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Reading United standouts Mo Adams and Frantzdy Pierrot are among 31 college soccer players named to the preseason MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List.
The award is given annually to the top college soccer player by the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis.
D.C. United midfielder Ian Harkes won the award last year. Two other finalists, Florida Gulf Coast senior Albert Ruiz and Maryland junior Gordon Wild are back on the list for this season. Fourteen of the 31 players were United Soccer Coaches All-Americans in 2016, including senior teammates Tomas Hilliard-Arce and Foster Langsdorf from back-to-back national champions Stanford University.
This year’s winners will be announced Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis.
Pierrot, who is a senior at Coastal Carolina, led Reading with eight goals in seven matches in PDL play this year. He scored another three goals in U.S. Open Cup competition. Adams, a sophomore at Syracuse, made five appearances for Reading over the summer.
The full list of men’s watch list is below. Click here to see the women’s list.
2017 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List
| Marcelo Acuna | Sr. | F | Virginia Tech | San Jose, Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcelo Acuna | Sr. | F | Virginia Tech | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Mo Adams | So. | MF | Syracuse | Nottingham, England |
| Will Bagrou | Sr. | F | Mercer | Dacula, Ga. |
| Siggi Benonysson | So. | F | High Point | Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland |
| Tristan Blackmon | Sr. | F | Pacific | Las Vegas, Nev. |
| Cory Brown | Sr. | D | Xavier | Nelson, New Zealand |
| Antonio Bustamante | Jr. | MF | William and Mary | Springfield, Va. |
| Mauro Cichero | Sr. | MF | SMU | Norman, Okla. |
| Brad Dunwell | Jr. | MF | Wake Forest | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
| Sam Gainford | Sr. | F | Akron | Liverpool, England |
| Jon Gallagher | Sr. | F | Notre Dame | Dundalk, Ireland |
| Tomas Hilliard-Arce | Sr. | D | Stanford | Matthews, N.C. |
| Paul Hoffmeister | Sr. | MF | Utah Valley | Hilden, Germany |
| Niki Jackson | Sr. | F | Grand Canyon University | Scottsdale, Ariz. |
| Tim Kubel | Sr. | D | Louisville | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Foster Langsdorf | Sr. | F | Stanford | Vancouver, Wash. |
| Grant Lillard | Sr. | D | Indiana | Hinsdale, Ill. |
| Cam Lindley | So. | MF | North Carolina | Carmel, Ind. |
| Ricky Lopez-Espin | Sr. | F | Creighton | Miami, Fla. |
| Ian McGrath | Sr. | MF | Evansville | New Lenox, Ill. |
| Chris Mueller | Sr. | F | Wisconsin | Schaumburg, Ill. |
| Danny Musovski | Sr. | F | UNLV | Henderson, Nev. |
| Wyatt Omsberg | Sr. | D | Dartmouth | Scarborough, Maine |
| Edward Opoku | Jr. | F | Virginia | Rye, N.Y. |
| Pablo Pelaez | So. | MF | San Diego State | San Diego, Cal. |
| Frantzdy Pierrot | Sr. | F | Coastal Carolina | Boston, Mass. |
| Afonso Pinheiro | Sr. | F | Albany | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Albert Ruiz | Sr. | F | Florida Gulf Coast | Barcelona, Spain |
| Ryan Sierakowski | Jr. | F | Michigan State | McHenry, Ill. |
| Grant Stoneman | Jr. | D | Loyola Chicago | St. Charles, Ill. |
| Gordon Wild | Jr. | F | Maryland | Cologne, Germany |