TopDrawerSoccer

TopDrawerSoccer.com (TDS) is an American soccer website that is dedicated to youth soccer in the United States. Specifically, the website focuses on Academy soccer, high school soccer, and college soccer in the United States. The website was launched by Robert Ziegler in 2003.

TopDrawerSoccer.com

Available in	English
Owner	Robert Ziegler
Editor	J.R. Eskilson, Travis Clark
URL	topdrawersoccer.com
Commercial	No
Registration	Yes
Launched	August 15, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-08-15)

Profile and history

The website was founded ahead of the 2003 college soccer season by Robert Ziegler who was looking to create a website dedicated to the collegiate game and youth soccer in the United States.^[1][2] It runs its own Top 100 youth soccer players nationally and regionally for both boys and girls soccer for all levels of the game.^{[citation needed]}

Since 2011, the website has awarded the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award which is awarded to the best men's and women's college soccer players for the season. It was first awarded following the 2011 NCAA Division I men's and women's seasons.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

National Player of the Year

The TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award is an annual award given by TopDrawerSoccer.com to the best men's and women's players in American college soccer. The award has been given annually since 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Men's Award

Men's TDS National Player of the Year

Year	Nat.	Name	School	Position	Class	Ref.
2011	JAM	Darren Mattocks	Akron	FW	Sophomore
2012	USA	Eriq Zavaleta	Indiana	DF	Sophomore
2013	USA	Harry Shipp	Notre Dame	MF	Senior
2014	GHA	Joshua Yaro	Georgetown	DF	Junior
2015	USA	Jordan Morris	Stanford	FW	Junior	[3]
2016	USA	Ian Harkes	Wake Forest	MF	Senior	[4]
2017	USA	Tomas Hilliard-Arce	Stanford	DF	Senior	[5]
2018	USA	Andrew Gutman	Indiana	DF	Senior	[6]
2019	NZL	Joe Bell	Virginia	MF	Junior	[7]
2020	SRB	Veljko Petković	Pittsburgh	MF	Sophomore	[8]
2021	USA	Dante Polvara	Georgetown	DF	Junior	[9]
2022	USA	Duncan McGuire	Creighton	FW	Sophomore	[10]
2023	USA	Bryan Dowd	Notre Dame	GK	Senior	[11]
2024	USA	Sam Bassett	Denver	MF	Senior	[12]

Women's Award

Women's TDS National Player of the Year

Year	Nat.	Name	School	Position	Class	Ref.
2011	MEX	Teresa Noyola	Stanford	MF	Senior
2012	USA	Christine Nairn	Penn State	MF	Senior
2013	USA	Morgan Brian	Virginia	MF	Junior
2014	USA	Morgan Brian	Virginia	MF	Senior
2015	CRC	Raquel Rodríguez	Penn State	FW	Senior
2016	CAN	Kadeisha Buchanan	West Virginia	DF	Senior	[13]
2017	USA	Andi Sullivan	Stanford	MF	Senior	[14]
2018	USA	Catarina Macario	Stanford	DF	Sophomore
2019	USA	Catarina Macario (2)	Stanford	DF	Junior	[15]
2020	USA	Kelsey Turnbow	Santa Clara	FW	Senior	[16]
2021	USA	Mikayla Colohan	BYU	MF	Senior	[17]
2022	USA	Korbin Albert	Notre Dame	MF	Sophomore	[18]
2023	USA	Lexi Missimo	Texas	MF	Junior	[19]
2024	USA	Kate Faasse	North Carolina	FW	Junior	[20]

Winners by school

School	Men	Women	Total
Stanford	2	4	6
Virginia	1	2	3
Georgetown	2	0	2
Indiana	2	0	2
Notre Dame	1	1	2
Penn State	0	2	2
Akron	1	0	1
BYU	0	1	1
Pittsburgh	1	0	1
Santa Clara	0	1	1
Texas	0	1	1
Wake Forest	1	0	1
Denver	1	0	1
West Virginia	0	1	1

National Freshman of the Year

Since 2011, TopDrawerSoccer.com has named the national freshman of the year for both men's and women's soccer.

Men's and Women's Awards

Men's TDS National Freshman of the Year Year Nat. Name School Position Ref. 2011 USA Wil Trapp Akron MF 2012 USA Brandon Allen Georgetown FW 2013 CAN Cyle Larin UConn FW 2014 GHA Abu Danladi UCLA FW 2015 ENG Jack Harrison Wake Forest MF 2016 USA Cameron Lindley North Carolina MF 2017 POR João Moutinho Akron MF 2018 USA Carlo Ritaccio Akron DF 2019 USA Aidan Morris Indiana MF 2020 FRA Bertin Jacquesson Pitt FW [21] 2021 ESP Álex López Tulsa GK [9] 2022 USA CJ Fodrey San Diego State MF [22] 2023 USA Alex Harris Cornell FW [23] 2024 GHA Ransford Gyan Clemson FW [12]

Women's TDS National Freshman of the Year Year Nat. Name School Position Ref. 2011 USA Morgan Brian Virginia MF 2012 USA Cari Roccaro Notre Dame DF 2013 USA Savannah Jordan Florida FW 2014 USA Andi Sullivan Stanford FW 2015 IRE Megan Connolly Florida State MF 2016 CAN Jessie Fleming UCLA MF 2017 USA Catarina Macario Stanford FW 2018 CHN Yujie Zhao Florida State MF 2019 USA Angelina Anderson California GK 2020 USA Lia Godfrey Virginia 3|MF [24] 2021 USA Michelle Cooper Duke FW [17] 2022 USA Elise Evans Stanford DF [18] 2023 USA Jordynn Dudley Florida State FW [19] 2024 USA Izzy Engle Notre Dame FW [20]