All 16 coaches from MLS teams, including the new Philadelphia Union, will attend the combine to scout players for possible selection during the 2010 MLS SuperDraft, to be held in Philadelphia January 14.
The 64 players, representing 44 colleges and universities, were selected by a panel of coaches from NCAA Division I schools and MLS. They will be split up into four teams and will play two games each during the combine.
The teams at the event and their coaching staffs will be:
Team Predator X
Head Coach: Matthew Spear, Davidson University
Assistant: Brad Wylde, Executive Director of the South Charlotte (NC) Soccer Association
Team Condivo
Head Coach: Michael Noonan, Brown University
Assistant: Leigh Cowlishaw, head coach of Richmond Kickers, United Soccer Leagues Second Division
Team Jabulani
Head Coach: Jorge Salcedo, UCLA
Assistant: Nathan Williams, head coach of Placer United Soccer Club
Team F50i
Head Coach: Todd Yeagley, University of Wisconsin
Assistant: Larry Sunderland, Player Personnel Director of MLS’ Chicago Fire
Of the 90 players invited to the 2009 combine, 42 were drafted by MLS franchises, with 10 of them selected in the first round.
UCLA has the most invitees to the combine at four players, while Connecticut, Louisville and Notre Dame have three invitees.
Here are the list of players, by position and school, who have been invited to the combine:
2009 adidas MLS PLAYER COMBINE INVITEES
GOALKEEPERS
Brooks Haggerty – North Carolina
Jovan Bubonja – University of Illinois-Chicago
Frederick Hall – Quinnipiac University
Brian Perk – UCLA
John Moore – Stanford
DEFENDERS
Kevin Tangney – Maryland
Olukorede Aiyegbusi – NC State
Tim Ream – St. Louis University
Kwame Watson-Siriboe – Connecticut
Phil Edginton – Louisville
Ben Clark – St. John’s
Justin Morrow – Notre Dame
Ofori Sarkodie – Indiana
Martin Haderag – California-Santa Barbara
Chad Borak – California State University – Northridge
Chris Schuler – Creighton
Julien Edwards – Drake
Kris Banghart – University of Denver
Nick Cardenas – San Diego State University
Tyler Barry – University of California – Berkeley
Adam Welch – Lehigh
Steven Kinney – Elon
Ryan Peterson – University of San Diego
MIDFIELDERS AND FORWARDS
Samuel Appiah – Boston University
Carlos Villa – University of Hartford
Zach Schilawski – Wake Forest
Zach Loyd – North Carolina
Austin da Luz – Wake Forest
Drew Yates – Maryland
Ronnie Bouemboue – NC State
Ross LaBauex – Virginia
Joseph Noone – Temple
Isaac Kissi – University of Dayton
Mike Seamon – Villanova
Othaniel Yanez – Louisville
Steffan Vroom – DePaul of Connecticut
Fred Brown – Louisville
Michael Thomas – Notre Dame
Toni Stahl – Connecticut
Mike Pezza – Connecticut
Nelson Becerra – St. John’s
Bright Dike – Notre Dame
Jason Yeisley – Penn State
Mauro Fuzetti – Michigan
Eric Alexander – Indiana
Irving Garcia – University of California – Irvine
David Walker – University of California – Santa Barbara
Andrew Hoxie – William & Mary
Nane Joseph – Old Dominion
Two-Boys Gumede – University of Alabama-Birmingham
Andre Akpai – Harvard
Craig Henderson – Dartmouth
Nick Elenz-Martin – Brown University
Kyle Nakawaza – UCLA
Michael Stephens – UCLA
David Estrada – UCLA
Adam Welch – Lehigh
Conor O’Brien – Bucknell
Collen Warner – University of Portland
Conor Chinn – University of San Francisco
Kwaku Nyamekye – Harvard
Seth Sinovic – Creighton
Justin Davis – New Mexico
