[Sly Fox]

The annual combine offers a select group of players one last chance to impress Major League Soccer coaches and executives before the MLS SuperDraft. The initial list of players will be supplemented before the combine by Generation adidas youth players, NAIA college players, and additional players from all three NCAA classifications.

The final group of players will be split into four teams. The four teams will then play round robin format against one another. Santa Clara University head coach Cam Rast, Providence coach Chaka Daley, Notre Dame head-man Bobby Clark, and Indiana assistant Caleb Porter have been called in to lead the four teams.

And here is the list of participants ...

2009 ADIDAS MLS PLAYER COMBINE LIST BY POSITION

GOALKEEPERS (7): Chris Brown (Boston College); Evan Bush (University of Akron); Steward Ceus (University of Albany); Alec Dufty (University of Evansville); Neal Kitson (St. John’s University); Milos Kocic (Loyola College); Sean Milligan, Dartmouth College (Sr. Westport, Conn.)

DEFENDERS (20): Lyle Adams (Wake Forest University); Calum Angus (Saint Louis University); Trevor Banks (Old Dominion University); Darius Barnes (Duke University); Rhett Bernstein, Brown University (San Diego, Calif.); Matt Besler (Notre Dame University); Evan Brown (Wake Forest University); Oscar Castillo (University of Connecticut); Chris Clements (University of Tulsa); AJ Delagarza (University of Maryland); Paul Gerstenberger (Boston College); David Hertel (Michigan State University); Wes Knight (College of Charleston); Otto Loewy (Winthrop University); Yohance Marshall (University of South Florida); Ryan Mirsky (Southern Methodist University); Babjide Ogunbiyi (Santa Clara University); Kyle Russell (Coastal Carolina University); Seth Sinovic (Creighton University); Jack Traynor (Notre Dame University)

MIDFIELDERS/FORWARDS (39): Kwame Adjeman-Pamboe (George Mason University); Quincy Amarikwa (University of California-Davis); Brandon Barklage (Saint Louis University); Josh Boateng (Liberty University); Graciano Brito (Quinnipiac University); Pav Castenada (Duke University); Aaron Clapham (University of Louisville); Raphael Cox (University of Washington); Sam Cronin (Wake Forest University); Dylan Curtis (University of California-Davis); Doug DeMartin (Michigan State University); Jokul Elisabetarson (University of North Carolina-Greensboro); Michael Fucito, Harvard University (Westford, Mass.); Andrei Gotsmanov (Creighton University); Mike Grella (Duke University); Alex Grendi, University of Pennsylvania (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.); Juan Guerra (Florida International University); Jeffrey Harwell (Southern Methodist University); Bryan Irwin (University of Portland); Richard Jata (Campbell University); George John (University of Washington); Keum Sung Kim (Loyola University); Michael Lahoud (Wake Forest University); Ryan Maduro (Providence College); Patrick Murray (Furman University); Kyle Patterson (Saint Louis University); Nick Perra (University of California-Santa Barbara); Chris Pontius (University of California-Santa Barbara); Matt Poole (University of Virginia); Akeem Priestley (University of Connecticut); Daniel Revivo (Winthrop University); Tosaint Ricketts (University of Wisconsin-Green Bay); Brad Ring (Indiana University); Chris Salvaggionne (University of North Carolina-Charlotte); Jordan Seabrook (University of South Florida); Marcus Tracy (Wake Forest University); Nick Zimmerman (James Madison University); Graham Zusi (University of Maryland)

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[coolhandluke]

You missed Otto Loewy from Winthrop...

[Sly Fox]

Gracias

[Sly Fox]

Otto is apparently injured and not competing at the Combine. But Josh is making some noise ...

Wednesday, January 14, 2009
MLS Combine - Day Two Review

Day Two of the MLS combine was this past Sunday, with two more games showcasing the participants for league coaching staffs and scouts in attendance ahead of Thursday's SuperDraft. As we did with Day One, we have scoured Pro Player Pipeline, 3rd Degree, Soccer By Ives and MLSdraft.net to provide a snapshot of the feelings of the day. Below is a list of the players who's stock continued to move up (and down), as well as a recap of the thoughts on the nine Generation adidas selections.

Monday was an off day for the players, except for a goalkeeping session, with action wrapping up with two more games on Tuesday. I'll be back with a summary of the final day's games later today.


Most Impressive:
Kevin Alston (D – Indiana University)
Matt Besler (D – Notre Dame)
Ryan Maxwell (M – University of Tampa)
David Hertel (D – Michigan State University)
Josh Boateng (M – Liberty University)
Quincy Amarikwa (F – UC, Davis)
Sam Cronin (M – Wake Forest)
Stefan Frei (GK – University of California)

Least Impressive:
Dylan Curtis (M – UC, Davis)
Evan Bush (GK – University of Akron)
Keum Sung Kim (M – Loyola University)
Neal Kitson (GK – St. Johns University)
Nick Perera (F – UC, Santa Barbara)
Paul Nicholson (M – Rio Grande University)
Rodney Wallace (M – University of Maryland)
Daniel Revivo (F – Winthrop)

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[ToTheLeft]

Haha, LU > Winthrop. Way to go Josh.