Thirty-two players tabbed as NCAA Men’s Soccer Forwards to Watch in 2023

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – United Soccer Coaches has announced the Forwards on its NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Players to Watch lists for the 2023 season.The two returning All-Americans on the men’s side include Stas Korzeniowski (UPenn) and Tyrese Spicer (Lipscomb).The lists are being released 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.This marks the final position announcement of the fall:

2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Players to Watch – Forwards

Name	Class	School	Hometown
Leo Afonso	Sr.	University of Virginia	Sao Paulo, Brazil
Palmer Ault	So.	Butler University	Noblesville, Ind.
Finn Ballard McBride	GR5	University of Kentucky	Sydney, Australia
Matthew Bell	So.	Marshall University	Kingston, Jamaica
David Bercedo	GR5	University of North Carolina	Madrid, Spain
Taylor Calheira	Sr.	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	Towson, Md.
Simon Carlson	Sr.	Georgia State University	Kennesaw, Ga.
Ryan Carmichael	Sr.	Hofstra University	Armagh, Northern Ireland
Jelldrik Dalmann	GR5	Southern Methodist University	Kuhstedt, Germany
Thad Dewing	Sr.	United States Air Force Academy	Colorado Springs, Colo.
Ignacio Diaz	So.	University of Evansville	Almeria, Spain
Lucca Dourado	Sr.	University of Central Florida	Sao Paulo, Brazil
AJ Franklin	GR5	Drake University	Elgin, Ill.
Eli Goldman	GR5	University of New Hampshire	Minneapolis, Minn.
Josemir Gomez	So.	IUPUI	Indianapolis, Ind.
Gage Guerra	Jr.	University of Louisville	Houston, Texas
Maxi Hopfer	Jr.	Duquesne University	Styria, Austria
Alec Hughes	Sr.	University of Massachusetts	Glastonbury, Conn.
Emil Jaaskelainen	Sr.	Long Island University	Bolton, England
Bojan Kolevski	Sr.	Cleveland State University	Skopje, North Macedonia
Stas Korzeniowski	Jr.	University of Pennsylvania	Stillman, N.J.
Peter Mangione	Sr.	Penn State University	Hunt Valley, Md.
Alex Meinhard	Sr.	Clemson University	Tartu, Estonia
Brandon Morales	GR5	University of North Carolina Charlotte	Pharr, Texas
Alexander Petraeus	So.	Southern Methodist University	Hvidovre, Denmark
Jamar Ricketts	Jr.	California State University, Northridge	Montclair, N.J.
Charlie Sharp	GR5	Western Michigan University	Brighton, Mich.
Jason Shokalook	Jr.	University of Akron	Erie, Pa.
Tyrese Spicer	Sr.	Lipscomb University	Trincity, Trinidad & Tobago
Ousmane Sylla	Sr.	Clemson University	Dakar, Senegal
Mouhameth Thiam	GR5	University of Virginia	Dakar, Senegal
Hayes Wood	GR5	Lipscomb University	Chattanooga, Tenn.