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NCAA Mar 23, 2022

Notre Dame announces No. 3 ranked men’s soccer recruiting class

McFarland Family Head Men’s Soccer Coach Chad Riley and the Notre Dame men’s soccer program have announced their Class of 2026.

The Irish will add seven players to a program that won its first ACC Championship title and made a run to its second College Cup. The incoming class is ranked third in the nation according to TopDrawerSoccer and features four players ranked in IMG’s top 200 rankings.

“We are thrilled to welcome these young men to Notre Dame and into our team,” Riley said. “They represent exactly what we are looking for in our future teammates and we can’t wait to get started working with them on a daily basis!”

For more information on each member of the recruiting class, click here.

Notre Dame Class of 2026

  • Midfielder Kelvin Baffour (Southport, Connecticut & Kumasi, Ghana/Black Rock FC)
  • Midfielder Daniel Boateng (Carpinteria, California & Accra, Ghana/Santa Barbara SC)
  • Forward Wyatt Borso (Aurora, Illinois/Pittsburgh Riverhounds)
  • Goalkeeper Owen Cornell (La Grange, Illinois/FC United)
  • Defender Mitchell Ferguson (Glen Carbon, Illinois/Portland Timbers Academy)
  • Midfielder Sebastian Green (Black Rock FC)
  • Forward Nicholas Legendre (Rio Rancho, New Mexico/Colorado Rapids Academy)

Kelvin Baffour

Midfielder
CT
  • Ranked #82 in the TopDrawerSoccer Class of 2022 Rankings
  • Earned All-America honors his senior season
  • Named a WNEPSA All-Star
  • Served as team captain at Taft for junior and senior seasons
  • Finished his Taft career with 34 goals and 30 assists over three seasons
  • Led Taft to a record of 19-1 during senior season, scoring 24 goals and adding 16 assists
  • Also competed for the Taft track and field team, running the 100m dash
  • Earned high honors as a student at Taft

Daniel Boateng

Midfielder
CA
  • Ranked #76 in the TopDrawerSoccer Class of 2022 Rankings
  • Three-time team Captain of Santa Barbara Soccer Club
  • Led Santa Barbara Soccer Club to the 2021 US Youth Soccer National Final
  • Three-time All-CIF First Team
  • Helped Santa Barbara Soccer Club win two Surf Cups and two Coast Soccer League titles
  • Played in the Gothia Cup in Sweden
  • Recipient of the Phil Womble Ethics in Sports Award
  • Served as a Senior Prefect and was an Honor Council Member
  • Volunteered on a service trip to Los Niños
  • Ranked #50 in the TopDrawerSoccer Class of 2022 Rankings
  • Became first Hounds player signed to USL Academy contract and first player born in 2000 to play for the club.
  • Made first team professional debut 8/11/21 and first start 9/4/21
  • US Soccer Development Academy Playoffs Best XI 2019 with Chicago Fire Academy
  • Generation Adidas Cup TDS Stand Out Player 2020 with Chicago Fire Academy
  • Nation’s top goal scorer in U.S. Soccer Development Academy with 43 regular season goals 2018
  • Was Member of the USMNT U15 Roster
  • Montreal International Academie Tournament – Top Goal Scorer Award
  • Volunteered with Feed My Starving Children

Owen Cornell

Goalkeeper
IL
  • Played club soccer for FC United Soccer Club
  • Three-time team captain
  • Played on the ODP Region Team during the 2017-18 season
  • Member of the ODP State Team during 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons
  • Ranked #38 in the TopDrawerSoccer Class of 2022 Rankings
  • Fourteenth ranked defender in the country for the 2022 class by TopDrawerSoccer Rankings
  • Youngest starter in Portland Timbers 2 history
  • Started 2022 preseason matches for the Portland Timbers
  • Invited to two US U16 national team domestic training camps
  • Named the team captain of the Portland Timbers Academy U17 and U19 squads
  • 2021 High School All-American
  • U18 Co-Captain of Black Rock FC
  • Earned the Coach’s Award while playing at Black Rock FC
  • Selected as a team captain at Northwood HS in Lake Placid, NY
  • Cum Laude Inductee
  • RIT Innovation and Creativity Award and Math Subject Award recipient
  • Volunteered with Operación Sonrisa 2019 in Colombia
  • Has lived in four different countries: Argentina, Chile, Colombia and the USA
  • Led the U19 Colorado Rapids team in goals in 2020
  • Led Cleveland High School to State Championships in 2018
  • Also played on New Mexico Rush 03
  • Named to Rush Select Team in 2019 for the Gothia Cup in Sweden
  • Four-time State Cup winner

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