**Please note that this is the opinion of Joe Mauceri. More opinions from other TopDrawerSoccer.com writers will be released as the draft nears. ** 

After watching 120 live college soccer games this year, supplemented by another 63 games on tape, composed of 151 different college teams, here is my Final 2012 MLS Draft Ranking.

Joe's 2012 Mock Draft 

Joe's 2012 Draft Rankings: Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards 

This version includes Generation Adidas players that have signed, international players that have been reported to be attending the combine, and all seniors.

Players that I haven't seen are generally ranked lower than players that I have seen. I'm from the East coast - so it's easier for me to see teams in the East. However, I've seen UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC Riverside, Creighton, SMU, Bradley, UCSB (3 times), Denver, New Mexico (twice), California, Bakersfield, San Jose State, Stanford, San Diego State, Washington (twice), UCLA (twice) and Drake live. I was unable to see some teams live, I've only seen on tape (e.g., Michigan State, Ohio State, UAB, Hofstra, Iona). I've reviewed a lot of tape (including the South American U20 qualification tournament. The combine will supplement my prior observations and fill the gaps where needed. I've seen every domestic combine college play live with the vast majority in 2011 and a handful in 2010.

My rankings take into account the values of Generation Adidas, international status and general assessment of the skill and how each player might fit into a MLS team. Given the 3 expansion teams in the past 2 years and the roster increase, I've made slight grade inflation and I'm considering the players with a grade of C+ have increased chances of making a roster and some of the players with higher C rankings may be able to stick, as well.

In addition to ranking each player sequentially, I'm assigning a letter grade using the following scale:

A=Can't miss prospect. Should easily make the roster and may get time with the first team in 2012. By the end of the year, could be an impact player.

B=Likely to make the team. Could make roster, may take a year or more to get to the first team.

C=Probably not going to make the team. Has significant barriers to overcome. A very select few may eventually make it, but it would need to be a perfect storm (multiple injuries, playing out of their heads, fortuitous bounces, etc.).

D=Extremely unlikely to make a team.

F=No shot. Within each grade, I've ranked each player. This is a work-in-progress. I expect to have a post-combine update.

#	Pos	Grade	Name	College	Combine?
	GK		Matt Lampson	OSU	Homegrown
	GK		Brandon Miller	UNCW	Signed USLPro Contract
1	GK	B	Ryan Meara	Fordham	Combine
2	GK	C	Brian Holt	Creighton
3	GK	C-	Brian Rowe	UCLA	Combine
4	GK	C-	Lassi Hurskainen	UNC Asheville
5	GK	C-	Andrew Fontein	UC Irvine
6	GK	C-	Andre Boudreaux	Louisville
7	GK	C-	Doug Herrick	St Mary's
8	GK	C-	Patrick McLain	Cal Poly
9	GK	D+	Adam Glick	FGCU
10	GK	D+	Mitch Hildebrandt	Oakland
11	GK	D+	Scott Angevine	Coastal Carolina
12	GK	D+	Chris Blais	South Florida	Combine
13	GK	D+	Carl Woszczynski	UAB
14	GK	D+	Michael Chesler	High Point
15	GK	D	Jhojan Obando	Providence	Combine
16	GK	D	Will Swaim	Maryland
17	GK	D	Alec Kann	Furman
18	GK	D	Jordan Kaldec	Drake
19	GK	D	Matt Makowski	American
20	GK	D	Jeremy Clark	Michigan State
21	GK	D	Tyler Picard	Dayton
22	GK	D	Andy Ryan	Western Illinois
23	GK	D	Jonathan Lester	SJ State
24	GK	D-	John Steele	Towson
25	GK	D-	Dan Louisignau	UMBC
26	GK	D-	Tommy Caso	Bucknell
27	GK	D-	Will Walsh	Notre Dame
28	GK	D-	Steve Spangler	Oregon State
29	GK	F+	Miguel Rosales	Bowling Green
30	GK	F+	Chris Miller	Colgate
31	GK	F+	Kevin Klasila	Santa Clara
32	GK	F+	Alex Fait	Sacred Heart
33	GK	F+	Scott Meyer	SIUE
34	GK	F+	Jack McCormack	Loyola-Marymount
35	GK	F+	Adrian Foncette	Albany
36	GK	F+	Tyler Keever	IUPUI
37	GK	F+	Joel Helmick	Longwood
38	GK	F	Collin Taylor	Appalachian State
39	GK	F	Kyle Wittman	Loyola-MD
40	GK	F	Jason McCabe	USC Update
41	GK	F	Trevor Whiddon	Cal State Fullerton
42	GK	F	Adam Janssen	Long Island
43	GK	F	Austin Harms	Harvard
44	GK	F	Chip Sanders	Davidson
45	GK	F	Ryan Platt	Georgia Southern