MoonPay X Games League Draft: Chloe Covell and Tom Schaar headline inaugural four-club rosters

The first MoonPay X Games League Draft completed the league’s initial roster build with 40 athletes selected across four clubs and five rounds. XC New York opened the night by taking Chloe Covell first overall, while XC Los Angeles answered with Tom Schaar at No. 2, XC Tokyo took Arisa Trew at No. 3, and XC São Paulo closed the first round’s opening sequence with Gui Khury. X Games said the draft filled 10-athlete rosters for each club, with five men and five women per team across skateboarding and BMX.

From a roster construction standpoint, New York and Los Angeles both leaned skate-heavy while still adding proven BMX scorers. Tokyo built around a Japan-centered core with Arisa Trew and Kevin Peraza as the biggest international anchors. São Paulo assembled perhaps the most globally mixed roster, combining Brazilian skate talent with high-end BMX medal depth through Ryan Williams and Garrett Reynolds. The result is a league launch that already looks defined by contrasting team identities rather than four versions of the same draft strategy.

XC New York roster

• Round 1, Pick 1, Chloe Covell, Australia, Skate
• Round 1, Pick 8, Nyjah Huston, United States, Skate
• Round 2, Pick 12, Hannah Roberts, United States, BMX
• Round 2, Pick 13, Logan Martin, Australia, BMX
• Round 3, Pick 19, Ginwoo Onodera, Japan, Skate
• Round 3, Pick 22, Momiji Nishiya, Japan, Skate
• Round 4, Pick 26, Daniel Sandoval, United States, BMX
• Round 4, Pick 31, Bryce Wettstein, United States, Skate
• Round 5, Pick 33, Tate Carew, United States, Skate
• Round 5, Pick 40, Heili Sirvio, Finland, Skate

XC Los Angeles roster

• Round 1, Pick 2, Tom Schaar, United States, Skate
• Round 1, Pick 7, Liz Akama, Japan, Skate
• Round 2, Pick 9, Felipe Mota, Brazil, Skate
• Round 2, Pick 16, Perris Benegas, United States, BMX
• Round 3, Pick 20, Lilly Erickson, United States, Skate
• Round 3, Pick 21, Marcus Christopher, United States, BMX
• Round 4, Pick 27, Brady Baker, United States, BMX
• Round 4, Pick 30, Cocona Hiraki, Japan, Skate
• Round 5, Pick 34, Dashawn Jordan, United States, Skate
• Round 5, Pick 39, Mia Kretzer, Australia, Skate

XC Tokyo roster

• Round 1, Pick 3, Arisa Trew, Australia, Skate
• Round 1, Pick 6, Sora Shirai, Japan, Skate
• Round 2, Pick 11, Kevin Peraza, United States, BMX
• Round 2, Pick 14, Mizuho Hasegawa, Japan, Skate
• Round 3, Pick 18, Rim Nakamura, Japan, BMX
• Round 3, Pick 23, Moto Shibata, Japan, Skate
• Round 4, Pick 25, Yumeka Oda, Japan, Skate
• Round 4, Pick 32, Kokona Hiraki, Japan, Skate
• Round 5, Pick 35, Natalya Diehm, Australia, BMX
• Round 5, Pick 38, Kieran Reilly, Great Britain, BMX

XC São Paulo roster

• Round 1, Pick 4, Gui Khury, Brazil, Skate
• Round 1, Pick 5, Sky Brown, Japan, Skate
• Round 2, Pick 10, Ryan Williams, Australia, BMX
• Round 2, Pick 15, Queen Saray Villegas, Colombia, BMX
• Round 3, Pick 17, Ibuki Matsumoto, Japan, Skate
• Round 3, Pick 24, Garrett Reynolds, United States, BMX
• Round 4, Pick 28, Giovanni Vianna, Brazil, Skate
• Round 4, Pick 29, Ruby Lilley, United States, Skate
• Round 5, Pick 36, Minna Stess, United States, Skate
• Round 5, Pick 37, Nikita Ducarroz, Switzerland, BMX

On paper, XC New York looks the deepest pure skate team, led by Covell and Huston, with Roberts and Logan Martin giving it a clear BMX floor. Los Angeles spread its risk more evenly across skate and BMX and may have the cleanest age blend in the field. Tokyo appears built around national cohesion and technical consistency, while São Paulo may carry the highest event-to-event volatility because of how much upside sits in Khury, Williams and Brown. That should make the opening XGL season less about one dominant superteam and more about which roster can convert specialist strength into cumulative points.

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Article Sources: https://www.xgames.com/news/global-action-sports-team-rosters-officially-locked-for-four-x-games-clubs-at-first-ever-moonpay-x-games-league-draft/, https://www.xgames.com/xgl/xcnewyork/, https://www.xgames.com/xgl/xclosangeles/, https://www.xgames.com/xgl/xctokyo/, https://www.xgames.com/xgl/xcsaopaulo/

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