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 |