Canada’s Nikos Clarke-Tosczak, Charles-Emile Brunet invited to MLS College Showcase

Canadians Nikos Clarke-Tosczak and Charles-Emile Brunet are among the 45 players invited to the MLS College Showcase, that kicks off Wednesday in Mesa, Ariz.

The closed-door four-day camp allows technical staff from MLS clubs to scout top prospects ahead of the Dec. 18 MLS SuperDraft.

Clarke-Tosczak, a junior left back from Edmonton, played all 20 matches in his first year at the University of Portland and logged a team-high 1,643 minutes. He earned all-WCC honourable mention for his work in a Portland defence that allowed just 12 goals, the fewest since 1988 for a Pilots squad and tied for the sixth-fewest in U.S. college ranks.

Clarke-Tosczak was with the Vancouver Whitecaps academy from 2020 to ’23, spending the next two years with the Rhode Island Rams in the Atlantic 10 conference before moving to the Pacific Northwest.

Brunet, a sophomore midfielder at Southern Methodist University, was named to the all-ACC third team this season after scoring one goal and adding five assists in his first season with the Mustangs.

The Montreal native collected three assists in SMU’s 5-4 win over Wake Forest in the first round of the ACC Championship, becoming the first Mustang with three or more assists in a single game since Gabriel Costa collected four against Temple in 2021.

Brunet played for Central Arkansas last year, earning Atlantic Sun Conference all-freshman team honours. Before that he was a nominee for the 2023 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) men’s soccer player of the year and was a CCAA all-Canadian with Aigles d’Ahuntsic.

Tate Johnson was drafted in the first round (15th overall) by the Vancouver Whitecaps after a good showing at last year’s College Showcase and one season at the University of North Carolina.

He agreed to a Generation Adidas contract with MLS prior to the draft, earning a deal granted to top underclassmen that does not count against the MLS salary cap. Johnson went on to make 39 appearances, including 29 starts, across all competitions this season

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 9, 2025