Justin Meram could be a first round pick out of Michigan. (photo via U-M Athletic Communication)

The Major League Soccer Combine set for next month finally has some players to go along with it. The league has finalized the list of names they are scheduled to invite to the Combine and the four teams left in the College Cup are definitely well represented.

A total of 54 seniors are on the initial invite list, mostly no shockers of who will be invited by the league. Only a couple players were missing that some will be surprised by like Monmouth’s Ryan Kinne or Virginia keeper Diego Restrepo. Just keep in mind injuries could play a factor in some players missing. Also some players could have declined the invite to pursue other options.

This list will grow as the league officially signs their Generation adidas class for this draft. I’m being told that they could sign most of the GA players by end of the month (or year if you will).

Here is the complete list if senior MLS Combine invitees (Note: if the official list that is expected to be released later this week has any changes I’ll update this list here):

2011 MLS Combine Senior Invitees:

Goalkeepers (5):

• Jeff Attinnella, South Florida
• Josh Ford, UConn
• Jimmy Maurer, South Carolina
• Bryan Meredith, Monmouth
• Joe Willis, University of Denver

Defenders (17):

• Eddie Ababio, North Carolina
• Jalil Anibaba, North Carolina
• Rich Balchan, Indiana
• Michael Boxall, UCSB
• Juan Cruz, SMU
• Bilal Duckett, Notre Dame
• Colin Givens, Michigan State
• Greg Klazura, Notre Dame
• Greg King, UConn
• Christopher Korb, Akron
• Tyler Lassiter, North Carolina State
• J.T. Murray, Louisville
• Demitrius Omphroy, California
• Indy Smith, UNC-Wilmington
• A.J. Soares, California
• Curtis Ushedo, UAB
• Bobby Warshaw, Stanford

Midfielders (21):

• Anthony Ampaipitakwong, Akron
• Jimmy Banks, Wisconsin-Green Bay
• Matheus Braga, Penn State
• Blake Brettschneider, South Carolina
• Jeb Brovsky, Notre Dame
• Efrain Burgos, Cal Poly-SLO
• Ernesto Carranza, Sacramento State
• Servando Carrasco, California
• Billy Cortes, Maryland
• Tommy Drake, Clemson
• Michael Farfan, North Carolina
• Cole Grossman, Duke
• Matt Gold, Ohio State
• Hector Jimenez, California
• Daniel Keat, Dartmouth
• Stephen McCarthy, North Carolina
• Dustin McCarty, North Carolina
• Lebogang Pila, St. Peter’s College
• Karl Reddick, Boston College
• Josue Soto, SMU
• Konrad Warzycha, Ohio State

Forwards (11):

• Philip Bannister, Loyola (Md.)
• Jason Herrick, Maryland
• Levi Houapeu, UMBC
• Brayan Martinez, Seton Hall
• Ashley McInnes, Tulsa
• Justin Meram, Michigan
• Jon Okafor, Brown
• Davis Paul, California
• Steven Perry, Notre Dame
• C.J. Sapong, James Madison
• Amani Walker, UC-Urvine

Maryland's Jeremy Hall is one of nine players signed on as a Generation adidas player. (Getty Images)

A few surprises today with the Generation adidas class and MLS Combine rosters being announced. The GA list went out without a hitch from what we discussed yesterday but a couple players were missing from the Combine list that the league ended up missing out on.

Both Marcus Tracey (Wake Forest) and Mike Grella (Duke) have opted not to sign with MLS and instead will look at offers from European clubs. There is still time for the two to sign before next week’s draft but if they don’t this draft class will have taken a big dent with those losses.

As for the GA list, the nine we discussed yesterday were announced today. There is still an outside chance another name could be added to this list but I still doubt that will happen in time.

• Steve Zakuani
• Omar Gonzalez
• Rodney Wallace
• Jeremy Hall
• Baggio Husidic
• Kevin Alston
• Stefan Frei
• Peri Marosevic
• Daniel Cruz

Now as for the Combine information, below is the list of rosters as well as game times for those in the area. Miami fans, you claim to want a team so bad right now…if I were you I’d show up in full force as these games are open to the public. Show your support for the league’s future here, plus it may help get some more people behind you if you do indeed show up for this event. (sorry for the rant, I just couldn’t help it here)

Here are the MLS Combine rosters and schedule of matches:
Complete 2009 adidas MLS Combine Rosters:

adidas adiPure
Alec Dufty (University of Evansville)
Neal Kitson (St. John’s University)
Kwame Adjeman-Pamboe (George Mason University)
Raphael Cox (University of Washington)
Danny Cruz (Generation adidas/University of Nevada Las Vegas)
Juan Guerra (Florida International University)
Jack Traynor (University of Notre Dame)
Darrius Barnes (Duke University)
Matt Besler (University of Notre Dame)
Graciano Brito (Quinnipiac University)
Aaron Clapham (University of Louisville)
Jokull Elisabetarson (University of North Carolina – Greensboro)
Wes Knight (College of Charleston)
Paul Nicholson (Rio Grande University)
Jean Alexandre (Lynn University)
Jordan Seabrook (University of South Florida)
Jeremy Hall (Generation adidas/University of Maryland)
Otto Loewy (Winthrop University)

Coaches: Bobby Clark (University of Notre Dame) and Jeremy Alumbaugh (Springfield United)

adidas Tunit
Stefan Frei (Generation adidas/University of California)
Trevor Banks (Old Dominion University)
Josh Boateng (Liberty University)
AJ DeLaGarza (University of Mayland)
Richard Jata (Campbell Univeristy)
Rodney Wallace (Generation adidas/University of Maryland)
Brandon Barklage (Saint Louis University)
Pav Castenada (Duke University)
Paul Gerstenberger (Boston College)
Andrei Gotsmanov (Creighton University)
Peri Marosevic (Generation adidas/University of Michigan)
Kyle Patterson (Saint Louis University)
Chris Pontius (University of California – Santa Barbara)
Matt Poole (University of Virginia)
Kyle Russell (Coastal Carolina University)
Babajide Ogunbiyi (Santa Clara University)
Daniel Revivo (Winthrop University)

Coaches: Cam Rast (University of Santa Clara) and Marc Nicholls (Greensboro Youth Soccer)

adidas Predator PowerSwerve
Evan Bush (University of Akron)
Sean Milligan (Dartmouth University)
Quincy Amarikwa (University of California – Davis)
Oscar Castillo (University of Connecticut)
Jeffery Harwell (Southern Methodist University)
Keum Sung Kim (Loyola University)
Akeem Priestly (University of Connecticut)
Lyle Adams (Wake Forest University)
Rhett Bernstein (Brown University)
Sam Cronin (Wake Forest University)
Doug DeMartin (Michigan State University)
Bryan Irwin (University of Portland)
Yohance Marshall (University of South Florida)
Ryan Mirsky (Southern Methodist University)
Patrick Murray (Furman University)
Steve Zakuani (Generation adidas/University of Akron)
Nick Zimmerman (James Madison University)
Omar Gonzalez (Generation adidas/University of Maryland)

Coaches: Caleb Porter (University of Akron) and Bobby Muuss (University of Denver)

adidas Tiro
Steward Ceus (University of Albany)
Milos Kocic (Loyola College (Md.))
Ryan Maxwell (University of Tampa)
Michael Lahoud (Wake Forest University)
Chris Salvaggione (UNC – Charlotte)
Kevin Alston (Generation adidas/Indiana University)
Calum Angus (Saint Louis University)
Evan Brown (Wake Forest University)
Graham Zusi (University of Maryland)
Chris Clements (University of Tulsa)
Dylan Curtis (University of California – Davis)
Alex Grendi (University of Pennsylvania)
David Hertel (Michigan State University)
Ryan Maduro (Providence College)
Baggio Husidic (Generation adidas/University of Illinois – Chicago)
George John (University of Washington)
Ross Schunk (Redlands University)
Nick Perera (University of California – Santa Barbara)

Coaches: Chaka Daley (Providence College) and Janusz Michallik (National Director of SoccerPlus Camps)

MLS PLAYER COMBINE GAME SCHEDULE
All games are open to the public. All times eastern and schedule is subject to change.

Some guys on this list I’ve already discussed in recent Draft posts, others I will try to get into later on before the draft. The 65 players will get broken up into a couple teams and will play in a few games to try and impress the various scouts on hand. Usually it helps us know who will be stars on the next level and who won’t be.

GOALKEEPERS (7): Chris Brown (Boston College); Evan Bush (Akron); Steward Ceus (Albany); Alec Dufty (Evansville); Neal Kitson (St. John’s); Milos Kocic (Loyola, Md.); Sean Milligan (Dartmouth).

DEFENDERS (20): Lyle Adams (Wake Forest); Calum Angus (Saint Louis); Trevor Banks (Old Dominion); Darius Barnes (Duke); Rhett Bernstein (Brown); Matt Besler (Notre Dame); Evan Brown (Wake Forest); Oscar Castillo (Connecticut); Chris Clements (Tulsa); A.J. Delagarza (Maryland); Paul Gerstenberger (Boston College); David Hertel (Michigan State); Wes Knight (Charleston); Otto Loewy (Winthrop); Yohance Marshall (South Florida); Ryan Mirsky (Southern Methodist); Babjide Ogunbiyi (Santa Clara); Kyle Russell (Coastal Carolina); Seth Sinovic (Creighton); Jack Traynor (Notre Dame).

MIDFIELDERS/FORWARDS (38): Kwame Adjeman-Pamboe (George Mason); Quincy Amarikwa (California-Davis); Brandon Barklage (Saint Louis); Josh Boateng (Liberty); Graciano Brito (Quinnipiac); Pav Castenada (Duke); Aaron Clapham (Louisville); Raphael Cox (Washington); Sam Cronin (Wake Forest); Dylan Curtis (California-Davis); Doug DeMartin (Michigan State); Jokul Elisabetarson (UNC Greensboro); Michael Fucito (Harvard); Andrei Gotsmanov (Creighton); Mike Grella (Duke); Alex Grendi (Penn); Juan Guerra (Florida International); Jeffrey Harwell (Southern Methodist); Bryan Irwin (Portland); Richard Jata (Campbell); George John (Washington); Keum Sung Kim (Loyola, Ill.); Michael Lahoud (Wake Forest); Ryan Maduro (Providence); Patrick Murray (Furman); Kyle Patterson (Saint Louis); Nick Perra (UC Santa Barbara); Chris Pontius (UC Santa Barbara); Matt Poole (Virginia); Akeem Priestley (Connecticut); Daniel Revivo (Winthrop); Tosaint Ricketts (Wisconsin-Green Bay); Brad Ring (Indiana); Chris Salvaggionne (Charlotte); Jordan Seabrook (South Florida); Marcus Tracy (Wake Forest); Nick Zimmerman (James Madison); Graham Zusi (Maryland).