Photo courtesy of Syracuse Athletics / Miles Robinson
More than 40 PDL alums have made their way to Los Angeles for the 2017 Major League Soccer Player Combine, and ahead of Friday's MLS SuperDraft, the PDL has highlighted 20 individuals who are set for a big week.
Based off their PDL experience, college experience, USL Scouting Network evaluations and PDL coach evaluations, the league has ranked Miles Robinson, Jeremy Ebobisse and Abu Danladi as the top three players, respectively, at the beginning of the MLS Combine. Robinson, who played for FC Boston during the 2016 PDL regular season, was ranked No. 1 on the Top PDL Defenders in college list in November. Danladi has appeared in the PDL for the Ventura County Fusion each of the past three seasons, while Ebobisse shined in his nine PDL games during 2015, scoring six goals and providing two assists.
Robinson, Ebobisse, Danladi and all of the PDL alumni at the combine are ready to continue a trend that has seen hundreds of PDL alums chosen at the MLS SuperDraft in the past decade, including 50 in 2016.
1. Miles Robinson – D – FC Boston – Syracuse University
2. Jeremy Ebobisse – F – D.C. United U-23 – Duke University
3. Abu Danladi – F – Ventura County Fusion – UCLA
4. Francis de Vries – D – Michigan Bucks – Saint Francis University (Pa.)
5. Eric Klenofsky – GK – New York Red Bulls U23 – Monmouth University
6. Lalas Abubakar – D – Michigan Bucks – University of Dayton
7. Brian Wright – F – Burlingame Dragons FC – University of Vermont
8. Nazeem Bartman – F – Michigan Bucks – University of South Florida
9. Joe Holland – M – Ventura County Fusion – Hofstra University
10. Nick DePuy – F – Ventura County Fusion – UC Santa Barbara
11. Jacori Hayes – M – Portland Timbers U-23s – Wake Forest University
12. Kyle Bjornethun – D – Sounders FC U23 – Seattle University
13. Eddie Sanchez – M/F – Portland Timbers U-23s – University of Portland
14. Walker Hume – D – Portland Timbers U-23s – UNC Chapel Hill
15. Russell Cicerone – M/F – Michigan Bucks – SUNY-Buffalo
16. Austin Ledbetter – D – Des Moines Menace – SIU-Edwardsville
17. Guillermo Delgado – F – Sounders FC U23 – University of Delaware
18. Brian Nana-Sinkam – D – Burlingame Dragons FC – Stanford University
19. Colton Storm – D – Portland Timbers U-23s – UNC Chapel Hill
20. David Goldsmith – F – Michigan Bucks – Butler