Today marks the release of our April update for the 2013 Players To Watch Boys National Top 100 ranking.

Professional players Diego Fagundez (New England Revolution) and Matthew Dunn (FC Cologne) continue as #1 and #2 on the list. Philadelphia Union signing Zachary Pfeffer moves to #7. U17 Men’s National Team players hold 7 of the top 10 spots on the list, while US Soccer Development Academy players predominate throughout the top 100. San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Travis Pillon is the month’s biggest mover, rising 25 spaces to #52 for April.

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.

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).

The TeamRank National Championship is a unique rankings setup that only includes team performance from the current season. It begins with events in August and ends with final events in July, at which point a new competition begins and the slate is again wiped clean. Each ranking is only for that August to July season.

Updates to TeamRank continue weekly and we also continue to add events from the fall as the feature began after the turn of the year.

Please read the TeamRank criteria and points setup.

Each list in the Players To Watch Regional Top 20 and National Top 100 rankings are updated monthly and therefore subject to change.
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.

Players To Watch ranking and rating criteria explained.

2013 Boys Top 100 Players To Watch