2015 MLS Draft Big Board: Final Edition
January 15, 2015
The 2015 MLS Draft is almost here.
Below is the final version of TopDrawerSoccer.com's Big Board, ranking the top players available to Major League Soccer teams on Thursday's draft. This year's crop offers a lot of options with five players signed to Generation adidas deals, and a total of 12 seniors who have signed with the league ahead of draft day.
Compiled through watching games over the past few seasons, conversations with scouts and coaches alike, the Big Board is an attempt at ranking players by their projected pro potential.
* - Generation adidas signings
Rank | Player | School |
1 | F Cyle Larin* | Connecticut |
2 | M Cristian Roldan* | Washington |
3 | M Nick Besler | Notre Dame |
4 | F Khiry Shelton | Oregon State |
5 | M Dan Metzger | Maryland |
6 | F Romario Williams* | UCF |
7 | M Fatai Alashe | Michigan State |
8 | D Otis Earle | UC Riverside |
9 | GK Alex Bono* | Syracuse |
10 | M Leo Stolz | UCLA |
11 | D Boyd Okwuonu | North Carolina |
12 | D Oumar Ballo | UMBC |
13 | F Andy Craven | North Carolina |
14 | M Eric Bird | Virginia |
15 | D Andy Thoma | Washington |
16 | D Conor Donovan* | NC State |
17 | GK Andrew Wolverton | Penn State |
18 | D Tim Parker | St. John's |
19 | GK Tyler Miller | Northwestern |
20 | M/F Miguel Aguilar | San Francisco |
21 | D Joseph Greenspan | Navy |
22 | F Cameron Iwasa | UC Irvine |
23 | D Ramon Martin Del Campo | UC Davis |
24 | F Andy Bevin | West Virginia |
25 | D Jordan Murrell | Syracuse |
26 | D Wesley Charpie | South Florida |
27 | M/F Fabio Machado | Providence |
28 | M/F Manolo Sanchez | Clemson |
29 | D Sergio Campbell | Connecticut |
30 | F Adam Montague | Michigan State |
31 | M/F Akeil Barrett | Tulsa |
32 | D Luke Mishu | Notre Dame |
33 | D Skylar Thomas | Syracuse |
34 | D Jose Ribas | Creighton |
35 | F Dzenan Catic | Davenport |
36 | D Axel Sjoberg | Marquette |
37 | F Ricky Garbanzo | Coastal Carolina |
38 | D Saad Abdul-Salaam | Akron |
39 | F Sagi Lev-Ari | Cal State Northridge |
40 | M Tyler Arnone | Michigan |
41 | M Connor Hallisey | California |
42 | D Nikola Paunic | South Florida |
43 |
D Anthony Manning | Saint Louis |
44 | M Salvador Bernal | UNLV |
45 | D Kyler Sullivan | Virginia |
46 | F Ignacio Maganto | Iona College |
47 | M Seth Casiple | California |
48 | D Aaron Simmons | UCLA |
49 | D Craig Nitti | Loyola Marymount |
50 | M Connor Brandt | San Diego |
51 | M Adria Beso Marco | Connecticut |
52 | M Zach Steinberger | Butler |
53 | D Nikko Boxall | Northwestern |
54 | F Christian Volesky | SIUE |
55 | D Uchenna Uzo | Coastal Carolina |
56 | GK Spencer Richey | Washington |
57 | M Oniel Fisher | New Mexico |
58 | M Alex Shinsky | Maryland |
59 | F James Rogers | New Mexico |
60 | F Rob Lovejoy | North Carolina |
61 | F Kay Banjo | UMBC |
62 | M Tyler Rudy | Georgetown |
63 | D Matt Jeffrey | Monmouth |
64 | F Dominique Badji | Boston University |
65 | F Cameron Porter | Princeton |
66 | M Austin Martz | Georgetown |
67 | D Nick Miele | New Mexico |
68 | F Alex Adelabu | Dartmouth |
69 | M Victor Manosalvas | Seton Hall |
70 | F Leon Brown | Notre Dame |
71 | F Kharlton Belmar | VCU |
72 | GK Tomas Gomez | Georgetown |
73 | M Kingsley Bryce | Saint Louis |
74 | M/F Markhus Lacroix | Penn |
75 | GK Earl Edwards | UCLA |
76 | D Matt Polster | SIUE |
77 | M Jose Manel | VCU |
78 | F Ilija Ilic | Young Harris College |
79 | D Daniel Keller | Louisville |
80 | M Laurie Bell | Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
81 | M Alex Clay | UAB |
82 | D Mahamoudou Kaba | South Carolina |
83 | D Shawn McLaws | Coastal Carolina |
84 | F Stefano Bonomo | California |
85 | M Will Seymore | Oregon State |
86 | F Mamadee Nyepon | High Point |
87 | F Timi Mulgrew | George Mason |
88 | GK Eric Osswald | Xavier |
89 | M Lucas Baldin | South Florida |
90 | F Marc Fenelus | Cal State Fullerton |
91 | M Mikias Eticha | Maryland |
92 | M Verneri Valimaa | North Carolina |
93 | D Brandon Adler | Providence |
94 | M/F Andrew Tusaazemajja | UCLA |
95 | GK Adam Grinwis | Michigan |
96 | D Jereme Raley | Maryland |
97 | M Jamie Dell | UNC Wilmington |
98 | GK Charlie Lyon | Marquette |
99 | F Quentin Albrecht | Florida International |
100 | GK Winston Boldt | Army |
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