With just two matches to go in the College Cup and the MLS offseason kicking into gear, 45 of the nation’s top college prospects available in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft gathered in Mesa, Arizona, for the MLS College Showcase. Among the clubs watching closely will be Atlanta United, who have the second overall pick in the 2026 MLS SuperDraft.
This is an impressive group of players, among the best showcases we have seen in years. Among them are three freshmen who could all sign Generation Adidas contracts ahead of the draft. With Atlanta United picking second in each round, the club could end up with at least a couple players on this list. These 45 players are not the only ones available in the upcoming draft. That number will likely be a couple of hundred, with players from the College Cup finalists included, and a variety of other available prospects.
A few options for the first round include the University of Virginia’s star forward Nick Simmonds, Clemson’s maestro Ransford Gyan, Washington’s wily veteran 10 Riche Aman, and Clemson’s raw but high upside freshman midfield destroyer Kwaku Agyabeng. Each of these players could work their way onto the field quickly for any MLS team. We will do a deeper dive into each in our upcoming mock draft early next week.
Some potential later-round options are Stanford’s long-time starting left-back Palmer Bank and small-school stars like Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year Daniel D’Ippolito, Big South Conference Offensive Player of the Year Daniel Lugo, and Big South Midfielder of the Year Jefferson Amaya. We will also do a deep dive into these guys and others who are not at the showcase in our upcoming mock draft.
In the meantime, I recommend you check out the highlights of many of these players. They all have a chance of becoming top players in MLS NEXT Pro next season, and several will be able to immediately make the jump to MLS.
2025 MLS College Showcase Attendees
| Name | Position | College | Year |
| Kwaku Agyabeng | MF | Clemson University | Freshman |
| Jefferson Amaya | MF | High Point University | Senior |
| Clarence Awoudor | MF | University of Central Florida | Senior |
| Palmer Bank | DEF | Stanford University | Redshirt Junior |
| Brayden Beason | FW | University of San Francisco | Sophomore |
| Charles-Emile Brunet | MF | Southern Methodist University | Sophomore |
| Mitch Budler | GK | University of Akron | Redshirt Senior |
| Nikos Clarke-Tosczak | DEF | University of Portland | Junior |
| Will Cleary | DEF | Stanford University | Senior |
| Sebastian Conlon | GK | University of Kentucky | Senior |
| Blake D’Agostino | FW | California Baptist University | Sophomore |
| Daniel D’Ippolito | MF | Fordham University | Senior |
| Dren Dobruna | DEF | University of Dayton | Sophomore |
| Enzo Dovlo | FW | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Junior |
| Kyle Durham | GK | University of Connecticut | Redshirt Sophomore |
| Zachary Ehrenpreis | DEF | University of Virginia | Freshman |
| Isaac Emojong | MF | Utah Valley University | Sophomore |
| Cooper Forcellini | MF | Xavier University | Senior |
| Ransford Gyan | MF | Clemson University | Sophomore |
| Kenan Hot | MF | Duke University | Senior |
| Noah James | MF | University of San Diego | Junior |
| Jack Jasinski | DEF | Princeton University | Senior |
| Lukas Kamrath | DEF | High Point University | Junior |
| Lasse Kelp | DEF | University of Maryland | Senior |
| Wyatt Lewis | MF | University of Notre Dame | Redshirt Junior |
| Zack Lillington | DEF | University of California, Davis | Senior |
| Ricky Louis | FW | Georgia Southern University | Sophomore |
| Daniel Lugo | FW | High Point University | Junior |
| Sadam Masereka | FW | University of Maryland | Senior |
| Jaylinn Mitchell | FW | Southern Methodist University | Junior |
| Luca Nikolai | DEF | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Junior |
| Gaku Nishimura | MF | University of California, Berkeley | Senior |
| Stephane Njike | FW | University of Maryland | Sophomore |
| Edouard Nys | MF | University of Illinois Chicago | Junior |
| Alfredo Ortiz | DEF | University of California, Berkeley | Senior |
| David Raphael | FW | University of San Francisco | Sophomore |
| Agustin Resch | DEF | Seton Hall University | Senior |
| Gilberto Rivera | MF | San Jose State University | Junior |
| Andrew Samuels | GK | Princeton University | Junior |
| Harvey Sarajian | FW | Wake Forest University | Sophomore |
| Nicholas Simmonds | FW | University of Virginia | Freshman |
| Marius Stenner | FW | University of Delaware | Sophomore |
| Giuliano Whitchurch | DEF | Princeton University | Senior |
| Tre Wright | DEF | University of California, Los Angeles |
Who do you think Atlanta United will pick with the second overall selection, and who would you like to see us try to get in the second round? Let us know in the comments below.