2020 MLS Draft Big Board: Version 1.0
January 2, 2020
The Major League Soccer draft certainly has diminshed from it once was. With the format switching to a conference call, even with two new teams joining MLS, the number of players set to make the jump from college to the league has decreased every year.
That doesn't mean there isn't value available. With four players announced as Generation adidas signings (denoted with an asterisk below), up-and-coming stars are available for selection. Below is the Top 50 players available in this year's draft as of publication.
| Rank | Name | School |
| 1 | CB Jack Maher* | Indiana |
| 2 | CF Robbie Robinson* | Clemson |
| 3 | CF Cal Jennings | UCF |
| 4 | RB Dylan Nealis | Georgetown |
| 5 | DM Aaron Molloy | Penn State |
| 6 | W Ryan Raposo* | Syracuse |
| 7 | CB Henry Kessler* | Virginia |
| 8 | LB Tanner Beason | Stanford |
| 9 | M/RB Alistair Johnston | Wake Forest |
| 10 | CF Garrett McLaughlin | SMU |
| 11 | RB Noah Billingsley | UC Santa Barbara |
| 12 | CF Miguel Berry | San Diego |
| 13 | AM Manuel Ferriol | James Madison |
| 14 | CB Patrick Nielsen | Michigan State |
| 15 | W Jack Skahan | North Carolina |
| 16 | CM Brandon Williamson | Duke |
| 17 | AM Jesus Perez | UIC |
| 18 | RW Jack Hallahan | Michigan |
| 19 | CM/RB Jeremy Kelly | North Carolina |
| 20 | CM Cherif Dieye | Louisville |
| 21 | CM/CB Tanner Dieterich | Clemson |
| 22 | RB Simon Waever | Indiana |
| 23 | F/W Dayonn Harris | Connecticut |
| 24 | CF Jorge Gonzalez | SIUE |
| 25 | AM Rey Ortiz | Portland |
| 26 | CF Daniele Proch | Duke |
| 27 | CB Malick Mbaye | Clemson |
| 28 | D Simon Lekressner | California |
| 29 | LB Felicien Dumas | Notre Dame |
| 30 | CM Derek Waldeck | Stanford |
| 31 | AM Bruno Lapa | Wake Forest |
| 32 | CM Miguel Yuste | Yale |
| 33 | CB Nkosi Burgess | Seattle |
| 34 | CF Blake Frischknecht | Utah Valley |
| 35 | GK Elliot Panicco | Charlotte |
| 36 | AM Luka Prpa | Marquette |
| 37 | CF Nebojsa Popovic | Michigan |
| 38 | LB Patrick Seagrist | Marquette |
| 39 | GK Wallis Lapsley | UC Davis |
| 40 | AM Joris Ahlinvi | Indiana |
| 41 | CB Michael Wetungu | Michigan State |
| 42 | LB Danny Reynolds | UNC Wilmington |
| 43 | CM Andrew Booth | Florida International |
| 44 | CF Phillip Goodrum | UNC Wilmington |
| 45 | CF Samson Sergi | Xavier |
| 46 | GK Keegan Meyer | High Point |
| 47 | AM Leo Novaes | Saint Louis |
| 48 | AM Pablo Pelaez | San Diego State |
| 49 | RB Younes Boudadi | Creighton |
| 50 | D Will Mejia | Virginia Tech |
The MLS Draft Big Board was constructed in consultation with The Soccer Syndicate, North America's only independent soccer scouting network.
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