2017 MLS Draft: Big Board v 1.0

by TopDrawerSoccer

December 22, 2016

The 2017 MLS Draft is scheduled to take place in a little more than a few weeks, with pro soccer hopefuls of hearing their named called in Los Angeles.

Plenty will be sorted between now and then, including homegrown signings, Generation adidas classes and combine additions. This year's crop is similar to the senior classes in recent memory; a handful of players that can make an immediate impact, and 10-15 players that might stick on MLS rosters. The rest are likely to head to USL to find more opportunities of playing time.

Below is the first version of the TopDrawerSoccer.com Big Board, ranking the top pro prospects for teh 2017 draft. Included in this batch are projected Generation adidas signings (*) and likely homegrown signings (^). Based off scouting games, conversations with scouts and other observers, the big board aims to project each player's chance of sticking at the next level. Future updates will remove and add players as draft day approaches after homegrown and GA signings are finalized.

Rank	Player	School
1	F Jeremy Ebobisse*	Duke
2	F Abu Danladi*	UCLA
3	M Ian Harkes^	Wake Forest
4	D Miles Robinson*	Syracuse
5	F Gordon Wild*	Maryland
6	D Brandon Aubrey	Notre Dame
7	M Jacori Hayes	Wake Forest
8	M Jackson Yueill*	UCLA
9	M Adam Najem^	Akron
10	D Chris Odoi-Atsem	Maryland
11	D Reagan Dunk	Denver
12	D Colton Storm	North Carolina
13	F David Goldsmith	Butler
14	F Brian Wright	Vermont
15	M Napo Matsoso	Kentucky
16	D Walker Hume	North Carolina
17	M/D Kwame Awuah	Connecticut
18	F Niko Hansen	New Mexico
19	F Guillermo Delgado	Delaware
20	M/F Christian Thierjung	California
21	F Brandt Bronico	Charlotte
22	M Eddie Sanchez	Portland
23	M Chris Wehan	New Mexico
24	D Brian Nana-Sinkam	Stanford
25	M Tanner Thompson	Indiana
26	GK Eric Klenofsky	Monmouth
27	D Francis de Vries	Saint Francis (PA)
28	M Connor Maloney	Penn State
29	M Ricardo Perez^	Creighton
30	F Chris Nanco	Syracuse
31	F Nick DePuy	UC Santa Barbara
32	GK Alec Ferrell	Wake Forest
33	D Robert Sagel	Penn State
34	F Jorge Gomez Sanchez	Temple
35	D Lalas Abubakar	Dayton
36	F Zeiko Lewis	Boston College
37	F Tucker Hume	North Carolina
38	M/F Lindo Mfeka	South Florida
39	D Michael DeGraffenreidt	Louisville
40	F Wuilito Fernandes	Massachusetts-Lowell
41	D Danilo Radjen	Akron
42	M/D Dakota Barnathan	VCU
43	M Daniel Johnson	Louisville
44	D Suliaman Dainkeh	Maryland
45	GK Jake McGuire	Tulsa
46	F Nazeem Bartman	South Florida
47	D Patrick Foss	Virginia
48	M Romilio Hernandez	Louisville
49	M Bakie Goodman	Georgetown
50	M Danny Deakin	South Carolina