Unnamed Trialist Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Only three Canadians of the field of 53 players invited, starting on Sunday. All games streamed on MLS site, games being played the 8th, 10th and 12th midday in Carson CA. http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/12/14/mls-releases-initial-list-2017-mls-player-combine-invitees http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/01/03/everything-you-need-know-about-upcoming-adidas-mls-player-combine The Canadians are: Chris Nanco, 1995 Sigma grad from Brampton, playing at Syracuse, short, dynamic attacker. Brian Wright, big tall striker from Ajax, Ontario, playing for Vermont. Kwame Awuah, a mid from Toronto playing for U Conn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsweatygorilla Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 We can add Shamit Shome to that list. He's been given a generation adidas contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 1 minute ago, yellowsweatygorilla said: We can add Shamit Shome to that list. He's been given a generation adidas contract. Good, thanks, true. They do say they would add some Generation Adidas, and a few internationals, not sure on what basis that is. In any case, they have like 13 player per team with just the Combine invites, not enough really, they need more to fill out rosters and be able to scrimmage even, and do basic subs. So is there a list of the others invited to play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Adonijah Reid will also be in it. He signed a Generation adidas contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 More Mock Draft Fun:http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/2017-mls-mock-draft:-version-10_aid41263 Chris Nanco going at number 16 to Seattle. Brian Wright going at number 22 to Seattle. We really need to find out the international/domestic status of these Canadians in the draft. Will really affect their potential draft position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msilverstein47 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 still apparently needs to have the transfer approved: http://www.sportingnews.com/soccer/news/sources-edmontons-shamit-shome-to-become-first-generation-adidas-canada-signing-in-mls/1ulhp5mozsi0l1xvxj4gd6n8hv Pending his transfer, Shome will take part in next week’s MLS combine in Los Angeles and be eligible for the subsequent MLS SuperDraft on Jan. 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Did anyone else read the title of this thread as "2017 MLS Combine, Sucks". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatest Cockney Rip Off Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 8 minutes ago, shermanator said: Did anyone else read the title of this thread as "2017 MLS Combine, Sucks". Just you and Mister215Guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.notenboom Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 1 hour ago, shermanator said: Did anyone else read the title of this thread as "2017 MLS Combine, Sucks". I absolutely did! Had to do a double-take. Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 3 hours ago, shermanator said: Did anyone else read the title of this thread as "2017 MLS Combine, Sucks". Initially yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 On 04/01/2017 at 9:01 AM, Unnamed Trialist said: Only three Canadians of the field of 53 players invited, starting on Sunday. All games streamed on MLS site, games being played the 8th, 10th and 12th midday in Carson CA. http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/12/14/mls-releases-initial-list-2017-mls-player-combine-invitees http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/01/03/everything-you-need-know-about-upcoming-adidas-mls-player-combine The Canadians are: Chris Nanco, 1995 Sigma grad from Brampton, playing at Syracuse, short, dynamic attacker. Brian Wright, big tall striker from Ajax, Ontario, playing for Vermont. Kwame Awuah, a mid from Toronto playing for U Conn. Kwame Awuah is also from Sigma.http://www.league1ontario.com/roster_players/12228823 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister215Guy Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 The MLS Combine does suck. It's fecking pointless and NO OTHER LEAGUE does it. Canada should stop tagging along with the Yanks and instead get things right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion26 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Hopefully they have good combine showing. Hope to see more CGA contracts given in the future perhaps 5 players. I do think there are more talents that should of been given a contract. Shome is considered a high pick and will be great to see how he fares in MLS plus it does not have to be with Canadian MLS team which is great for him to find a team who he can grow with in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 Doyle's Mock Draft on MLS.com has three Canadians in the first round, predicting SKC will pick Reid for Swope Park even though he is unknown to most clubs. http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/01/04/armchair-analyst-2017-mock-superdraft-v1-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 10 hours ago, Scorpion26 said: I do think there are more talents that should of been given a contract. I don't, considering the # of drafted players that actually play for their team in the first season (or ever). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 It was nice of the MLS to put all the Canucks on the same team. Team Chaos (Shome, Nanco) plays tomorrow at 4:15pm EST (STREAM). Team Copa (Awuah, Reid, Wright) plays tomorrow at 6pm EST (STREAM) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion26 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 How did they play today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 From the bits I saw, I didn't notice Shome that much, but was more involved in the second half. Didn't make many mistakes. Started at AM, moved into a more defensive role later in the game and played RB for a bit as well. The team he was on was absolutely dreadful. Some other opinions: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I only watched about 10 mins of the second game, but Reid was lively on the ball, created a few corners, made a good pass into space for a forward to run on to. By comparison on a rush one of the other players went 1 v 5 despite having Reid in more space to his left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion26 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Good to see Shome impressed and same for Reid. I am actually watching the replays of those games. Yes it's the first game, but would of loved to see all Canadians make big impact. Hoping for more from all of them in the next two games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havoc88 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 On Wednesday, January 04, 2017 at 0:37 PM, masster said: More Mock Draft Fun:http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/2017-mls-mock-draft:-version-10_aid41263 Chris Nanco going at number 16 to Seattle. Brian Wright going at number 22 to Seattle. We really need to find out the international/domestic status of these Canadians in the draft. Will really affect their potential draft position. Just a quick FYI - I have a pod coming out w an interview with Bobby from Sigma where he discusses the showcase but also Awuah and Nanco. I can also post a new NCAA 2017 thread as there is news from that event. The point being is - when talking with SIgma, I was 99.9% sure I was told that based on the new rule both Awuah and Nanco will be counted as domestics. Has anyone else heard info on this? Again, I was certain this was told to me because they also said the shit thing about it was that Laryea isn't domestic yet and he'll have to wait like Larin did to be in the US long enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 2 hours ago, shermanator said: I only watched about 10 mins of the second game, but Reid was lively on the ball, created a few corners, made a good pass into space for a forward to run on to. By comparison on a rush one of the other players went 1 v 5 despite having Reid in more space to his left. I was so pissed off watching that jackass play, every time he'd try to take the entire left side on alone and lose the ball every time. He'd be dropped if he did that in an OSL game. BTW, did you mean counterattack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopherbashi Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 In the absence of anywhere else to put this: Nice to see that MLS remembered to include us. https://i.reddituploads.com/cf3a31d6e954460d9d77806fc35ab91e?fit=max&h=1536&w=1536&s=db961134f93d72649257ce191e490263 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Not sure if you're being serious (nothing personal, I just have no idea where folks stand anymore on some of these issues), but I am actually (genuinely) impressed that we were included like that. Despite the banter in the CPL thread, I think most folks are quite happy about the success of our MLS clubs. It is good that the league recognized the maple leaf - especially when it would have been extremely easy to default solely to the stars and stripes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi Oakey Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I thought the MLS logo was a bit of a slap in the face. But it's nice to see they will put a leaf on something they will kick around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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