2016 MLS Draft: Big Board v 1.0

by TopDrawerSoccer

December 9, 2015

The 2016 MLS Draft is a little more than a month away, as the men's college soccer season writes its final chapter this coming weekend.

Over the past few years (or less) players around the country have made their case to play soccer at the next level. Below is an initial look at the Top 50 pro prospects available in the January draft. Based off of conversations with coaches and personal observations, it's a projection of who could make an impact at the next level.

Keep in mind that MLS is unlikely to sign 11 players to Generation adidas contracts (marked with an *), and those players will be removed from future updates. The underclassmen listed below are players projected to be targeted by MLS. Along with that, MLS homegrown candidates (noted with an ^) will be removed when their signing is made official, or retained as their status becomes clear.

Rank	Player	School
1	D Joshua Yaro*	Georgetown
2	M Jack Harrison*	Wake Forest
3	F Abu Danladi*	UCLA
4	D Brandon Vincent	Stanford
5	M/F Fabian Herbers*	Creighton
6	F Jeremy Ebobisse*	Duke
7	M Jackson Yueill*	UCLA
8	F Jason Wright*	Rutgers
9	M Richie Laryea*	Akron
10	M Geoffrey Acheampong*	UC Santa Barbara
11	D Keegan Rosenberry	Georgetown
12	M Jake Rozhansky*	Virginia
13	M/F Chase Minter	Cal Poly
14	M Julian Buescher*	Syracuse
15	M Mael Corboz^	Maryland
16	D Zachary Carroll	Michigan State
17	GK Callum Irving^	Kentucky
18	D Jonathan Campbell	North Carolina
19	D Dennis Castillo	VCU
20	M Todd Wharton	Virginia
21	D Jordan McCrary	North Carolina
22	M/F Michael Gamble	Wake Forest
23	M/F Patrick Hodan	Notre Dame
24	M James Moberg	Washington
25	F Brandon Allen^	Georgetown
26	D Kyle Fisher	Clemson
27	M Timo Pitter	Creighton
28	D Cole Seiler	Georgetown
29	F Michael Salazar	UC Riverside
30	D Tony Alfaro	Cal State Dominguez Hills
31	M/D Kyle Culbertson^	Ohio State
32	M Zachary Mathers	Duke
33	D Brendan Hines-Ike	South Florida
34	F TJ Casner	Clemson
35	D Andrew Souders^	Akron
36	D Liam Doyle	Ohio State
37	M Mitchell Taintor^	Rutgers
38	D Bradley Bourgeois^	Tulsa
39	D Eric DeJulio^	Creighton
40	M Amass Amankona	Dayton
41	F Kyle Parker	Charlotte
42	D Vincent Keller	Creighton
43	F Darius Madison^	UMBC
44	D Trevor Morley	Cal State Northridge(m)
45	M Miguel Salazar	Elon
46	D Taylor Washington	George Mason
47	D Derek Vogel	Navy
48	M John Lujano	SMU
49	D Tyler David	Saint Louis
50	M Tsubasa Endoh	Maryland