We haven't had a top 100 update in many moons but on the positive side, we hit our three year anniversary of tracking goalkeepers movement up and down the top 100. (Click here to go back to every top 100 since July 2013.) Since the last update was before MLS kicked off, the list has had a large reshuffle. Many goalkeepers have upped their stock, some have fallen down the list, and others have unfortunately not landed on a team for 2016. For goalkeepers not currently playing, they won't be on this edition but the door is always open for them to return if they pen a professional contract somewhere. Newbies to the list include
Tim Murray (60)
CJ Cochran (93)
Christopher Lara (95)
Matt Bersano (96)
Devin Perales (98)
Tim Murray hasn't played consistently in the professional game over the past couple years but he's notched 11 starts for second division Finnish club, Ekenäs IF, after playing for them last year. CJ Cochran plays for the OKC Energy (USL) and Christopher Lara is the OC Blues U23 (PDL) starter. Friend of the site, Matt Bersano, is working his way up with the Seattle Sounders 2 and Devin Perales is splitting time with the Rio Grande Valley squad, which quite frankly has a stacked goalkeeper roster.
Alex Horwath leads the group with the most notable movement by grabbing the number four slot. Horwath had a fantastic game against Molde last month and while he has only had one start this year for Brann, the goalkeeper depth behind Guzan / Howard is so wishy-washy, I don't mind putting Horwath that high for now. Tyler Deric had a rough start to the season in MLS but is starting to show the promise we were all excited about last year and Joe Bendik is finally getting his feet back under him in Orlando. (I wrote more about MLS goalkeepers here for ASA for those of you who can't get enough.)
Matt Pickens is winding back the clock in Tampa and reminding people that he was, and possibly is, MLS quality. Ethan Horvath closes in on the top 20. The youngster still has some room to grow but he's jumped 50 spots in four months. Will he be ready for the World Cup in 2018? Tough to say.
Likely-leaning-Mexico goalkeeper Richard Sanchez has had a completely unnoteworthy year thus far in that I literally can't find anything on him and Louisville's Scott Goodwin has moved on from soccer to attend Harvard Medical School.
1. Brad Guzan (Aston Villa / England.1) - 31.8
2. Tim Howard (Everton FC / England.1) - 37.3
3. Tyler Deric (Houston Dynamo / USA.1) - 27.9
4. Alex Horwath (SK Brann / Norway.1) - 29.3
5. Bill Hamid (DC United / USA.1) - 25.7
6. Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake / USA.1) - 37.1
7. Steve Clark (Columbus Crew / USA.1) - 30.3
8. Joe Willis (Houston Dynamo / USA.1) - 27.9
9. William Yarbrough (Leon / Mexico.1) - 27.3
10. Luis Robles (New York Red Bulls / USA.1) - 32.2
11. David Bingham (San Jose Earthquakes / USA.1) - 26.8
12. Andrew Dykstra (DC United / USA.1) - 30.5
13. Tim Melia (Sporting Kansas City / USA.1) - 29.3
14. Evan Bush (Montreal Impact / USA.1) - 30.3
15. Joseph Bendik (Orlando City SC / USA.1) - 27.3
16. Chris Seitz (FC Dallas / USA.1) - 29.3
17. Jimmy Maurer (New York Cosmos / USA.2) - 28.8
18. Stefan Frei (Seattle Sounders / USA.1) - 30.3
19. Matt Pickens (Tampa Bay Rowdies / USA.2) - 34.3
20. Patrick McLain (Chicago Fire / USA.1) - 27.9
21. Ethan Horvath (Molde FK / Norway.1) - 21.1
22. Brian Rowe (Los Angeles Galaxy / USA.1) - 27.7
23. Zac MacMath (Colorado Rapids / USA.1) - 24.9
24. Jon Kempin (Swope Park Rangers / USA.3) - 23.3
25. Clint Irwin (Toronto FC / USA.1) - 27.3
26. Matt Pyzdrowski (Helsingborg IF / Sweden.1) - 29.9
27. Ryan Meara (New York Red Bulls / USA.1) - 25.7
28. Jeff Attinella (Real Salt Lake / USA.1) - 27.8
29. Quentin Westberg (FC Tours / France.2) - 30.3
30. Austin Guerrero (Puebla FC / Mexico.1) - 27.3
31. Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire / USA.1) - 27.2
32. Akira Fitzgerald (Carolina RailHawks / USA.2) - 29
33. Jon Busch (Indy Eleven / USA.2) - 39.9
34. Tally Hall (DC United / USA.1) - 31.2
35. Bobby Shuttleworth (New England Revolution / USA.1) - 29.2
36. Matt Lampson (Chicago Fire / USA.1) - 26.8
37. Bryan Meredith (San Jose Earthquakes / USA.1) - 26.9
38. Josh Saunders (New York City FC / USA.1) - 35.3
39. Devala Gorrick (Colorado Springs Switchbacks / USA.3) - 29
40. Mitch Hildebrandt (FC Cincinnati / USA.3) - 27.7
41. David Meves (Puerto Rico FC / USA.2) - 27
42. Richard Sanchez (Tigres UANL / Mexico.1) - 22.3
43. Alec Kann (Sporting Kansas City / USA.1) - 25.9
44. Dan Kennedy (Los Angeles Galaxy / USA.1) - 34
45. John McCarthy (Bethlemhem Steel / USA.3) - 24
46. Evan Newton (Sacramento Republic / USA.3) - 28.3
47. Matt Van Oekel (FC Edmonton / USA.2) - 29.8
48. Brad Knighton (New England Revolution / USA.1) - 31.4
49. Brendan Moore (Torquay United FC / England.5) - 24.3
50. Brad Stuver (Columbus Crew / USA.1) - 25.3
51. Nathan Stockie (PEPO Lappeenranta / Finland.3) - 27.3
52. Adam Grinwis (Rochester Rhinos / USA.3) - 24.3
53. Kyle Zobeck (New York Cosmos / USA.2) - 26.4
54. Chris Konopka (Ross County / Scotland.1) - 31.3
55. Kyle Reynish (New York Red Bulls / USA.1) - 32.7
56. Sebastian Evers (Jacksonville Armada / USA.2) - 25.5
57. Will Dieterich (Haukar / Iceland.2) - 29.3
58. Diego Restrepo (Fort Lauderdale Strikers / USA.2) - 28.4
59. Eric Kronberg (Montreal Impact / USA.1) - 33
60. Tim Murray (Ekenas IF / Finland.2) - 29
61. Brandon Miller (OC Blues FC / USA.3) - 26.6
62. Jesse Gonzalez (FC Dallas / USA.1) - 21.2
63. Josh Ford (San Antonio USL / USA.3) - 28.7
64. Trevor Spangenberg (Puerto Rico FC / USA.2) - 25.3
65. Scott Angevine (FC YPA / Finland.3) - 27.2
66. Josh Wicks (AFC United / Sweden.2) - 32.7
67. Brian Sylvestre (Carolina RailHawks / USA.3) - 23.6
68. David Yelldell (Bayer Leverkusen / Germany.1) - 35.5
69. Ryan Taylor (Richmond Kickers / USA.3) - 26.1
70. Carl Woszczynski (Arizona United / USA.3) - 28.3
71. Daniel Withrow (Portland Timbers II / USA.3) - 26.2
72. Brian Holt (New York Cosmos / USA.2) - 27.7
73. Kris Devaux (Hönefoss BK / Norway.2) - 25.2
74. Aaron Perez (Minnesota United FC / USA.2) - 29.9
75. Caleb Patterson-Sewell (Rayo OKC / USA.2) - 29.2
76. Cody Mizell (Charlotte Independence / USA.3) - 24.8
77. Andre Rawls (New York City FC / USA.1) - 26.5
78. Patrick Lane (Karlstad BK / Sweden.4) - 27.9
79. Zac Lubin (Swope Park Rangers / USA.3) - 26.9
80. Justin Luthy (Portland Timbers II / USA.3) - 25.3
81. Trey Mitchell (MLS Pool / USA.1) - 25.3
82. Charlie Lyon (Seattle Sounders / USA.1) - 24.3
83. Lionel Brown (Miami FC / USA.2) - 28.8
84. Tom Al Madon (Hapoel Rishon / Israel.2) - 31.7
85. Dan Williams (Arizona United / USA.2) - 27.5
86. Kevin Corby (Charleston Battery / USA.3) - 25.3
87. Cody Cropper (Free Agent / None) - 23.4
88. Alex Riggs (St. Louis FC / USA.3) - 28.3
89. Mark Pais (St. Louis FC / USA.3) - 25.1
90. Rafael Diaz (New York Red Bulls II / USA.3) - 24.9
91. Robby Gogatz (Albion Pros / USA.4) - 25.3
92. Spencer Richey (Vancouver Whitecaps II / USA.3) - 24.2
93. CJ Cochran (Oklahoma City Energy FC / USA.3) - 24.8
94. Dominik Jakubek (Sacramento Republic / USA.3) - 36.8
95. Christopher Lara (OC Blues U23s / USA.4) - 25.2
96. Matt Bersano (Seattle Sounders II / USA.3) - 23.8
97. Cody Laurendi (Oklahoma City Energy FC / USA.3) - 27.9
98. Devin Perales (Rio Grande Valley FC / USA.3) - 23.3
99. Hunter Gilstrap (Pittsburgh Riverhounds / USA.3) - 33.3
100. Tyler Miller (Seattle Sounders II / USA.3) - 23.3