Brandon Vincent • Chicago Fire
| Accolades and Honors | ||
| 2015 NCAA Champion | ||
| 2015 MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist | ||
| 2015 NSCAA First Team All-American | ||
| 2015 College Cup Defensive Most Outstanding Player | ||
| 2015 Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year | ||
| 2015 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year | ||
| 2015 Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-American | ||
| 2015 NSCAA All-Far West Region First Team | ||
| 2015 All-Pac-12 First Team | ||
| 2015 Top Drawer Soccer Best XI First Team | ||
| 2015 College Soccer News First Team All-American | ||
| 2015 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention | ||
| 2014 NSCAA First Team All-American | ||
| 2014 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year | ||
| 2014 NSCAA All-Far West Region First Team | ||
| 2014 All-Pac-12 First Team | ||
| 2014 Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Second Team | ||
| 2014 Soccer American Men's MVPs Second Team | ||
| 2014 College Soccer News Second Team All-American | ||
| 2014 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention | ||
| 2013 All-Pac-12 Second Team | ||
| 2013 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention | ||
STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford senior captain Brandon Vincent became the second-highest Cardinal selection in MLS SuperDraft history when he was tabbed with the fourth overall pick by the Chicago Fire at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland on Thursday morning.
Vincent is the seventh Stanford player taken in the first round and second under head coach Jeremy Gunn, following JJ Koval going ninth to the San Jose Earthquakes in 2014. Chad Marshall, who went No. 2 to the Columbus Crew in 2004, and Ryan Nelsen, another fourth overall selection by D.C. United in 2001, are the only other Cardinal to go in the draft’s top five. Vincent is the 19th Stanford men’s soccer alumnus to hear his name called in the MLS SuperDraft, which from 1996-99 was known as the MLS College Draft.
Vincent, the 2015 College Cup Defensive Most Outstanding Player, was not present at the SuperDraft and for good reason. Last Friday, he was added to the U.S. Men’s National Team roster for its January training camp in Carson, Calif. by head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, the second Cardinal to earn an invite.
The camp, which runs from Jan. 11-Feb. 6 and contains a mix of Senior Team members and a host of players age-eligible for the U-23 MNT, will culminate with friendlies against Iceland on Jan. 31 and Canada on Feb. 5. Both matches will be played at StubHub Center.
A MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist and the 2015 Pac-12 Men’s Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Vincent anchored Stanford’s back line over the past four years. He finished third in school history in starts (80), scored 13 goals to go along with three assists and put home four game winners.
The two-time captain also claimed back-to-back Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year honors and is the only person to ever win the award, which was instituted in 2014. On Dec. 10, he was named a Senior CLASS Second Team All-American and a day later he earned his second consecutive nod as an NSCAA First Team All-American.
Third on the team in goals (6) and fifth in points (14), Vincent’s defensive work championed a Stanford unit that finished sixth in the nation in goals against average (0.62) in 2015. In August, he was called by U.S. Under-23 Men's National Team head coach Andi Herzog for the first College Identification Training Camp. Vincent scored the third goal for the U.S. in its 3-1 win over Club Tijuana's Segunda Premier Team, which wrapped camp on August 7.
Academically, Vincent was twice a Pac-12 all-academic selection and graduated two quarters early, finishing at the completion of the fall session.
Vincent guided the Cardinal to 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.