Eric Verso • Montreal Impact
| Accolades and Honors | ||
| 2015 NCAA Champion | ||
| 2015 College Cup All-Tournament Team | ||
| 2015 CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-American | ||
| 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-District | ||
| 2015 All-Pac-12 Second Team | ||
| 2015 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team | ||
| 2014 CoSIDA Academic All-District | ||
| 2014 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team | ||
| 2013 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention | ||
| 2012 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team | ||
STANFORD, Calif. – Eric Verso became the second Cardinal selected in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft when the redshirt senior midfielder was chosen in the second round with the 34th overall pick by the Montreal Impact at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland on Thursday morning.
It’s the fifth time Stanford has had multiple players taken in the MLS SuperDraft, which from 1996-99 was known as the MLS College Draft. The Cardinal had three drafted in 2001, four in 2002, four in 2003 and two in 2004.
Verso finished his career with 42 starts and 72 total appearances, accounting for 13 goals and 19 assists. He was responsible for six game winners and put nearly half (47) of his 95 career shots on frame. He was a four-time Pac-12 all-academic selection and earned a spot on the 2015 College Cup All-Tournament Team.
Named to the NSCAA All-Far West Region third team on Dec. 9, Verso had his most successful season in his final year on The Farm. The midfielder finished tied for second nationally in total assists (13) and sixth in assists per game (0.57) with teammate Corey Baird. He punctuated his banner year with a goal and an assist in the national championship against Clemson and finished fourth on the team in points (17).
No Stanford player had racked up 13 assists since Roger Levesque in 2002. Verso and Baird are tied with Levesque and Dan McNevin (1978) for fifth in Cardinal single-season history in that category. They become the first teammates since McNevin and Ted Rafalovich (23) in 1978 to each have at least 13 assists.
Verso, also a CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-American in 2015, leaves Stanford tied with Angel Vazquez (1981-85) for ninth in career assists at Stanford with 19.
Verso and the Cardinal won the program’s first NCAA title at Sporting Park on Sunday, Dec. 13. Stanford routed Clemson, 4-0, extending the school’s streak of at least one NCAA team championship to 40 years, on ongoing record, while earning its 108th NCAA team title and 129th overall.