Jason Garey, the 2005 MAC Hermann Trophy and Soccer America Collegiate Player of the Year, who scored a nation-leading 22 goals while helping Maryland win the NCAA Division I title, has signed with MLS. The Louisiana product is joined other top collegians heading to MLS, including Indiana midfielder Brian Plotkin, Santa Clara midfielder Mehdi Ballouchy and Pasadena City College forward Yura Movsisyan, and will be among 59 collegians and 11 Generation adidas players who will take part in the MLS Combine Jan. 12-15, 2006.
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GK – Andy Gruenbaum (Kentucky), D – Jeff Curtin (Georgetown), D – Trevor McEachron (Old Dominion), D – Marvell Wynne (Generation adidas – UCLA), D/M – Stephen Shirley (Virginia Commonwealth), M – David Chun (Southern Methodist), M – Jorge Flor (Oral Roberts), M – Mpho Moloi (Connecticut), M – John Queeley (NC State), M – Yohann Mauger (Akron), M – Sacha Kljestan (Generation adidas – Seton Hall), F – Matt Groenwald (St. John's), F – Karim Dietz (Birmingham Southern), F – Duke Hashimoto (Southern Methodist), F – David Leung (Oral Roberts), F – Ross McKenzie (Akron), F – Jacob Peterson (Generation adidas – Indiana)
Head coach: Ken Lolla (University of Louisville)
Assistant coach: Sean Kenny (FC Westchester)
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GK – Ray Burse (Ohio State), D – Corey Farabi (Drake), D – Willis Forko (Connecticut), D – Michael Dello-Russo (Maryland), D – Jordan Russolillo (Southern Connecticut), D – Anthony Noriega (George Mason), M/D – Patrick Ianni (Generation adidas – UCLA), M/D – Justin Moore (Clemson), M – Blake Camp (Duke), M – Lance Watson (New Mexico), M – Matt Wieland (Creighton), M – Mehdi Ballouchy (Santa Clara), F – Jason Garey (Maryland), F – Omar Jarun (Dayton), F – Aaron King (N.C. State), F – Jeff Rowland (New Mexico), F – Yura Movsisyan (Pasadena City College), F – Drew Helm (Florida Atlantic)
Head coach: Shaun Docking (Coastal Carolina University)
Assistant coach: Brian Monoghan (Texas Soccer Club)
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GK – Pete Dzubay (Michigan), D – Kyle Veris (Ohio State), D – Danny Wynn (St. Louis), D – Jed Zayner (Generation adidas – Indiana), D/M – Jeff Carroll (St. John's), M – Brian Devlin (Penn State), M – Justin Moose (Wake Forest), M – Brian Plotkin (Indiana), M – Brandon Moss (New Mexico), M – Dax McCarty (Generation adidas – North Carolina), M/F – Danny Kramer (Duke), F/M – Mike Ambersley (Indiana), F – Christopher Joyce (Franklin Pierce), F – Tony Donatelli (Temple), F – Ryan Johnson (Oregon State), F – Kyle Brown (Tulsa), F – Kei Kamara (Generation adidas – Cal State Dominguez Hills), Willie Sims (Generation adidas – Cal State Northridge)
Head coach: Mike Freitag (Indiana University)
Assistant coach: Brian Doyle (Michigan Hawks)
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GK – Eric Kronberg (California), D – Chris Lancos (Maryland), D – Kenny Bertz (Maryland), D – Jordan Harvey (UCLA), D – Tyson Wahl (California), D/M – Nathan Sturgis (Generation adidas – Clemson), M/D – Daniel Wasson (Tulsa), M – Mike Chabala (Washington), M/F – Dan Paladini (Cal State Northridge), M – Darren Spicer (Princeton), M – Blake Wagner (Generation adidas – U.S. U-17), F – Brian Cvilikas (Old Dominion), F – Calen Carr (California), F – Kelechi Igwe (Santa Clara), F – Jimmy Klatter (Eastern Illinois), F – Dominic Oduro (Virginia Commonwealth), F – Josmer Altidore (Generation adidas – U.S. U-17)
Head coach: Kevin Grimes (California)
Assistant coach: Bryan Yorke (FC United)
Note: Drew Helm, a forward from Florida Atlantic University, and goalkeepers Adam Schuerman (UConn) and Ryan Carr (Harford) will be pool players and rotate teams.