The league will hold its annual combine from Jan. 11-17 at Orlando City Stadium, with representatives from all 23 MLS clubs scouting the top college prospects ahead of the Jan. 19 MLS SuperDraft in Philadelphia.
A committee of MLS coaches and NCAA D1 coaches from every conference selected the invitees, all of whom completed their college eligibility this season. Further invitees, including Generation adidas signings and non-college players, will be announced in coming weeks.
2017 MAC Hermann Trophy finalists Wake Forest forward Jon Bakero and Stanford defender Tomas Hilliard-Arce headline the list of invitees, who will be coached at the Combine by a mix of college soccer head coaches and MLS academy personnel.
2018 MLS Combine Invitees
| Player | School | POS | Hometown | Citizen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acuna, Marcelo | Virginia Tech | F | San Jose, Costa Rica | CRC |
| Aguilar, Pablo | Virginia | M | Guatemala City, Guatemala | GUA/USA |
| Andrade Santos, Rafael | VCU | M/F | Rio de Janiero, Brazil | BRA |
| Bagrou, Will | Mercer | F | Dacula, GA | USA |
| Bakero, Jon | Wake Forest | F | Sitges, Spain | SPA |
| Belana, Pau | Akron | M | Barcelona, Spain | SPA |
| Blackmon, Tristan | Pacific | D | Las Vegas, NV | USA |
| Bosua, Arthur | Columbia | F | Johannesburg, South Africa | SA |
| Brown, Cory | Xavier | D | Nelson, New Zealand | NZ |
| Bye, Brandon | Western Michigan | D/F | Portage, MI | USA |
| Caldwell, Jeff | Virginia | GK | Todd, NC | USA |
| Calvet Planellas, Pol | Pittsburgh | D | Barcelona, Spain | SPA |
| Campbell, George | Maryland | D | Baltimore, MD | USA |
| Christensen, Paul | Portland | GK | Woodinville, WA | USA |
| Cooksley, Harry | St. John’s | M/F | London, England | UK |
| Cordeiro, Manuel | Akron | M | Porto, Portugal | POR |
| DeVera, Niko | Akron | D | Camas, WA | USA |
| Dick, Eric | Butler | GK | Carmel, IN | USA |
| Fiddes, Justin | Washington | D | San Diego, CA | USA |
| Fjortoft, Markus | Duke | D | Asker, Norway | NOR |
| Gainford, Sam | Akron | F | Liverpool, England | UK |
| Gallagher, Jon | Notre Dame | F | Dundalk, Ireland | IRL |
| Godoy, Giovanni | UC Irvine | F | Watsonville, CA | USA |
| Guirassy, Mamadou | NJIT | F | Paris, France | FRA/USA |
| Hilliard-Arce, Tomas | Stanford | D | Matthews, NC | USA |
| Iloski, Brian | UCLA | M | Escondido, CA | USA |
| Jones, Jordan | Oregon State | F | Pacific Grove, CA | USA |
| Krolicki, Ken | Michigan State | M | Plymouth, MI | USA/JPN |
| Kubel, Tim | Louisville | D/M | Stuttgart, Germany | GER |
| Lema, Chris | Georgetown | M | Ridgefield, NJ | USA |
| Lopez-Espin, Ricky | Creighton | F | Miami, FL | USA |
| Lundgaard, Ben | Virginia Tech | GK | Greenville, DE | USA |
| Manley, Carter | Duke | D | Elkridge, MD | USA |
| Marie, Paul | FIU | D | Saint-Aubin-des-Bois, France | FRA/USA |
| Morrison, Andre | Hartford | D | Clarendon, Jamaica | JAM |
| Mueller, Chris | Wisconsin | F | Schaumburg, IL | USA |
| Musovski, Danny | UNLV | F | Henderson, NV | USA |
| Nelson, Michael | SMU | GK | Katy, TX | USA |
| Omsberg, Wyatt | Dartmouth | D | Scarborough, ME | USA |
| Paterson, AJ | Wright State | M | Key Largo, FL | USA |
| Pierrot, Frantzdy | Coastal Carolina | F | Boston, MA | USA |
| Pinheiro, Afonso | Albany | F | Sao Paulo, Brazil | BRA |
| Pyysalo, Matias | UCF | M/F | Helsinki, Finland | FIN |
| Roldan, Alex | Seattle | M | Pico Rivera, CA | USA/ES |
| Rozhansky, Jake | Maryland | M | Germantown, MD | USA |
| Ruiz, Albert | FGCU | F | Barcelona, Spain | SPA |
| Sanchez, Rafael | Saint Mary’s | D/M | Selah, WA | USA |
| Schwarzer, Leon | San Francisco | M | Munster, Germany | GER |
| Segbers, Mark | Wisconsin | D/F | St. Louis, MO | USA |
| Shannon, Oliver | Clemson | M | Liverpool, England | UK |
| Shultz, Nate | Akron | D | Mayfield, OH | USA |
| Skundrich, Drew | Stanford | M | Lancaster, PA | USA |
| Smith, Graham | Denver | M | Highlands Ranch, CO | USA |
| Stauffer, Lucas | Creighton | D | Owensboro, KY | USA |
| Steeves, Mac | Providence | F | Needham, MA | USA |
| Thiaw, Mohamed | Louisville | F | Lexington, KY | USA |
| White, Brian | Duke | M/F | Flemington, NJ | USA |
| White, Ben | Gonzaga | D | Tigard, OR | USA |
| Winn, Alan | UNC | F | Garland, TX | USA |
| Wright, Jason | Clemson | F | Kingston, Jamaica | JAM |
