On Dec. 18, 2025, Major League Soccer held its 26th edition of the MLS SuperDraft. Three Panthers were hoping to hear their names called as many other students enjoyed a stress-free winter break.

Faster than the speed of sound, a single movement can shatter years of dedication, causing everything you’ve fought for – late-night workouts, early morning training sessions, and the daily relentless grind filled with pain, blood, sweat, and tears to get yourself to the pinnacle of your respected sport, to vanish in an instant.

Heading into the season the Panthers were unranked in the NCAA Division I men’s soccer preseason poll by the United Soccer Coaches. Only two games into the season the group has proved to everyone why they deserve to be put in conversations with big name teams such as Vermont, Pittsburgh, Stanford and Wake Forest.