The University of Akron Athletics
Akron's Luke Holmes Invited to 2012 Major League Soccer Combine
December 07 | Men's Soccer
AKRON, Ohio – Luke Holmes, a senior on The University of Akron men's soccer team, has been invited to the 2012 adidas Major League Soccer Player Combine, which will be held in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from January 6-10.
Holmes is one of 52 college seniors from 31 Division I schools to receive the exclusive invitation. The combine will be held at Central Broward Regional Park and will conclude two days prior to the start of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft.
Coaches and technical staffs from all 19 MLS clubs, including 2012 expansion side Montreal Impact, will be in attendance to scout the top talent at the 17th annual player combine.
Holmes, the 2010 NAIA National Player of the Year, played his final season as a collegian at UA after spending his first three years at Notre Dame College in South Euclid, Ohio. The native of Oldham, England, made an instant impact for the Zips – scoring five goals and assisting eight others in just 16 matches.
Holmes, who netted game winners at Buffalo and Florida Atlantic, was named to the All-Mid-American Conference First Team after helping guide the Zips to their seventh consecutive MAC regular-season championship and a trip to the NCAA's Round of 16.
For the eighth consecutive year, the MLS SuperDraft will be held in conjunction with the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Convention, and take place on January 12, at the Kansas City Convention Center. The first round of the SuperDraft will be broadcast live on ESPN2 beginning at 11:00 AM CT/12:00 noon ET.
This year, the MLS SuperDraft will include two rounds and 38 overall selections, with the Montreal Impact selecting first overall.
The next eight selections are from teams that did not qualify for the 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs beginning with the team with fewest 2011 regular season points (3 points per win, one point per tie). The remaining eight positions are ranked by fewest regular season points among the teams that were eliminated in the same round of the MLS Cup Playoffs.
A four-round Supplemental Draft will take place via conference call on Tuesday, January 17, 2012.
2012 adidas MLS Player Combine List by Position
GOALKEEPERS (4): Brian Rowe (UCLA); Chris Blais (University of South Florida); Jhojan Obando (Providence); Ryan Meara (Fordham);
DEFENDERS (16): Aaron Maund (Notre Dame); Andrew Duran (Creighton); Aubrey Perry (University of South Florida); Austin Berry (Louisville); Charles Rodriguez (UNC Charlotte); Chris Estridge (Indiana); Diogo de Almeida (SMU); Hunter Jumper (Virginia); James Kiffe (UC Santa Barbara); Justin Chavez (Tulsa); Matt Hedges (UNC); Mykell Bates (Santa Clara University); Nick Blake (UConn); Pat Sigler (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo); Shawn Singh (UCLA); Tommy Meyer (Indiana);
MIDFIELDERS (19): Alec Purdie (Indiana); Andy Rose (UCLA); Arthur Ivo (SMU); Brendan King (Notre Dame); Calum Mallace (Marquette); Christian Barreiro (UPenn); Eder Arreola (UCLA); Greg Jordan (Creighton); Kenney Walker (Louisville); Kevan George (UCF); Kirk Urso (UNC); Lance Rozenboom (New Mexico); Luis Silva (UC Santa Barbara); Michael Green (New Mexico); Miguel Ibarra (UC Irvine); Nick DeLeon (Louisville); Rafael Garcia (Cal State Northridge); Tony Walls (University of Wisconsin – Green Bay); Warren Creavalle (UCF)
FORWARDS (13): Antoine Hoppenot (Princeton); Billy Schuler (UNC); Brian Ownby (Virginia); Bryan Gaul (Bradley); Casey Townsend (Maryland); Colin Rolfe (Louisville); Ethan Finlay (Creighton); Evan James (UNC Charlotte); Evans Frimpong (Delaware); Karo Okiomah (High Point); Luckymore Mkosana (Dartmouth); Luke Holmes (Akron); Tony Cascio (UConn).
2012 adidas MLS Player Combine List by School
University of Akron
Luke Holmes
Bradley University
Bryan Gaul
California Polytechnic State University
Pat Sigler
California State University, Northridge
Rafael Garcia
University of California, Irvine
Miguel Ibarra
University of California, Los Angeles
Eder Arreola
Andy Rose
Brian Rowe
Shawn Singh
University of California, Santa Barbara
James Kiffe
Luis Silva
University of Central Florida
Warren Creavalle
Kevan George
University of Connecticut
Nick Blake
Tony Cascio
Creighton University
Andrew Duran
Greg Jordan
Ethan Finlay
Dartmouth College
Luckymore Mkosana
University of Delaware
Evans Frimpong
Fordham University
Ryan Meara
High Point University
Karo Okiomah
Indiana University
Chris Estridge
Tommy Meyer
Alec Purdie
University of Louisville
Austin Berry
Nick DeLeon
Colin Rolfe
Kenney Walker
Marquette University
Calum Mallace
University of Maryland
Casey Townsend
University of New Mexico
Michael Green
Lance Rozenboom
University of North Carolina
Matt Hedges
Billy Schuler
Kirk Urso
Universityof North Carolina, Charlotte
Evan James
Charles Rodriguez
University of Notre Dame
Brendan King
Aaron Maund
University of Pennsylvania
Christian Barreiro
Princeton University
Antoine Hoppenot
Providence College
Jhojan Obando
Santa Clara University
Mykell Bates
Southern Methodist University
Diogo de Almeida
Arthur Ivo
University of South Florida
Chris Blais
Aubrey Perry
Tulsa University
Justin Chavez
University of Virginia
Hunter Jumper
Brian Ownby
University of Wisconsin – Green Bay
Tony Walls
