The 2017 NWSL College Draft is nearly two months away, but Portland Thorns FC head coach Mark Parsons is already hard at work compiling his draft board and scouting reports.
The coach's intensive scouting work will culminate tonight with a trip to San Jose, Calif. to catch each of the two NCAA Women's Soccer College Cup semifinal matches. Parsons will first watch the University of North Carolina take on West Virginia before taking in a battle between Georgetown and the University of Southern California.
It will mark one of the first times this collegiate season that the Thorns head coach will be able to watch live some of the players that he has spent the past several months scouting on his television screen.