2006 Soccer Recruit Rankings

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Soccer Buzz recruiting rankings for 2006 class signings- UNT ranked third in conference for quality of recruiting class landed, Sunbelt Conference ranked 22 out of 32 that were ranked, in Central region UNT recruiting ranked 26 out of 30 ranked (ahead of Houston, TEXAS, Tulsa and SMU, in that order 27-30). If you assume these guys know what they are doing (and I don't), UNT recruiting did not make the top 100 out of 310 D-1 teams ranked.......hogwash. See em all in the first round!

Sun Belt

1. Florida Atlantic

2. Middle Tenn St

3. North Texas

4. W Kentucky

5. Denver

6. La-Monroe

7. South Alabama

8. Arkansas-LR

9. Arkansas St

10. La-Lafayette

11. Troy

N/A Florida Int

A THREE WAY TIE? FAU WINS OUT

This is no regular season game so no ties allowed. In a three-way deadheat, league newcomer FAU gets the nod for best class in the Sun Belt. The state of Florida proved lucky for FAU which got five great preps in-state. Aleisha Peterson, Nicole Farrell and Kendall Kravec all earned all-state honors in the Sunshine State. Peterson played with the Hillsborough County club team and will be joined by two of her club teammates, Jayne Wabeke and Tessa McGarrity. From club Challenge in Houston, Sonia Richards heads to FAU and brings her experience on the South Texas ODP state team with her. Devon Romak is a solid defender out of Canada and the London Gryphons club. Notre Dame transfer Jannica Tjeder may be as big a signee as any if her injury days are over as the Finnish midfielder once played with her youth national teams.

Who's Hot, Who's Not: MTSU has had two great back-to-back classes. North Texas keeps plucking some of the best talent in Texas. But it's Western Kentucky that is sneaking in with two solid years of recruiting which should allow the Hilltoppers to move near the top of the league. Our bottom pick has Troy missing the bullseye for the second year in a row.