Men’s Hermann Trophy Watch List unveiled for 2025, featuring 29 players
KANSAS CITY, MO – United Soccer Coaches announced the 29 NCAA Men’s Division I college soccer players named to the 2025 Hermann Trophy Watch List, as the regular season officially gets underway.
The Hermann Trophy is presented annually by the Missouri Athletic Club and is the nation’s highest individual honor recognizing the National Player of the Year as determined by voting of Division I head coaches who are members of United Soccer Coaches. It is named in honor of the late Robert Hermann, the legendary St. Louis, Mo., businessman and soccer executive who founded the National Professional Soccer League, the first pro soccer league in the United States which became the North American Soccer League. He was inducted in the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame in 2012.
Highlighting the watch list are two players who were 2024 Hermann Trophy semifinalists: senior forward Ulfur Bjornsson (Duke) and senior defender Casper Svendby (Pittsburgh).
The 2025 watch list was compiled by members of the Division I Men’s All-America Council from a list of returning 2024 All-Americans and First Team All-Region players. A total of 15 players will be named 2025 Hermann Trophy semifinalists on December 9 at the conclusion of NCAA Division I All-American voting. From that list, head coaches will cast votes, and three players will be named finalists. The 2025 recipient will be announced January 9, 2026, in a ceremony at the historic Missouri Athletic Club in downtown St. Louis, Mo.
2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Hermann Trophy Watch List
| Position | Name | Class | School | Hometown |
| K | Mitch Budler | Sr. | Akron | Lincoln, Neb. |
| K | Sebastian Conlon | Sr. | Kentucky | Reston, Va. |
| K | Fred Lapworth | Sr. | Bucknell | Banbury, England |
| K | Nicky McCune | Sr. | Cal Poly | San Ramon, Calif. |
| D | Noah Gold | Sr. | College Of Charleston | Germantown, Md. |
| D | Andrew Johnson | Sr. | Cornell | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| D | Alex Matthews | Sr. | Missouri State | Derbyshire, England |
| D | Luca Nikolai | Jr. | North Carolina | Dusseldorf, Germany |
| D | Parker Owens | Jr. | Cal Poly | Southlake, Texas |
| D | Casper Svenby | Sr. | Pittsburgh | Drammen, Norway |
| D | Giuliano Fravolini Whitchurch | Sr. | Princeton | San Diego, Calif. |
| M | Martin Bakken | Jr. | Dayton | Baerum, Norway |
| M | Arnau Farnos | Sr. | Oregon State | Riudoms, Spain |
| M | Cooper Flax | Sr. | Wake Forest | Dix Hills, N.Y. |
| M | Ransford Gyan | So. | Clemson | Sunyani, Ghana |
| M | Angel Iniguez | Sr. | San Jose State | Daly City, Calif. |
| M | Jack-Ryan Jeremiah | Jr. | Pennsylvania | Kailua-Kona, Hawaii |
| M | Connor Miller | Jr. | Cornell | Centennial, Colo. |
| M | Vasileios Moiras | Jr. | Dartmouth | Athens, Greece |
| M | Luciano Pechota | Sr. | Ohio State | Avon, Ohio |
| M | Zach Zengue | Sr. | Georgetown | North Oaks, Minn. |
| F | Palmer Ault | Sr. | Indiana | Noblesville, Ind. |
| F | Ulfur Bjornsson | Jr. | Duke | Hafnarfjörður, Iceland |
| F | Pietro Fontana | Sr. | Central Arkansas | Trento, Italy |
| F | Cason Goodman | Sr. | UC Davis | Santa Barbara, Calif. |
| F | Blake Pipkin | So. | Colgate | Houston, Texas |
| F | Bruno Rosa | Sr. | Providence | Cascais, Portugal |
| F | Sergi Solans Ormo | So. | UCLA | Lleida, Spain |
| F | Trace Terry | Sr. | Bowling Green State | Bellbrook, Ohio |
