Parade All-Americans

Here's where the players are going to play college ball next year, where relevant. No surprises as all of the AAs, most of whom are youth national teamers, are going to the traditional top programs (though, interestingly, reigning NCAA champ Indiana didn't get any of them).

Charlie Davies Manchester, N.H. Sr. --- BOSTON COLLEGE
Robbie Rogers Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. Sr. --- PRO
Nico Colaluca Coventry, R.I. Sr. --- VIRGINIA
Rodrigo Hidalgo Atlantis, Fla. Sr. --- SOUTH FLORIDA
Kamani Hill Berkeley, Calif. Sr. --- UCLA
Quavas Kirk Aurora, Ill. Jr. --- n/a
Eric Avila Encinitas, Calif. Jr. --- n/a
Toly Olowolafe Bear, Del. Sr. --- MICHIGAN
Mike Grella Glen Cove, N.Y. Jr. --- n/a
Christian Jimenez San Dimas, Calif. Sr. --- SOUTH FLORIDA
Kiki Willis Youngstown, Ohio Jr. --- n/a
Michael Stephens Woodridge, Ill. Fr. --- n/a

MIDFIELDERS City Year
Danny Szetela Clifton, N.J. Jr. --- PRO
Dax McCarty Maitland, Fla. Sr. --- NORTH CAROLINA
Anthony Beltran Claremont, Calif. Jr. --- n/a
Israel Jones Medina, Ohio Sr. --- SOUTHERN METHODIST
Stephen King Medford, N.J. Sr. --- MARYLAND
Dane Murphy Redding, Conn. Sr. --- VIRGINIA
Michael Videira Milford, Mass. Sr. --- DUKE
Karl Schilling Canton, Conn. Sr. --- CONNECTICUTT
Adam Sloustcher Pleasanton, Calif. Sr. --- NORTH CAROLINA
Lee Nguyen Richardson, Tex. Jr. --- n/a
Jonathan Villanueva Dallas, Tex. Jr. --- n/a
Brad Ramsey WinstonSalem, N.C. Jr. --- n/a

DEFENDERS City Year
Patrick Phelan Enfield, Conn. Sr. --- WAKE FOREST
Chris Germani Yardley, Pa. Sr. --- NORTH CAROLINA
Michael Zaher Las Vegas, Nev. Sr. --- UCLA
Greg Folk Woodland Hills, Calif. Sr. --- UCLA
Julian Valentin Lancaster, Pa. Sr. --- WAKE FOREST
Tim Ward Delafield, Wis. Sr. --- SAINT LOUIS
Cameron Lewis Alpharetta, Ga. Sr. --- NORTH CAROLINA
Nathan Sturgis St. Augustine, Fla. Sr. --- CLEMSON

GOALKEEPERS City Year
Stephen Sandbo Columbus, Ohio Sr. --- SOUTHERN METHODIST
Marcus Rein Modesto, Calif. Sr. --- WAKE FOREST
Chris Seitz San Luis Obispo, Calif. Jr --- n/a

Michael Stephens, the only non jr/sr. on the team, is supposed to be the real deal. Odds are we won't be talking about him in the college context when he gets a little older as he will draw a lot of pro interest.

 

(I posted the same question on YNT fourm's topic as well)

Does anyone know if the order the players are listed are in some sort of order based on how they finished in the voting?

I realize the first player in each position category listed is considered the "top" player for that position this year(Davies, Szetela, Phelan, Sandbo), but did not know if the order of the remaining players followed suit or is it just random.

 

Coach of u-17 MNT Jon Ellinger on Micheal Stephens

A good player to be compared too
He is also the only 89 getting consistant playing time w/ the u-17 88's

 

Actually it's even more interesting than that. Only one player is heading to any of the final four teams. Indiana, Santa Clara, and St. Johns will have to make do without any of the 'big names'.

Lot's of interesting speculation can go on here. Is this a one-year abberation? Do these coaches get to the final four on superior coaching, instead of superior talent? Or are they able to look past the 'name' and recruit based on their own judgement, and get superior talent to these name players? Can they take mediocre talent and develop it into very good talent?

Did the incoming players look at the final four rosters and decide there wasn't room for them on the starting 11 next year?

So many questions....