It is my pleasure to once again start the college soccer letter of intent signing day thread in honor of this forum's guru/sensei Mr. Mibut. LOI's were accepted beginning at 7:00 ET this morning. As usual the football sites are overflowing with information and fax-by-fax coverage. The soccer sites and school athletic departments will trickle out the soccer stuff when they get around to it. Add any links here to school class announcements.
Loyola is getting a real quality kid with MJ. He is not only a good versatile soccer player but a class individual as well.
Berson's son is part of this recruiting class so odds are that means the old man is gonna stick around at least till the kid is done playing.
Evansville signs 8 members of 2008 class: http://www.gopurpleaces.com/news/2008/2/6/MSOC_0206080146.aspx
From the Evansville release: ROBBINS, Jarrett 6-7* 185* Louisville, KY* Sandon's got his nipple clamps on right about now California http://calbears.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/020608aaa.html BERKELEY - The California men's soccer program signed a strong group of four recruits, Golden Bears head coach Kevin Grimes announced today. Midfielder Ted Jones, goalkeeper David Bingham, forward Michael Munoz and defender Kyle Lunt will make their debut next fall. Grimes' signees all hail from the state of California.
UC Davis http://ucdavisaggies.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/020608aab.html DAVIS, Calif. - UC Davis head men's soccer coach Dwayne Shaffer announced today that Lance Patterson of Grandview High School in Aurora, Colo., and Andrew Robella of Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa have signed National Letters of Intent during the 2008 NLI signing day. New Mexico http://golobos.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/020608aac.html Name Height Weight Position Hometown (Last School) Travis Campbell 5-9 165 Defender Phoenix, Ariz. (Thunderbird HS) Mark Geria 6-0 155 Midfielder/Defender Canberra, Australia (AIS) Michael Green 5-10 175 Midfielder Strongsville, Ohio (Strongsville HS) Justin Holmes 6-2 188 Goalkeeper Elkhart, Ind. (Elkhart Central HS) David Murphy 5-11 170 Defender Grapevine, Texas (Wake Forest) Seth Neben 6-1 155 Midfielder Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln Southwest HS) Victor Rodriguez 6-1 170 Goalkeeper Las Cruces, N.M. (Las Cruces HS) Lance Rozeboom 6-1 165 Forward Walker, Iowa (Xavier HS) Anders Selander 5-10 175 Defender Ulrichehamn, Sweden (Sven Eriksonsgymnasiet) Masashi Shibuya 5-10 160 Midfield/Forward Scottsdale, Ariz. (Saguaro HS) Gary Weisbaum 5-10 160 Midfield/Forward Baltimore, Md. (Pikesville HS)
Towson http://www.towsontigers.com/sports/msoccer/release.asp?release_id=4296 TOWSON, Md. – A talented group of six newcomers, including three from the State of Maryland, have signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Towson University and play for the Tiger men’s soccer team, it has been announced by Coach Frank Olszewski. Transfer Guilherme Costa of the College of Southern Maryland will join defender Joshua Spivey of Perry Hall High School and midfielder Steven LeVine of Loyola Blakefield High School from the State of Maryland. They will be joined by goalkeeper Chris Fenner of Osbourn High School in Manassas, Va. and midfielders Nicolas Roa and Javier Roa of Madrid, Spain. Rutgers http://www.scarletknights.com/soccer-men/news/release.asp?prID=6122 The quartet of Yannick Salmon, Guilherme Dantas, Josh Carroll and Taha Mostafa will bring depth and experience to what shaped out to be a young and talented Scarlet Knight squad last year. In 2007, Reasso added a 12-member recruiting class which ranked among the nation's best and his expectations for this year's class of recruits is as lofty, calling it the best group in his 28-year career.
Didn't know David Murphy had transferred. Makes sense as I didn't see him at all near the end of last season for Wake...not even on the bench. From what I gather he seems to be very confident in his own abilities, but maybe not driven enough to feel like proving them in training.
Penn http://www.pennathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=10674&SPID=604&DB_OEM_ID=1700&ATCLID=1381907 The Class of 2012 includes three members of the two-time USYSA national championship team, Casa Mia Bays—midfield/forward Christian Barreiro (Baltimore, Md.) and defensive duo Thomas Brandt (Palmyra, Pa.) and Jake Levin (Columbia, Md.). The trio is joined by midfield/defender Eric Guo (Arcadia, Calif.) who participated in the Chinese-Taipei U-19 National pool and midfielder Nick Unger (Menomonee Falls, Wis.) whose FC Milwaukee team was a 2007 USYSA national finalist.
I don't know anything about him.. what kind of player are the Lobos getting here? Seems like they have an incredible class..
I have an unsabstantiated rumor that Michael Lansing from that great Casa Mia Bays team and Magruder High School is also on his way to Loyola.
I'm just rubbin' 'em; I haven't put the clamps on yet. But, if Evansville uses him as a forward - the release said he was "versatile" which is often code for "we're gonna move you to to CB and only put you up top when we're down a goal and hoofing balls up top" - and he is a good one, then yes, the clamps are going on! Jacobs recruited Dudley and Loftus to Duke, right? If so, he has almost as big a hard-on for players with size as I do.
http://ucsbgauchos.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/020708aaa.html Barrera and Dominguez sign with UCSB. My son played against Barrera many times and he is an awesome player.
Go Gauchos! There is a thread on the UCSB board that lists players who have verballed or already signed LOI's but no official announcements yet. http://p086.ezboard.com/08-Soccer-scouting-rumers/fucsbgauchosfrm2.showMessage?topicID=10275.topic
As I stated, mine was a rumor. I heard it from a friend of his Mother. She could have been confused, but she sounded positive. Lansing was born in the OC, it is a shame he is not coming "home" to play.
I can't find anything official yet at UCONN, just this little blurb from Ray in his blog - "We are extremely excited about 2008 as we return nine starters and Karl Schilling. We have six players committed to come as freshmen and we expect a few more. We anticipate two or three "special" guys also to join our squad for the 2008 season."
I understand that Wake will announce: Nick Millington - U20 Dan Wenzel - U17 Luke Norman - U18 Sean Haglund - ESP, AA Chris Estridge - ESP, AA Kyle Adams - ESP Doug Ryan Jesse Sokolow Brek Shea was in this class until he went pro. Looks like they Deacs will remain competitive on the national scene.
Bradley http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=25970&SPID=1513&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=1384740 Bryan Gaul (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley H.S.), Christian Meza (Carpentersville, Ill./Dundee-Crown H.S.) and Bobby Smith (Springfield, Ill./Sacred Heart-Griffin H.S.) all have signed National Letters of Intent to attend Bradley University and play soccer for the Braves this fall. UWGB http://uwgbathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/020708aaa.html Joining the Phoenix in 2008 are Paul Box (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley), Josh Chamberlain (De Pere, Wis./De Pere), Stuart Grable (Neenah, Wis./Neenah), AJ Konchar (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Xavier), Joe Marasco (Milwaukee, Wis./Pius XI), Travis Meikle (Cottage Grove, Wis./Monona Grove), Mike Ohnesorge (Mosinee, Wis./Mosinee), Tony Patterson (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Menomonee Falls) and Ryan Wehking (St. Louis, Mo./Priory). Georgetown http://guhoyas.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/020808aaa.html Washington, D.C. - Georgetown University head men's soccer coach Brian Wiese announced today that four student-athletes have signed letters of intent to join the Hoya program. Erik Garciamendez (Fairview, Texas/John Paul II), David Madison (Arlington Heights, Ill./Prospect), Brandon Pfluger (Carrollton, Texas/Creekview) and Uche Onyeador (Sterling, Va./Potomac Falls) will play their first season for Georgetown in the fall of 2008. Loyola Marymount http://lmulions.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/020708aaa.html The Loyola Marymount University men's soccer team has signed eight players to National Letters of Intent, Head Coach Paul Krumpe announced Thursday. Phil Da Silva, Roger Downes, Alex Greenman, Kyle Johanson, Artur Jozkowicz, Tyler Krumpe, Logan McDaniel, and Jordan Thorn will all enter LMU as freshmen and don the crimson and navy in fall 2008.
Furman announced their 2008 signees today. http://furmanpaladins.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/020808aaa.html
Sandon's all time culprit here, Dave Masur, will probably continue to remain at the top of his list. I know he's still quite unhappy about not getting the Red Bull job.