Generation http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adidas-c38219 list released by MLS for 2011 SuperDraft
MLS have released the list of Generation Adidas for the MLS SuperDraft 2011 this Wednesday.
The SuperDraft will take place in Baltimore on 13th January.
Generation Adidas is an initiative that was taken by MLS in 2005 and it gives scholarships to players who will play in MLS in the future and guarantees them college education. Before Generation Adidas, a similar step was taken named Project 40 and it was
organized by Nike.
This years’ exclusive list contains 9 players who are considered to be potential draftees. 5 of these players are from the NCAA champions Akron Zips; Perry Kitchen, Kofi Sarkodie, Darlington Nagbe, Michael Nanchoff and Zarek Valentin.
Zarek Valentin is a sophomore and Kitchen is a freshman in college. The duo are the only non-juniors in the list.
Corey Hertzog, Zac MacMath and Will Bruin make up the non-Ohio based contingent. Both Bruin and Hertzog are strikers and had good collegiate seasons but a bit indifferent senior campaigns. Zac McMath is a University of Maryland goalkeeper and was a star
of the U.S Under-20 team that won the Milk Cup.
The list of potential draftees is rounded up by the inclusion of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Guadalajara-c39463 and left the Chivas youth ranks to join the national program for youth setup by U.S.
MLS offered the 17-year old Salgado a professional contract last summer and he got the chance to practice with the MLS expansion sides; Vancouver Whitecaps and Portland Timbers.
After getting the MLS contracts, the 2 new sides in the MLS will be looking to sign up one or even more of the new SuperDraft prospects. The 9 players would later be introduced in the MLS Draft in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from January 7th till
11th January. The 9 players will be joined by the University of North Carolina trio of Michael Farfan, Stephen McCarthy and Jalil Anibaba along with AJ http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Soares-c33722 who is a defender. These 4 players are already college seniors.
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