Photo by Andy Mead/ISI Photos/Getty Imagesįor fans most interested in future Homegrown signings the most important senior to watch is Wake Forest centerback Garrison Tubbs. Atlanta United players feature on 7 of the top-25 Division-I teams in the country with freshman defender Joel Gonzalez joining the #3 ranked University of Kentucky, senior forward Miguel Ramirez with #4 Duke, junior midfielder Will Reilly with #7 Stanford, senior defender Luke Mitchell with #8 Creighton, freshmen Remi Okunlola and Mathieu Brick with #9 Clemson, a handful of players with #15 Virginia, and Garrison Tubbs and Chase Oliver with #18 Wake Forest, with Oregon State and South Carolina also receiving votes. The leagues are loaded with some of the nation’s top talent and regularly feature quality matches on par with MLS NEXT PRO or USL League One competition. Luckily for followers of the 5-Stripes, our former academy players are regularly featuring in college soccer’s top leagues like the ACC, B1G Ten, and PAC 12. The University of South Carolina remains a hotspot of Atlanta United exports under former Academy Director Tony Annan, as do Georgia State, Mercer, Wake Forest, University of Virginia, Air Force Academy, and Clemson. With most college soccer matches returning to ESPN+ this season, following Atlanta United’s growing pool of collegiate talent has never been simpler. With familiar names like Dylan Gaither, Omar Hernandez, Will Crain, Kendall Edwards, Jeremiah Luoma, Luke Mitchell, Colin Travasos, and Brant Zulauf all returning for their final year of eligibility, this will be a packed class of potential Superdraft picks. This will be the deepest group of college players Atlanta United has ever had with 17 seniors and at least 9 players returning with graduate school eligibility or as 5th-year seniors including Penn State forward Liam Butts who was drafted by San Jose but went unsigned. Hence, it is time for us to check in on the growing pool of Atlanta United prospects continuing their development in the collegiate ranks. The college soccer season is almost upon us.
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