NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament Most Outstanding Player

At the conclusion of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament (the "College Cup" tournaments), United Soccer Coaches selects two Most Outstanding Players: one for the Offensive Most Outstanding Player and the Defensive Most Outstanding Player. The MOP need not be, but is often a member of the Championship team.

Past winners

An asterisk (*) next to a player's name indicates they did not play for the championship team.

NCAA Men's Division I Offensive MOP Award

• 1959 – John Dueker, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1960 – Gerry Balassi, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1961 – Bill Killen, West Chester ^[2]
• 1962 – Bob Trigg, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1963 – Pat McBride, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1964 – Jimmy Lewis, Navy
• 1965 – Carl Gentile, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1966 – Sandor Hites, San Francisco
• 1967 – Wally Werner, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1968 – Rocco Morelli, Maryland
• 1969 – Al Trost, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1970 – Denny Hadican, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1971 – Al Henderson, Howard
• 1972 – Dan Counce, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1973 – Dan Counce, Saint Louis (2) ^[1]
• 1974 – Richard Davy, Howard
• 1975 – Andy Atuegbu, San Francisco ^[3]
• 1976 – Andy Atuegbu, San Francisco (2) ^[4]
• 1977 – John Young, Hartwick
• 1978 – Dag Olavson, San Francisco ^[5]
• 1979 – Obed Ariri, Clemson*
• 1980 – Roar Anderson, San Francisco ^[6]
• 1981 – Bill Morrone, Connecticut ^[7]
• 1982 – Paul DiBernardo, Indiana ^[8]
• 1983 – John Stollmeyer, Indiana ^[8]
• 1984 – Maxwell Amatasiro, Clemson ^[9]
• 1985 – Dale Ervine, UCLA ^[10]
• 1986 – Tom Stone, Duke ^[11]
• 1987 – Bruce Murray, Clemson
• 1988 – Ken Snow, Indiana ^[12]
• 1989 – Jeff Baicher, Santa Clara
• 1990 – Joe-Max Moore, UCLA ^[13]
• 1991 – Claudio Reyna, Virginia ^[14]
• 1992 – Claudio Reyna, Virginia (2) ^[14]
• 1993 – Nate Friends, Virginia ^[14]
• 1994 – Damian Silvera, Virginia ^[14]
• 1995 – Mike Gentile, Wisconsin
• 1996 – Jesse Van Saun, St. John's ^[15]
• 1997 – Seth George, UCLA ^[13]
• 1998 – Aleksey Korol, Indiana
• 1999 – Yuri Lavrinenko, Indiana
• 2000 – Darin Lewis, Connecticut
• 2001 – Ryan Kneipper, North Carolina
• 2002 – Aaron Lopez, UCLA ^[13]
• 2003 – Jacob Peterson, Indiana
• 2004 – Drew McAthy, UC Santa Barbara*
• 2005 – Jason Garey, Maryland
• 2006 – Nick Perera, UC Santa Barbara
• 2007 – Marcus Tracy, Wake Forest
• 2008 – Graham Zusi, Maryland ^[16]
• 2009 – Jonathan Villanueva, Virginia ^[17]
• 2010 – Scott Caldwell, Akron ^[18]
• 2011 – Ben Speas, North Carolina
• 2012 – Steve Neumann, Georgetown* ^[19]
• 2013 – Harrison Shipp, Notre Dame ^[20]
• 2014 – Mac Steeves, Providence* ^[21]
• 2015 – Jordan Morris, Stanford ^[22]
• 2016 – Ian Harkes, Wake Forest* ^[23]
• 2017 – Foster Langsdorf, Stanford ^[24]
• 2018 – Amar Sejdič, Maryland ^[25]
• 2019 – Daryl Dike, Virginia* ^[26]
• 2020 – Jamil Roberts, Marshall ^[27]
• 2021 – Isaiah Reid, Clemson ^[28]
• 2022 – Nathan Opoku, Syracuse ^[29]
• 2023 – Ousmane Sylla, Clemson ^[30]
• 2024 – Maximilian Kissel, Vermont ^[31]

NCAA Men's Division I Defensive MOP Award

• 1959 – Jerry Knobbe, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1960 – Tom Hennessy, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1961 – Robert Malone, Saint Louis* ^[32]
• 1962 – Ed Oswald, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1963 – Roger Rupp, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1964 – Myron Hura, Navy
• 1965 – Jack Gilsinn, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1966 – Mike Ivanow, San Francisco
• 1967 – Bill McDermott, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1968 – Mario Jelencovich, Maryland
• 1969 – Pat Leahy, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1970 – Ed Neusel, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1971 – Mori Diane, Howard
• 1972 – Bruce Arena, Cornell ^[33]
• 1973 – Mark Demling, Saint Louis ^[1]
• 1974 – Trevor Leiba, Howard
• 1975 – Peter Arnautoff, San Francisco ^[3]
• 1976 – Peter Arnautoff, San Francisco (2) ^[4]
• 1977 – Jeff Tipping, Hartwick
• 1978 – Andy Fry, San Francisco ^[5]
• 1979 – Ed Gettemeier, SIUE
• 1980 – Andre Schweitzer, San Francisco ^[6]
• 1981 – Erhardt Kapp, Connecticut ^[7]
• 1982 – Pat Johnston, Duke* ^[34]
• 1983 – Joe Schmid, Indiana ^[8]
• 1984 – Joe Schmid, Indiana (2) ^[8]
• 1985 – Paul Caligiuri, UCLA ^[35]
• 1986 – Kelly Weadock, Duke ^[11]
• 1987 – Tim Genovese, Clemson ^[36]
• 1988 – Mike Anehauser, Indiana
• 1989 – Tony Meola, Virginia ^[14]
• 1990 – Brad Friedel, UCLA ^[13]
• 1991 – Jeff Causey, Virginia ^[37]
• 1992 – Jeff Causey, Virginia (2) ^[14]
• 1993 – Brian Bates, Virginia ^[14]
• 1994 – Mark Peters, Virginia ^[14]
• 1995 – Scott Lamphear, Wisconsin
• 1996 – Brent Sancho, St. John's
• 1997 – Matt Reis, UCLA ^[13]
• 1998 – Nick Garcia, Indiana
• 1999 – Nick Garcia, Indiana (2)
• 2000 – Chris Gbandi, Connecticut
• 2001 – David Stokes, North Carolina
• 2002 – Zach Wells, UCLA ^[13]
• 2003 – Jay Nolly, Indiana
• 2004 – Jay Nolly, Indiana (2)
• 2005 – Chris Seitz, Maryland
• 2006 – Andy Iro, UC Santa Barbara ^[38]
• 2007 – Brian Edwards, Wake Forest ^[39]
• 2008 – Omar Gonzalez, Maryland ^[16]
• 2009 – Diego Restrepo, Virginia ^[17]
• 2010 – Kofi Sarkodie, Akron ^[18]
• 2011 – Isaac Cowles, Charlotte* ^[40]
• 2012 – Luis Soffner, Indiana ^[41]
• 2013 – Zack Steffen, Maryland* ^[42]
• 2014 – Calle Brown, Virginia ^[21]
• 2015 – Brandon Vincent, Stanford ^[22]
• 2016 – Andrew Epstein, Stanford ^[43]
• 2017 – Tomas Hillard-Arce, Stanford ^[24]
• 2018 – Dayne St. Clair, Maryland ^[25]
• 2019 – Dylan Nealis, Georgetown ^[44]
• 2020 – Roman Celentano, Indiana* ^[27]
• 2021 – George Marks, Clemson ^[28]
• 2022 – Russell Shealy, Syracuse ^[29]
• 2023 – Pape Mar Boye, Clemson ^[30]
• 2024 – Niklas Herceg, Vermont ^[31]

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External links

• NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team