The start of the men’s college soccer preseason brings about the annual awards at the individual level. TopDrawerSoccer awards three preseason teams as well as a freshman best XI. 

Take a look at the teams below and check back on the site later this week for the list of the Top 100 players. 

TopDrawerSoccer 2015 Men’s Division I Best XI

First Team 

GK: Callum Irving (Kentucky)

D: Brandon Vincent (Stanford), Joshua Yaro (Georgetown), Michael Amick (UCLA), Tim Kubel (Louisville)

M: Patrick Hodan (Notre Dame), Tanner Thompson (Indiana), Connor Maloney (Penn State)

F: Jordan Morris (Stanford), Abu Danladi (UCLA), Fabian Herbers (Creighton)

Second Team

GK: Nils Leifhelm (Rhode Island)

D: Francis De Vries (Saint Francis (PA)), Cory Brown (Xavier), Kyle Fisher (Clemson), Jonathan Campbell (North Carolina)

M: Napo Matoso (Kentucky), Timo Pitter (Creighton), Freddy Ruiz (UAB), Adam Najem (Akron)

F: Guillermo Delgado (Delaware), Michael Gamble (Wake Forest)

Third Team

GK: Thomas Olsen (San Diego)

D: Grant Lillard (Indiana), Mark Ashby (Harvard), Bradley Bourgeois (Tulsa)

M: Chase Minter (Cal Poly), Arun Basuljevic (Georgetown), Omar Holness (North Carolina), Mael Corboz (Maryland)

F: Mac Steeves (Providence), Brandon Allen (Georgetown), Kyle Parker (Charlotte)

Freshman Team

GK: Justin Vom Steeg (UC Santa Barbara)/James Marcinkowski (Georgetown)

D: Diego Silva (Maryland), Simen Olafsen (Connecticut), Quentin Pearson (Washington)

M: Derrick Etienne (Virginia), Charlie Ramirez (UCF), Jackson Yueill (UCLA), Jack Harrison (Wake Forest), Anderson Asiedu (Monmouth)

F: Geoffrey Acheampong (UC Santa Barbara), Edward Opoku (Virginia), Francis Atuahene (Michigan)

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