Updated: 1/13/11

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 over-all rankings. Enjoy!

# Pos Grade Name College Combine?
1 A- Def Kofi Sarkodie Akron GA-Combine
2 A- Def Zarek Valentin Akron GA
3 A- Fwd Will Bruin Indiana GA-Combine
4 A- Def Jalil Anibaba UNC Signed-Combine
5 B+ Fwd Darlington Nagbe Akron GA
6 B MF Perry Kitchen Akron GA
7 B GK Zac MacMath Maryland GA
8 B Def Michael Boxall UCSB Combine
9 B Def Rich Balchan Indiana Combine
10 B- Fwd Omar Salgado GA
11 B- Fwd Corey Hertzog PSU GA-Combine
12 B- MF Levi Houapeu UMBC Combine
13 B- Def Tyler Lassiter NC State Combine
14 B- Def Michael Tetteh UCSB GA-Combine
15 B- MF Michael Farfan UNC Signed-Combine
16 B- Def A. J. Soares California Signed-Combine
17 B- Def Colin Givens Michigan State Combine
18 B- MF Ashley McInnes Tulsa Combine
19 B- MF Ryan Kinne Monmouth Combine
20 C+ Def Bilal Duckett Notre Dame Combine
21 C+ GK Josh Ford Connecticut Combine
22 C+ Fwd CJ Sapong James Madison Combine
23 C+ Def J.T. Murray Louisville Combine
24 C+ Fwd Justin Meram Michigan Combine
25 C+ Fwd Amani Walker UC Irvine Combine
26 C+ Fwd Matt Eliason Northwestern combine
27 C+ MF Daniel Keat Dartmouth Combine
28 C+ MF Michael Nanchoff Akron GA-Combine
29 C+ Def Andrew Welker Seton Hall
30 C+ MF Junior Burgos Cal Poly Combine
31 C+ Def Demetrius Omphroy California Combine
32 C+ Fwd Sverre Wegge Gundhus St. John’s
33 C+ Fwd Steven Beattie Northern Kentucky Combine
34 C+ Fwd Spenser Thompson UC Irvine
35 C+ Fwd Ryan Luke Portland
36 C+ Def Eddie Ababio UNC Combine
37 C+ Def Robert Younger UIC
38 C+ GK Clint Irwin Elon
39 C+ GK Joe Willis Denver Combine
40 C+ GK Zach Johnson West Virginia
41 C+ MF Hector Jimenez California Combine
42 C Fwd David Zamora Cal Poly
43 C Fwd Jeb Brovsky Notre Dame Combine
44 C MF Cole Grossman Duke Combine
45 C Fwd Andrew Adlard Indiana Combine
46 C Fwd Jason Herrick Maryland Combine
47 C MF Anthony Ampaipitakwong Akron Combine
48 C Def Ben Havey Boston University
49 C Def Leone Cruz SMU Combine
50 C Def Mark Wiltse South Carolina
51 C Def Kendall Sutton Marshall
52 C Def Bob Warshaw Stanford Combine
53 C MF Nathanial Baako William & Mary
54 C MF Dylan Leslie St Mary’s
55 C MF Servando Carrasco California Combine
56 C MF Alex Caskey Davidson Combine
57 C MF Mathues Braga PSU Combine
58 C MF Robby Lynch Evansville
59 C Fwd Nick Weightman Cincinnati
60 C Def Dwayne Williams Rhode Island
61 C Def Javier Mohammed South Florida
62 C GK Austin Guerrero Portland
63 C GK Alex Riggs Mo State
64 C GK Jimmy Maurer South Carolina Combine
65 C Def Kyle Deremer Creighton
66 C MF JC Banks UWGB Combine
67 C GK Diego Restrepo UVA
68 C MF John Bayron Sosa UMKC
69 C GK Jeff Attinella South Florida Combine
70 C Def Curtis Ushedo UAB Combine
71 C GK Bryan Meredith Monmouth Combine
72 C MF Jarad vanSchaik Portland
73 C GK Fabian Knopfler Butler
74 C GK Andrew McAdams William & Mary
75 C Fwd Victor Estupinan combine
76 C MF Paolo Cardozo combine
77 C- Fwd Phil Bannister Loyola-MD Combine-DNA
78 C- Fwd Rafael Baca Loyola-Marymount
79 C- MF Ernesto Carranza Sacramento Combine
80 C- MF Stephen McCarthy UNC Signed-Combine
81 C- MF Matt Marcin Providence Combine
82 C- Fwd Steven Perry Notre Dame Combine
83 C- Def Dave Dinardo St. Bonaventure
84 C- MF Ben Arikian UMass
85 C- Def Chris Korb Akron Combine
86 C- Def Will Traynor South Carolina
87 C- MF John Rooney combine
88 C- MF Sammy Boateng Marshall
89 C- Fwd Aaron O’Neal Boston University
90 C- MF Lebogang Pila St. Peter’s Combine
91 C- Def Taylor Mueller Washington
92 C- MF Billy Cortes Maryland Combine
93 C- Fwd Kareem Yearwood Charleston
94 C- MF Matt Gold OSU Combine
95 C- Fwd Elhadji Dieng Xavier
96 C- Def Guilherme Reis ETSU
97 C- MF Konrad Warzycha OSU Combine
98 C- Def Ryan Richter LaSalle
99 C- Def Santiago Bedoya Northeastern
100 C- Def Yannick Salmon Rutgers
101 C- Fwd Mike Unwin Buffalo
102 C- Fwd Alan Koger William & Mary
103 C- Def Josh Walburn Princeton
104 C- Def Glenn Leitch Loyola-MD
105 C- MF Piero Bellizzi Northwestern
106 C- MF Fernando Cabadas Sacramento
107 C- MF Lucas Paulini VCU
108 C- MF Spencer Thompson Michigan State
109 C- MF Levi Tesch Niagara
110 C- MF Tadeu Terra St. John’s
111 C- MF Doug Rodkey Maryland
112 C- MF Joao Plata combine
113 C- MF Khadim Diouf San Diego State
114 C- Fwd Victor Freeman George Mason
115 C- MF Matt Armstrong New Mexico
116 C- MF Jeff Leach Colgate
117 C- MF Ross Kelly Coastal Carolina
118 C- Def Ryan Corning Stetson
119 C- Fwd Blake Brettschneider South Carolina Combine
120 C- GK Evan Newton Old Dominion
121 C- GK Paul Grandstrand Brown
122 D+ Fwd Alex Mangan DePaul
123 D+ MF Charlie Campbell Louisville Combine
124 D+ Def Andre Mitto South Florida
125 D+ MF Brett Allen St. Bonaventure
126 D+ Def Bryan Minogue Providence
127 D+ Def David Walls Brown
128 D+ Def Nick Foster Drake
129 D+ MF Jason Gorskie Penn
130 D+ GK Avery Steinlage Michigan State
131 D+ MF Jeff Ricondo Michigan State
132 D+ MF Andres Cuero Charlotte
133 D+ Fwd John Salhag St Francis (NY)
134 D+ Fwd Matt Van Houten Washington
135 D+ Fwd Erik Ilisije Fairfield
136 D+ MF Thomas Drake Clemson Combine
137 D+ Fwd Sam Arthur South Carolina
138 D+ MF Kekoa Osorio SMU
139 D+ MF Josh Moran Creighton
140 D+ Fwd Samson Malijani FDU
141 D+ MF Ben Sippola Butler Combine
142 D+ MF Marco Mangione Towson
143 D+ Def Ross Liberati Bucknell
144 D+ Def James Graf Lehigh
145 D+ MF Mario Rios Iona
146 D+ Fwd Miguel DaSilva Lipscomb
147 D+ MF Romeo Kabanda Gardner-Webb
148 D+ MF Eric Cava Clemson
149 D+ MF Gregory Balicki Rhode Island
150 D+ Def Sean Bateau Charleston
151 D+ MF Evan Slusser Virginia Tech
152 D+ Fwd Audric Kilroy Cleveland St
153 D+ Def Jack Cleverly Fairfield
154 D+ Fwd Mike Worden American
155 D+ MF Martin Rivas combine
156 D+ MF Kevin Sawchak UAB
157 D+ GK Colin O’Donnell New Hampshire
158 D+ Def Joel Bagby UC Irvine
159 D+ MF Robert Cavener Central Ct.
160 D+ MF Stefan Lundberg Duquesne
161 D+ Def Matthew O’Shaughenessy FGCU
162 D+ MF Karl Reddick BC Combine
163 D+ Def Nick Sih Duke
164 D+ MF Alex Kouznetsov Adelphi
165 D+ Def Robert Brickley Connecticut
166 D+ MF Allen Lomax UNC Wilmington
167 D+ Fwd Tom Irvin Evansville
168 D+ MF Duke Ogega Houston Baptist
169 D+ Def Scott Horta Towson
170 D+ MF Michael Aquino Adelphi
171 D+ Def Owen Botting Hartwick
172 D+ Def Shawn Nicklaw Connecticut
173 D+ MF Steve Covino Siena
174 D+ MF Brayan Martinez Seton Hall Combine
175 D+ Def Greg Rosenthal UWM
176 D+ Def David Prochazka UWGB
177 D Def Teddy Schneider Princeton
178 D Def Greg King Connecticut Combine
179 D Fwd Akil DeFreitas NC State
180 D MF Clarke Bentley Virginia Tech
181 D MF Drew Cost PSU
182 D Def Rob Burnett Georgetown
183 D MF Eddie Dines Loyola-MD
184 D Fwd Davis Paul California Combine
185 D Def Lucas Carpenter NC State
186 D MF Ryan Thomas Stanford
187 D MF Jamie Davin American
188 D MF Dustin McCarty UNC Combine
189 D MF Seth C’deBaca Georgetown
190 D MF Loukas Tasigianis Penn
191 D Def Michael DiNuzzo William & Mary
192 D GK Sam Hayden UCSB
193 D MF Josue Soto SMU Combine
194 D Def Jordan Grider St Mary’s
195 D Fwd Andrew Olsen Dartmouth
196 D Fwd Colin Baker St. Joseph’s
197 D Fwd Mike Lutrull Evansville
198 D Def Matt Sanford Northeastern
199 D Def Indy Smith UNC Wilmington Combine
200 D Def Chris Christian Villanova
201 D MF Josh Boemecke San Jose State
202 D GK Sean Lynch Princeton
203 D MF Joe O’Rourke Towson
204 C- Def Chris Taylor Tulsa Combine
205 D Def Anthony Vazquez Monmouth
206 D MF Jon Okafor Brown Combine
207 D Def Alex Russell Coastal Carolina
208 D Fwd Raymundo Reza San Diego State
209 D MF Hunter Christiansen Tulsa
210 D MF Sergio Castillo Creighton
211 D Def Conner Burt Butler
212 D Def Brian Quintana UMKC
213 D GK Matt Williams Cincinnati
214 D Def Nick Kapus American
215 D Fwd Scott Rojo High Point
216 D MF Jake Van Yahres VCU
217 D Fwd Bryan Burke San Francisco
218 D Def TJ Cyrus UVA
219 D Def Chris Williams UMBC
220 D Def Sean Flatley Charleston
221 D Fwd Brian Ramsey Oregon State
222 D Fwd Patrick Fleming St Francis (PA)
223 D MF Kyle Pateros Butler
224 D MF Ian Cameron Mercer
225 D MF Marlon Ganchozo combine
226 D Def Michael Reed New Mexico
227 D MF Matt Butler Marshall
228 D GK Matthew Brutto Georgetown
229 D MF Kyle Miller Holy Cross
230 D Def Corey Attaway UC Irvine
231 D GK Brad Byrns San Diego State
232 D Fwd Michael Bonilla UNCG
233 D Def Mike Jones SIUE
234 D MF Brad Keller Washington
235 D Def Greg Tinari Stony Brook
236 D Fwd Ernesto Marquez George Mason
237 D Def Chris Beville UC Davis
238 D MF Sterling Copeland Oral Roberts
239 D GK Michael Lavric Northern Kentucky
240 D Fwd Faider Burbano Combine-DNA
241 D MF Tommy McCabe Bucknell
242 D MF Mathew Uy Fairfield
243 D Def Cody Stanley Northwestern
244 D Fwd Miquel Casajuana Winthrop
245 D MF Kevin Okapal St. Bonaventure
246 D MF Gray Bailey UC Irvine
247 D GK Brock Duckworth UNC Wilmington
248 D Def Tommy Watkins Dayton
249 D MF John Scherr Delaware
250 D Fwd Nedim Hrustic Jacksonville
251 D Def Kyle Manscuk Binghamton
252 D Def Roberto Hernandez Iona
253 D Def Will Martin Loyola University
254 D Def Cameron Lamming Stanford
255 D- Fwd Bayo Adafin Columbia
256 D- MF Michal Mravec UAB
257 D- Fwd Chase Neinken Rollins College
258 D- Def Justin Warren San Francisco
259 D- Def Diego Marroquin Sacramento
260 D- MF Steven Amaya Hartwick
261 D- Fwd Mauricio Jimenez St. Peter’s
262 D- Def Tyler Hibbs St Francis (PA)
263 D- Def Andres Casais PSU
264 D- MF Branko Gavric Charleston
265 D- Def Thomas Huepper VCU
266 D- MF John Tardy St. John’s
267 D- MF Alex Chi Harvard
268 D- Fwd Wilson Hood Wofford
269 D- Def Aaron Nichols Wisconsin
270 D- Def Fro Adu George Mason
271 D- Fwd Mike Lindsay South Carolina
272 D- MF Chris Anzalone SIUE
273 D- GK Jeremy Vuolo Syracuse
274 D- Def Assaf Sheleg St. Peter’s
275 D- Def Matthew Marshall Howard
276 D- Def Stefan Thor Eyesteinsson Gonzaga
277 D- MF Kieran Rice James Madison
278 D- Def Robert Millock Harvard
279 D- MF Brad Franks Elon
280 D- Fwd Khalil Johnson Campbell
281 D- MF Sean Morris Seattle
282 D- MF Eric Detzel Mount St Mary’s
283 D- Def Ben Burton Princeton
284 D- Def Todd Rutledge Fairfield
285 D- MF Mike Deasel Loyola-MD
286 D- MF Justin Fojo Charleston
287 D- MF Dane Roberts Furman
288 D- MF Randy Roy SIUE
289 D- Def Doug Ferner Loyola University
290 D- MF Michael Cunningham Hartwick
291 D- Fwd Johannes Grahn Hofstra
292 D- Fwd Makesi Lewis Oakland
293 D- Def Alberto Navarro CS-Bakersfield
294 D- Def Yaron Bacher UCF
295 D- Def Weston Hawkins IUPUI
296 D- MF Vincent Ocampo Loyola-Marymount
297 D- MF Daniel Ankrah Loyola-MD
298 D- GK Mathew Smith FGCU
299 D- MF Neil Shaffer Robert Morris
300 D- Fwd Stephen Sifuentes UNLV
301 D- GK Thorne Holder Adelphi
302 D- Fwd Matt Spiess SIUE
303 D- Fwd Philippe Garre Gonzaga
304 D- Fwd Jon Cox Georgia Southern
305 D- Def Lorne Cameron Houston Baptist
306 D- MF Adrian Ortiz Valparaiso
307 D- MF William Kos Loyola University
308 D- MF Andrew Eppelsheimer Wofford
309 D- Fwd Marcelo Carminatti San Diego
310 D- Fwd John Koustsounadis Adelphi
311 D- Fwd Nick Love Gonzaga
312 D- MF Jorge Ramirez IPFW
313 D- Fwd Harvey Headley Longwood
314 D- Fwd Arnie Sanchez UC Riverside
315 D- Fwd BJ Gleen Lafayette
316 F Def Bryan Giudicelli Dartmouth
317 F MF Dan Shannon UMBC
318 F MF Jared Harris Temple
319 F GK Akira Fitzgerald Wake Forest
320 F Fwd Cito Soriano UC Riverside
321 F Fwd Alex Harrison E Illinois
322 F Fwd Jimmy Holmes SLU
323 F Def Pierre Soubrier Quinnipiac
324 F Fwd Paul Paradise Mo State
325 F MF Ryan Farquharson New Mexico
326 F Def Victor Cortez San Francisco
327 F MF Dominique Yahyavi Stanford
328 F Fwd Brad Rose Yale
329 F GK Ken Cooper UMKC
330 F MF Pepe Carotenuto Columbia
331 F MF Daniel Roberts UNC Wilmington
332 F Def Tom Van Grinsven Holy Cross
333 F MF Adam Costello Colgate
334 F MF Jamil Devers Howard
335 F Fwd Josh Thiermann Wisconsin
336 F Def Mladen Ramic Stony Brook
337 F MF Stephen Macurdy Lafayette
338 F Fwd Chase Barbieri Monmouth
339 F MF Collin Harrison Gonzaga
340 F GK Jonathan Lester San Jose State
341 F MF Anthony Colaizzi Marquette
342 F MF Luis Mojica Northern Illinois
343 F Fwd Celso Alvarez Cal Fullerton
344 F Fwd CJ Gehin-Scott VCU
345 F MF Troy Blewitt Butler
346 F MF Steven Sassano Appalachian State
347 F MF Paulo Bonfim Wofford
348 F MF Tolle Staffanson Quinnipiac
349 F Fwd Brandon Stelmak Cincinnati
350 F MF Brian Harding VMI
351 F MF Brent Hooper Villanova
352 F Fwd Sam Petrone Seton Hall
353 F MF Jon Rzepka Wisconsin
354 F MF Anthony Tagliaferri Siena
355 F MF Andrew Weis Loyola University
356 F MF Kyle Luetkehans Vermont
357 F MF Nate Ohmer IUPUI
358 F MF Scott Zobre Binghamton
359 F MF Scott Raymonds UWGB
360 F Fwd Adam O’Neil North Florida
361 F GK Ben Berg Penn
362 F Fwd Kentrel Owens Wofford
363 F MF Matt Schroeder Coastal Carolina
364 F GK Chris Dodd Houston Baptist
365 F MF Ed Walugembe Seattle
366 F MF Anthony Han George Mason
367 F MF Eric Meyer Yale
368 F Def Jeff Baker Cleveland St
369 F Fwd Bo Jelovac Albany
370 F MF Lucas Swertloff Northwestern
371 F MF Ricky Dorrego San Jose State
372 F MF Chico Lugo NJIT
373 F Fwd Tyler Kincaid Evansville
374 F Fwd John Alberda Molloy
375 F Fwd Heath Cox Centenary
376 F GK Ryan Schwarz Valparaiso
377 F Def David Murphy New Mexico
378 F Def Jamie Thomas Hartford
379 F Def Jon Gann Oral Roberts
380 F Fwd Chris Miller Oregon State
381 F Def Andrew Cotes Rider
382 F GK Sean Molony E Illinois
383 F Def Justin Kamine Lafayette
384 F Def Wayne Lampart CS-Bakersfield
385 F Def Jamie Calvo UNLV
386 F Def Gavin Stabbe Duquesne
387 F Fwd Amir Shihata VMI
388 F Def Nathan Javadi UC Davis
389 F Def Cory Norris San Diego
390 F Def James Leith Radford
391 F Def Oshane Moodie NJIT
392 F GK Andrew Pianko Lafayette
393 F GK Rennie Walker Centenary
394 F Def Jon Tilton Air Force
395 F Fwd Sean Haglund Wake Forest