Luis Barraza Invited to 2019 adidas MLS Player Combine

MILWAUKEE – Marquette University senior goalkeeper Luis Barraza is one of 60 college players invited to participate in the 2019 adidas MLS Player Combine, Major League Soccer announced on Thursday. The event will take place at Orlando City Stadium in Orlando, Florida from Jan. 3-9.

The top collegiate players from across the country will showcase their talents in front of representatives from all 24 MLS clubs in Orlando, Florida. All invited players will be eligible for selection in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, which will take place at 11 a.m. Central time on Friday, Jan. 11 in Chicago's McCormick Place in conjunction with the United Soccer Coaches Convention.

Barraza is coming off his best collegiate season in 2018 as he was named the BIG EAST Conference Goalkeeper of the Year and finished the season ranked in the top-10 among all Division I keepers in save percentage (.839) and saves per game (5.20). He ranked 21st overall in total saves (78), compiling a 6-6-1 record in 13 starts.

His presence in net fueled a memorable run to the postseason that saw the Golden Eagles prevail in two-consecutive penalty kick shootouts to reach the BIG EAST Tournament final for the first time since 2013.

The Santa Teresa, New Mexico, native is the first Marquette player to be invited to the combine since C Nortey ('15) in 2016. He's the third keeper in a great line of Marquette keepers to be invited, joining Charlie Lyon ('15) and Matt Pyzdrowski ('09), who are both enjoying successful professional careers.

Marquette is one of four BIG EAST representatives with at least one player invited to the combine (Creighton, Georgetown, Providence).

Media interested in covering the 2019 adidas MLS Player Combine can CLICK HERE to apply for a credential. The deadline to apply is Monday, Dec. 17. Any questions should be directed to Paul.Ochoa@MLSsoccer.com.

2019 adidas MLS Player Combine College Participants
(Alphabetical by last name)

First Name	Last Name	School	Pos.	Hometown	Citizenship	Bio
Anderson	Asiedu	UCLA	MF	Dormaa Ahenkro, Ghana	Ghana	Bio
Luis	Barraza	Marquette University	GK	Santa Teresa, N.M.	USA	Bio
Amir	Bashti	Stanford University	FW	Cupertino, Calif.	USA	Bio
Jakov	Basic	Univ. of Massachusetts-Lowell	MF	Zagreb, Croatia	Croatia	Bio
Tucker	Bone	Air Force Academy	MF	Granite Bay, Calif.	USA	Bio
Marcello	Borges	University of Michigan	DF	Kearny, N.J.	USA	Bio
Sam	Brown	Harvard University	MF	Ann Arbor, Mich.	USA	Bio
Nils	Bruening	Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	FW	Hamsburg, Germany	Germany	Bio
Rece	Buckmaster	Indiana University	DF	Auburn, Ind.	USA	Bio
Pat	Bunk-Andersen	Clemson University	DF	Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	Bio
Mamadi	Camara	Simon Fraser University	FW	Montreal, Quebec	Canada	Bio
Dylan	Castenheira	Columbia University	GK	Landing, N.J.	USA	Bio
Kyle	Coffee	University of Washington	FW	Syracuse, Utah	USA	Bio
Alex	Comsia	Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	DF	North Vancouver, BC	Canada	Bio
Emil	Cuello	Southern Methodist University	MF	Orem, Utah	USA	Bio
Geoffrey	Dee	University of Louisville	MF	Germantown, Tenn.	USA	Bio
Hugo	Delhomeele	Syracuse University	MF	Rennes, France	France	Bio
Hassani	Dotson	Oregon State University	MF	Federal Way, Wash.	USA	Bio
Brad	Dunwell	Wake Forest University	MF	Grand Rapids, Mich.	USA	Bio
Sebastian	Elney	University of Maryland	FW	Boca Raton, Fla.	USA	Bio
Simon	Enstrom	Boston College	FW	Huddinge, Sweden	Sweden	Bio
Prosper	Figbe	University of Virginia	DF	Ilorin, Nigeria	Nigeria	Bio
Chase	Gasper	University of Maryland	DF	Alexandria, Va.	USA	Bio
Logan	Gdula	Wake Forest University	DF	East Lyme, Conn.	USA	Bio
Dylan	Greenberg	University of Connecticut	DF	Dix Hills, N.Y.	USA	Bio
Jimmy	Hague	Michigan State University	GK	Walled Lake, Mich.	USA	Bio
Jacob	Hauser-Ramsey	University of Connecticut	DF	Seattle, Wash.	USA	Bio
Lennart	Hein	Saint Louis University	DF	Hamburg, Germany	Germany	Bio
DeJuan	Jones	Michigan State University	FW	Lansing, Mich.	USA	Bio
Shinya	Kadono	University of California	FW	Irvine, Calif.	Japan/USA	Bio
Kervin	Kenton Fadel	Coastal Carolina University	DF	San Jose, Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Bio
Janos	Loebe	Fordham University	FW	Kierspe, Germany	Germany	Bio
Ben	Lundt	University of Akron	GK	Berlin, Germany	Germany	Bio
Abdu	Mbacke Thiam	University of Connecticut	FW	Dakar, Senegal	Senegal	Bio
Tommy	McCabe	University of Notre Dame	MF	South Orange, N.J.	USA	Bio
Brendan	McDonough	Georgetown University	DF	Matthews, N.C.	USA	Bio
Robbie	Mertz	University of Michigan	MF	Pittsburgh, Pa.	USA	Bio
Colin	Miller	Providence College	GK	Bel Air, Md.	USA	Bio
Kamal	Miller	Syracuse University	DF	Pickering, Ontario	Canada	Bio
Abdi	Mohammed	University of Akron	DF	Westerville, Ohio	USA	Bio
Callum	Montgomery	UNC Charlotte	DF	Victoria, BC	Canada	Bio
Rashid	Nuhu	Fordham University	GK	Accra, Ghana	Ghana	Bio
Mitchell	Osmand	University of Rio Grande	DF	Sydney, Australia	Australia	Bio
Santiago	Patino	Florida International University	FW	Orlando, Fla.	USA	Bio
Javi	Perez	University of Pittsburgh	MF	Valencia, Spain	Spain	Bio
Moshe	Perez	University of Denver	MF	Shim'a, Israel	Israel	Bio
Joey	Piatczyc	West Virginia University	MF	Lee's Summit, Mo.	USA	Bio
James	Pyle	Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	GK	Charlotte, N.C.	USA	Bio
Camden	Riley	University of the Pacific	MF	Dallas, Texas	USA	Bio
Sergio	Rivas	Seattle University	MF	Albuquerque, N.M.	USA	Bio
Joel	Rydstrand	Creighton University	MF	Almunge, Sweden	Sweden	Bio
Andrew	Samuels	University of Maryland	DF	Tampa, Fla.	USA	Bio
Amar	Sejdic	University of Maryland	MF	Louisville, Ky.	USA	Bio
Andre	Shinyashiki	University of Denver	FW	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Brazil	Bio
Ryan	Sierakowski	Michigan State University	FW	McHenry, Ill.	USA	Bio
Harry	Swartz	Northeastern University	FW	Needham, Mass.	USA	Bio
Don	Tchilao	Oregon State University	FW	Chandler, Ariz.	Benin	Bio
Thomas	Ueland	University of Notre Dame	FW	Lexington, Ky.	USA	Bio
Wouter	Verstraaten	University of the Pacific	DF	Heeze, Netherlands	Netherlands	Bio
Akeem	Ward	Creighton University	DF	Vienna, Va.	USA	Bio

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