NCAA Men’s Soccer Defenders to Watch during the 2023 season

KANSAS CITY, MO – United Soccer Coaches has announced the Defenders on its NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Players to Watch lists for the 2023 season.

On the men’s side, 2022 second-teamer Leo Burney of the University of Pennsylvania is the lone returner.

The lists are being released for the first time this season 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.Here is the schedule for all of the position announcements this fall:

August 5 – Goalkeepers
August 9 – Defenders
August 12 – Midfielders
August 16 – Forwards

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

Name	Class	School	Hometown
Nick Atkinson	Sr.	Army West Point	Raleigh, N.C.
Hugo Bacharach	Sr.	Indiana University	Benicassim, Spain
Zach Barrett	Sr.	University of Vermont	Phoenixville, Pa.
Hesron Barry	Sr.	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Thomas Beecham	Sr.	California Baptist University	Newcastle, Australia
Max Broughton	Sr.	West Virginia University	Rawtenstall, England
Leo Burney	Jr.	University of Pennsylvania	Seattle, Wash.
Brendan Clark	Sr.	University of California-Riverside	Pompano Beach, Fla.
Case Cox	Sr.	Belmont University	Louisville, Ky.
Connor Drought	Sr.	Cornell University	Mukilteo, Wash.
Emmanuel Hagan	Sr.	University of North Carolina-Greensboro	Accra, Ghana
Timo Hummrich	GR5	Fordham University	Berlin, Germany
Pierce Infuso	Sr.	Hofstra University	Merrick, N.Y.
Will Jackson	Sr.	University of Akron	Hudson, Ohio
Franc Gamiz Quer	GR5	Elon University	Sabadell, Spain
Makel Rasheed	GR5	Xavier University	Rockville, Md.
Joel Sangwa	Sr.	University of Akron	Phoenix, Ariz.
Tommy Silva	Sr.	UCLA	Tucson, Ariz.
Bjarne Thiesen	Sr.	University of Maryland	Kiel, Germany
Garrison Tubbs	Sr.	Wake Forest University	Brunswick, Ga.
Vemund Hole Vik	GR5	University of North Carolina	Aalesund, Norway
Robert Winkler	Sr.	Long Island University	Jena, Germany
Trevor Wright	Jr.	University of Denver	Castle Rock, Colo.
Ronan Wynne	Sr.	University of Denver	Auckland, New Zealand