MLS Combine Teams and Schedule Announced

Today the rosters were announced for the 4 teams set to participate at the combine this years MLS combine. Both Mike Grella and Marcus Tracy have decided not to attend, which will give others the opportunity to move their name further up the draft board. All of the teams have 18 players and 2 Generation Adidas players except for Jata's team, Adidas Tunit. They only have 17 players on the roster and 3 of them are Genration Adidas. Personally, I think they are the strongest team at the midfield an attacking positions, but their defense isn't to shabby either.

I'm interested to see how this weekend pans out, with the first game between Adidas Tunit and Adidas Preadator PowerSwerve being possibly the best game all week. Most of these players have had limited playing time in the last month or two so I wouldn't be surprised at all if it takes them a couple of days to get their game back. This would mean that the best games might come on the last day, but I don't see all of the players going hard all weekend, especially those who are highly coveted already.

I'm leaving for Ft. Lauderdale on Friday so check back in for updates on the games!

The players listed in yellow have all signed a contract with Generation Adidas.

2009 MLS Combine Teams

Adidas Tunit

Trevor Banks (Old Dominion University)

Brandon Barklage (Saint Louis University)

Josh Boateng (Liberty University)

Pav Castenada (Duke University)

AJ DeLaGarza (University of Mayland)

Stefan Frei (University of California)

Paul Gerstenberger (Boston College)

Andrei Gotsmanov (Creighton University)

Richard Jata (Campbell Univeristy)

Peri Marosevic (University of Michigan)

Babajide Ogunbiyi (Santa Clara University)

Kyle Patterson (Saint Louis University)

Chris Pontius (University of California - Santa Barbara)

Matt Poole (University of Virginia)

Daniel Revivo (Winthrop University)

Kyle Russell (Coastal Carolina University)

Rodney Wallace (University of Maryland)

Coaches - Cam Rast (University of Santa Clara) and Marc Nicholls (Greensboro Youth Soccer)

Adidas adiPure

Kwame Adjeman-Pamboe (George Mason University)

Jean Alexandre (Lynn University)

Darrius Barnes (Duke University)

Matt Besler (University of Notre Dame)

Graciano Brito (Quinnipiac University)

Aaron Clapham (University of Louisville)

Raphael Cox (University of Washington)

Danny Cruz (University of Nevada Las Vegas)

Alec Dufty (University of Evansville)

Jokull Elisabetarson (University of North Carolina – Greensboro)

Juan Guerra (Florida International University)

Jeremy Hall (University of Maryland)

Neal Kitson (St. John's University)

Wes Knight (College of Charleston)

Otto Loewy (Winthrop University)

Paul Nicholson (Rio Grande University)

Jordan Seabrook (University of South Florida)

Jack Traynor (University of Notre Dame)

Coaches - Bobby Clark (University of Notre Dame) and Jeremy Alumbaugh (Springfield Soccer Club)

Adidas Predator PowerSwerve

Lyle Adams (Wake Forest University)

Quincy Amarikwa (University of California - Davis)

Rhett Bernstein (Brown University)

Evan Bush (University of Akron)

Oscar Castillo (University of Connecticut)

Sam Cronin (Wake Forest University)

Doug DeMartin (Michigan State University)

Omar Gonzalez (University of Maryland)

Jeffery Harwell (Southern Methodist University)

Bryan Irwin (University of Portland)

Keum Sung Kim (Loyola University)

Yohance Marshall (University of South Florida)

Sean Milligan (Dartmouth University)

Ryan Mirsky (Southern Methodist University)

Patrick Murray (Furman University)

Akeem Priestly (University of Connecticut)

Steve Zakuani (University of Akron)

Nick Zimmerman (James Madison University)

Coaches - Caleb Porter (University of Akron) and Bobby Muuss (University of Denver)

Adidas Tiro

Kevin Alston (Indiana University)

Calum Angus (Saint Louis University)

Evan Brown (Wake Forest University)

Steward Ceus (University of Albany)

Chris Clements (University of Tulsa)

Dylan Curtis (University of California – Davis)

Alex Grendi (University of Pennsylvania)

David Hertel (Michigan State University)

Baggio Husidic (University of Illinois - Chicago)

George John (University of Washington)

Milos Kocic (Loyola College (Md)

Michael Lahoud (Wake Forest University)

Ryan Maduro (Providence College)

Ryan Maxwell (University of Tampa)

Nick Perera (University of California - Santa Barbara)

Chris Salvaggione (UNC – Charlotte)

Ross Schunk (Redlands University)

Graham Zusi (University of Maryland)

Coaches - Chaka Daley (Providence College) and Janusz Michallik (National Director of SoccerPlus Camps)

MLS Combine Game Schedule

Saturday, January 10

2:30 PM - Predator PowerSwerve vs. Adidas Tunit (Lockhart Stadium)

4:30 PM - AdiPure vs. Adidas Tiro (Lockhart Stadium)

Sunday, January 11

3:00 PM - Adidas Tunit vs. Adidas Tiro (Lockhart Stadium)

5:00 PM - Predator PowerSwerve vs AdiPure (Lockhart Stadium)

Tuesday, January 13

9:15 AM - Predator PowerSwerve vs Adidas Tiro (Lockhart Stadium)

11:15 AM - AdiPure vs Adidas Tunit (Lockhart Stadium)