2016 MLS Draft Big Board: Final Edition
January 14, 2016
The 2016 MLS Draft is almost here, with the first two rounds set for Thursday at the NSCAA Convention in Baltimore. The third and fourth round will take place next Tuesday, at 2 p.m. EST via a confence call.
Below is one final ranking of the top 100 talent available, based off a variety of research and conversations with coaches and observers around the game.
| Rank | Player | School |
| 1 | D Joshua Yaro* | Georgetown |
| 2 | M Jack Harrison* | Wake Forest |
| 3 | D Brandon Vincent | Stanford |
| 4 | M Richie Laryea* | Akron |
| 5 | M/F Fabian Herbers* | Creighton |
| 6 | D Keegan Rosenberry | Georgetown |
| 7 | M Julian Buescher* | Syracuse |
| 8 | D Jonathan Campbell | North Carolina |
| 9 | D Kyle Fisher | Clemson |
| 10 | D Jordan McCrary | North Carolina |
| 11 | M Omar Holness* | North Carolina |
| 12 | F Ben Polk | Syracuse |
| 13 | M James Moberg | Washington |
| 14 | M/F Michael Gamble | Wake Forest |
| 15 | D Zachary Carroll | Michigan State |
| 16 | F Michael Salazar | UC Riverside |
| 17 | D Tony Alfaro | Cal State Dominguez Hills |
| 18 | M/F Patrick Hodan | Notre Dame |
| 19 | D Dennis Castillo | VCU |
| 20 | GK Andrew Tarbell* | Clemson |
| 21 | D Cole Seiler | Georgetown |
| 22 | M Todd Wharton | Virginia |
| 23 | GK Callum Irving | Kentucky |
| 24 | M Timo Pitter | Creighton |
| 25 | M Zachary Mathers | Duke |
| 26 | M/F Hadji Barry | UCF |
| 27 | M/F Chase Minter | Cal Poly |
| 28 | M Ty Thompson | Stanford |
| 29 | M Norberto Ochoa | UC Riverside |
| 30 | D Josh Turnley | Georgetown |
| 31 | GK Zach Bennett | Michigan State |
| 32 | M Eric Verso | Stanford |
| 33 | F Colin Bonner | UNC Wilmington |
| 34 | F Kyle Parker | Charlotte |
| 35 | D Vincent Keller | Creighton |
| 36 | D Justin Bilyeu | SIUE |
| 37 | F TJ Casner | Clemson |
| 38 | M Tsubasa Endoh | Maryland |
| 39 | D Eric DeJulio | Creighton |
| 40 | D Max Lachowecki | Notre Dame |
| 41 | GK Connor Sparrow | Creighton |
| 42 | D Liam Doyle | Ohio State |
| 43 | M Jorginho James | International |
| 44 | M Mitchell Taintor | Rutgers |
| 45 | M Paul Clowes | Clemson |
| 46 | M Amass Amankona | Dayton |
| 47 | F Alex Morrell | North Florida |
| 48 | D Thomas Libiih | International |
| 49 | F Jamie Luchini | Lehigh |
| 50 | M John Lujano | SMU |
| 51 | F Darius Madison | UMBC |
| 52 | M/D Kyle Culbertson | Ohio State |
| 53 | D Taylor Washington | George Mason |
| 54 | GK Paul Blanchette | Loyola Marymount |
| 55 | M Antonio Matarazzo | Columbia |
| 56 | D Ivan Magalhaes | Maryland |
| 57 | GK Ryan Herman | Washington |
| 58 | D Tyler David | Saint Louis |
| 59 | M Tariq Akeel | Brown |
| 60 | M Rodrigo Saravia | Florida Gulf Coast |
| 61 | D Derek Vogel | Navy |
| 62 | F C. Nortey | Marquette |
| 63 | M Ryan James | Bowling Green |
| 64 | D Elias Gomez | International |
| 65 | GK Nathan Ingham | Florida Gulf Coast |
| 66 | F Femi Hollinger-Janzen | Indiana |
| 67 | F Kevaughn Frater | International |
| 68 | GK Wade Hamilton | Cal Poly |
| 69 | F Freddy Ruiz | UAB |
| 70 | M Jesus Fared | International |
| 71 | D Trevor Morley | Cal State Northridge |
| 72 | D Malcolm Harris | UMBC |
| 73 | M Sean Sheridan | Villanova |
| 74 | GK Matt Bersano | Penn State |
| 75 | F Chris Hellman | Lynn |
| 76 | M Miguel Salazar | Elon |
| 77 | M Connor Klekota | Notre Dame |
| 78 | F Neco Brett | Robert Morris |
| 79 | D Duncan Backus | UC Santa Barbara |
| 80 | M Emmanuel Appiah | Cincinnati |
| 81 | F Mikhail Doholis | Oregon State |
| 82 | M Josh Heard | Washington |
| 83 | F Thomas Sanner | Princeton |
| 84 | M Vincent Mitchell | Butler |
| 85 | D Mitchell Lurie | Rutgers |
| 86 | M Cole Missimo | Northwestern |
| 87 | F Keegan Smith | San Diego |
| 88 | GK Sven Lissek | Furman |
| 89 | D Jacob Speed | SMU |
| 90 | F JP Correa | Rutgers |
| 91 | M Ben Strong | Louisville |
| 92 | M Jordan Vale | UCLA |
| 93 | M/F Joseph Holland | Hofstra |
| 94 | GK Chris Froschauer | Ohio State |
| 95 | M Grady Howe | UCLA |
| 96 | M/D Emir Alihodzic | Omaha |
| 97 | F Maik Schoonderwoerd | Dayton |
| 98 | D Hugo Rhoads | Portland |
| 99 | M Faik Hajderovic | Saint Louis |
| 100 | D Javan Torre | UCLA |
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