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MLS Draft: Rosters Announced For Combine, Darlington Nagbe Among Those Skipping

Jan 4, 2011, 10:20 PM UTC

Like the Major League Baseball and NHL drafts, hardly anyone outside the closest observers know almost anything about the players being picked in the MLS SuperDraft. There’s not much that can be done about that, but the Jan. 7-11 MLS Combine will at least give us a glimpse of many of those players. More than 70 players have been assigned to four teams that will play six games against one another, which will be broadcast at MLSsoccer.com.

Unfortunately, several players expected to be among the first selected will not participate. Perry Kitchen, Zac MacMath, Omar Salgado and Zarek Valentin are all going to be in the United States U-20 camp and likely first pick Darlington Nagbe has elected to opt out of the combine.

While the vast majority of the players participating are from the college ranks, several international players will also showcase their skills. Among those players are Uruguayan midfielder Paolo Cardozo, Ecuadoran forward Victor Estupinan and midfielder Marlon Ganchozo, Argentine midfielder Martin Rivas and English midfielder John Rooney, the brother of Wayne.

2011 adidas MLS Player Combine player additions:

First	Last	Postion	School	DOB	Citizenship
Andy	Adlard	Midfield	Indiana	8/7/88	USA
Charlie	Campbell	Midfield	Louisville	1/15/88	USA
Paolo	Cardozo	Midfield	N/A	6/9/89	Uruguay
Alex	Caskey	Midfield	Davidson	7/22/88	USA
Victor	Estupinan	Forward	N/A	3/5/88	Ecuador
Marlon	Ganchozo	Midfield	N/A	2/21/91	Ecuador
Ryan	Kinne	Forward/Midfield	Monmouth	8/31/89	USA
Matt	Marcin	Midfield	Providence	10/19/88	USA
Martin	Rivas	Midfield	N/A	10/1/91	Argentina
John	Rooney	Forward	N/A	12/17/90	England
Ben	Sippola	Midfield	Butler	7/13/89	USA
Chris	Taylor	Midfield	Tulsa	5/12/89	USA

Complete 2011 adidas MLS Combine rosters:

ADIZERO (head coach: Ken Lolla; assistant: Rick Brownell)

First	Last	Postion	School	DOB	Citizenship
Andy	Adlard	Midfielder	Indiana	8/7/88	USA
Matheus	Braga	Midfielder	Penn St	11/24/86	Brazil
Will	Bruin	Forward	Indiana	10/24/89	USA
Charlie	Campbell	Midfielder	Louisville	1/15/88	USA
Ernesto	Carranza	Midfielder	Sac. State	3/22/89	Mexico
Tommy	Drake	Midfielder	Clemson	11/6/88	USA
Bilal	Duckett	Defender	Notre Dame	1/9/89	USA
Michael	Farfan	Midfielder	UNC	6/23/88	USA
Josh	Ford	Goalkeeper	UCONN	11/6/87	USA
Cole	Grossman	Midfielder	Duke	4/10/89	USA
Tyler	Lassiter	Defender	NC State	4/7/89	USA
Stephen	McCarthy	Midfielder	UNC	7/1/88	USA
J.T.	Murray	Defender	Louisville	8/4/88	USA
Steven	Perry	Forward	Notre Dame	9/7/88	USA
Indy	Smith	Defender	UNC Wilmington	11/14/88	USA
Chris	Taylor	Midfielder	Tulsa	5/12/89	USA
Amani	Walker	Forward	UC Irvine	12/16/89	USA/Jamaica

ADIPURE (head coach: Tom McIntosh; assistant: Dave Smith)

First	Last	Postion	School	DOB	Citizenship
Eddie	Ababio	Defender	UNC	1/1/88	USA/Ghana
Jalil	Anibaba	Defender	UNC	10/19/88	USA
Jeff	Attinella	Goalkeeper	USF	9/29/88	USA
Philip	Bannister	Forward	Loyola Maryland	10/3/88	England
Jeb	Brovsky	Midfielder	Notre Dame	12/3/88	USA
Alex	Caskey	Midfielder	Davidson	7/22/88	USA
Jason	Herrick	Forward	Maryland	10/5/87	USA
Hector	Jimenez	Midfielder	California	11/3/88	USA
Greg	King	Defender	UCONN	8/6/87	Australia
Brayan	Martinez	Midfielder	Seton Hall	12/17/88	Uruguay
Dustin	McCarty	Midfielder	UNC	10/12/88	USA
Ashely	McInnes	Forward	Tulsa	4/22/87	Scotland
Michael	Nanchoff	Midfielder	Akron	9/24/88	USA
Demitrius	Omphroy	Defender	California	5/30/89	USA
Lebogang	Pila	Midfielder	St. Peters	10/22/88	South Africa
John	Rooney	Forward	N/A	12/17/90	England
Josue	Soto	Midfielder	SMU	1/3/89	USA/Mexico
Curtis	Ushedo	Defender	UAB	3/21/89	Canada

JABULANI (head coach: Mark Collings; assistant: Brian Quinn)

First	Last	Postion	School	DOB	Citizenship
Blake	Brettschneider	Midfielder	S. Carolina	4/11/89	USA
Efrain	Burgos	Midfielder	SL Obisbo	8/14/88	USA/El Salvador
Paolo	Cardozo	Midfielder	N/A	6/9/89	Uruguay
Guillermo	Cortes	Defender	Maryland	12/1/88	USA
Juan	Cruz	Defender	SMU	6/13/87	USA/Mex
Victor	Estupinan	Forward	N/A	3/5/88	Ecuador
Colin	Givens	Defender	Michigan State	4/8/89	USA/Scotland
Matt	Gold	Midfielder	Ohio State	6/14/88	USA
Levi	Houapeu	Forward	UMBC	6/22/89	Ivory Coast
Jimmy	Maurer	Goalkeeper	S. Carolina	10/14/88	USA
Justin	Meram	Forward	Michigan	12/4/88	USA
Bryan	Meredith	Goalkeeper	Monmouth	8/2/89	USA
Jon	Okafor	Midfielder	Brown	8/25/89	USA
Martin	Rivas	Midfielder	N/A	10/1/91	Argentina
CJ	Sapong	Forward	James Madison	12/27/88	USA
Kofi	Sarkodie	Defender	Akron	3/22/91	USA
Bobby	Warshaw	Defender	Stanford	11/21/88	USA
Konrad	Warzycha	Midfielder	Ohio State	2/14/89	USA

ADIPOWER (head coach: Alan Dawson; assistant: Brian Doyle)

First	Last	Postion	School	DOB	Citizenship
Anthony	Ampaipitakwong	Midfielder	Akron	6/14/88	USA
Rich	Balchan	Defender	Indian	1/18/89	USA
JC	Banks	Midfielder	Wisconsin - Green Bay	8/24/89	USA
Michael	Boxall	Defender	UCSB	8/18/88	New Zealand
Servando	Carrasco	Midfielder	California	8/13/88	USA
Marlon	Ganchozo	Midfielder	N/A	2/21/91	Ecuador
Corey	Hertzog	Forward	Penn State	8/1/90	USA
Daniel	Keat	Midfielder	Dartmouth	9/28/87	New Zealand
Ryan	Kinne	Midfielder	Monmouth	8/31/89	USA
Chris	Korb	Defender	Akron	10/8/87	USA
Matt	Marcin	Midfielder	Providence	10/19/88	USA
Davis	Paul	Forward	California	10/12/88	USA
Karl	Reddick	Midfielder	Boston College	8/25/88	USA
Ben	Sippola	Midfielder	Butler	7/13/89	USA
A.J.	Soares	Defender	California	11/28/88	USA
Joe	Willis	Goalkeeper	Denver	8/10/88	USA

Schedule of games (all times Eastern)

Saturday, Jan. 8

1:45 p.m. — AdiPower vs AdiPure

3:30 p.m. — Jabulani vs AdiZero

Monday, Jan. 10

11:15 a.m. — AdiPure vs. Jabulani

1 p.m. — AdiPower vs. AdiZero

Tuesday, Jan. 11

11:15 a.m. — AdiPower vs. Jabulani

1 p.m. — AdiPure vs. AdiZero

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