Major League Soccer announced the rosters for the upcoming MLS Combine and several of the top players in the draft will not be taking part.
Four Generation adidas players (Perry Kitchen, Zarek Valentin, Zac MacMath and Omar Salgado) will miss the Combine because of U.S. Under-20 national team commitments, while Akron striker Darlington Nagbe will also sit out the Combine for undisclosed reasons.
MLS also revealed the identities of five non-college foreign players who will also be available in the MLS Draft and will take part in the MLS Combine. John Rooney, brother of English star Wayne Rooney, Victor Estupinan (Ecuador), Paolo Cardozo (Honduras), Marlon Ganchozo (Ecuador) and Martin Rivas (Argentina) will take part in the Combine under a new MLS initiative approved by league owners this off-season.
Seven new college players were added to the mix, with Monmouth standout Ryan Kinne being included to the list after inexplicably being left off the initial list. Andy Adlard (Indiana), Charlie Campbell (Louisville), Matt Marcin (Providence), Ben Sippola (Butler), Alex Caskey (Davidson) and Chris Taylor (Tulsa) were the other college players added to the Combine rosters.
Here are the rosters and the match schedule for the MLS Combine, which begins on Saturday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida:
MLS COMBINE ROSTERS & SCHEDULE
TEAM adiZero
Andy Adlard, M, Indiana
Matheus Braga, M, Penn State
Will Bruin, F, Indiana
Charlie Campbell, M, Louisville
Ernesto Carranza, M, Sacramento State
Tommy Drake, M, Clemson
Bilal Duckett, D, Notre Dame
Michael Farfan, M, North Carolina
Josh Ford, GK, UConn
Cole Grossman, M, Duke
Tyler Lassiter, D, North Carolina State
Stephen McCarthy, M, North Carolina
J.T. Murray, D, Louisville
Steven Perry, F, Notre Dame
Indy Smith, D, UNC-Wilmington
Chris Taylor, M, Tulsa
Amani Walker, F, UC-Irvine
TEAM adiPURE
Eddie Ababio, D, North Carolina
Jalil Anibaba, D, North Carolina
Jeff Attinella, GK, South Florida
Philip Bannister, F, Loyola (Md.)
Jeb Brovsky, M, Notre Dame
Alex Caskey, M, Davidson
Jason Herrick, F, Maryland
Hector Jiminez, M, California
Greg King, D, UConn
Brayan Martinez, M, Seton Hall
Dustin McCarty, M, North Carolina
Ashley McInnes, F, Tulsa
Michael Nanchoff, M, Akron
Demitrius Omphroy, D, California
Lebo Pila, M, St. Peter's Prep
John Rooney, F, England
Josue Soto, D, SMU
Curtis Ushedo, D, UAB
TEAM JABULANI
Blake Brettschneider, M, South Carolina
Efrain Burgos, M, Cal-SLO
Paolo Cardozo, M, Uruguay
Billy Cortes, D, Maryland
Juan Cruz, D, SMU
Victor Estupinan, F, Ecuador
Colin Givens, D, Michigan State
Matt Gold, M, Ohio State
Levi Houapeu, F, Maryland-Baltimore County
Jimmy Maurer, GK, South Carolina
Justin Meram, F, Michigan
Bryan Meredith, GK, Monmouth
Jon Okafor, M, Brown
Martin Rivas, M, Argentina
C.J. Sapong, F, James Madison
Kofi Sarkodie, D, Akron
Bobby Warshaw, D, Stanford
Konrad Warzycha, M, Ohio State
TEAM aDIPOWER
Anthony Ampaipitakwong, M, Akron
Rich Balchan, D/M, Indiana
J.C. Banks, M, Wisconsin-Green Bay
Michael Boxall, D, UCSB
Servando Carrasco, M, California
Marlon Ganchozo, M, Ecuador
Corey Hertzog, F, Penn State
Daniel Keat, M, Dartmouth
Ryan Kinne, M, Monmouth
Chris Korb, D, Akron
Matt Marcin, M, Providence
David Paul, F, California
Karl Reddick, M, Boston College
Ben Sippola, M, Butler
A.J. Soares, D, California
Joe Willis, GK, Denver
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MATCH SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
1:45pm- AdiPower vs AdiPure
3:30pm- Jabulani vs AdiZero
MONDAY
11:15am- AdiPure vs. Jabulani
1pm- AdiPower vs. AdiZero
TUESDAY
11:15am- AdiPower vs. Jabulani
1pm- AdiPure vs. AdiZero
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MLS Combine matches are open to the public. MLS is charging $10 a day for fans looking to attend Combine matches.