NCAA Men’s Soccer Defenders to Watch during the 2023 season
KANSAS CITY, MO – United Soccer Coaches has announced the Defenders on its NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Players to Watch lists for the 2023 season.
On the men’s side, 2022 second-teamer Leo Burney of the University of Pennsylvania is the lone returner.
The lists are being released for the first time this season by the Division I All-America Committees to promote college soccer leading up to the official start date for the regular season later this month. The lists include United Soccer Coaches All-Americans and first or second team All-Region players from 2022, who are scheduled to return for the 2023 season. Here is the schedule for all of the position announcements this fall:
- August 5 – Goalkeepers
- August 9 – Defenders
- August 12 – Midfielders
- August 16 – Forwards
2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Players to Watch – Defenders
Name | Class | School | Hometown |
Nick Atkinson | Sr. | Army West Point | Raleigh, N.C. |
Hugo Bacharach | Sr. | Indiana University | Benicassim, Spain |
Zach Barrett | Sr. | University of Vermont | Phoenixville, Pa. |
Hesron Barry | Sr. | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | Ocho Rios, Jamaica |
Thomas Beecham | Sr. | California Baptist University | Newcastle, Australia |
Max Broughton | Sr. | West Virginia University | Rawtenstall, England |
Leo Burney | Jr. | University of Pennsylvania | Seattle, Wash. |
Brendan Clark | Sr. | University of California-Riverside | Pompano Beach, Fla. |
Case Cox | Sr. | Belmont University | Louisville, Ky. |
Connor Drought | Sr. | Cornell University | Mukilteo, Wash. |
Emmanuel Hagan | Sr. | University of North Carolina-Greensboro | Accra, Ghana |
Timo Hummrich | GR5 | Fordham University | Berlin, Germany |
Pierce Infuso | Sr. | Hofstra University | Merrick, N.Y. |
Will Jackson | Sr. | University of Akron | Hudson, Ohio |
Franc Gamiz Quer | GR5 | Elon University | Sabadell, Spain |
Makel Rasheed | GR5 | Xavier University | Rockville, Md. |
Joel Sangwa | Sr. | University of Akron | Phoenix, Ariz. |
Tommy Silva | Sr. | UCLA | Tucson, Ariz. |
Bjarne Thiesen | Sr. | University of Maryland | Kiel, Germany |
Garrison Tubbs | Sr. | Wake Forest University | Brunswick, Ga. |
Vemund Hole Vik | GR5 | University of North Carolina | Aalesund, Norway |
Robert Winkler | Sr. | Long Island University | Jena, Germany |
Trevor Wright | Jr. | University of Denver | Castle Rock, Colo. |
Ronan Wynne | Sr. | University of Denver | Auckland, New Zealand |
*GR5 Indicates student-athletes exercising their extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19