The arrival of the 2012 graduating class is still more than a year away for college soccer programs, but the talent listed in our Players To Watch National Top 100 for that class gives coaches plenty of reason to eagerly anticipate their arrival.

This month’s update continues to reflect a strong class, as evidenced by the nearly 100 percent of the list being college verbal commitments already. Top players like Lindsey Horan of Colorado Rush, Laura Liedle of San Diego Surf, Taylor Smith of Solar SC, Cari Roccaro of Albertson SC and Bryane Heaberlin of Clearwater Chargers are already fixtures in the youth national team pecking order.

The 411: TopDrawerSoccer.com's Players To Watch rankings utilize national rankings out of a 16-region setup.  Every Monday we will feature a national top 100 update for one of four rankings (2012 and 2013 Boys and Girls), while Tuesday through Friday we will update one of these regions for each feature. This way every regional and national list is updated once per month.

Players To Watch Regional Rankings and National Top 100 in 12 age groups are based on staff assimilation of data and feedback received from coaches and other observers around the country.

For the uninitiated, our 16 regions are Southern California, Northern California & Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest (AK, WA, OR, ID), Rocky Mountains & Southwest (MT, WY, CC, NM, AZ, NV UT), Texas, Heartland (KS, MO, IA, NE and the Dakotas), Midwest (IL, WI and MN), Great Lakes (OH, MI, IN, KY), South (MS, LA, AK, AL, TN, OK), Florida, South Atlantic (SC, NC, GA), Mid-Atlantic (DE, VA, MD, WV), Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Northeast (MA, CT, RI, VT, NH, ME).

Click here for the full 2012 Girls Top 100 list.