The latest edition of the Major League Soccer Draft is set for Thursday, December 18 at 2 p.m. EST.

This year's crop of draft-eligible players from the college game are similar to past seasons. It is full of older internationals, talented young Americans and with the strongest positions along the back line.

Four players have signed Generation adidas contracts: Nicholas Simmonds (Virginia), Ricardo Louis (Georgia Southern), Nikola Markovic (NC State) and Kwaku Agyabeng (Clemson). 

Below is a mock draft of the first round.

FIRST ROUND

ORDER	TEAM	NAME	COLLEGE	POS
1		Nicholas Simmonds	Virginia	F
2		Ricardo Louis	Georgia Southern	F
3		Nikola Markovic	NC State	CB
4		Richard Aman	Washington	F
5		Billo Diop	Colorado Rapids 2	F
6		Will Cleary	Stanford	D
7		Ashton Kamdem	Akron	LB
8		David Raphael	San Francisco	F
9		Kwaku Agyabeng	Clemson	M
10		Mitch Ferguson	Notre Dame	D
11		Zack Lillington	UC Davis	CB/M
12		Nolan Miller	Michigan	D
13		Isaac Emojong	Utah Valley	CM
14		Mitch Budler	Akron	GK
15		Nikos Clarke-Tosczak	Portland	LB
16		Palmer Bank	Stanford	D
17		Daniel Lugo	High Point	F
18		Kenny Hot	Duke	CM
19		Mitch Baker	Georgetown	F
20		Jefferson Amaya	High Point	CM
21		Jaylinn Mitchell	SMU	F
22		Ransford Gyan	Clemson	M/F
23		Luca Nikolai	North Carolina	RB
24		Andrew Samuels	Princeton	GK
25		Joe Highfield	Portland	F
26		Zach Ramsey	Washington	CM
27		Harvey Sarajian	Wake Forest	M/F
28		Noah James	San Diego	CM
29		Connor Lofy	Washington	CM
30		Stefan Dobrijevic	Akron	F

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