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DU’s Banghart invited to MLS combine
University of Denver central defender Kris Banghart, left, has been invited to the Major League Soccer player combine. (photo by George Tanner/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)
University of Denver men’s soccer player Kris Banghart is among the initial list of 62 college seniors from 44 Division I schools who have been invited to participate in the 2010 adidas MLS player combine.
The annual player combine will be January 8-12 at Central Broward Regional Park in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
After transferring to DU for his sophomore year, Banghart started every game at defender for the past three seasons and served as co-captain as a senior. Banghart was instrumental in anchoring DU’s defense, helping the Pioneers win their first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship and their first berth in the NCAA tournament in 2008.
“This is a great opportunity for Kris, and it’s well-deserved,” said DU men’s soccer head coach Bobby Muuss, who also serves as a coach at the combine. “Kris worked extremely hard to make himself better, and his dedication shows up every day. We are proud of Kris and wish him the best of luck.”
The coaching and management staffs of all 16 MLS teams will be in attendance to scout talent at the 2010 adidas MLS player combine, which concludes two days before the 2010 MLS draft. At the 2009 draft, 10 combine players were selected in the first round. The 2010 MLS draft will be January 14 in Philadelphia.
The list of invitees is highlighted by five players who are semifinalists for the 2009 Hermann Trophy: Harvard University’s Andre Akpan, the University of North Carolina’s Zach Loyd, UCLA’s Kyle Nakazawa, Bucknell University’s Conor O’Brien and the University of Connecticut’s Toni Stahl. The Hermann Trophy finalists will be announced December 11, and the winner is announced on January 8.
The initial player list was determined by a select panel of Division I college coaches representing all conferences who nominated and voted for players in conjunction with MLS coaches. Youth players from the Generation adidas program will join additional collegiate players from NCAA Division II and III schools, NAIA schools and Division I alternates to finalize the 2010 combine. The final player list and team assignments will be announced in the coming weeks.
MLS PLAYER COMBINE LIST BY SCHOOL
Boston University
Samuel Appiah
Brown University
Nick Elenz-Martin
Bucknell University
Conor O’Brien
California State University, Northridge
Chad Borak
College of William & Mary
Andrew Hoxie
Creighton University
Chris Schuler
Seth Sinovic
Dartmouth University
Craig Henderson
Depaul University
Steffen Vroom
Drake University
Julien Edwards
Elon University
Steven Kinney
Harvard University
Andre Akpan
Kwaku Nyamekye
Indiana University
Eric Alexander
Ofori Sarkodie
Lehigh University
Adam Welch
North Carolina State University
Olukorede Aiyegbusi
Ronnie Bouemboue
Old Dominion University
Nane Joseph
Penn State University
Jason Yeisley
Quinnipiac University
Frederick Hall
Saint Louis University
Tim Ream
San Diego State University
Nick Cardenas
St. John’s University
Nelson Becerra
Ben Clack
Stanford University
John Moore
Temple University
Joseph Noone
University of Alabama – Birmingham
Two-Boys Gumede
University of California – Berkeley
Tyler Barry
University of California – Irvine
Irving Garcia
University of California – Los Angeles
Kyle Nakazawa
Michael Stephens
Brian Perk
David Estrada
University of California – Santa Barbara
Martin Hadevag
David Walker
University of Connecticut
Kwame Watson-Siriboe
Toni Stahl
Mike Pezza
University of Dayton
Isaac Kissi
University of Denver
Kris Banghart
University of Hartford
Carlos Villa
University of Illinois – Chicago
Jovan Bubonja
University of Louisville
Othaniel Yanez
Fred Braun
Phil Edginton
University of Maryland
Drew Yates
Kevin Tangney
University of Michigan
Mauro Fuzetti
University of New Mexico
Justin Davis
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Zach Loyd
Brooks Haggerty
University of Notre Dame
Michael Thomas
Bright Dike
Justin Morrow
University of Portland
Collen Warner
University of San Diego
Ryan Peterman
University of San Francisco
Conor Chinn
University of Virginia
Ross LaBauex
Villanova University
Mike Seamon
Wake Forest University
Zack Schilawski
Austin da Luz
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