ORLANDO, Fla. — Team X won the second match of the 2019 MLS Player Combine 2-0 over Team Predator to conclude Day 1 MLS Combine activities Saturday at Orlando City Stadium. Team X opened the scoring early when Stanford University forward Amir Bashti capitalized on a giveaway from Team Predator and then struck a long-distance […]
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The 2019 MLS Player Combine kicks off in earnest on Saturday, with more than 70 collegiate, youth and international stars looking to make an impression ahead of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft in Chicago. Games featuring the draft prospects will take place Saturday, Monday and Wednesday at Orlando City Stadium, with coaches and technical staff from all […]
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Why the often-derided MLS SuperDraft isn’t going anywhere
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MLS media day in Los Angeles caps busy week for league
First, there was the player combine in Orlando. Then the SuperDraft in Philadelphia. Now, Major League Soccer is off to Los Angeles for its annual media day. About 30 top players from across the league will gather for a day full of interviews with local and national media outlets. Some of the players expected to […]
[bc_video video_id=”5712039562001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz”] That poignant narrative called the American Dream often includes a conflicted and emotional journey. Ema Twumasi left his home in Ghana when he was 11-years-old to enter the Right to Dream Academy on the banks of the River Volta. Same country, but it may as well have been Mars. Twumasi […]
[bc_video video_id=”5713862797001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz”] The MLS Player Combine wrapped up Wednesday in Orlando. The nearly week-long event saw 70 MLS prospects take the field at Orlando City Stadium on three separate days for full-field matches. Players tried their best to impress MLS coaches and raise their stock ahead of Friday’s MLS SuperDraft in Philadelphia. […]
[bc_video video_id=”5712043196001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz”] A toast to Jon Gallagher, a good Irish lad. Let’s hoist a pint of Guinness, of course, to a wonderful career as a collegiate soccer player at Notre Dame, and for future endeavors. The iconic Irish beer brand helped shape Gallagher’s career as the son of an executive who worked […]
[bc_video video_id=”5712768779001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz”] Tomas Hilliard-Arce is a MAC Hermann Trophy finalist and the Defensive MVP of the College Cup. He’s projected to go high in Friday’s MLS SuperDraft, if not No. 1 overall. Pro Soccer USA caught up with the Stanford standout defender at the 2018 MLS Player Combine in Orlando. Question: What’s […]
Goals from Mohamed Thiaw and Graham Smith lifted Team Nemeziz to a 2-1 victory over Team Tango to close out the MLS Player Combine Wednesday at Orlando City Stadium. “We progressively got better throughout the game,” said Mason Toye, who recorded an assist for Nemeziz. “In the second half, the next group of guys that […]
[bc_video video_id=”5713719627001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz”] Tristan Blackmon didn’t see a lot of competition in the sport growing up in Las Vegas, but he made the best of it and went on to become 2017 West Coast Conference Defender of the Year as as senior at University of the Pacific. Pro Soccer USA sat down with […]