Rosters Announced for 2012 adidas MLS Player Combine
January 6, 2012 - Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release
NEW YORK (January 6, 2012) - Major League Soccer today announced additional player participants, rosters and the schedule of games for the 2012 adidas MLS Player Combine. While games will not be open to the public, fans can watch the action live online at www.MLSsoccer.com.
MLS has added Dom Dwyer, Andrew Jean-Baptiste, Enzo Martinez and Tyler Polak to the 2012 Generation adidas class.
In addition to the initial list of Division I college seniors and Generation adidas signings invited to the Combine, MLS has invited two more college seniors, RJ Allen (Monmouth) and Babayele Sodade (University of Alabama-Birmingham) as well as seven non-collegiate players to the list of participants.
All additional players, as well as the complete Combine rosters, are listed below.
Each team will be led by a collegiate head coach who will be assisted by an experienced soccer professional. U.S. U-15 Men's National Team and Princeton head coach Jim Barlow will coach AdiZero (blue) with Ignace Moleka of the United Futbol Academy, Yale head coach Brian Tompkins will coach AdiPure (white) with Josh Sheldon of the Grand Rapids Crew Juniors, University of Washington head coach Jamie Clark will coach team Prime (green) with Todd Saldana of the South Bay Force, and University of Maryland head coach Sasho Cirovski will coach team AdiPower (red) with Jonathon Colton of Bethesda Soccer Club.
Note: Generation adidas player Andrew Wenger will not participate in Combine due to training commitments with the U.S. U-23 National Team.
The rosters and game schedules for the adidas MLS Player Combine follow:
2012 Generation adidas Class additions
First Last Position School DOB Status Citizenship
Dom Dwyer F South Florida 7/30/90 Generation adidas USA
As a forward, Dwyer scored a number of his goals this season, 16 in all, Ã- by poaching tallies in a variety of ways. But one of his traits stands out the most: his speed, which gives him the ability to get in behind defenses.
Andrew Jean-Baptiste D Connecticut 6/16/92 Generation adidas USA
Signed after his sophomore season at UConn, the 2011 Big East Conference player of year scored two goals from his defensive position this season. Jean-Baptiste was also a member of the U.S. U-20 National Team as well.
Enzo Martinez M North Carolina 9/29/90 Generation adidas Uruguayan
Best when deployed in the middle of the park, Martinez is another player who fits the bill of a classic No. 10. A clean player with the ball at his feet, he sparked North Carolina's attack with nine goals and 10 assists, finishing with 22 goals and 20 assists during three years at UNC.
Tyler Polak D Creighton 5/13/92 Generation adidas USA
In two seasons at Creighton, started every game he played in, making total of 44 appearances and playing a shade less than 4,000 minutes. Polak picked up 35 caps for the US Under-17 squad including playing every minute of the 2009 U-17 World Cup campaign at left back.
2012 adidas MLS Combine player additions:
First Last Position School DOB Status Citizenship
RJ Allan D Monmouth 4/17/90 College Senior USA
Babayele Sodade F Alabama-Birmingham 7/26/90 College Senior USA
Benjamin Ubierna M
11/22/91 Youth International Peruvian
Emiliano Bonfigli M/F
4/15/88 Youth International Argentinian
Kohei Yamada M
1/8/89 Youth International Japanese
Aldo Paniagua M
12/7/89 Youth International Paraguayan
Gienir Garcia D
10/8/89 Youth International Mexican
Jason Banton D/M
2/15/92 Youth International United Kingdom
Yuri Gorentzvaig F
6/26/90 Youth International Brazilian
2012 adidas MLS PLAYER COMBINE - TEAM ROSTERS
adiZero (BLUE)
PLAYER SCHOOL POS AGE NAT
Ryan Meara Fordham GK 21 USA
40 Emiliano Bonfigli YI MF 23 ARG
41 Evans Frimpong Delaware FW 22 GHA
42 Shawn Singh UCLA DF 22 USA
43 Miguel Ibarra UC Irvine MF 21 USA
44 Charles Rodriguez Charlotte DF 21 USA
45 Mykell Bates Santa Clara DF 21 USA
46 Aaron Maund Notre Dame DF 21 USA
47 Kenney Walker Louisville MF 23 USA
48 Benjamin Ubierna YI MF 20 PER
49 Warren Creavalle South Florida MF 21 USA
50 Enzo Martinez G North Carolina MF 21 URU
51 Tony Cascio UConn FW 21 USA
52 Evan James Charlotte MF 21 CAN
53 Brian Ownby Virginia FW 21 USA
55 Dom Dwyer G South Florida FW UK
56 Colin Rolfe Louisville FW 21 USA
HEAD COACH: Jim Barlow (Princeton)
ASSISTANT COACH: Ignace Moleka (United Futbol Academy)
adiPure (WHITE)
PLAYER SCHOOL POS AGE NAT
Chris Blais South Florida GK 22 USA
20 Kohei Yamada YI MF 22 JPN
21 Nick Deleon Louisville MF 21 USA
22 Diogo de Almeida SMU DF 23 BRA
23 Arthur Ivo SMU MF 22 BRA
24 Ethan Finley Creighton FW 21 USA
25 Sam Garza G UC Santa Barbara FW 22 USA
26 Karo Okiomah High Point FW 22 USA
27 Luke Holmes Akron FW 21 UK
28 Nick Blake UConn DF 22 USA
29 Austin Berry Louisville DF 23 USA
30 Andrew Duran Creighton DF 22 USA
31 Andy Rose UCLA MF 21 UK
32 Kevon George Central Florida MF 21 TRI
33 Michael Green New Mexico MF 22 USA
34 Tyler Polak G Creighton DF 19 USA
35 Andrew Jean-Baptiste G UConn DF 19 USA
HEAD COACH: Brian Tompkins (Yale)
ASSISTANT COACH: Josh Sheldon (Grand Rapids Crew Juniors)
Prime (GREEN)
PLAYER SCHOOL POS AGE NAT
Jhojan Obando Providence GK 22 USA
80 Aldo Paniagua YI MF 22 PAR
81 Rafael Garcia Cal St Northridge MF 23 USA
82 Christian Barreiro Penn MF 21 US/MX
83 Darren Mattocks G Akron FW 21 JAM
84 Chris Estridge Indiana DF 22 USA
85 RJ Allen Monmouth DF 21 USA
86 James Kiffe UC Santa Barbara DF 22 USA
87 Bryan Gaul Bradley FW 22 USA
88 Antoine Hoppenot Princeton FW 21 US/FR
89 Tommy Meyer Indiana DF 21 USA
90 Lance Rozeboom New Mexico MF 22 USA
91 Brendan King Notre Dame MF 21 USA
92 Eder Arreola UCLA MF 20 USA
93 Kirk Urso North Carolina MF 21 USA
94 Babayele Sodade UAB FW 21 US/CA
96 Patrick Sigler Cal Poly SLO DF 22 USA
HEAD COACH: Jamie Clark (Washington)
ASSISTANT COACH: Todd Saldana (South Bay Force)
adiPower (RED)
PLAYER SCHOOL POS AGE NAT
Brian Rowe UCLA GK 23 USA
60 Jason Banton YI MF 19 UK
61 Gienir Garcia YI DF 22 MEX
62 Aubrey Perry South Florida DF 20 USA
63 Greg Jordan Creighton MF 21 USA
65 Kelyn Rowe G UCLA MF 20 USA
67 Matt Hedges North Carolina DF 21 USA
68 Hunter Jumper Virginia DF 22 USA
69 Alec Purdie Indiana MF 23 USA
70 Justin Chavez Tulsa DF 21 USA
71 Luis Silva UC Santa Barbara MF 23 US/MX
72 Lucky Mkosana Dartmouth FW 24 ZIM
73 Yuri Gorentzvaig YI FW 21 BRA
74 Chandler Hoffman G UCLA FW 21 USA
75 Calum Mallace Marquette MF 21 US/UK
77 Tony Walls Green Bay MF 21 USA
78 Casey Townsend Maryland FW 22 USA
HEAD COACH: Sasho Cirovski (Maryland)
ASSISTANT COACH: Jonathon Colton (Bethesda SC)
G Generation adidas
2012 adidas MLS PLAYER COMBINE - MATCH SCHEDULE
Friday, Jan uary 6
2:45 p.m. adiPower vs Prime
4:30 p.m . adiZero vs adiPure
Sunday, Jan uary 8
2:30 p.m. adiPower vs adiZero
4:25 p.m. Prime vs adiPure
Tuesday, January 10
10:00 a .m. adiZero vs Prime
11:55 a .m. adiPower vs adiPure
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