | |
| Ron Atanasio | F | Adelphi |
| Paul Toomey | Pennsylvania | |
| John Treschuk | Philadelphia Textile | |
| Pete Mannino | M | Pennsylvania |
| Gary Vogel | Hartwick | |
| Kenneth Hammond | New Jersey Institute of Technology | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Franz Vizcarra | Ohio State | |
| Karl Largie | Davis & Elkins | |
| Adolphus Lawson | So. Connecticut | |
| Angelo Albanese | Slippery Rock | |
| Bennie Hengle | Akron | |
| Dom Minkler | Ohio Wesleyan | |
| Greg Anderson | Ohio State | |
| Bob Alaicon | Bowling Green | |
| Bob Hritz | Cleveland State | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| John Lignos | Ulster C.C. | |
| Paul Stevenson | Brown | |
| Steve Ryan | San Jose | |
| Peter VanBeek | Brown | |
| Peter Biggs | Babson | |
| Fran Pantuosco | Babson | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| George Lesyw | Temple | |
| Christian Nwokocha | Clemson | |
| Steve Long | Hartwick | |
| Benedict Popoola | Clemson | |
| David Lloyd | Penn State | |
| Rick Kessel | New Haven | |
| Ed Sheridan | Philadelphia Textile | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Dan Salvemini | M | California |
| Mike Simon | D | Chico State |
| Mark Bryant | D | Chico State |
| Larry Hulcer | M | St. Louis |
| Derek Evans | M | San Jose State |
| Larry Nees | Chico State | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Steve Frick | F | Central-Hower H.S. |
| Kenny Fleischman | D | Akron |
| Fred Bass | G | Cleveland State |
| John Molnar | F | Cuyahoga C.C. |
| Howard Collier | F | Washington & Lee |
| Chuck Bardon | D | Akron |
| John Varga | D | Cuyahoga |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Clark Kelvin | Roosevelt H.S. | |
| Jim Rice | Cornell | |
| Tony Cresticelli | F | North Adams State |
| Gaetano Messina | St. Francis, NY | |
| Damion Ogunsuyl | Clemson | |
| Medrick Innocent | Connecticut | |
| Lyman Missimer | Dartmouth | |
| Joe Ryan | Hartwick | |
| Keith Tozer | Oneonta | |
| Alex Mihailovic | Jackson H.S. | |
| Phil Padilla | Adelphi | |
| Errol Hoffman | Binghamton | |
| Carlos Curling | Adelphi | |
| Dan Gallagher | Penn State | |
| Angelo DiBernardo | Indiana | |
| Niels Guldjberg | Ulster C.C. | |
| Tom Morasca | Hartwick | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Charlie Fajkus | M | Indiana |
| Peter Notaro | F | Loyola-Baltimore |
| Mike Fisher | M | Wisconsin |
| John Barreta | G | E. Illinois |
| Steve Long | F | Wheaton |
| Brian Higgins | F | SIU-Edwardsville |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Steve McLean | Kearny H.S. | |
| Tommy Dolan | Mercer C.C. | |
| Dragan Radovich | St. Francis | |
| Joe Harvey | Philadelphia Textile | |
| Dave MacWilliams | Philadelphia Textile | |
| Jose Casanova | Paterson H.S. | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Ralph Hawes | UC-Santa Barbara | |
| Greg Ryan | SMU | |
| Randy Waleren | SMU | |
| Dan McDonnell | Quincy | |
| Jerry Schnitman | UCLA | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| John Shannon | Hicksville H.S. | |
| Ron Schneider | Adelphi | |
| Gavin Timoney | Brockport | |
| Trevor Franklin | Keene State | |
| David Nelson | Allegheny | |
| Don Lake | Babson | |
| Bob Diamond | Rhode Island | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| John Tremont | D | South Carolina |
| Kevin Kane | G | North Carolina |
| Marwan Kamaruddin | M | Clemson |
| Eddie Fuchs | D | South Carolina |
| Ricky Wright | M | Erskine |
| Tom Fouch | D | South Carolina |
| Dick Elwell | M | Appalachian |
| Chuck Hart | D | Elizabethtown |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Henry Valdez | D | Mesa (Ariz.) High |
| Jeff Cacciatore | F | So. Illinois-Edwardsville |
| George Kunz | D | Mesa College (Ariz.) |
| John McElahney | G | Columbia |
| Dave Humboldt | D | So. Illinois-Edwardsville |
| Andy Sobolowski | D | Hartwick |
| Robert Cuddy | M | Hartwick |
| Mark Metzger | M | Seattle Pacific |
| Mark Snell | G | Hartwick |
| Jim Anglun | D | Adelphi |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Eric Van Rhys | D | Sunnyvale (Calif.) High |
| Tim Hanley | G | Foothills |
| Kevin Curtis | F | Foothills |
| Ric Miller | D | Seattle Pacific |
| Francis Beauregard | M | Brandeis |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Bill Vogel | St. John the Baptist (NY) High | |
| Shahin Shayan | Columbia | |
| Mike St. Martin | D | U. Mass |
| Mike Collins | D | Mercy |
| John Kourac | D | Rhode Island |
| Gary Davies | D | Oneonta |
| Don Olay | Suffolk CC | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Darryl Gee | F | Oakland Hills (Md.) High |
| Clyde O’Carro | St. Francis | |
| Tom Malle | St. Louis | |
| Mike Snomazu | D | Appalachian |
| Mike Pilger | Boston U. | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Jim Becker | North Olmstead (Ohio) High | |
| Walter Schlothauer | Cleveland State | |
| John Tyma | D | Cleveland State |
| Damian Odoh | D | Clemson |
| Benny Hengle | D | Akron |
| Conrad Ernest | G | Akron |
| Jeff Sendobry | D | Indiana |
| John Andert | D | Indiana |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Rudy Glenn | D | Indiana |
| Steve Burke | D | Houghton |
| Archiado Zamala | D | Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
| Ed Meripauser | Seattle Pacific | |
| Brian Winstead | D | S. Carolina |
| Alvin Gillen | G | Howard |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Roger Norman | D | Berkeley Heights (NJ) High |
| Carmine Posillico | D | Mercer CC |
| Dan Potter | D | South Carolina |
| Tim Keane | M | Rollins |
| Lou Moceri | D | Rollins |
| Mike Hitchcock | D | Miami Dade-South |
| Dan Peterson | G | Miami Dade-South |
| Frank Penessa | D | Fulton-Montgomery |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Casey Roberts | G | Westmont |
| Mike Browne | D | Washington |
| Tom O’Brien | D | Brown |
| Bob Waenhopfer | D | Denver |
| Pat O’Malley | D | Chico |
| Bill Kohlasch1Thanks to Bill’s son, Tucker, for writing in and correcting the original typo. | D | Ohio Wesleyan |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Robert Lang | D | Valley (Calif.) High |
| Fred Dass | D | Sacramento |
| Migule Avila | D | Santa Clara |
| Nico Colouras | G | Chico |
| Scott Patrick | M | Haywood |
| Steve Biddle | Haywood | |
| Peter Howard | G | |
| Eric Neyberg | M | Haywood |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Tim Nomacheher | D | Liberty (Pa.) High |
| Paul Knight | M | Philadelphia Textile |
| Dave Hall | D | So. Illinois-Edwardsville |
| Mike Freitag | D | Indiana |
| Neil Moore | D | Cortland |
| Bert Gottrecht | Lock Haven | |
| Mike Robinson | D | Lehigh |
| Mike Mancke | D | Philadelphia Textile |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Dennis Mepham | Bowling Green | |
| John Hayes | St. Louis | |
| Mark Frederickson | M | St. Louis |
| Brian Belabradac | Quincy | |
| Ole Mikkelsson | UCLA | |
| Bob Bozoda | So. Illinois-Edwardsville | |
| Steve Nial | Akron | |
| Player | Pos | School |
| Eric Reese | D | Simi Valley (Calif.) High |
| Brad Webster | M | UCLA |
| John Bodon | G | Orange Coast |
| Mark Clay | D | Fresno Hoover (Calif.) High |
| Ricky Garcia | D | Santa Clara Damien (Calif.) High |
| Don Burke | D | Santa Ana |
| Billy Maur | M | El Camino |
| Mike Hunter | D | Santa Clara |