Major League Soccer announced its initial list of 62 seniors invited to take part in the MLS Draft Combine next month in Florida.
Connecticut midfielder Toni Stahl, Harvard forward Andre Akpan, UCLA midfielder Michael Stephens and goalkeeper Brian Perk, and Indiana defender Ofori Sarkodie are some of the top players among the invited draft prospects.
The MLS Combine will take place from Jan. 8-12 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Here is the full list of players:
2010 ADIDAS MLS PLAYER COMBINE LIST BY POSITION
GOALKEEPERS (5):
Brooks Haggerty (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill)
Jovan Bubonja (University of Illinois-Chicago)
Frederick Hall (Quinnipiac University)
Brian Perk (University of California – Los Angeles)
John Moore (Stanford University)
DEFENDERS (18):
Kevin Tangney (University of Maryland – College Park)
Olukorede Aiyegbusi (North Carolina State University)
Tim Ream (Saint Louis University)
Kwame Watson-Siriboe (University of Connecticut)
Phil Edginton (University of Louisville)
Ben Clack (St. Johns University)
Justin Morrow (University of Notre Dame)
Ofori Sarkodie (Indiana University)
Martin Hadevag (University of California – Santa Barbara)
Chad Borak (California State University, Northridge)
Chris Schuler (Creighton University)
Julien Edwards (Drake University)
Kris Banghart (University of Denver)
Nick Cardenas (San Diego State University)
Tyler Barry (University of California – Berkeley)
Adam Welch (Lehigh University)
Steven Kinney (Elon University)
Ryan Peterman (University of San Diego)
MIDFIELDERS/FORWARDS (39):
Samuel Appiah (Boston University)
Carlos Villa (University of Hartford)
Zack Schilawski (Wake Forest University)
Zach Loyd (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill)
Austin da Luz (Wake Forest University)
Drew Yates (University of Maryland – College Park)
Ronnie Bouemboue (North Carolina State University)
Ross LaBauex (University of Virginia)
Joseph Noone (Temple University)
Isaac Kissi (University of Dayton)
Mike Seamon (Villanova University)
Othaniel Yanez (University of Louisville)
Steffen Vroom (Depaul University)
Fred Braun (University of Louisville)
Michael Thomas (University of Notre Dame)
Toni Stahl (University of Connecticut)
Mike Pezza (University of Connecticut)
Nelson Becerra (St. John’s University)
Bright Dike (University of Notre Dame)
Jason Yeisley (Penn State University)
Mauro Fuzetti (University of Michigan)
Eric Alexander (Indiana University)
Irving Garcia (University of California – Irvine)
David Walker (University of California – Santa Barbara)
Andrew Hoxie (College of William & Mary)
Nane Joseph (Old Dominion University)
Two-Boys Gumede (University of Alabama – Birmingham)
Andre Akpan (Harvard University)
Craig Henderson (Dartmouth College)
Nick Elenz-Martin (Brown University)
Kwaku Nyamekye (Harvard University)
Seth Sinovic (Creighton University)
Justin Davis (University of New Mexico)
Kyle Nakawaza (University of California – Los Angeles)
Michael Stephens (University of California – Los Angeles)
David Estrada (University of California – Los Angeles)
Adam Welch (Lehigh University)
Conor O’Brien (Bucknell University)
Collen Warner (University of Portland)
Conor Chinn (University of San Francisco)
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MLS will add its Generation adidas players to the list once it signs them. An announcement on Generation adidas players should come a week before the MLS Player Combine.
What do you think of this group? Any players missing that should be on this list? Who do you think are some of the top seniors on this list?
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