Heavy Southern California representation in list of 50 seniors invited to 2014 adidas MLS Player Combine

Adam Serrano

Major League Soccer announced the top 50 college seniors that will participate in 2014 MLS adidas Player Combine in Florida on Wednesday and there is a heavy California presence on the list.

UCLA have two players on the listas forward Victor Chavez and midfielders Victor Munoz were selected to the combine which will take place in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. from Jan. 10-14. Also included are U.C. Irvine midfielder Enrique Cardenas, U.C. Santa Barbara midfielder Kingsley Baiden and Cal Poly forward Mackenzie Pridham.

Five additional players from Southern California were also chosen as University of California, Berkeley's highly touted defender Steve Birnbaum (Irvine, Calif.) and Cal midfielders Alec Sundly (Capistrano Beach, Calif.) and Ryan Neil (Mission Viejo) were chosen to the combine as well as Stanford midfielder J.J. Koval (Camarillo, Calif.) and Akron midfielder Aodhan Quinn (San Diego, Calif.).

The list of college seniors will be supplemented by a selection of underclassmen who earn Generation adidas contracts, international selections and players from the NCAA's lower divisions.

The complete list of players by school is below:


Reinaldo	Brenes	University of Akron	F	San Jose, Costa Rica
Robert	Derschang	University of Akron	D/M	Englewood, Colo.
Aodhan	Quinn	University of Akron	M	San Diego, Calif.
Eric	Stevenson	University of Akron	M	Columbus, Ohio
Steve	Birnbaum	University of California, Berkeley	D	Irving, Calif.
Alec	Sundly	University of California, Berkeley	M	Capistrano Beach, Calif.
Ryan	Neil	University of California, Berkeley	M	Mission Viejo, Calif.
Enrique	Cardenas	University of California, Irvine	F	Coachella, Calif.
Victor	Chavez	University of California, Los Angeles	F	Fontana, Calif.
Victor	Munoz	University of California, Los Angeles	M	Madrid, Spain
Mackenzie	Pridham	California Polytechnic State University	F	Toronto, Ontario
Kingsley	Baiden	University of California, Santa Barbara	M	Ajumako, Ghana
Tyler	Gibson	University of Charlotte	M	Knoxville, Tenn.
Thomas	McNamara	Clemson University	M	West Nyack, N.Y.
Pedro	Ribeiro	Coastal Carolina University	M/F	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Kees	Heemskerk	College of Charleston	GK	Zaandam, Netherlands
Mamadou	Diouf	University of Connecticut	F	Dakar, Senegal
George	Fochive	University of Connecticut	M	Paris, France
Zach	Bolden	University of Denver	M/F	Denver, Colo.
Daniel	Lovitz	Elon University	M	Wyndmoor, Pa.
Joey	Dillon	Georgetown University	D/M	Rochester Hills, Mich.
Steve	Neumann	Georgetown University	M/F	New Hope, Pa.
Kristopher	Tyrpak	Houston Baptist University	F	Dripping Springs, Texas
Jacob	Bushue	Indiana University	D	Champaign, Ill.
AJ	Corrado	Indiana University	M	Zionsville, Ind.
Nikita	Kotlov	Indiana University	M	Indianapolis, Ind.
Harrison	Petts	Indiana University	M	Zionsville, Ind.
Jimmy	Ockford	University of Louisville	D	Yardley, Pa.
Patrick	Mullins	University of Maryland	F	New Orleans, La.
Pete	Caringi	University of Maryland Baltimore County	F	Perry Hall, Md.
Kadeem	Dacres	University of Maryland Baltimore County	M	Rosedale, N.Y.
Mark	Sherrod	University of Memphis	F	Knoxville, Tenn.
Kevin	Cope	Michigan State University	D	Canton, Mich.
Michael	Calderon	University of New Mexico	M	San Jose, Costa Rica
Michael	Kafari	University of New Mexico	M	Accra, Ghana
Kyle	Venter	University of New Mexico	D	Aurora, Colo.
Alex	Martinez	North Carolina State University	M/F	Rock Hill, S.C.
Fabian	Otte	North Carolina State University	GK	Muenster, Germany
Grant	Van de Casteele	University of Notre Dame	D	Plano, Texas
Rafael	Diaz	St. John’s University	GK	Rockaway, N.J.
Adnan	Gabeljic	Saint Louis University	F	St. Louis, Mo.
Alex	Sweetin	Saint Louis University	M	Overland Park, Kan.
Ben	Sweat	University of South Florida	D	Palm Harbor, Fla.
JJ	Koval	Stanford University	M	Camarillo, Calif.
Romena	Bowie	Virginia Commonwealth University	M/F	Saint Mary, Jamaica
Luca	Gimenez	Wake Forest University	M/F	Sao Paulo, Brazil
Jared	Watts	Wake Forest University	M	Statesville, N.C.
Taylor	Peay	University of Washington	D	Salt Lake City, Utah
Spencer	Richey	University of Washington	GK	Seattle, Wash.
Nick	Hagglund	Xavier University	D	Cincinnati, Ohio

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Heavy Southern California representation in list of 50 seniors invited to 2014 adidas MLS Player Combine

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