If you were wondering whether anyone paid attention to PDL's Top Prospects list: top-ranked Darwin Espinal vanished from the reckoning after being snapped up bu USL's Reno 1868.
Espinal's departure from PDL for a pro contract meant the third edition of this season's PDL Top Prospects ranking needed a reshuffle, and two New York Red Bulls U-23 players took big steps up the latest list.
Starting 'keeper Ben Lundgaard continued his remarkable progress in the league's estimation. He was 12th in the first edition of the Top Prospects ranking, jumped to 8th for the second edition, and is now ranked the second-hottest prospect in PDL 2017.