2015 24 Under 24 Rankings

MLSsoccer staff

Fabian Castillo - FC Dallas
Kekuta Manneh - Vancouver Whitecaps
Sebastian Lletget - LA Galaxy
Wil Trapp - Columbus Crew SC
Matt Miazga - New York Red Bulls
Harry Shipp - Chicago Fire
Kwadwo Poku - New York City FC
Perry Kitchen - D.C. United
Joao Plata - Real Salt Lake
Cyle Larin - Orlando City SC
Erick "Cubo" Torres - Houston Dynamo
Matias Laba - Vancouver Whitecaps
Juan Agudelo - New England Revolution
Kellyn Acosta - FC Dallas
Kemar Lawrence - New York Red Bulls
Andrew Farrell - New England Revolution
Diego Fagundez - New England Revolution
Octavio Rivero - Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Lucas Melano - Portland Timbers
Kelyn Rowe - New England Revolution
Matt Polster - Chicago Fire
Alvas Powell - Portland Timbers
Tommy Thompson - San Jose Earthquakes
Erik Palmer-Brown - Sporting KC

HOW THE 2015 "24 UNDER 24" RANKING WAS DETERMINED

The rankings this year, as in past years, are determined by a panel of soccer media members across the US and Canada who regularly cover MLS, including from ESPN, Fox, RDS, SI.com, FoxSports.com, Goal.com, and, of course, the editorial staff at MLSsoccer.com.

Ben Baer, content researcher
Matt Doyle, senior editor
Jason Saghini, director of video
Diego Pinzon, editor, FutbolMLS.com
Alicia Rodriguez, contributing editor
Jonathan Yardley, contributor / broadcaster

Jeff Carlisle (ESPN.com)
Brian Dunseth (various)
Alexi Lalas (Fox Sports)
Kurt Larson (Toronto Sun)
Patrick Leduc (RDS)
Seth Vertelney (Goal.com)
Kyle McCarthy (FoxSoccer.com)
Todd Kingston (Opta Sports)
Katie Witham (Fox Sports)
Franco Panizo (SoccerByIves)
Alex Abnos (SI.com)
Andy Edwards (NBC ProSoccerTalk)
Will Parchman (TopDrawerSoccer)

A 75-player short list (see below) was selected by a preliminary panel of MLSsoccer.com editors and external constituents, and then the larger panel rated the 75 players based on the following criteria:

Technical (first touch, dribbling, shooting, heading, etc.)
Soccer IQ (positioning, reading game, situational understanding, tactical awareness, etc.)
Physical Attributes (balance, agility, speed, endurance, strength, vertical leap, etc.)
Personality (attitude, marketability, media savviness, charisma, intangibles, etc.)
Potential (improvability, ceiling, national team potential, potential future transfer value, etc.)

The votes were tabulated to establish the final 24 players. The cut-off date for eligibility for this year's was October 25, the final day of the 2015 MLS regular season.