If we’re honest, exciting players drive the game forward.

Every team needs enforcers, and quality defenders, and assured keepers. But when it comes to attracting fans, scoring goals and generating YouTube sensations, you need something extra. Women’s college soccer is gearing up for yet another season as teams report to camp across the nation this week. As they do, the nation’s most entertaining players are dusting off their boots.

This is a subjective ranking of the most exciting women’s college soccer players in the nation as judged here. These certainly aren’t the only ones, and they’re judged on criteria they’ve laid down themselves at differing positions, but all five of these players are worth the price of admission this season.