My Highest Rated 20 and Under MLS

This is a high-level look at MLS players 20 and under (as of season end). I'm using Minutes, Passing, Goals/Assists as quick indicators of quality. Obviously, there is more to the game than that, but this is just a way to clear the clutter a bit. 

Minutes - often a missed or undervalued key indicator of quality. I mean the coach wouldn't play you if you were horrible, right (Sebastian Berhalter)?

Passing - shorthand for good with the ball

Scoring - where the money is made.

Here's everyone 20 and under.

Hell Score	Player Name	Team	Age	Mins	G+A p90 (no pk)	Pass%	Pass Att
9.26	Brenden Aaronson	PHI	20	1,904	0.38	79%	568
6.58	Daryl Dike	ORL	20	1,217	0.74	73%	197
6.49	Gianluca Busio	SKC	18	1,272	0.28	84%	681
6.45	Brian Rodríguez	LAF	20	1,439	0.50	67%	575
6.17	Cole Bassett	COL	19	979	0.92	81%	413
6.04	James Sands	NYC	20	1,405	0.06	89%	909
5.94	Ayo Akinola	TFC	20	1,060	0.76	78%	170
5.64	Bryan Reynolds	FCD	19	1,269	0.21	81%	658
5.60	Luis Binks	MTL	19	1,763	0.00	86%	961
5.59	Andrés Perea	ORL	19	1,201	0.15	85%	585
5.49	George Bello	ATL	18	1,643	0.11	85%	937
5.49	Jaylin Lindsey	SKC	20	1,060	0.17	83%	625
5.35	Cristian Cásseres	NYR	20	1,313	0.27	77%	695
4.87	Ignacio Aliseda	CHI	20	1,399	0.19	85%	394
4.77	Frankie Amaya	FCC	20	1,733	0.05	86%	938
4.75	Aboubacar Keita	CLB	20	942	0.00	90%	541
4.73	Jesus Ferreira	FCD	19	973	0.18	76%	389
4.70	Tanner Tessmann	FCD	19	1,007	0.09	84%	539
4.17	Julian Araujo	LAG	19	1,290	0.21	73%	569
4.04	Pablo Bonilla	PDX	20	882	0.10	77%	402
3.73	Matías Pellegrini	MIA	20	959	0.28	77%	332
3.48	Marcos López	SJE	20	989	0.27	73%	570
3.24	Ricardo Pepi	FCD	17	466	0.58	83%	103
3.14	Kevin Paredes	DCU	17	946	0.10	77%	395
2.98	Sebastian Berhalter	CLB	19	397	0.00	84%	282
2.90	Dru Yearwood	NYR	20	609	0.00	74%	286
2.88	Aidan Morris	CLB	18	366	0.00	86%	198
2.60	Julián Carranza	MIA	20	548	0.33	73%	83
2.54	Michael Baldisimo	VAN	20	705	0.13	83%	430
2.50	Efrain Alvarez	LAG	18	724	0.25	72%	329
2.19	Cameron Duke	SKC	19	221	0.00	73%	56
2.17	Caden Clark	NYR	17	279	0.65	56%	79
2.09	Paxton Pomykal	FCD	20	153	0.59	82%	91
1.95	Ralph Priso-Mbongue	TFC	18	159	0.00	86%	122
1.94	Mathias Jørgensen	NYR	20	269	0.00	47%	43
1.91	Jayden Nelson	TFC	18	146	0.00	76%	49
1.91	Thomás Chacón	MIN	20	173	0.00	80%	44
1.86	Moses Nyeman	DCU	17	493	0.00	81%	279
1.86	Jacob Shaffelburg	TFC	20	128	0.00	52%	33
1.83	Griffin Yow	DCU	18	391	0.46	73%	97
1.83	Ben Mines	NYR	20	175	1.03	62%	65
1.83	Jack De Vries	PHI	18	15	0.00	33%	3
1.79	Cole Turner	PHI	19	4	0.00	100%	5
1.74	Danny Leyva	SEA	17	57	0.00	97%	37
1.73	Ethan Dobbelaere	SEA	17	53	0.00	82%	11
1.71	Joseph Scally	NYC	17	70	0.00	82%	50
1.69	Cade Cowell	SJE	17	475	0.38	68%	98
1.64	Dante Sealy	FCD	17	53	0.00	85%	34
1.63	Jordan Bender	ORL	19	46	0.00	64%	11
1.59	Joshua Atencio	SEA	18	14	0.00	94%	32
1.56	Álvaro Barreal	FCC	20	324	0.00	67%	88
1.54	Edwin Cerrillo	FCD	20	19	0.00	67%	6
1.50	Zico Bailey	FCC	20	294	0.00	91%	173
1.50	Noble Okello	TFC	20	23	0.00	56%	9
1.48	Tyler Wolff	ATL	17	120	0.00	83%	48
1.42	Bryce Duke	LAF	19	241	0.00	78%	187
1.40	Christian Makoun	MIA	20	187	0.00	71%	56
1.31	George Campbell	ATL	19	47	0.00	81%	47
1.10	Niccolo Lemoine	HOU	20	170	0.00	68%	41
1.07	Jeizon Ramírez	RSL	19	91	0.00	75%	44
1.07	David Ochoa	RSL	19	90	0.00	0	0
0.84	Kwadwo Opoku	LAF	19	54	1.67	81%	21
0.82	Christopher Garcia	RSL	17	1	0.00	67%	3
0.81	Karifa Yao	MTL	20	128	0.00	76%	41
0.76	Brian Gutiérrez	CHI	17	33	0.00	56%	18
0.73	Mohamed Traore	LAF	18	45	0.00	71%	34
0.72	Carlos Terán	CHI	20	16	0.00	69%	13
0.72	Andre Reynolds II	CHI	19	17	0.00	50%	10
0.69	Marcelo Palomino	HOU	19	24	0.00	96%	23
0.47	Carlos Harvey	LAG	20	109	0.00	88%	43
0.40	Cameron Dunbar	LAG	18	84	0.00	71%	24
0.39	Damiano Pecile	VAN	18	1	0.00	0	0
0.20	Jacob Akanyirige	SJE	18	68	0.00	86%	36
0.16	Siad Haji	SJE	20	53	0.00	94%	17
0.00	Gilbert Fuentes	SJE	18	6	0.00	70%	10

Hell Score is my own player rating system. I've used it since 2011. It uses traditional box score stats and mixes in overall team performance vs the rest of the league.

The top chart shows the number of passes/passing percentage. The top right corner - the good passers. Bit of a gap, too.

The bottom chart shows minutes played and Goals+Assists per 90 minutes no penalties.

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Copy: 20 and Under, Passing
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WHO I LIKE

Brenden Aaronson, James Sands, Cole Bassett, Luis Binks, Gianluca Busio. About in that order. Aaronson is already on the move. Bassett might be. I don't expect Binks to hang around MLS. I really like Sands but I don't see much attention around him. Busio's level might be MLS, which is fine.