STANFORD, Calif. - Major League Soccer (MLS) announced today that Palmer Bank and Will Cleary are among 45 invitees to the 2025 College Showcase, scheduled to take place December 10-13 in Mesa, Arizona.
The four-day event will give talent evaluators from MLS Clubs the opportunity to scout the top collegiate prospects ahead of the 2026 MLS SuperDraft, which will be held Thursday, Dec. 18 at 11 a.m. PT.
“Each year we see young breakout players who previously shined at the MLS College Showcase go on to make a meaningful impact at the first-team level,” said Alecko Eskandarian, Vice President, Player Relations & Player Development. “This event is a crucial opportunity for our clubs to evaluate the nation’s top collegiate talent, and we are thrilled to welcome these 45 standout individuals to a life-changing showcase in Arizona this year.”
Bank, a redshirt junior out of Bakersfield, Calif., led one of the nation's toughest defensive units with seven clean sheets and a 0.85 goals against average. Offensively, Bank recorded career-highs in goals (2), shots (12), shots on goal (4), and game-winning goals (2).
Cleary also anchored the Cardinal backline, serving as the senior captain to a Stanford squad that spent five weeks at the top of the national polls. The Windsor, Conn., native held a share of fourth on the team in both goals (4) and points (11), and guided the Cardinal to its fourth consecutive appearance in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
The 2025 MLS College Showcase is a closed-door scouting event officially sanctioned by the NCAA. The eligible player list for 2026 MLS SuperDraft will be announced at a later date following the 2025 MLS College Showcase.
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Name |
Pos. |
School |
Class |
|
Kwaku Agyabeng |
MF |
Clemson University |
Freshman |
|
Jefferson Amaya |
MF |
High Point University |
Senior |
|
Clarence Awoudor |
MF |
University of Central Florida |
Senior |
|
DEF |
Stanford University |
Redshirt Junior |
|
|
Brayden Beason |
FW |
University of San Francisco |
Sophomore |
|
Charles-Emile Brunet |
MF |
Southern Methodist University |
Sophomore |
|
Mitch Budler |
GK |
University of Akron |
Redshirt Senior |
|
Nikos Clarke-Tosczak |
DEF |
University of Portland |
Junior |
|
DEF |
Stanford University |
Senior |
|
|
Sebastian Conlon |
GK |
University of Kentucky |
Senior |
|
Blake D'Agostino |
FW |
California Baptist University |
Sophomore |
|
Daniel D'Ippolito |
MF |
Fordham University |
Senior |
|
Dren Dobruna |
DEF |
University of Dayton |
Sophomore |
|
Enzo Dovlo |
FW |
University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
Junior |
|
Kyle Durham |
GK |
University of Connecticut |
Redshirt Sophomore |
|
Zachary Ehrenpreis |
DEF |
University of Virginia |
Freshman |
|
Isaac Emojong |
MF |
Utah Valley University |
Sophomore |
|
Cooper Forcellini |
MF |
Xavier University |
Senior |
|
Ransford Gyan |
MF |
Clemson University |
Sophomore |
|
Kenan Hot |
MF |
Duke University |
Senior |
|
Noah James |
MF |
University of San Diego |
Junior |
|
Jack Jasinski |
DEF |
Princeton University |
Senior |
|
Lukas Kamrath |
DEF |
High Point University |
Junior |
|
Lasse Kelp |
DEF |
University of Maryland |
Senior |
|
Wyatt Lewis |
MF |
University of Notre Dame |
Redshirt Junior |
|
Zack Lillington |
DEF |
University of California, Davis |
Senior |
|
Ricky Louis |
FW |
Georgia Southern University |
Sophomore |
|
Daniel Lugo |
FW |
High Point University |
Junior |
|
Sadam Masereka |
FW |
University of Maryland |
Senior |
|
Kyle McGowan |
FW |
University of Denver |
Redshirt Junior |
|
Jaylinn Mitchell |
FW |
Southern Methodist University |
Junior |
|
Luca Nikolai |
DEF |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Junior |
|
Gaku Nishimura |
MF |
University of California, Berkeley |
Senior |
|
Stephane Njike |
FW |
University of Maryland |
Sophomore |
|
Edouard Nys |
MF |
University of Illinois Chicago |
Junior |
|
Alfredo Ortiz |
DEF |
University of California, Berkeley |
Senior |
|
David Raphael |
FW |
University of San Francisco |
Sophomore |
|
Agustin Resch |
DEF |
Seton Hall University |
Senior |
|
Gilberto Rivera |
MF |
San Jose State University |
Junior |
|
Andrew Samuels |
GK |
Princeton University |
Junior |
|
Harvey Sarajian |
FW |
Wake Forest University |
Sophomore |
|
Nicholas Simmonds |
FW |
University of Virginia |
Freshman |
|
Marius Stenner |
FW |
University of Delaware |
Sophomore |
|
Giuliano Whitchurch |
DEF |
Princeton University |
Senior |
|
Tre Wright |
DEF |
University of California, Los Angeles |
Junior |