With three picks (6, 9 and 11) in the top 15 of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, Toronto FC's management and coaching staff will be keen observers when the league gathers for the adidas MLS Player Combine in the new year.
The gathering will take place in Fort Lauderdale, FL from January 8th to the 13th. The MLS SuperDraft will take place on January 15th in Philadelphia.
55 NCAA Division I college seniors were invited to take part. Players to watch include Jay Chapman’s Michigan State teammates, Adam Montague and Fatai Alashe, as well as UCLA’s Leo Stolz and Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year Tyler Miller.
Top Drawer Soccer's midseason rankings had Stolz at number one in the country.
Here are the 55 athletes invited to the Sunshine state:
D Saad Abdul-Salaam Akron
F Miguel Aguilar, San Francisco
M/D Fatai Alashe, Michigan State
M Tyler Arnone, Michigan
F Dominique Badji, Boston University
D Oumar Ballo, UMBC
M Laurie Bell, Wisconsin-Milwaukee
M/F Salvador Bernal, UNLV
M Nick Besler, Notre Dame
M Adria Beso Marco, Connecticut
M/F Andrew Bevin, West Virginia
M Eric Bird, Virginia
M Connor Brandt, San Diego
D Sergio Campbell, Connecticut
M Seth Casiple, California
D Wesley Charpie, South Florida
F Andy Craven, North Carolina
D Otis Earle, UC Riverside
GK Earl Edwards, UCLA
F Marc Fenelus, CSU Fullerton(m)
M Oniel Fisher, New Mexico
GK Tomas Gomez, Georgetown
M Connor Hallisey, California
F Cameron Iwasa, UC Irvine
D Daniel Keller, Louisville
F Robert Kristo, St. Louis(m)
F Sagi Lev-Ari, CSU Northridge(m)
F Rob Lovejoy, North Carolina
F Fabio Machado, Providence
F Ignacio Maganto, Iona College
D Anthony Manning, St. Louis(m)
D Ramon Martin Del Campo, UC Davis
D Shawn McLaws, Coastal Carolina
M Dan Metzger, Maryland
GK Tyler Miller, Northwestern
D Luke Mishu, Notre Dame
F Adam Montague, Michigan State
D Craig Nitti, Loyola Marymount
D Boyd Okwuonu, North Carolina
D Tim Parker, St. John's
D Nikola Paunic, South Florida
D Matt Polster, SIUE
D/M Jose Ribas, Creighton
F Sidney Rivera, Old Dominion
F James Rogers, New Mexico
M Manolo Sanchez, Clemson
D Will Seymour, Oregon State
F Khiry Shelton, Oregon State
D Aaron Simmons, UCLA
M Leo Stolz, UCLA
D Andy Thoma, Washington
D Skylar Thomas Syracuse
M Andrew Tusaazemajja, UCLA
M/F Christian Volesky, SIUE
GK Andrew Wolverton, Penn State
H/T to Top Drawer Soccer for providing the list.
