It’s draft season! Major League Soccer has announced its first list of players who will feature at the 2017 MLS Player Combine in January. It’s likely there will be some amendments before the event kicks off in Los Angeles. A committee of MLS and NCAA Division I coaches from every conference selected the invitees, all of whom completed their college eligibility this season
| Name | School | Pos. | Hometown | Citizen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lalas Abubakar | Dayton | D | Accra, Ghana | GHA |
| Michael Amick | UCLA | D | Sunnyvale, CA | USA |
| Brandon Aubrey | Notre Dame | D | Plano, TX | USA |
| Kwame Awuah | UConn | M | Toronto, ON | CAN |
| Nazeem Bartman | South Florida | F | Cape Town, South Africa | RSA |
| Kyle Bjornethun | Seattle | D | Snohomish, WA | USA |
| Brandt Bronico | UNC-Charlotte | M | High Point, NC | USA |
| Russell Cicerone | SUNY-Buffalo | M/F | Bloomfield Hills, MI | USA |
| Suliman Danikeh | Maryland | D | Reston, VA | USA |
| Michael DeGraffenriedt | Louisville | D | Baltimore, MD | USA |
| Guillermo Delgado | Delaware | F | Tres Cantos, Spain | ESP |
| Nick Depuy | UC Santa Barbara | F | Irvine, CA | USA |
| Frances de Vries | Saint Francis (Penn.) | D | Christchurch, New Zealand | NZL |
| Reagan Dunk | Denver | D | Dallas, TX | USA |
| Jack Elliott | West Virginia | D/M | London, England | UK |
| Wuilito Fernandes | UMass-Lowell | F/M | Praia, Cape Verde | CPV |
| Alec Ferrell | Wake Forest | GK | Westlake, OH | USA |
| David Goldsmith | Butler | F | Bristol, England | UK |
| Jorge Gomez Sanchez | Temple | F | Talavera De La Reina, Spain | ESP |
| Julian Gressel | Providence | M | Neustadt an der Aisch, Germany | GER |
| Sam Hamilton | Denver | M | Evergreen, CO | USA |
| Niko Hansen | New Mexico | F | Sacramento, CA | USA DEN |
| Jacori Hayes | Wake Forest | M | Bowie, MD | USA |
| Joe Holland | Hofstra | M | London, England | UK |
| Walker Hume | UNC-Chapel Hill | D | San Angelo, TX | USA |
| Daniel Johnson | Louisville | M | Duluth, GA | USA |
| Aaron Jones | Clemson | D | Great Yarmouth, England | UK |
| Eric Klenofsky | Monmouth | GK | Lincoln Park, NJ | USA |
| Austin Ledbetter | SIU-Edwardsville | D | St. Charles, MO | USA |
| Zeiko Lewis | Boston College | M | Pembroke, Bermuda | BER |
| Connor Maloney | Penn State | D | Harrisburg, PA | USA |
| Napo Matsoso | Kentucky | M | Louisville, KY | LES |
| Billy McConnell | Indiana | D | Richboro, PA | USA |
| Jake McGuire | Tulsa | GK | Chino Hills, CA | USA |
| Lindo Mfeka | South Florida | M/F | Durban, South Africa | RSA |
| Robert Moewes | Duke | GK | Dortmund, Germany | GER |
| Brian Nana-Sinkam | Stanford | D | Lititz, PA | USA |
| Chris Nanco | Syracuse | F | Brampton, ON | CAN |
| Jakob Nerwinski | UConn | D | Lawrenceville, NJ | USA |
| Chris Odoi-Atsem | Maryland | D | Mitchellville, MD | USA |
| Evan Panken | Notre Dame | M | Edina, MN | USA |
| Danilo Radjen | Akron | D | Broadview Heights, OH | USA |
| Robby Sagel | Penn State | D | Las Vegas, NV | USA |
| Eddie Sanchez | Portland | M/F | Canby, OR | USA |
| Aaron Schilder | Washington | GK | Bellingham, WA | USA |
| Justin Schmidt | Washington | D | Albuquerque, NM | USA |
| Colton Storm | UNC-Chapel Hill | D | Mechanicsburg, PA | USA |
| Christian Thierjung | California | F | Dove Canyon, CA | USA |
| Tanner Thompson | Indiana | M | Loomis, CA | USA |
| Felix Vobejda | UCLA | M/D | Bielefeld, Germany | GER |
| Chris Wehan | New Mexico | M | Laguna Niguel, CA | USA |
| Jordan Wilson | Kentucky | D | Auchterarder, Scotland | UK |
| Brian Wright | Vermont | F | Ajax, ON | CAN |
Russell Cicerone becomes the first UB player to earn an MLS Player Combine invite.
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