Photo courtesy of Michigan Bucks / Lalas Abubakar (left) and Francis de Vries (right) celebrate 2016 PDL Championship
More than 40* players with PDL experience have been invited to attend the 2017 adidas MLS Player Combine in Los Angeles, California, from Jan. 8-12.
Lalas Abubakar, Russell Cicerone, Francis de Vries and David Goldsmith, who all helped the Michigan Bucks win the 2016 PDL Championship in August, headline the list of players with PDL experience named.
Defender Brian Nana-Sinkam played seven games, scoring one goal, for Burlingame Dragons FC during the summer before captaining Stanford in 2016. Nana-Sinkam, who was ranked No. 10 on the Top PDL Players in college list, then led his program to a second consecutive NCAA Division I title.
Lalas Abubakar – D – Michigan Bucks – University of Dayton
Michael Amick – D – FC Golden State Force – UCLA
Brandon Aubrey – D – University of Notre Dame
Kwame Awuah – M – UConn
Nazeem Bartman – F – Michigan Bucks – University of South Florida
Kyle Bjornethun – D – Sounders FC U23 – Seattle University
Brandt Bronico – M – Carolina Dynamo – UNC Charlotte
Jalen Brown – M – Des Moines Menace – Xavier University
Russell Cicerone – M/F – Michigan Bucks – SUNY-Buffalo
Stefan Cleveland – GK – University of Lousiville
Suliman Dainkeh – D – University of Maryland
Abu Danladi – F – Ventura County Fusion – UCLA
Michael DeGraffenreidt – D – University of Louisville
Matej Dekovic – D – UNC Charlotte
Guillermo Delgado – F – Sounders FC U23 – University of Delaware
Nick DePuy – F – Ventura County Fusion – UC Santa Barbara
Francis de Vries – D – Michigan Bucks – Saint Francis University (Penn.)
Souheib Dhaflaoui – F – FC Helsingør
Reagan Dunk – D – University of Denver
Jeremy Ebobisse – F – Duke University
Jack Elliott – D/M – South Florida Surf – West Virginia University
Marcus Epps – M/F – University of South Florida
Wuilito Fernandes – F/M – UMass-Lowell
Alec Ferrell – GK – Wake Forest University
Martim Galvao – M – Ocean City Nor'easters – Pfeiffer University
David Goldsmith – F – Michigan Bucks – Butler
Jorge Gomez Sanchez – F – Temple University
Julian Gressel – M – Providence College
Sam Hamilton – M – University of Denver
Niko Hansen – F – University of New Mexico
Jacori Hayes – M – Portland Timbers U-23s – Wake Forest University
Joe Holland – M – Ventura County Fusion – Hofstra University
Tucker Hume – F – Portland Timbers U-23s – UNC Chapel Hill
Walker Hume – D – Portland Timbers U-23s – UNC Chapel Hill
Daniel Johnson – M – Portland Timbers U-23s – University of Louisville
Aaron Jones – D – Carolina Dynamo – Clemson University
Eric Klenofsky – GK – New York Red Bulls U23 – Monmouth University
Ethan Kutler – M/F – Colgate University
Austin Ledbetter – D – Des Moines Menace – SIU-Edwardsville
Zeiko Lewis – M – Boston College
Iman Mafi – M – Clemson University
Connor Maloney – D – Reading United AC – Penn State University
Napo Matsoso – M – Derby City Rovers – University of Kentucky
Billy McConnell – D – Reading United AC – Indiana University
Jake McGuire – GK – Portland Timbers U-23s – University of Tulsa
Lindo Mfeka – M/F – Reading United AC – University of South Florida
Robert Moewes – GK – IMG Academy – Duke University
Brian Nana-Sinkam – D – Burlingame Dragons FC – Stanford University
Chris Nanco – F – Syracuse University
Jakob Nerwinski – D – UConn
Chris Odoi-Atsem – D – University of Maryland
Dominic Oduro – D/M – FC Nordsjælland
Evan Panken – M – University of Notre Dame
Danilo Radjen – D – University of Akron
Nathan Regis – F – Ocean City Nor'easters – Pfeiffer University
Adonijah Reid – F – ANB Futbol
Jo Vetle Rimstad – D – Radford University
Miles Robinson – D – FC Boston – Syracuse University
Robby Sagel – D – Reading United AC – Penn State University
Eddie Sanchez – M/F – Portland Timbers U-23s – University of Portland
Auden Schilder – GK – Washington Crossfire – University of Washington
Justin Schmidt – D – Washington Crossfire – University of Washington
Shamit Shome – M – FC Edmnoton
Colton Storm – D – Portland Timbers U-23s – UNC Chapel Hill
Christian Thierjung – F – Burlingame Dragons FC – California
Tanner Thompson – M – Indiana University
Felix Vobejda – M/D – UCLA
Chris Wehan – M – Sounders FC U23 – University of New Mexico
Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu – M – Sounders FC U23 – Harvard University
Jordan Wilson – D – Reading United AC – University of Kentucky
Chris Wingate – M – Sounders FC U23 – New Hampshire University
Brian Wright – F – Burlingame Dragons FC – University of Vermont
Jackson Yueill – M – UCLA
Players in bold have PDL experience.
*This list has been updated to include additional invitees.