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Major League Soccer and Caribbean Football Union to Host Second Caribbean Player Combine, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico

11/28/2014

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NEW YORK (Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014) – Major League Soccer has announced it will again partner with the Caribbean Football Union to host the second Caribbean Player Combine on January 2 – 5, 2015, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The event will feature players age 18-21 from around the Caribbean who will compete in front of League scouts for the opportunity to earn an invitation to the 2015 adidas MLS Player Combine in Fort Lauderdale, FL, days later.

Twenty-four players from the region took part in the inaugural Caribbean Player Combine in 2014 held in Antigua, and two moved on to feature in the MLS Player Combine. This year, the four-day event will take place at Bayamón Football Club facilities, and will include training session and games against local clubs.

“We’re excited to be returning to the Caribbean with the prospect of identifying some of the area’s top young talent,” said MLS Executive Vice President, Todd Durbin. “Our league currently features more than 25 players from the Caribbean Islands, including Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago.”



"The Caribbean Football Union is extremely ecstatic, about the second edition of this wonderful collaboration. Players throughout the union have now placed this event high within their calendar and see it as a major avenue in realizing their dream as a professional player," Gordon Derrick, President of the Caribbean Football Union, stated. "Providing meaningful advancement opportunities for our young talented players is one of our major corner stones and the MLS Caribbean Combine is that critical component in realizing this."

The annual adidas MLS Player Combine gives professional soccer scouts the opportunity to see top players in action prior to the annual MLS SuperDraft presented by adidas. Participants have moved on to successful professional careers as well as participation in their national teams.

 

Media interested in attending the Caribbean Player Combine should contact the CFU at media@cfufootball.org.

About Major League Soccer

Headquartered in New York City, Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. MLS features many stars from the U.S., Canada, and around the world. Major League Soccer’s 19th season began March 8 and concludes with MLS Cup on December 7. For more information about MLS, visit www.MLSsoccer.com.   

About CFU

CFU “Caribbean Football Union” is one of three Unions in CONCACAF (The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football) and serves as the governing body of football in the Caribbean. It is composed of 31 national associations, from Bahamas in the north to Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana in the south.  It spans 4 languages and composed of republics, independent countries and overseas territories of the UK, USA and Holland.  For more information about CFU, log on to its official website at www.cfufootball.org.

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