The 2011 MLS Draft is set to kick off shortly and if you were wondering who the best players available were at each position, let us give you a guide.
Here is a rundown of the top players available by position. We'll be tweaking the board as we get closer to the start of the draft, but be sure to make this your place to see who is available.
Here are the top players, according to SBI, in the 2011 MLS Draft By Position:
SBI MLS Draft Positional Rankings
FORWARDS
Darlington Nagbe
Will Bruin
Corey Hertzog
Omar Salgado
Justin Meram
Jason Herrick
C.J. Sapong
LEFT WING
Michael Nanchoff
Joao Plata
Levi Houapeu
Efrain Burgos
RIGHT WING
Ashley McIness
Ryan Kinne
Hector Jimenez
ATTACKING MIDFIELDER
Anthony Ampaipitakwong
Michael Farfan
Paulo Cardozo
Ernesto Carranza
DEFENSIVE/CENTRAL MIDFIELDER
Cole Grossman
Steven McCarthy
John Rooney
Daniel Keat
Jeb Brovsky
Matt Gold
Dustin McCarty
Steven Beattie
Lebo Pila
LEFT BACK
Michael Tetteh
J.T. Murray
Greg King
Chris Taylor
RIGHT BACk
Zarek Valentin
Kofi Sarkodie
Eddie Ababio
Demitrius Omphroy
Bilal Duckett
Colin Givens
Jon Okafor
CENTERBACK
Perry Kitchen
Jalil Anibaba
A.J. Soares
Bobby Warshaw
Rich Balchan
Michael Boxall
GOALKEEPER
Zac McMath
Jeff Attinella
Diego Restrepo
Joe Willis
Bryan Meredith
Josh Ford
Ives,
What about Victor Estupinan and Leone Cruz?
Good luck to Steven Beattie. We will miss him at NKU.
Ives, didn’t your mock draft have Estupinan going in the first round?
He’s not on your forwards list at the moment.
Anything on round 1?
He has him listed as defensive slash central midfielder, which might just mean MLS coaches project him being a central or utility (but not #10 type) midfielder at the next level. Or Ives got it mixed up.
Rounds 2 and 3 will be on MLSsoccer.com.
Any links to watch the draft online (besides espn3)?
Thanks Ives, this is extremely helpful!
Steven Beattie scored 77 goals in 90 career college matches as a Forward and you have him listed as a defensive midfielder??? c’mon Ives you’re better than that.
Ives,
It would be awesome to see a breakdown of most MLS-ready and most upside/projects. I’m sure you can whip that together in the 30 seconds or so of spare time you have today 🙂