A select group of college players have been invited to have the chance to prove themselves at the 2016 MLS Combine.
MLS announced on Friday that 59 players comprise the initial invite list for the 2016 MLS Combine, which is set to be held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from Jan. 7-12. The players, all of whom have completed their college eligibility, were selected by a committee of MLS coaches and NCAA Division I coaches.
The field features eight players set to participate in the upcoming College Cup, which will see Syracuse take on Clemson while Stanford takes on Akron. In addition, the invite list is comprised of six MAC Herman Trophy semifinalists, including Clemson’s Paul Clowes and Kyle Fisher, Stanford’s Brandon Vincent, and Georgetown and New York Red Bull Academy product Brandon Allen.
Here’s a closer look at the full invite list for the upcoming MLS Combine:
Brandon Allen – Georgetown University
Emmanuel Appiah – University of Cincinnati
Duncan Backus – UC Santa Barbara
Hadji Barry – University of Central Florida
Justin Bilyeu – SIU-Edwardsville
Colin Bonner – UNC Wilmington
Bradley Bourgeois – University of Tulsa
Neco Brett – Robert Morris University
Jonathan Campbell – UNC Chapel Hill
Zach Carroll – Michigan State
Robert Casner – Clemson
Dennis Castillo – Virginia Commonwealth University
Paul Clowes – Clemson
Tyler David – St. Louis
Mikhail Doholis – Oregon State
Liam Doyle – Ohio State
Tsubasa Endoh- Maryland
Kyle Fisher – Clemson
Michael Gamble – Wake Forest
Wade Hamilton – Cal Poly
Josh Heard – Washington
Ryan Herman – Washington
Brendan Hines-Ike – South FLorida
Patrick Hodan – Notre Dame
Femi Hollinger-Janzen – Indiana
Callum Irving – Kentucky
Ryan James – Bowling Green
Vincent Keller – Creighton
Max Lachowecki – Notre Dame
Sven Lissek – Furman
James Luchini – Lehigh
Mitchell Lurie – Rutgers
Daris Madison – UMBC
Ivan Magalhaes – Maryland
Antonio Matarazzo – Columbia
Zach Mathers – Duke
Jordan McCrary – UNC Chapel Hill
Chase Minter- Cal Poly
Vincent Mitchell – Butler
James Moberg – Washington
James Nortey – Marquette
Kyle Parker – Charlotte
Timo Pitter – Creighton
Ben Polk – Syracuse
Keegan Rosenberry – Georgetown
Michael Salazar – UC Riverside
Thomas Sanner – Princeton
Rodrigo Saravia – Florida Gulf Coast
Jordan Schweitzer – Denver
Cole Seiler – Georgetown
Keegan Smith – San Diego
Andrew Souders – Akron
Connor Sparrow – Creighton
Mitchell Taintor – Rutgers
Tyler Thompson – Stanford
Josh Turnley – Georgetown
Eric Verso – Stanford
Brandon Vincent – Stanford
Todd Wharton – Virginia
What is the MLS recruiting success rate from the DI Combine bunch compared to the DII and DIII groups?
When are division II players going to be invited to the 2016 MLS combine? How many Div. II players are expected to be invited?
Here are today’s challenge questions, designed to elicit your views about the value of collegiate soccer: (1) How many of these 59 players will sign with an MLS team, whether or not they are selected in the draft? (2) How many of these 59 players will actually make it onto the 28-man roster of an MLS team? (3) How many of these 59 players will play at least 100 minutes for an MLS team?
over/under will be set at 3.5
Agree with Adam, very, very few. <5%
Matarazzo reppin CU
Funny – i played with his older brothers in Fair Lawn. He always seemed like the brother who wasn’t going to be a good player. ironically he might be the best of the bunch (though rino did play professionally in germany for several years)
Ives, if you had to guess, which of these RBNY academy products do you think they sign? (Allen, Etienne, Najem, Corboz, Muyl, Basuljevic)