The following are the Argentine and Brazilian players that appaered at the mini-combine in Rio de Janeiro. MLS hopes to bring at least a half a dozen of them for MLS spring training:
Goalies — Andre (Brazil, 25), Paulo Sergio (Brazil, 25).
Defenders — Ramon Brites (Argentina, 27, Atl. Tucuman), Martin Ferreira (Argentina, 23, Central Cordoba), Leonardo Monatovani (Argentina, 22, Rosario Central), Mauricio Basso (Argentina, 24, Platense), Pablo Marcovich (Argentina, 21, Newell’s Old Boys), Amaral (Brazil, 26, Ituano), Cleberson (Brazil, 19, Bahia), Alexandre (Sirino Da Silva) (Brazil, 21, Fluminense), Marcio Rocha (Brazil, 24, Vasco da Gama), Robson (Brazil, 18, Nacional Atletico).
Midfielders — Pablo Abdala (Argentina, 24, Millonarios), Hector Franco (Argentina, 22, Atlante), Roberto Garcia (Argentina, 27, Neza), Alejandro Farias (Argentina, 27, Atlanta), Valdir (Brazil, 22, Caldense Nacional), Valdecir (25, Inter Limeira), Espindola (Brazil, 21, Botafogo).
Strikers — Sergio Arias (Argentina, 24, Huracan), Ariel Santoro (Argentina, 29, Central Cordoba), Claudio Mir (Argentina, 30, Bolivar), Gabriel Dascanto (Argentina, 23, Union Santa Fe), Ze Carlos (Brazil, 27, Al-Gabalin), Marcelo Sander (Brazil, 23, Fluminense), Carbone (Brazil, 22, Fluminense), Glauber (Brazil, 23, Olimpia), Juninho (Brazil, 23, Botafogo), Alexandre (De Santana Silva) (Brazil, 24, Sao Cristovao), Josimar (Brazil, 25, Fluminense).