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 midfielders. I’ll follow this with rankings of forwards and over-all. Enjoy!

# Pos Grade Name College Combine?
1 MF B Perry Kitchen Akron GA
2 MF B- Levi Houapeu UMBC Combine
3 MF B- Michael Farfan UNC Signed-Combine
4 MF B- Ashley McInnes Tulsa Combine
5 MF B- Ryan Kinne Monmouth Combine
6 MF C+ Daniel Keat Dartmouth Combine
7 MF C+ Michael Nanchoff Akron GA-Combine
8 MF C+ Junior Burgos Cal Poly Combine
9 MF C+ Hector Jimenez California Combine
10 MF C Cole Grossman Duke Combine
11 MF C Anthony Ampaipitakwong Akron Combine
12 MF C Nathanial Baako William & Mary
13 MF C Dylan Leslie St Mary’s
14 MF C Servando Carrasco California Combine
15 MF C Alex Caskey Davidson Combine
16 MF C Mathues Braga PSU Combine
17 MF C Paolo Cardozo combine
18 MF C Robby Lynch Evansville
19 MF C JC Banks UWGB Combine
20 MF C John Bayron Sosa UMKC
21 MF C Jarad vanSchaik Portland
22 MF C- Ernesto Carranza Sacramento Combine
23 MF C- Stephen McCarthy UNC Signed-Combine
24 MF C- Matt Marcin Providence Combine
25 MF C- Ben Arikian UMass
26 MF C- John Rooney combine
27 MF C- Sammy Boateng Marshall
28 MF C- Lebogang Pila St. Peter’s Combine
29 MF C- Billy Cortes Maryland Combine
30 MF C- Matt Gold OSU Combine
31 MF C- Konrad Warzycha OSU Combine
32 MF C- Piero Bellizzi Northwestern
33 MF C- Fernando Cabadas Sacramento
34 MF C- Lucas Paulini VCU
35 MF C- Spencer Thompson Michigan State
36 MF C- Levi Tesch Niagara
37 MF C- Tadeu Terra St. John’s
38 MF C- Doug Rodkey Maryland
39 MF C- Joao Plata combine
40 MF C- Khadim Diouf San Diego State
41 MF C- Matt Armstrong New Mexico
42 MF C- Jeff Leach Colgate
43 MF C- Ross Kelly Coastal Carolina
44 MF D+ Charlie Campbell Louisville Combine
45 MF D+ Brett Allen St. Bonaventure
46 MF D+ Jason Gorskie Penn
47 MF D+ Jeff Ricondo Michigan State
48 MF D+ Andres Cuero Charlotte
49 MF D+ Thomas Drake Clemson Combine
50 MF D+ Kekoa Osorio SMU
51 MF D+ Josh Moran Creighton
52 MF D+ Ben Sippola Butler Combine
53 MF D+ Marco Mangione Towson
54 MF D+ Mario Rios Iona
55 MF D+ Romeo Kabanda Gardner-Webb
56 MF D+ Eric Cava Clemson
57 MF D+ Gregory Balicki Rhode Island
58 MF D+ Evan Slusser Virginia Tech
59 MF D+ Martin Rivas combine
60 MF D+ Kevin Sawchak UAB
61 MF D+ Robert Cavener Central Ct.
62 MF D+ Stefan Lundberg Duquesne
63 MF D+ Karl Reddick BC Combine
64 MF D+ Alex Kouznetsov Adelphi
65 MF D+ Duke Ogega Houston Baptist
66 MF D+ Allen Lomax UNC Wilmington
67 MF D+ Michael Aquino Adelphi
68 MF D+ Steve Covino Siena
69 MF D+ Brayan Martinez Seton Hall Combine
70 MF D Clarke Bentley Virginia Tech
71 MF D Drew Cost PSU
72 MF D Eddie Dines Loyola-MD
73 MF D Ryan Thomas Stanford
74 MF D Jamie Davin American
75 MF D Dustin McCarty UNC Combine
76 MF D Seth C’deBaca Georgetown
77 MF D Loukas Tasigianis Penn
78 MF D Josue Soto SMU Combine
79 MF D Josh Boemecke San Jose State
80 MF D Joe O’Rourke Towson
81 MF D Jon Okafor Brown Combine
82 MF D Hunter Christiansen Tulsa
83 MF D Sergio Castillo Creighton
84 MF D Jake Van Yahres VCU
85 MF D Kyle Pateros Butler
86 MF D Ian Cameron Mercer
87 MF D Marlon Ganchozo combine
88 MF D Matt Butler Marshall
89 MF D Kyle Miller Holy Cross
90 MF D Brad Keller Washington
91 MF D Sterling Copeland Oral Roberts
92 MF D Tommy McCabe Bucknell
93 MF D Mathew Uy Fairfield
94 MF D Kevin Okapal St. Bonaventure
95 MF D Gray Bailey UC Irvine
96 MF D John Scherr Delaware
97 MF D- Michal Mravec UAB
98 MF D- Steven Amaya Hartwick
99 MF D- Branko Gavric Charleston
100 MF D- John Tardy St. John’s
101 MF D- Alex Chi Harvard
102 MF D- Chris Anzalone SIUE
103 MF D- Kieran Rice James Madison
104 MF D- Brad Franks Elon
105 MF D- Sean Morris Seattle
106 MF D- Eric Detzel Mount St Mary’s
107 MF D- Mike Deasel Loyola-MD
108 MF D- Justin Fojo Charleston
109 MF D- Dane Roberts Furman
110 MF D- Randy Roy SIUE
111 MF D- Michael Cunningham Hartwick
112 MF D- Vincent Ocampo Loyola-Marymount
113 MF D- Daniel Ankrah Loyola-MD
114 MF D- Neil Shaffer Robert Morris
115 MF D- Adrian Ortiz Valparaiso
116 MF D- William Kos Loyola University
117 MF D- Andrew Eppelsheimer Wofford
118 MF D- Jorge Ramirez IPFW
119 MF F Dan Shannon UMBC
120 MF F Jared Harris Temple
121 MF F Ryan Farquharson New Mexico
122 MF F Dominique Yahyavi Stanford
123 MF F Pepe Carotenuto Columbia
124 MF F Daniel Roberts UNC Wilmington
125 MF F Adam Costello Colgate
126 MF F Jamil Devers Howard
127 MF F Stephen Macurdy Lafayette
128 MF F Collin Harrison Gonzaga
129 MF F Anthony Colaizzi Marquette
130 MF F Luis Mojica Northern Illinois
131 MF F Troy Blewitt Butler
132 MF F Steven Sassano Appalachian State
133 MF F Paulo Bonfim Wofford
134 MF F Tolle Staffanson Quinnipiac
135 MF F Brian Harding VMI
136 MF F Brent Hooper Villanova
137 MF F Jon Rzepka Wisconsin
138 MF F Anthony Tagliaferri Siena
139 MF F Andrew Weis Loyola University
140 MF F Kyle Luetkehans Vermont
141 MF F Nate Ohmer IUPUI
142 MF F Scott Zobre Binghamton
143 MF F Scott Raymonds UWGB
144 MF F Matt Schroeder Coastal Carolina
145 MF F Ed Walugembe Seattle
146 MF F Anthony Han George Mason
147 MF F Eric Meyer Yale
148 MF F Lucas Swertloff Northwestern
149 MF F Ricky Dorrego San Jose State
150 MF F Chico Lugo NJIT
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