2007 MLS Combine Teams Announced...
I'm not going to say that FCTP forced MLS' hand in announcing the list of 2007 Combine teams, but doesn't it seem interesting that my post hit at 10:04 AM and then the MLS press release was posted to their site at 3:52 PM, 1:52 Denver time? :) Ok, enough about me.
Here it is folks, the first time you can see who which under class-men are playing at the combine this weekend. Here is the MLS release. Here is 3rd Degree boiling it down for you. On 3rd Degree's list the orange colored names are GA players on the combine roster.
Interesting name not in orange...Maurice Edu. The Washington Post said the league had signed him. Maybe he'll be a late addition pre-combine kick off.
Interesting name on the list...Luis Faz. I've had him on my spreadsheet because he was an adidas ESP All-Star in 2004. However, I've never been able to find a club for the kid. No college either. Nothing! Now all of a sudden he is going to the MLS Combine. Interesting. He's from Houston, so I'm banking on the fact that The Dynamo have been watching him and they requested his inclusion.
New tidbit on the combine I learned on BigSoccer today. If a player is nominated for a GA contract, and is not selected in the SuperDraft, the club which nominated him must take him. However, I don't expect any of these GA players to slip past the second round. Typically GA players are the first to go because of their roster exempt status. Luis Faz may be one of the few to slip past the first round given his unknown status.
It seems that MLS is still trying to convince Sal Zizzo to come out of school and according to 3rd Degree he told people he was leaving school. However, he isn't on the combine roster. So look for him to be a late addition or scratch.
Personally I'm surprised at the number of GA players...at the time of this article four. Previous years have seen much larger classes. MLS missed out on highly ranked Charlie Davies, Yannick Reyering, Jonathan Villanueva and goal king Joe Lapira. However that shouldn't make the league gun shy. Kids like Nakazawa, Hidalgo, Grella, Igwe, etc. could add a lot of excitement to MLS.
To only sign four GA players is a huge disappointment in my opinion. With only five of the salary cap exempt young guns in the draft (by comparison there were 11 in 2006), the first round is wide open to the seniors playing in the combine.
Here's hoping MLS is still working on some more GA players because this class is on the sad side.
What happened to Edu and Seitz who the Washington Post said were signing? I assume they are still negotiating contracts and will be added to the combine teams once deals are done. Let's hope there are a few more with that status.
Here it is folks, the first time you can see who which under class-men are playing at the combine this weekend. Here is the MLS release. Here is 3rd Degree boiling it down for you. On 3rd Degree's list the orange colored names are GA players on the combine roster.
Interesting name not in orange...Maurice Edu. The Washington Post said the league had signed him. Maybe he'll be a late addition pre-combine kick off.
Interesting name on the list...Luis Faz. I've had him on my spreadsheet because he was an adidas ESP All-Star in 2004. However, I've never been able to find a club for the kid. No college either. Nothing! Now all of a sudden he is going to the MLS Combine. Interesting. He's from Houston, so I'm banking on the fact that The Dynamo have been watching him and they requested his inclusion.
New tidbit on the combine I learned on BigSoccer today. If a player is nominated for a GA contract, and is not selected in the SuperDraft, the club which nominated him must take him. However, I don't expect any of these GA players to slip past the second round. Typically GA players are the first to go because of their roster exempt status. Luis Faz may be one of the few to slip past the first round given his unknown status.
It seems that MLS is still trying to convince Sal Zizzo to come out of school and according to 3rd Degree he told people he was leaving school. However, he isn't on the combine roster. So look for him to be a late addition or scratch.
Personally I'm surprised at the number of GA players...at the time of this article four. Previous years have seen much larger classes. MLS missed out on highly ranked Charlie Davies, Yannick Reyering, Jonathan Villanueva and goal king Joe Lapira. However that shouldn't make the league gun shy. Kids like Nakazawa, Hidalgo, Grella, Igwe, etc. could add a lot of excitement to MLS.
To only sign four GA players is a huge disappointment in my opinion. With only five of the salary cap exempt young guns in the draft (by comparison there were 11 in 2006), the first round is wide open to the seniors playing in the combine.
Here's hoping MLS is still working on some more GA players because this class is on the sad side.
What happened to Edu and Seitz who the Washington Post said were signing? I assume they are still negotiating contracts and will be added to the combine teams once deals are done. Let's hope there are a few more with that status.
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