Top 100 American Goalkeepers (August 2014)

What a fun summer that was, right? Howard had a big game against Belgium, Manuel Neuer dazzled us with his hoover abilities, and Costa Rica's Keylor Navas did well enough to sign with some team in Spain. But with the conclusion of the World Cup, we can now focus on everyone's true love: American goalkeeping.

Everybody Soccer spotlight is on Adam Grinwis this month.

I know those aren't the best videos but it's all I could find/make. Adam is going into his senior year at the University of Michigan. Most recently his PDL team, the Michigan Bucks, won the PDL championship. If you're unfamiliar with the PDL, it's the main outlet for collegiate players to get playing time in the spring season, when the NCAA season has ended. (Although that could be changing soon.) Grinwis was the game's MVP and in a couple months you should see his name on MLS draft boards.

Top 100 American Goalkeepers
 

1. Tim Howard (Everton FC) - 77.8 (35.4)
2. Brad Guzan (Aston Villa) - 77.7 (29.9)
3. Brad Friedel (Tottenham Hotspur) - 71.9 (43.3)
3. Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake) - 71.9 (35.2)
5. Steve Clark (Columbus Crew) - 70.7 (28.3)
6. Joseph Bendik (Toronto FC) - 69.8 (25.3)
7. Luis Robles (New York Red Bulls) - 69.7 (30.3)
8. William Yarbrough (Leon) - 68.9 (25.4)
9. Troy Perkins (Montreal Impact) - 68.9 (33.1)
9. Andy Gruenebaum (Sporting Kansas City) - 68.9 (32.7)

11. Tally Hall (Houston Dynamo) - 68.8 (29.3)
11. Jon Busch (San Jose Earthquakes) - 68.8 (38)
13. Brian Rowe (Los Angeles Galaxy) - 68.8 (25.8)
14. Chris Seitz (FC Dallas) - 68.8 (27.4)
15. Dan Kennedy (Chivas USA) - 68.6 (32.1)
16. Brian Perk (Los Angeles Galaxy) - 68.5 (25.1)
17. Clint Irwin (Colorado Rapids) - 68.5 (25.3)
18. Matt Pickens (Tampa Bay Rowdies) - 68.3 (32.3)
19. Bill Hamid (DC United) - 68.2 (23.8)
20. Andrew Weber (Portland Timbers) - 68.2 (31)

21. Bobby Shuttleworth (New England Revolution) - 68.1 (27.3)
22. Stefan Frei (Seattle Sounders) - 68 (28.3)
23. Joe Willis (DC United) - 68 (26)
24. David Bingham (San Antonio Scorpions) - 68 (24.8)
25. Diego Restrepo (Tampa Bay Rowdies) - 67.9 (26.5)
26. Alec Kann (Chicago Fire) - 67.9 (24)
27. Eric Kronberg (Sporting Kansas City) - 67.9 (31.1)
28. Quentin Westberg (US Luzenac) - 67.8 (28.3)
29. Zac MacMath (Philadelphia Union) - 67.7 (23)
30. Matt Van Oekel (Minnesota United FC) - 67.7 (27.9)

31. Ryan Meara (New York Red Bulls) - 67.5 (23.8)
32. Brad Knighton (New England Revolution) - 67.5 (29.5)
33. Jeff Attinella (Real Salt Lake) - 67.5 (25.9)
34. Andrew Dykstra (DC United) - 67.4 (28.6)
35. Caleb Patterson-Sewell (Gil Vicente FC) - 67.4 (27.3)
36. Tim Melia (Chivas USA) - 67.4 (27.4)
37. Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire) - 67.3 (25.3)
38. Kevin Piedrahita (Itagui FC) - 67.1 (23.2)
39. Tyler Deric (Houston Dynamo) - 67.1 (26)
40. Marcus Hahnemann (Seattle Sounders) - 67 (42.1)
40. Chris Konopka (Toronto FC) - 67 (29.3)

42. Joe Nasco (Colorado Rapids) - 66.9 (30.2)
42. David Yelldell (Bayern Leverkusen) - 66.9 (33.6)
44. Matt Pyzdrowski (Angelholms FF) - 66.8 (28)
45. Alex Horwath (Ljungskile SK) - 66.8 (27.4)
46. Jimmy Maurer (New York Cosmos) - 66.8 (26.8)
47. Brock Duckworth (Charlotte Eagles) - 66.7 (25.3)
48. John Berner (Colorado Rapids) - 66.4 (23.5)
49. Kyle Reynish (Chicago Fire) - 66.4 (30.8)
50. Mitch Hildebrandt (Minnesota United FC) - 66.3 (25.8)

51. Evan Newton (Arizona United) - 66.3 (26.3)
52. Evan Bush (Montreal Impact) - 66.3 (28.4)
53. Brian Holt (Philadelphia Union) - 66.2 (25.8)
54. Devala Gorrick (Ottawa Fury) - 66.2 (27.1)
55. Matt Lampson (Columbus Crew) - 66.2 (24.9)
56. Josh Ford (Seattle Sounders) - 66.1 (26.8)
57. Patrick McLain (OC Blues FC) - 66.1 (26)
58. Jon Kempin (Oklahoma City Energy FC) - 66.1 (21.3)
59. Austin Guerrero (Estudiantes de Altamira) - 66 (25.4)
60. Akira Fitzgerald (Carolina Railhawks) - 66 (27.1)

61. Charles Sanders (Waterford United FC) - 66 (24.8)
62. Nick Noble (Harrisburg City Islanders) - 65.9 (29.9)
63. Phil Tuttle (Wilmington Hammerheads) - 65.9 (26.8)
64. John McCarthy (Rochester Rhinos) - 65.8 (22.1)
65. Adam Grinwis (Michigan) - 65.7 (22.3)
66. Cody Mizell (Tampa Bay Rowdies) - 65.6 (22.9)
67. Lance Parker (FC Edmonton) - 65.5 (29)
68. Andrew Fontein (Minnesota United FC) - 65.4 (24.4)
69. Brandon Miller (Rochester Rhinos) - 65.4 (24.7)
70. Bryan Meredith (San Jose Earthquakes) - 65.3 (25)

71. Sean Kelley (Orlando City SC) - 65.2 (26.3)
72. Jeremy Vuolo (San Antonio Scorpions) - 65.2 (26.9)
73. Nick Shackelford (Los Angeles Galaxy II) - 65.2 (23.8)
74. Josh Saunders (San Antonio Scorpions) - 65.2 (33.4)
75. Ryan Taylor (Richmond Kickers) - 65.2 (24.2)
76. Patrick Wall (Notre Dame) - 65.1 (22.9)
77. Hunter Gilstrap (Pittsburgh Riverhounds) - 65.1 (31.3)
78. Cody Cropper (Southampton) - 65.1 (21.5)
79. Josh Wicks (AFC United) - 65 (30.8)
79. Jennings Jordan (Seattle Sounders) - 65 (29.3)

81. Paul Rachubka (Oldham Athletic) - 64.9 (33.3)
81. Nicolas Platter (Carolina Railhawks) - 64.9 (32.8)
83. Carl Woszczynski (Orlando City SC) - 64.8 (26.3)
84. Dominik Jakubek (Sacramento Republic) - 64.8 (34.9)
85. David Meves (Fort Lauderdale Strikers) - 64.8 (25.1)
86. Scott Goodwin (Carolina Railhawks) - 64.6 (23.8)
87. Spencer Richey (Washington) - 64.6 (22.3)
88. Alex Bono (Syracuse) - 64.5 (23.3)
88. Humberto Soriano (Arizona United) - 64.5 (23.3)
90. Cody Laurendi (Los Angeles Galaxy II) - 64.5 (26)
90. Patrick Lane (Karlstad BK) - 64.5 (26)

92. Tom Al Madon (Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv) - 64.5 (29.8)
93. Sheldon Parkinson (Brooklyn Italians) - 64.5 (24)
94. Sean Teepen (Dayton Dutch Lions FC) - 64.4 (23.3)
95. Trevor Spangenberg (Chivas USA) - 64.3 (23.3)
96. Carlos Rojas (CD Cruzl Azul) - 64.3 (24.4)
97. Lionel Brown (Fort Lauderdale Strikers) - 64.2 (26.9)
98. Jon Dawson (Indy Eleven) - 64.2 (23.4)
99. Kyle Zobeck (New York Cosmos) - 64.1 (24.5)
100. Matt Glaeser (Wilmington Hammerheads) - 64.1 (29.3)

The Top 100 welcomes Cody Cropper, Jon Dawson, and Trevor Spangenberg for the first time. Adam Grinwis and Kyle Zobeck return after a little bit of an absence.

Various American Goalkeeper News

  • Nick Rimando tied fellow UCLA alum Kevin Hartman's shutout record (112) this week. Rimando is paired with Bill Hamid for the all-star game roster.
  • Zach MacMath seems to be on the way out as Philadelphia has picked up yet another goalkeeper. After a positive World Cup performance, Algerian national team goalkeeper Raïs M'Bolhi was signed up the Union "over Champions League clubs". Eh. Either way MacMath will probably find himself in another city next year but I'd love to see the product of a MacMath who sat for a year or two. I think he could use a mental-reset as he's been starting MLS games since he was 20.
  • French-American Quentin Westberg's tiny Luzenac has a tall order in front of them this season. Luzenac, home of 650 residents, were promoted to France's second league last year.
  • Andy Greunebaum is back in the net for Kansas City with Eric Kronberg's hand injury.
  • Tim Howard has ruled out returning to MLS at the end of his career.
  • Julio Cesar is not returning to Toronto which makes us wonder why was he there in the first place? This is good news for Joe Bendik.
  • We saw Brad Friedel make an appearance in the MLS Summer Series. Friedel and Tottenham played against Seattle, Toronto, and Chicago.
  • Two U17 USYNTs took separate trips to Mexico and Denmark. William Pulisic did well in a 2-0 loss to Denmark in the Nordic Tourney and the team placed sixth overall in the tournament. The squad in Mexico (mostly different players but Pulisic did make the journey, teaming up with Kevin Silva) has qualified for the quarterfinals with a 2-0 win over Mexico. Highlights to come, I'm sure.
  • Jon Kempin was selected for the MLS Homegrown game with Matt Lampson. I wish MLS would have selected a better opponent to play than the Portland U23s, the PDL winner would have been great, but I'm looking forward to watching Kempin in action.
  • William Yarbrough is leaning towards Mexico pretty heavily, by the looks of things.
  • David Yelldell (remember him?) had a sick double save on a penalty kick back in July.
  • Cody Cropper and Zack Steffen are the two goalkeepers traveling with the U23s to face the Bahamas. I doubt either will be tested in the game.
  • Scott Goodwin was a big reason why the Carolina Dynamo surpassed the Galaxy and Chivas in this year's US Open Cup. He had multiple saves in the penalty shootout versus Chivas and kept a clean sheet against the Galaxy.
  • Phil Saunders signed with a second tier Icelandic team and has been starting games, which is great. Other goalkeepers trying to make it across in Europe include University of Virginia alum Jeff Gal, who recently went to Poland, and Brian Billings is on the move as well.
  • Spencer Richey and the University of Washington travelled to Scandinavia and it sounds like Richey is back to 100%, thankfully.

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