Eleven players have signed MLS Generation adidas contracts, which makes them eligible for the MLS SuperDraft Jan. 20 and college tuition grants.

Nine of the players are college all-Americans who are leaving college early. Five were on the U.S. squad at the 2005 U-20 World Youth Championship. Two players — defender Blake Wagner, 17, and forward Josmer Altidore, 16 — played for the U.S. U-17s at the U-17 World Cup in September.

2006 Generation adidas Class
Player (pos.) age Hometown (college or club)
Josmer Altidore (F) 16 Boca Raton, Fla. (U.S. U-17 residency)
Patrick Ianni* (D/M) 20 Lodi, Calif. (UCLA)
Kei Kamara (F) 21 Lawndale, Calif. (Cal State Dom. Hills)
Sacha Kljestan* (M) 20 Huntington Beach, Calif. (Seton Hall)
Dax McCarty (M) 18 Winter Park, Fla. (North Carolina)
Jacob Peterson* (F) 19 Portage, Mich. (Indiana)
Willie Simms (F) 21 Los Angeles, Calif. (Cal State Northridge)
Nathan Sturgis* (D/M) 18 St. Augustine, Fla. (Clemson)
Blake Wagner (D) 17 Tampa, Fla. (U.S. U-17 residency)
Marvell Wynne* (D) 19 Poway, Calif.  (UCLA)
Jed Zayner (D) 21 Orland Park, Ill. (Indiana)
* Former U.S. U-20 national team players.