Final: 1/13/2011

UPDATED: 1/2/2011

After watching 100 live college soccer games this year, supplemented by another 52 games on tape, composed of 118 different college teams, here is my assessment of the seniors, international invitees and Generation Adidas underclassman. My rankings take into account the values of GA, international status and general assessment of the skill and how each player might fit into a MLS team.

Players that I haven’t seen are generally ranked lower than players that I have seen. I’m from the East coast – so it’s easier for me to see teams in the East. However, I’ve seen UCI, Sacramento State, SMU, Bradley, Cal-Northridge, Cal, San Diego, Tulsa and Drake live. I was unable to see some teams live, I’ve only seen on tape (e.g., Notre Dame, SIUE, Michigan, South Carolina, UCSB). The combine will supplement my prior observations and fill the gaps where needed.

Washington, Cal-Bakersfield and SD State are three teams that I regret not being able to see.

In addition to ranking each player sequentially, I’m assigning a letter grade using the following scale:

A=Can’t miss prospect. Should easily make the roster and may get time with the first team in 2011. By the end of the year, could be an impact player.

B=Likely to make the team. Could make roster, may take a year or more to get to the first team.

C=Probably not going to make the team. Has significant barriers to overcome. A very select few may eventually make it, but it would need to be a perfect storm (multiple injuries, playing out of their heads, fortuitous bounces, etc.).

D=Extremely unlikely to make a team.

F=No shot.

Within each grade, I’ve ranked each player.

This is a work-in-progress. I will be tweaking the rankings through the combine and I as review tape.

Below, I’ve broken out my rankings for defenders. I’ll follow this with rankings of midfielders, forwards and over-all. Enjoy!

# Pos Grade Name College Combine?
1 Def A- Kofi Sarkodie Akron GA-Combine
2 Def A- Zarek Valentin Akron GA
3 Def A- Jalil Anibaba UNC Signed-Combine
4 Def B Michael Boxall UCSB Combine
5 Def B Rich Balchan Indiana Combine
6 Def B- Tyler Lassiter NC State Combine
7 Def B- Michael Tetteh UCSB GA-Combine
8 Def B- A. J. Soares California Signed-Combine
9 Def B- Colin Givens Michigan State Combine
10 Def C+ J.T. Murray Louisville Combine
11 Def C+ Bilal Duckett Notre Dame Combine
12 Def C+ Andrew Welker Seton Hall
13 Def C+ Demetrius Omphroy California Combine
14 Def C+ Eddie Ababio UNC Combine
15 Def C+ Robert Younger UIC
16 Def C Ben Havey Boston University
17 Def C Leone Cruz SMU Combine
18 Def C Mark Wiltse South Carolina
19 Def C Kendall Sutton Marshall
20 Def C Bob Warshaw Stanford Combine
21 Def C Dwayne Williams Rhode Island
22 Def C Javier Mohammed South Florida
23 Def C Kyle Deremer Creighton
24 Def C Curtis Ushedo UAB Combine
25 Def C- Dave Dinardo St. Bonaventure
26 Def C- Chris Korb Akron Combine
27 Def C- Will Traynor South Carolina
28 Def C- Taylor Mueller Washington
29 Def C- Guilherme Reis ETSU
30 Def C- Ryan Richter LaSalle
31 Def C- Santiago Bedoya Northeastern
32 Def C- Yannick Salmon Rutgers
33 Def C- Josh Walburn Princeton
34 Def C- Chris Taylor Tulsa Combine
35 Def C- Glenn Leitch Loyola-MD
36 Def C- Ryan Corning Stetson
37 Def D+ Andre Mitto South Florida
38 Def D+ Bryan Minogue Providence
39 Def D+ David Walls Brown
40 Def D+ Nick Foster Drake
41 Def D+ Ross Liberati Bucknell
42 Def D+ James Graf Lehigh
43 Def D+ Sean Bateau Charleston
44 Def D+ Jack Cleverly Fairfield
45 Def D+ Joel Bagby UC Irvine
46 Def D+ Matthew O’Shaughenessy FGCU
47 Def D+ Nick Sih Duke
48 Def D+ Robert Brickley Connecticut
49 Def D+ Scott Horta Towson
50 Def D+ Owen Botting Hartwick
51 Def D+ Shawn Nicklaw Connecticut
52 Def D+ Greg Rosenthal UWM
53 Def D+ David Prochazka UWGB
54 Def D Teddy Schneider Princeton
55 Def D Greg King Connecticut Combine
56 Def D Rob Burnett Georgetown
57 Def D Lucas Carpenter NC State
58 Def D Michael DiNuzzo William & Mary
59 Def D Jordan Grider St Mary’s
60 Def D Matt Sanford Northeastern
61 Def D Chris Christian Villanova
62 Def D Anthony Vazquez Monmouth
63 Def D Alex Russell Coastal Carolina
64 Def D Conner Burt Butler
65 Def D Brian Quintana UMKC
66 Def D Nick Kapus American
67 Def D TJ Cyrus UVA
68 Def D Chris Williams UMBC
69 Def D Indy Smith UNC Wilmington Combine
70 Def D Sean Flatley Charleston
71 Def D Michael Reed New Mexico
72 Def D Corey Attaway UC Irvine
73 Def D Mike Jones SIUE
74 Def D Greg Tinari Stony Brook
75 Def D Chris Beville UC Davis
76 Def D Cody Stanley Northwestern
77 Def D Tommy Watkins Dayton
78 Def D Kyle Manscuk Binghamton
79 Def D Roberto Hernandez Iona
80 Def D Will Martin Loyola University
81 Def D Cameron Lamming Stanford
82 Def D- Justin Warren San Francisco
83 Def D- Diego Marroquin Sacramento
84 Def D- Tyler Hibbs St Francis (PA)
85 Def D- Andres Casais PSU
86 Def D- Thomas Huepper VCU
87 Def D- Aaron Nichols Wisconsin
88 Def D- Fro Adu George Mason
89 Def D- Assaf Sheleg St. Peter’s
90 Def D- Matthew Marshall Howard
91 Def D- Stefan Thor Eyesteinsson Gonzaga
92 Def D- Robert Millock Harvard
93 Def D- Ben Burton Princeton
94 Def D- Todd Rutledge Fairfield
95 Def D- Doug Ferner Loyola University
96 Def D- Alberto Navarro CS-Bakersfield
97 Def D- Yaron Bacher UCF
98 Def D- Weston Hawkins IUPUI
99 Def D- Lorne Cameron Houston Baptist
100 Def F Bryan Giudicelli Dartmouth
101 Def F Pierre Soubrier Quinnipiac
102 Def F Victor Cortez San Francisco
103 Def F Tom Van Grinsven Holy Cross
104 Def F Mladen Ramic Stony Brook
105 Def F Jeff Baker Cleveland St
106 Def F David Murphy New Mexico
107 Def F Jamie Thomas Hartford
108 Def F Jon Gann Oral Roberts
109 Def F Andrew Cotes Rider
110 Def F Justin Kamine Lafayette
111 Def F Wayne Lampart CS-Bakersfield
112 Def F Jamie Calvo UNLV
113 Def F Gavin Stabbe Duquesne
114 Def F Nathan Javadi UC Davis
115 Def F Cory Norris San Diego
116 Def F James Leith Radford
117 Def F Oshane Moodie NJIT
118 Def F Jon Tilton Air Force
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