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After a quiet summer, here's a top 100 with bonus content to make up for the time lost. First, there are four newcomers to the elite class.

Matt Perrella (88)
Kevin Corby (92)
Robby Gogatz (93)
Dom DiMaggio (98)

Rafael Diaz returns after a two year absence. The first top one hundred, actually. On the up-and-up, Tim Melia has jumped to the ten slot due to stellar play with Sporting Kansas City. If SKC doesn't want to hold onto the emerging veteran, he will most definitely have his options next year, both in and outside of MLS. Patrick McLain also sees a jump after putting himself into a position to win the USL Goalkeeper of the Year Award with Sacramento.

Clint Irwin, Jeff Attinella, Quentin Westberg, and Joe Bendik all slip down the list. Each of the four have struggled to find consistency this season, some doing so with more playing time than others. The most frustrating of the four is Joe Bendik's performance, who I had ranked at number seven coming into the year. He's slower and less sure of himself than a year ago so hopefully he can regain some confidence in Toronto.

Top 100 American Goalkeepers

1. Brad Guzan (Aston Villa / England.1) - 77.8 (30.9)
2. Tim Howard (Everton FC / England.1) - 75.9 (36.4)
3. Stefan Frei (Seattle Sounders / USA.1) - 70.2 (29.3)
4. Luis Robles (New York Red Bulls / USA.1) - 69.8 (31.3)
5. Steve Clark (Columbus Crew / USA.1) - 69.3 (29.3)
6. Tyler Deric (Houston Dynamo / USA.1) - 69.2 (27)
7. Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake / USA.1) - 69.1 (36.2)
8. William Yarbrough (Leon / Mexico.1) - 68.6 (26.4)
9. Andrew Dykstra (DC United / USA.1) - 68.6 (29.6)
10. Tim Melia (Sporting Kansas City / USA.1) - 68.6 (28.4)

11. Evan Bush (Montreal Impact / USA.1) - 68.5 (29.4)
12. Chris Seitz (FC Dallas / USA.1) - 68.5 (28.4)
13. Bobby Shuttleworth (New England Revolution / USA.1) - 68.2 (28.3)
14. Bill Hamid (DC United / USA.1) - 68.1 (24.8)
15. Zac MacMath (Colorado Rapids / USA.1) - 68.1 (24)
16. Jimmy Maurer (New York Cosmos / USA.2) - 68.1 (27.8)
17. Tally Hall (Orlando City SC / USA.1) - 67.9 (30.3)
18. Brian Rowe (Los Angeles Galaxy / USA.1) - 67.9 (26.8)
19. Joe Willis (Houston Dynamo / USA.1) - 67.9 (27)
20. Alex Horwath (SK Brann / Norway.2) - 67.8 (28.4)

21. Patrick McLain (Sacramento Republic / USA.3) - 67.7 (27)
22. Matt Pickens (Tampa Bay Rowdies / USA.2) - 67.6 (33.3)
23. Troy Perkins (Seattle Sounders / USA.1) - 67.6 (34.1)
24. Andrew Weber (Portland Timbers / USA.1) - 67.5 (32)
25. David Bingham (San Jose Earthquakes / USA.1) - 67.5 (25.8)
26. Brad Knighton (New England Revolution / USA.1) - 67.4 (30.5)
27. Matt Pyzdrowski (Helsingborg IF / Sweden.1) - 67.4 (29)
28. Dan Kennedy (FC Dallas / USA.1) - 67.4 (33.1)
29. Clint Irwin (Colorado Rapids / USA.1) - 67.3 (26.3)
30. Ryan Meara (New York City FC / USA.1) - 67.3 (24.8)

31. Jon Busch (Chicago Fire / USA.1) - 67.3 (39)
32. Jeff Attinella (Real Salt Lake / USA.1) - 67.2 (26.9)
33. Quentin Westberg (Sarpsborg 08 / Norway.1) - 67.2 (29.3)
34. Josh Saunders (New York City FC / USA.1) - 67.2 (34.4)
35. Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire / USA.1) - 67 (26.3)
36. Evan Newton (Oklahoma City Energy FC / USA.3) - 67 (27.3)
37. Mitch Hildebrandt (Minnesota United FC / USA.2) - 67 (26.8)
38. Andrew Fontein (Minnesota United FC / USA.2) - 66.9 (25.4)
39. Devala Gorrick (Colorado Springs Switchbacks / USA.3) - 66.9 (28.1)
40. Akira Fitzgerald (Carolina RailHawks / USA.2) - 66.9 (28.1)

41. Austin Guerrero (Estudiantes de Altamira / Mexico.2) - 66.9 (26.4)
42. Joseph Bendik (Toronto FC / USA.1) - 66.8 (26.3)
43. Scott Goodwin (Louisville City FC / USA.3) - 66.8 (24.8)
44. David Yelldell (Bayer Leverkusen / Germany.1) - 66.7 (34.6)
45. John McCarthy (Philadelphia Union / USA.1) - 66.5 (23.1)
46. Bryan Meredith (San Jose Earthquakes / USA.1) - 66.5 (26)
47. Brad Stuver (Columbus Crew / USA.1) - 66.4 (24.3)
48. Matt Lampson (Pittsburgh Riverhounds / USA.3) - 66.4 (25.9)
49. David Meves (Fort Lauderdale Strikers / USA.2) - 66.3 (26.1)
50. Chris Konopka (Toronto FC / USA.1) - 66.3 (30.3)

51. Jon Kempin (Sporting Kansas City / USA.1) - 66.2 (22.3)
52. Kyle Reynish (New York Red Bulls / USA.1) - 66.1 (31.8)
53. Josh Wicks (AFC United / Sweden.2) - 66.1 (31.8)
54. Nathan Stockie (Jippo / Finland.3) - 66.1 (26.4)
55. Brian Sylvestre (Philadelphia Union / USA.1) - 66.1 (22.7)
56. Jon Dawson (Indy Eleven / USA.2) - 66 (24.4)
57. Will Dieterich (Haukar Hafnarfjördur / Iceland.2) - 66 (28.4)
58. Eric Kronberg (Montreal Impact / USA.1) - 66 (32.1)
59. John Berner (Charlotte Independence / USA.3) - 65.9 (24.5)
60. Darius Motazed (TuS Koblenz / Germany.4) - 65.9 (26.1)

61. Daryl Sattler (San Antonio Scorpions / USA.2) - 65.8 (34.9)
62. Carl Woszczynski (Arizona United / USA.3) - 65.7 (27.3)
63. Diego Restrepo (Metropolitanos FC / Venezuela.1) - 65.5 (27.5)
64. Caleb Patterson-Sewell (Gil Vicente FC / Portugal.1) - 65.3 (28.3)
65. Brandon Miller (Rochester Rhinos / USA.3) - 65.3 (25.7)
66. Tom Al Madon (Hapoel Tel Aviv FC / Israel.1) - 65.2 (30.8)
67. Matt Van Oekel (FC Edmonton / USA.2) - 65.2 (28.9)
68. Alec Kann (St. Louis FC / USA.3) - 65.2 (25)
69. Kyle Zobeck (New York Cosmos / USA.2) - 65.1 (25.5)
70. Adam Grinwis (Rochester Rhinos / USA.3) - 65.1 (23.3)

71. Lionel Brown (Fort Lauderdale Strikers / USA.2) - 65 (27.9)
72. Kenneth Kronholm (Holstein Kiel / Germany.3) - 65 (29.8)
73. Patrick Lane (Karlstad BK / Sweden.4) - 65 (27)
74. Josh Ford (Fort Lauderdale Strikers / USA.2) - 64.9 (27.8)
75. Trevor Spangenberg (Richmond Kickers / USA.3) - 64.9 (24.3)
76. Justin Luthy (Portland Timbers II / USA.3) - 64.9 (24.3)
77. Daniel Withrow (Portland Timbers II / USA.3) - 64.8 (25.3)
78. Zac Lubin (Tulsa Roughnecks / USA.3) - 64.8 (26)
79. Sebastian Evers (Jacksonville Armada / USA.2) - 64.7 (24.6)
80. Hunter Gilstrap (Carolina RailHawks / USA.2) - 64.6 (32.3)

81. Warren Gross (Western Mass Pro Soccer / USA.4) - 64.5 (26.6)
82. Kris Devaux (Baerum SK / Norway.2) - 64.5 (24.3)
83. Nick Shackelford (Los Angeles Galaxy II / USA.3) - 64.5 (24.8)
84. Cody Mizell (Fram Reykjavik / Iceland.2) - 64.4 (23.9)
85. Ryan Taylor (Richmond Kickers / USA.3) - 64.4 (25.2)
86. Charlie Lyon (Seattle Sounders II / USA.3) - 64.2 (23.3)
87. Tony Halterman (Evergreen Dipolmats / USA.4) - 64.2 (24.6)
88. Matt Perrella (Carolina RailHawks / USA.2) - 64.2 (24.6)
89. Brian Holt (New York Cosmos / USA.2) - 64.1 (26.8)
90. Paul Rachubka (Free Agent / None) - 64.1 (34.3)

91. Kevin Corby (Charleston Battery / USA.3) - 64 (24.4)
92. Robby Gogatz (Southern California Seahorses / USA.4) - 64 (24.4)
93. Rafael Diaz (New York Red Bulls II / USA.3) - 64 (24)
94. Larry Jackson (Wilmington Hammerheads / USA.3) - 64 (24.9)
95. Dominik Jakubek (Sacramento Republic / USA.3) - 64 (35.9)
96. Trey Mitchell (Los Angeles Galaxy / USA.1) - 63.9 (24.3)
97. Oliver Blum (TB Uphusen / Germany.5) - 63.8 (25.7)
98. Dom DiMaggio (Seacoast United Phantoms / USA.4) - 63.8 (23.5)
99. Jeremy Crumpton (Colorado Springs Switchbacks / USA.3) - 63.7 (25)
100. Cody Laurendi (Austin Aztex / USA.3) - 63.6 (27)

Bonus part number one: I categorized each goalkeeper by their college to find out which conference has produced the most goalkeepers. If there was a transfer, I went with the last attended college. Of course not every goalkeeper went to college (12 of the 100 did not) and some are from DII and DIII schools, but that still leaves us with 79 goalkeepers.

Conference Breakdown

None - 12
Division II - 8
Division III - 1

Conference USA - 8
Pac-12 - 8
ACC - 7
Big Ten - 7
Big East - 6
Colonial - 6
AAC - 5
Atlantic 10 - 4
Big West - 4
Horizon - 4
Missouri Valley - 4
Mid-American - 3
West Coast - 3
Big South - 2
Metro Atlantic - 2
Northeast - 2
Western Athletic - 2
Souther - 1
Summit - 1

If you want to check my work you can see it here, along with past rankings, glove choice, and favorite animal for each goalkeeper. Make sure to click the tab at the top "School".

Lastly, here's the top 50 goalkeepers under 24 years old that are not currently on the top 100 list. Think of this as a prospect list of goalkeepers that will most surely be on the top 100 at some point but aren't quite there. The ranking takes into account for potential as well as current ability, unlike the top 100 which is only current ability.

For the first ten, the additional number is a rough guess of how many months it will be until they're on the top 100. I only did it for the top ten as the following goalkeepers won't be there for a year or two. I thought about doing a specific post for this but it's fairly similar to the college preseason rankings so consider this as a reward for those of you who scrolled this far.

Top 50 Prospect Goalkeeper List

rk. name (club / country) age + months left

1. Ethan Horvath (Molde FK / Norway.1) 20.2 + 8
2. Zack Steffen (SC Freiburg / Germany.1) 20.3 + 11
3. Alex Bono (Toronto FC II / USA.3) 21.3 + 7
4. Devin Perales (Austin Aztex / USA.3) 22.3 + 4
5. Paul Blanchette (Loyola Marymount / USA.N) 21.3 + 10
6. Travis Worra (Richmond Kickers / USA.3) 22.3 + 7
7. Spencer Richey (Vancouver Whitecaps II / USA.3) 23.3 + 2
8. Eric Klenofsky (Monmouth / USA.N) 20.9 + 15
9. Austin Rogers (Kitsap / USA.4) 20 + 21
10. Tyler Miller (Seattle Sounders II / USA.3) 22.4 + 8

11. Evan Louro (Michigan / USA.N) 19.6
12. Matt Bersano (Penn State / USA.N) 22.9
13. Jeff Caldwell (Virginia / USA.N) 19.5
14. Matt Cardone (San Antonio Scorpions / USA.2) 22.2
15. Andrew Wolverton (Los Angeles Galaxy / USA.1) 22.2
16. Alexandros Tabakis (VVV-Venlo / Netherlands.2) 22.7
17. Cody Cropper (MK Dons / England.2) 22.5
18. Paul Christensen (Portland / USA.N) 19.3
19. Jeff Gal (Lidköpings FK / Sweden.4) 22.3
20. Zach Bennett (Michigan State / USA.N) 21.7

21. Keegan Rogers (IFK Lammhult / Sweden.4) 22.3
22. Ashkan Khosravi (UC Riverside / USA.N) 21.6
23. Keith Cardona (Indy Eleven / USA.2) 22.8
24. Alex McCauley (North Carolina State / USA.N) 21
25. Jake Feener (Tulsa Roughnecks / USA.3) 23.3
26. Ben Lockler (Free Agent / None) 22.4
27. Wade Hamilton (Cal Poly / USA.N) 20.9
28. Grayson Rector (Belmont / USA.N) 21
29. CJ Cochran (Atlanta Silverbacks / USA.2) 23.9
30. Danny Rogers (Falkirk FC / Scotland.2) 21.4

31. Alec Ferrell (Wake Forest / USA.N) 21.4
32. Brendan Moore (Fleetwood Town / England.3) 23.3
33. David Greczek (Rutgers / USA.N) 20.8
34. Ben Willis (Gonzaga / USA.N) 19.6
35. Zack Downes (Arizona United / USA.3) 22.3
36. Kamil Kaminski (Icon FC / USA.4) 21.8
37. Ryan Herman (Washington / USA.N) 22.2
38. Ricky Brown (Colgate / USA.N) 20.6
39. Eric Dick (Butler / USA.N) 20.6
40. Kyle Renfro (Harrisburg City Islanders / USA.3) 23.3

41. Adrian Remeniuk (Wisconsin / USA.N) 19.7
42. Lucas Champenois (Saint Mary's / USA.N) 21
43. Matt Pacifici (Davidson / USA.N) 22
44. Erich Marscheider (Free Agent / None) 22.6
45. Samir Badr (Colorado Springs Switchbacks / USA.3) 23.3
46. Bobby Edwards (Saint Joseph's / USA.N) 19.6
47. Andrew Epstein (Stanford / USA.N) 19.6
48. Justin Vom Steeg (UC Santa Barbara / USA.N) 18.3
49. Josh Weiss (Siena / USA.N) 19.5
50. Eric Osswald (Real Monarchs / USA.3) 23.8