NEW YORK (Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010) – Major League Soccer today announced the initial list of 54 college seniors from 36 Division I schools who have been invited to participate in the 2011 adidas MLS Player Combine. The annual player combine will be held at Central Broward Regional Park in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Jan. 7-11. The Combine will separate all players into four teams and feature two games per day on Jan. 8, 10 and 11.
The initial player list was determined by a panel of Division I college coaches, representing all conferences, who nominated and voted for players in conjunction with MLS coaches. These players will be joined by Generation adidas players, additional collegiate players from NCAA Division II and III schools, NAIA schools, and Division I alternates.
The final player list, including Generation adidas participants, Combine coaches, and team assignments, will be announced in the coming weeks.
MLS PLAYER COMBINE GAME SCHEDULE
All times eastern and schedule is subject to change. All games will be held on the Main Event Field
Saturday, January 8
1:45 p.m. AdiPower vs AdiPure Central Broward Regional Park
3:30 p.m. Jabulani vs AdiZero Central Broward Regional Park
Monday, January 10
11:15 a.m. AdiPure vs. Jabulani Central Broward Regional Park
1:00 p.m. AdiPower vs. AdiZero Central Broward Regional Park
Tuesday, January 11
11:15 a.m. AdiPower vs. Jabulani Central Broward Regional Park
1:00 p.m. AdiPure vs. AdiZero Central Broward Regional Park
2011 ADIDAS MLS PLAYER COMBINE LIST BY POSITION
GOALKEEPERS (5): Bryan Meredith (Monmouth); Jeff Attinella (University of South Florida); Jimmy Maurer (South Carolina); Joe Willis (University of Denver);Josh Ford (UConn);
DEFENDERS (17): A.J. Soares (California); Bilal Duckett (Notre Dame); Bobby Warshaw (Stanford); Christopher Korb (Akron); Colin Givens (Michigan State); Curtis Ushedo (UAB); Demitrius Omphroy (California); Eddie Ababio (UNC); Greg Klazura (Notre Dame); Greg King (UConn); Indy Smith (UNC Wilmington); Jalil Anibaba (UNC); JT Murray (Louisville); Juan Cruz (SMU); Michael Boxall (UCSB); Rich Balchan (Indiana); Tyler Lassiter (North Carolina State)
MIDFIELDERS (21): Anthony Ampaipitakwong (Akron); Blake Brettschneider (South Carolina); Cole Grossman (Duke); Daniel Keat (Dartmouth); Dustin McCarty(UNC); Ernesto Carranza (Sacramento State); Guillermo Cortes (Maryland); Hector Jimenez (California); Jimmy Banks (Green Bay); John (Jeb) Brovsky (Notre Dame); Jon Okafor (Brown); Josue Soto(SMU); Karl Reddick (Boston College); Konrad Warzycha (Ohio State); Lebogang Pila (St. Peter's College); Matheus Braga (Penn State); Matt Gold (Ohio State); Michael Farfan (UNC); Servando Carrasco (California); Stephen McCarthy (UNC); Tommy Drake (Clemson);
FORWARDS (11): Amani Walker (UCI); Ashley McInnes (Tulsa); Brayan Martinez (Seton Hall University); C.J. Sapong (James madison); Davis Paul (California); Efrain Burgoes (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo), Jason Herrick (Maryland); Justin Meram (Michigan); Levi Houapeu (UMBC); Philip Bannister (Loyola University Maryland); Steven Perry (Notre Dame).
2011 adidas MLS Player Combine List by School
University of Akron
Anthony Ampaipitakwong
Christopher Korb
University of Alabama - Birmingham
Curtis Ushedo
Boston College
Karl Reddick
Brown University
Jon Okafor
University of California
Servando Carrasco
Hector Jimenez
Demitrius Omphroy
Davis Paul
AJ Soares
University of California – Santa Barbara
Michael Boxall
University of California - Irvine
Amani Walker
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Efrain Burgoes
University of Connecticut
Josh Ford
Greg King
Clemson University
Tommy Drake
Dartmouth College
Daniel Keat
University of Denver
Joe Willis
Duke University
Cole Grossman
Indiana University
Rich Balchan
James Madison University
C.J. Sapong
University of Louisville
J.T. Murray
Loyola University Maryland
Philip Bannister
University of Maryland
Guillermo Cortes
Jason Herrick
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Levi Houapeu
University of Michigan
Justin Meram
Michigan State University
Colin Givens
Monmouth University
Bryan Meredith
University of North Carolina
Eddie Ababio
Jalil Anibaba
Michael Farfan
Stephen McCarthy
Dustin McCarty
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Indy Smith
North Carolina State University
Tyler Lassiter
University of Notre Dame
John (Jeb) Brovsky
Bilal Duckett
Greg Klazura
Steven Perry
Ohio State University
Matt Gold
Konrad Warzycha
Penn State University
Matheus Braga
Sacramento State University
Ernesto Carranza
Seton Hall University
Brayan Martinez
University of South Carolina
Blake Brettschneider
Jimmy Maurer
University of South Florida
Jeff Attinella
Southern Methodist University
Juan Cruz
Josue Soto
St. Peter's College
Lebogang Pila
Stanford University
Bobby Warshaw
University of Tulsa
Ashley McInnes
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
Jimmy Banks
