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The 2012 class looks pretty solid as expected - obviously the big moment today will be a confirmation of the signing of Michael King.

Hopefully the day will be filled with good news!

Go Ponies!

Pending an official announcement of our 2012 class, here is the list of commits from topdrawer:

Michael King (D, Spring, Texans SC, 4-star, No. 33 National, No. 4 Texas)
John Lujano (MF, McPherson, KS, Shattuck St. Mary's, No. 67 National, No. 3 Heartland)
Leobardo Vazquez (F, Houston, Texans SC, 4-star, No. 11 Texas)
Murphy Short (D, Dallas, Solar, No rank)

FYI - the national ESPN rankings:

King - 37
Lujano - 117
Vazquez - 74
Short - 141

ESPN also lists the following player as committed to SMU:

Derek Schrick (MF, Kansas City, Sporting KC, No. 66 ESPN National)

Definitely a great class!

If you look at our results over the last few years you will realize that the problem with this program is not with the recruits. It is with the coaches who aren't able to take top level talent and get top level results.

GO PONIES!!!

King, Lujano, Vazquez, Short, and Schrick have all signed their NLIs according to topdrawer.

They also list another signed recruit - Brenden Lee (a defender from Frisco Centennial who plays for Solar)

DanFreibergerForHeisman wrote:King, Lujano, Vazquez, Short, and Schrick have all signed their NLIs according to topdrawer.

They also list another signed recruit - Brenden Lee (a defender from Frisco Centennial who plays for Solar)

has King played for one of the youth national teams? Think I saw that somewhere.

mustangbill67 wrote:

DanFreibergerForHeisman wrote:King, Lujano, Vazquez, Short, and Schrick have all signed their NLIs according to topdrawer.

They also list another signed recruit - Brenden Lee (a defender from Frisco Centennial who plays for Solar)

has King played for one of the youth national teams? Think I saw that somewhere.

Yes - he is on the U17 National Team Residency Roster.

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/players-to-watch/players-to-watch-archives/nid-19875/U17-Residency-player-makes-big-news

(May 16, 2011)

Michael King had his pick of the litter. He's a class club player whose stock has continued to rise over the past couple years.

Picked for the spring U.S. U17 Men's National Team Residency roster, King is an athletic defender at 6-foot-2 who has shown maturation in his game.

College programs nationwide have taken notice, but King has zeroed his sights in on one, making a verbal commitment to SMU for the 2012 season.

"The final colleges that I chose from were Tulsa, North Carolina, Michigan, Wake Forest and SMU," said King, the No. 29 ranked player in our Top 100. "I committed to SMU because they have had a good soccer program for the past couple years, it's a good academic institution and is close to home."

topdrawer has our 2012 class ranked 10th in the country.

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/players-to-watch/players-to-watch-archives/nid-23729/Mens-College-Recruiting-Classes-Ranked

1. Akron
2. Virginia
3. UCLA
4. North Carolina
5. Wake Forest
6. Georgetown
7. Santa Clara
8. Maryland
9. Tulsa (!!!!!)
10. SMU

I saw that. I wonder if we are going to expand our recruiting base to include kids in the east. To do so, may be too expensive for a non-rev sport, which I assume has a fairly rigid recruiting budget. Howeve, we could recruit the most highly rated eastern recruits to see if there is any interest in going south. Quite a few of the Texas kids go east to maryland, duke, North Carolina, etc.

topdrawer released their final 2012 class Top 100 today.

Michael King came in at 24! John Lujano moved up to 56.

Looking forward to seeing all of these players on the field this fall!

CoxMustangFan wrote:

DanFreibergerForHeisman wrote:topdrawer released their final 2012 class Top 100 today.

Michael King came in at 24! John Lujano moved up to 56.

Looking forward to seeing all of these players on the field this fall!

Nice! How does this class stack up against prior years?

Looks like Akron cleaned up with 5 star top 20 players from Texas. As I recall they signed 3. We have a ways to go.

CoxMustangFan wrote:

DanFreibergerForHeisman wrote:topdrawer released their final 2012 class Top 100 today.

Michael King came in at 24! John Lujano moved up to 56.

Looking forward to seeing all of these players on the field this fall!

Nice! How does this class stack up against prior years?

As far as the rankings go it's better than some of the recent classes - the depth especially.

Of course, the Castillo/Derschang/Barnes class still has the potential to be one of the best of the recent era in actual on-field results.

mustangbill67 is right though - we still aren't really in the same league as the Akrons and top ACC teams, but at least we are showing signs of getting up there. It would be great to get to the point where top 10 recruits and senior national team candidates are seriously looking at SMU.

[quote="DanFreibergerForHeisman] mustangbill67 is right though - we still aren't really in the same league as the Akrons and top ACC teams, but at least we are showing signs of getting up there. It would be great to get to the point where top 10 recruits and senior national team candidates are seriously looking at SMU.[/quote]

We won't get those type of recruits until we get a national championship level coach.

GO PONIES!!!

DanFreibergerForHeisman wrote:topdrawer has our 2012 class ranked 10th in the country.

http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/players-to-watch/players-to-watch-archives/nid-23729/Mens-College-Recruiting-Classes-Ranked

1. Akron
2. Virginia
3. UCLA
4. North Carolina
5. Wake Forest
6. Georgetown
7. Santa Clara
8. Maryland
9. Tulsa (!!!!!)
10. SMU

Great class. Disappointed to see us behind Tulsa but great class.

mustangbill67 wrote:

CoxMustangFan wrote:

DanFreibergerForHeisman wrote:topdrawer released their final 2012 class Top 100 today.

Michael King came in at 24! John Lujano moved up to 56.

Looking forward to seeing all of these players on the field this fall!

Nice! How does this class stack up against prior years?

Looks like Akron cleaned up with 5 star top 20 players from Texas. As I recall they signed 3. We have a ways to go.

Agreed. We should not lose top players from Texas to any other soccer program.