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Major League Soccer announces 55 players invited to 2015 adidas MLS Player Combine

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MLS on Thursday unveiled the list of 55 NCAA Division I college seniors invited to showcase their talents at the 2015 adidas MLS Player Combine Jan. 8-13 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 


Former Timbers U-23s Saad Abdul-Salaam (Akron), Fatai Alashe (Michigan State), Craig Nitti (Loyola Marymount), Jose Ribas (Creighton), as well as Oregon State's Will Seymore and Khiry Shelton all received invitations.


The coaching staffs from all 20 MLS teams will be on hand to scout talent for the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, scheduled to take place on Thursday, Jan. 15, in Philadelphia.


The invite list includes seven players who will be competing at this weekend's College Cup in Cary, North Carolina: four from UCLA and one each from Providence, UMBC and Virginia.



The 55 seniors were selected by a committee consisting of NCAA Division I coaches from every conference and MLS representatives. They will be joined at the adidas MLS Player Combine by other seniors, including those from lower NCAA divisions, underclassmen who sign Generation adidas contracts and other international invitees, all of whom will be announced at a later date.

<strong>First</strong>
<strong>Last</strong>
<strong>School</strong>
<strong>Pos</strong>
<strong>Hometown / Citizenship</strong>
Saad
Abdul-Salaam*
Akron
D
Gahanna, OH / USA
Miguel
Aguilar
San Francisco
F
Sacramento, CA / Mexico
Fatai
Alashe*
Michigan State
M/D
Northville, MI / USA
Tyler
Arnone
Michigan
D
Hicksville, NY / USA
Dominique
Badji
Boston University
F
Dakar / Senegal
Oumar
Ballo
UMBC
D
Baltimore, MD / Mali
Laurie
Bell
Milwaukee
D/M
Poynton, England / UK
Salvador
Bernal
UNLV
M/F
Las Vegas, NV<br> US perm. res.
Nick
Besler
Notre Dame
M
Overland Park, KS / USA
Adria
Beso Marco
UConn
M
Lleida / Spain
Andrew
Bevin
West Virginia
F/M
Napier / New Zealand
Eric
Bird
Virginia
M
Virginia Beach, VA / USA
Connor
Brandt
San Diego
M
Temecula, CA / USA
Sergio
Campbell
UConn
D
Clarendon / Jamaica
Seth
Casiple
Cal
M
Rocklin, CA / USA
Wes
Charpie
USF
D
Tarpon Springs, FL / USA
Andy
Craven
North Carolina
F
St. Simons Island, GA / USA
Otis
Earl
UC Riverside
D
London / USA, UK
Earl
Edwards
UCLA
GK
San Diego, CA / USA
Marc
Fenelus
Cal St Fullerton
F
Providenciales /<br> Turks &amp; Caicos
Oniel
Fisher
New Mexico
MF
Portmore / Jamaica
Tomas
Gomez
Georgetown
GK
Webster Groves, MO / USA
Connor
Hallisey
Cal
M
Granite Bay, CA / USA
Cameron
Iwasa
UC Irvine
F
Sacramento, CA / USA
Daniel
Keller
Louisville
D
Carmel, IN / USA
Robert
Kristo
St. Louis
F
St. Louis, MO / USA, Croatia
Sagi
Lev-Ari
Cal St Northridge
F
Haifa / Israel
Rob
Lovejoy
North Carolina
F/M
Greensboro, NC / USA
Fabio
Machado
Providence
M
Santa Catarina, Brazil / USA
Ignacio
Maganto
Iona
F
Madrid / Spain
Anthony
Manning
St. Louis
D
Mesquite, TX / USA
Ramon
Mart&iacute;n<br> Del Campo
UC Davis
D
Chula Vista, CA /<br> USA, Mexico
Shawn
McLaws
Coastal Carolina
D/M
Edmond, OK / USA
Dan
Metzger
Maryland
M
Holmdel, NY / USA
Tyler
Miller
Northwestern
GK
Woodbury, NJ / USA
Luke
Mishu
Notre Dame
D
Knoxville, TN / USA
Adam
Montague
Michigan State
F
Toledo, OH / USA
Craig
Nitti*
Loyola Marymount
D
Calabasas, CA / USA, Italy
Boyd
Okwuonu
North Carolina
D
Edmond, OK / USA
Tim
Parker
St. John&#39;s
D
Hicksville, NY / USA
Nikola
Paunic
USF
D
Toronto, ON / Canada
Matt
Polster
SIU-Edwardsville
D
Las Vegas, NV / USA
Jose
Ribas*
Creighton
D/M
Guayaquil / Ecuador
Sidney
Rivera
Old Dominion
F
Hampton, NJ / USA
James
Rogers
New Mexico
F
Denver, CO<br> Sierra Leone, USA
Manolo
Sanchez
Clemson
M
Philadelphia, PA / USA
Will
Seymour*
Oregon State
M
Soham, England / USA, UK
Khiry
Shelton*
Oregon State
F
Leander, TX / USA
Aaron
Simmons
UCLA
D
Mansfield, TX / USA
Leo
Stolz
UCLA
M
Munich / Germany
Andy
Thoma
Washington
M/D
Los Alamos, NM / USA
Skylar
Thomas
Syracuse
D
Pickering, ON / Canada
Andrew
Tusaazemajja
UCLA
M
Panorama City, CA / USA
Christian
Volesky
SIU-Edwardsville
F/M
Henderson, NV / USA
Andrew
Wolverton
Penn State
GK
Atlanta, GA / USA

* - denotes former Timbers U-23s player