[MAKING A LIST] Matt Kassel became the third University of Maryland after U.S. U-20s Zac MacMath (Philadelphia Union) and Evan White (D.C. United) to turn pro this winter when he joined the New York Red Bulls as a homegrown player. He's the fourth collegian to bypass the SuperDraft and sign this winter with the MLS club at which he played academy soccer. For MLS's 27 homegrown players ...

FC Dallas (5)
GP-G PLAYER (YEAR SIGNED)
1-0 Bryan Levya (2009)
4-0 Ruben Luna (2010)
0-0 Moises Hernandez (2010)
0-0 Victor Ulloa (2010)
0-0 Jon Top (2011)

Houston (4)
0-0 Tyler Deric (2009 from Univ. of North Carolina)
1-0 Francisco Navas Cobo (2010)
0-0 Alex Dixon (2011 from Univ. of North Carolina)
0-0 Josue Soto (2011 from SMU)

D.C. United (4)
8-0 Bill Hamid (2009)
26-5 Andy Najar (2010)
0-0 Conor Shanosky (2010)
0-0 Ethan White (2010 from Univ. of Maryland)

Chivas USA (3)
0-0 Cesar Zamora (2009)
1-0 Bryan de la Fuente (2010)
18-2 Tristan Bowen (2008 by Los Angeles)

New York (3)
0-0 Giorgi Chirgadze (2009)
2-0 Juan Agudelo (2010)
0-0 Matt Kassel (2011 from Univ. of Maryland)

Toronto (2)
1-0 Doneil Henry (2010)
4-0 Nicholas Lindsay (2010)

Colorado (1)
0-0 Davy Armstrong (2010)

Chicago (1)
0-0 Victor Pineda (2010)

Kansas City (1)
0-0 Jon Kempin (2010)

New England (1)
0-0 Diego Fagundez (2010)

Vancouver (1)
0-0 Philippe Davies (2010)

Philadelphia (1)
0-0 Zach Pfeffer (2010)

Note: Stats are regular-season statistics only. Year signed is the year a player signed, not the year he became eligible to play in MLS.