MLS announces initial 2019 combine list

by TopDrawerSoccer

December 13, 2018

Major League Soccer today announced the initial 60 college players invited to participate in the 2019 adidas MLS Player Combine. Top collegiate players from across the country will showcase their talents in front of representatives from all 24 MLS clubs in Orlando, Fla. from Jan. 3-9, 2018.

All invited players will be eligible for selection in the 2019 SuperDraft presented by adidas which will take place at 12 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 11 in Chicago’s McCormick Place in conjunction with the United Soccer Coaches Convention.

Below is the 60 players, a list that will be updated with future additions and Generation adidas signees.

Name	School	Pos.	Hometown	Citizenship
Anderson Asiedu	UCLA	MF	Dormaa Ahenkro, Ghana	Ghana
Louis Barraza	Marquette	GK	Santa Teresa, N.M.	USA
Amir Bashti	Stanford	FW	Cupertino, Calif.	USA
Jakov Basic	Massachusetts-Lowell	MF	Zagreb, Croatia	Croatia
Tucker Bone	Air Force	MF	Granite Bay, Calif.	USA
Marcello Borges	Michigan	DF	Kearny, N.J.	USA
Sam Brown	Harvard	MF	Ann Arbor, Mich.	USA
Nils Bruening	North Carolina	FW	Hamsburg, Germany	Germany
Rece Buckmaster	Indiana	DF	Auburn, Ind.	USA
Pat Bunk-Andersen	Clemson	DF	Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark
Mamadi Camara	Simon Fraser University	FW	Montreal, Quebec	Canada
Dylan Castenheira	Columbia	GK	Landing, N.J.	USA
Kyle Coffee	Washington	FW	Syracuse, Utah	USA
Alex Comsia	North Carolina	DF	North Vancouver, BC	Canada
Emil Cuello	SMU	MF	Orem, Utah	USA
Geoffrey Dee	Louisville	MF	Germantown, Tenn.	USA
Hugo Delhomelle	Syracuse	MF	Rennes, France	France
Hassani Dotson	Oregon State	MF	Federal Way, Wash.	USA
Brad Dunwell	Wake Forest	MF	Grand Rapids, Mich.	USA
Sebastian Elney	Maryland	FW	Boca Raton, Fla.	USA
Simon Enstrom	Boston College	FW	Huddinge, Sweden	Sweden
Prosper Figbe	Virginia	DF	Ilorin, Nigeria	Nigeria
Chase Gasper	Maryland	DF	Alexandria, Va.	USA
Logan Gdula	Wake Forest	DF	East Lyme, Conn.	USA
Dylan Greenberg	Connecticut	DF	Dix Hills, N.Y.	USA
Jimmy Hague	Michigan State	GK	Walled Lake, Mich.	USA
Jacob Hauser-Ramsey	Connecticut	DF	Seattle, Wash.	USA
Lennart Hein	Saint Louis	DF	Hamburg, Germany	Germany
DeJuan Jones	Michigan State	FW	Lansing, Mich.	USA
Shinya Kadono	California	FW	Irvine, Calif.	Japan/USA
Kervin Fadel	Coastal Carolina	DF	San Jose, Costa Rica	Costa Rica
Janos Loebe	Fordham	FW	Kierspe, Germany	Germany
Ben Lundt	University of Akron	GK	Berlin, Germany	Germany
Abdou Mbacke Thiam	University of Connecticut	FW	Dakar, Senegal	Senegal
Tommy McCabe	University of Notre Dame	MF	South Orange, N.J.	USA
Brendan McDonough	Georgetown	DF	Matthews, N.C.	USA
Robbie Mertz	University of Michigan	MF	Pittsburgh, Pa.	USA
Colin Miller	Providence	GK	Bel Air, Md.	USA
Kamal Miller	Syracuse	DF	Pickering, Ontario	Canada
Abdi Mohamed	Akron	DF	Westerville, Ohio	USA
Callum Montgomery	Charlotte	DF	Victoria, BC	Canada
Rashid Nuhu	Fordham	GK	Accra, Ghana	Ghana
Mitchell Osmond	UTRGV	DF	Sydney, Australia	Australia
Santiago Patino	Florida International	FW	Orlando, Fla.	USA
Javi Perez	Pittsburgh	MF	Valencia, Spain	Spain
Moshe Perez	Denver	MF	Shim'a, Israel	Israel
Joey Piatczyc	West Virginia	MF	Lee's Summit, Mo.	USA
James Pyle	North Carolina	GK	Charlotte, N.C.	USA
Camden Riley	Pacific	MF	Dallas, Texas	USA
Sergio Rivas	Seattle	MF	Albuquerque, N.M.	USA
Joel Rydstrand	Creighton	MF	Almunge, Sweden	Sweden
Andrew Samuels	University of Maryland	DF	Tampa, Fla.	USA
Amar Sejdic	University of Maryland	MF	Louisville, Ky.	USA
Andre Shinyashiki	University of Denver	FW	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Brazil
Ryan Sierakowski	Michigan State	FW	McHenry, Ill.	USA
Harry Swartz	Northeastern	FW	Needham, Mass.	USA
Don Tchilao	Oregon State	FW	Chandler, Ariz.	Benin
Thomas Ueland	Notre Dame	FW	Lexington, Ky.	USA
Wouter Verstraaten	Pacific	DF	Heeze, Netherlands	Netherlands
Akeem Ward	Creighton	DF	Vienna, Va.	USA