| TopDrawerSoccer.com | |
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| Commercial: | No |
| Registration: | Yes |
| Language: | English |
| Owner: | Robert Ziegler |
| Editor: | J.R. Eskilson, Travis Clark |
TopDrawerSoccer.com (TDS) is an American soccer website that is dedicated to youth soccer in the United States. Specifically, the website focuses on Academy soccer, high school soccer, and college soccer in the United States. The website was launched by Robert Ziegler in 2003.
The website was founded ahead of the 2003 college soccer season by Robert Ziegler who was looking to create a website dedicated to the collegiate game and youth soccer in the United States.[1] [2] It runs its own Top 100 youth soccer players nationally and regionally for both boys and girls soccer for all levels of the game.
Since 2011, the website has awarded the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award which is awarded to the best men's and women's college soccer players for the season. It was first awarded following the 2011 NCAA Division I men's and women's seasons.
The TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award is an annual award given by TopDrawerSoccer.com to the best men's and women's players in American college soccer. The award has been given annually since 2011.
| Year | Name | School | Position | Class | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 |  Jamaica | Akron | |||||
| 2012 |  United States | Indiana | |||||
| 2013 | United States | Notre Dame | |||||
| 2014 |  Ghana | Georgetown | |||||
| 2015 | United States | Stanford | [3] | ||||
| 2016 | United States | Wake Forest | [4] | ||||
| 2017 | United States | Stanford | [5] | ||||
| 2018 | United States | Indiana | [6] | ||||
| 2019 |  New Zealand | Virginia | [7] | ||||
| 2020 |  Serbia | Veljko Petković | Pittsburgh | Sophomore | [8] | ||
| 2021 | United States | Georgetown | Junior | [9] | |||
| 2022 | United States | Creighton | Sophomore | [10] | |||
| 2023 | United States | Notre Dame | Senior | [11] |
| School | Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Virginia | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Georgetown | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Indiana | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Penn State | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Akron | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| BYU | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Santa Clara | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Texas | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wake Forest | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| West Virginia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Since 2011, TopDrawerSoccer.com has named the national freshman of the year for both men's and women's soccer.
| Year | Name | School | Position | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | United States | Akron | ||||
| 2012 | United States | Georgetown | ||||
| 2013 |  Canada | UConn | ||||
| 2014 | Ghana | UCLA | ||||
| 2015 | Wake Forest | |||||
| 2016 | United States | North Carolina | ||||
| 2017 | Akron | |||||
| 2018 | United States | Akron | ||||
| 2019 | United States | Indiana | ||||
| 2020 |  France | Pitt | [19] | |||
| 2021 |  Spain | Tulsa | ||||
| 2022 | United States | San Diego State | [20] | |||
| 2023 | United States | Cornell | [21] |
| Year | Name | School | Position | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | United States | Virginia | |||
| 2012 | United States | Notre Dame | |||
| 2013 | United States | Florida | |||
| 2014 | United States | Stanford | |||
| 2015 | Florida State | ||||
| 2016 | Canada | UCLA | |||
| 2017 | United States | Stanford | |||
| 2018 |  China | Florida State | |||
| 2019 | United States | California | |||
| 2020 | United States | Virginia |
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