Tiering the next 10 years of each young incoming signing to the NWSL
At first, I wanted to do a top 30 until they’re 30 but then I decided I wanted to highlight each new player, so heres 50(?) players tiered and the top 4 tiers are ranked by role. Players on loan and certain 2025 SEIs did not make the list. The list is tiered by: Superstar, Star, Playoff Starter, Non-Playoff Starter, and Sub. I know this is a huge list but please yell at me for the smallest disagreements.
Tiers:
Superstar:
Taylor Huff (CM1) (Could be a 10)
Katie Scott (FB 1) (Could be a DM)
Trinity Byars* (FWD1)
Trinity Armstrong (CB1)
KK Ream (FWD2)
Star:
Lily Reale (CB2) (Could be a fullback)
Sarah Schupansky (CAM 1)
Mary Long (FWD 2)
Brooklyn Courtnall (CB 2)
Shinomi Koyama (CM 2)
Quincy McMahon (FB 2)
Playoff Starter:
Macey Hodge (CM 3)
Hannah Bebar (CM 5)
Micayla Johnson (FWD 6)
Manaka Hayashi (CM4) (Could be a 10)
Stella Nyamekye (CAM 3) (could be more of an 8)
Maggie Graham (CAM 2) (Could be more of an 8)
Mak Whitman* (FWD 7)
Ella Hase (FB 3)
Pietra Tordin (FWD 4) (could be a 10)
Maddie Dahlien (FWD 3)
Emily Mason (CB 3) (could be a fullback)
Chiamaka Okwuchukwu (FWD 5)
Mia Justus (GK 1)
Non-Playoff Starter:
Riley Tiernan (FWD 11)
Karlie Lema (FWD 8)
Clare Gagne (GK 2)
Sarah Weber (FWD 10)
DeAira Jackson (GK 3)
Zara Chavoshi (CB 4)
Jayden Perry (CB 5)
Carissa Boeckmann (CM 6)
Justina Gaynor (CB 6)
Caiya Hanks (FWD 9)
Jordan Fusco (CAM 4)
Ana Sofia Cedeno (CAM 5)
Deborah Abiodun (CM 7)
Tamara Bolt (FB 4)
Sub:
Emma Gaines-Ramos
Aryssa Mahrt
Nya Harrison
Maddy Anderson
Sydney Jones
Kayla Colbert
Aria Nagai
Maddie Prohaska
Allie George
Katie O’Kane (an absolute wild card though)
Liz Beardsley
Ryan Campbell
Sofia Cook
Khyah Harper (a scary impact sub)
Catherine Paulsen
Hannah Johnson