Callum Montgomery knows what it feels like to be passed on. He didn’t come through an academy and ended up going to college for four years – and he says he needed every one of those years at UNC Charlotte to develop into the centerback he is today. “I came from a small town in […]
Tag: 2019 MLS Player Combine
There isn’t much Siad Haji remembers about when he first came to the United States. He remembers being sick on the plane – at about 4 years old, it was his first plane ride. Haji’s parents fled the civil war in Somalia to a refugee camp in Kenya, just outside the capital city of Nairobi, […]
University of North Carolina left back John Nelson’s story so far has been about achieving dreams. He wanted to play soccer at UNC, so he did. The Ohio native started in all 41 games UNC played over his his freshman and sophomore seasons with the Tar Heels. “I don’t know why,” Nelson said with […]
Florida International standout Santiago Patino was almost an Orlando City SC player before the start of his senior season in Miami. The 6-foot-1, 192-pound striker was in talks with Orlando City to sign a Homegrown deal. Patino, a graduate of Freedom High in Orlando, played for Orlando City’s development academy (specifically, the U-18s) for “seven […]
Orlando City SC is paying close attention to the MLS Player Combine, which is being hosted in Orlando City Stadium. The Lions own the No. 3, No. 27, No. 38, No. 59, No. 75, No. 94 and No. 96 picks during the MLS SuperDraft that starts Friday in Chicago. Orlando City has jettisoned 13 players […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”2″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Major League Soccer’s next generation of players is set to make a week-long stop in Orlando again this winter. The 2019 Adidas MLS Player Combine will run from Jan. 3-9 at Orlando City Stadium, the league announced Monday along with details about the Superdraft […]