Combine List and Gen-Adidas News

Shout out to my former teammate, Rhett Bernstein (pictured above). who was included in the list of players invited to the 2009 MLS Player Combine that will take place from January 9-13 down in Florida. Also, make sure to check out Ives Galarcep's list of possible Generation Adidas targets for the upcoming MLS season; Omar Gonzalez from Maryland is a player that jumps out to me as a potential solid MLS defender.

Speaking of Generation Adidas players, a select group of them who are currently on a trip in England, got spanked today by the Chelsea reserves, 4-0. The select team wraps up their trip on Thursday with a match against West Ham's reserves, with Yuri Movsysian available to the team for the first time after taking care of travel issues.

Read More...

Generation Adidas Team to Go to England

MLS has announced a squad of 15 players (with a 16th to be announced) to represent Generation Adidas on an upcoming trip to England. The team will play games against the reserve squads of West Ham, Chelsea, and Aston Villa. A nice collection of inexperienced young players (like Chris Seitz and Abdus Ibrahim) and established MLS starters (like Bakary Soumare and Marvell Wynne) will be coached by San Jose coach Frank Yallop on the 8 day trip. The full list is below:

Josh Lambo (GK, FC Dallas, 18)
Eric Avila (M, FC Dallas, 21)
Bruno Guarda (M, FC Dallas, 22)
Anthony Wallace (D/M, FC Dallas, 19)
Tony Beltran (D, RSL, 21)
Chris Seitz (GK, RSL, 21 on Dec. 3)
Alex Nimo (M, RSL, 18)
Yuri Movsisyan (F, RSL, 21)
Amaechi Igwe (D, New England, 20)
Rob Valentino (D, New England, 23 on Dec. 21)
Marvell Wynne (D, TFC, 22)
Abdus Ibrahim (F, TFC, 17)
Roger Espinoza (M, KC, 22)
Ciaran O'Brien (M, Colorado, 21)
Bakary Soumare (D, Chicago, 23)

Read More...