Soccer development program
Generation Adidas is a joint venture between Major League Soccer and U.S. Soccer aimed at raising the level of young professional soccer talent in the United States.[ 1] Adidas , offers professional-ready players in the U.S. developmental system not yet eligible for the MLS SuperDraft early entry, allowing MLS to compete with foreign professional clubs without comparable restrictions on player signing.[ 2] Nike and was called Project-40 .[ 3]
Carlos Parra was the first Project-40 player when he signed with the league and was allocated to the New York/New Jersey MetroStars in 1997. Since then, the program has included players such as Tim Howard , DaMarcus Beasley , Maurice Edu , Carlos Bocanegra , Clint Dempsey , Jozy Altidore , Ben Olsen , Sacha Kljestan , Freddy Adu , Brad Guzan , Michael Bradley , Nick Rimando , Kyle Beckerman , and NFL kicker Josh Lambo .
Generation Adidas players do not count against the MLS senior roster and usually earn a much higher salary than the league minimum.[ 4] professional , and thus disqualifies them from playing college soccer. As a result, Generation Adidas players are also guaranteed scholarships to continue their college education should they end their professional career early.[ 5]
From 1998 to 2000, MLS entered a team of Project-40 players, supplemented by other MLS players who did not get much playing time, into the A-League in the USL .[ 6]
In 2017, MLS introduced Canadian Generation Adidas players, part of a new initiative with the Canadian Soccer Association . Canadian Generation Adidas players count as domestic players on US based MLS teams.[ 7]
Player Age Pos Hometown College/prior Assigned team Ubusuku Abukusumo 19 D Albuquerque, NM North Carolina State Columbus Crew Jose Botello 20 M Los Angeles, CA East Los Angeles (Comm) College Los Angeles Galaxy Nino Da Silva 17 M Hoffman Estates, IL Kansas City Wizards Joey DiGiamarino 19 D Corona, CA Cal State Fullerton Colorado Rapids Brian Dunseth 19 D Upland, CA Cal State Fullerton New England Revolution Carlos Parra 19 M West Haven, CT MetroStars Eric Quill 18 F Missouri City, TX Clemson Tampa Bay Mutiny Esmundo Rodriguez 19 M Dallas, TX Indiana San Jose Clash Tim Sahaydak 19 D Bethlehem, PA North Carolina Columbus Crew Juan Sastoque 19 F Brooklyn, NY CSUN Dallas Burn
Player Age Pos Hometown College/prior Assigned team Jamar Beasley 18 F Fort Wayne, IN New England Revolution Judah Cooks 21 M Bethesda, MD Maryland D.C. United Tim Howard 18 GK North Brunswick, NJ MetroStars Andy Kirk 20 GK Milwaukee, WI Maryland San Jose Clash Chad McCarty 20 D Clovis, CA Washington Tampa Bay Mutiny Matt Napoleon 20 GK Feasterville, PA Columbia Miami Fusion Ben Olsen 20 M/F Middletown, PA Virginia D.C. United Barry Swift 20 F Port-of-Spain, Trinidad MetroStars Scott Vermillion 21 D Olathe, KS Virginia Tampa Bay Mutiny Brian West 19 F Columbia, MD Virginia Columbus Crew Josh Wolff 20 F Stone Mountain, GA South Carolina Chicago Fire
Player Age Pos Hometown College/prior Assigned team Chris Albright 20 F Philadelphia, PA Virginia D.C. United DaMarcus Beasley 16 M Fort Wayne, IN Bradenton Academy Los Angeles Galaxy Scott Bower 20 F/M Tampa, FL Clemson San Jose Earthquakes Sergi Daniv 23 M Lviv , Ukraine Wake Forest Chicago Fire Francisco Gomez 19 M Watsonville, CA California Jaguars Kansas City Wizards Michael Green 20 D Columbia, MD Virginia Kansas City Wizards Dema Kovalenko 21 M Rochester, NY Indiana Chicago Fire Alen Kozić 22 D/M Tampa, FL Florida International Miami Fusion Matt Nyman 22 G Westbrook, CT Dartmouth Tampa Bay Mutiny Antonio Otero 21 M Tampa, FL American D.C. United Marvin Quijano 19 F North Hollywood, CA Rio Hondo Comm College Los Angeles Galaxy Maurizio Rocha 22 M Santa Cruz , Bolivia Connecticut Miami Fusion Scott Vallow 21 GK Naperville, IL Bowling Green Dallas Burn
Player Age Pos Hometown College/prior Draft team Shaker Asad 20 M Raleigh, NC North Carolina State New England Revolution Kyle Beckerman 17 M Crofton, MD US Under-17 Miami Fusion Carlos Bocanegra 20 D Alta Loma, CA UCLA Chicago Fire Danny Califf 19 D Orange, CA Maryland Los Angeles Galaxy Bobby Convey 16 M Philadelphia, PA Bradenton Academy D.C. United Micah Cooks 18 M Washington, DC D.C. United Nick Garcia 20 D Plano, TX Indiana Kansas City Wizards Mario Longo 19 M Apex, NC Columbus Crew Rusty Pierce 20 D The Woodlands, TX UNC Greensboro New England Revolution Nick Rimando 20 GK Montclair, CA UCLA Miami Fusion Seth Trembly 17 M Littleton, CO Bradenton Academy Colorado Rapids Sergio Salas 18 F Falls Church, VA D.C. United
Player Age Pos Hometown College/prior Draft team Devin Barclay 17 F Annapolis, MD US Under-20 Tampa Bay Mutiny Isaias Bardales 21 F San Jose, CA San Jose State Los Angeles Galaxy Edson Buddle 19 F New Rochelle, NY State Fair Comm College Columbus Crew Jose Aparicio Sanchez Jr 16 F Houston, TX San Jose Earthquakes José Burciaga Jr. 19 D Duncanville, TX US Under-20 Kansas City Wizards Chris Carrieri 20 F Stafford, VA North Carolina San Jose Earthquakes D.J. Countess 19 GK Sacramento, CA UCLA MetroStars Nick Downing 20 D Redmond, WA Maryland New England Revolution Eddie Johnson 16 F Palm Coast, FL Bradenton Academy Dallas Burn Martin Klinger 20 F Kearny, NJ MetroStars Black MetroStars Santino Quaranta 16 F Baltimore, MD Bradenton Academy D.C. United Miguel Saavedra 17 M Milwaukee, WI US Under-18 Dallas Burn
Player Age Pos Hometown College/prior Draft team Arturo Alvarez 17 F/M Houston, TX US Under-17 San Jose Earthquakes Brian Carroll 21 M Fairfax, VA Wake Forest D.C. United Ricardo Clark 19 M Jonesboro, GA Furman MetroStars Alecko Eskandarian 20 F Montvale, NJ Virginia D.C. United Eddie Gaven 16 M Hamilton, NJ Bradenton Academy MetroStars Guillermo Gonzalez 16 M Paramount, CA Bradenton Academy Los Angeles Galaxy Nate Jaqua 21 F Eugene, OR Portland Chicago Fire Jacob LeBlanc 21 M Palo Alto, VA Virginia MetroStars Ricky Lewis 20 D Spring, TX Clemson Los Angeles Galaxy Mike Magee 18 F/M South Barrington, IL Bradenton Academy MetroStars Logan Pause 21 D Hillsborough, NC North Carolina Chicago Fire David Stokes 20 D Dumfries, VA North Carolina D.C. United Jason Thompson 21 F Garland, TX Eastern Illinois Dallas Burn
Player Age Pos Hometown College/prior Draft team Freddy Adu 14 M Potomac, MD US Under-17 D.C. United Michael Bradley 16 M Palatine, IL US Under-17 MetroStars Ryan Cochrane 20 D Portland, OR Santa Clara San Jose Earthquakes Steve Cronin 20 GK Sacramento, CA Santa Clara San Jose Earthquakes Clint Dempsey 20 M Nacogdoches, TX Furman New England Revolution Josh Gardner 21 M Houston, TX Cincinnati Los Angeles Galaxy Clarence Goodson 21 D Springfield, VA Maryland Dallas Burn Ned Grabavoy 20 M New Lenox, IL Indiana Los Angeles Galaxy Chad Marshall 19 D Riverside, CA Stanford Columbus Crew Danny Szetela 16 M Clifton, NJ US Under-17 Columbus Crew
Player Age Pos Hometown College/prior Draft team Chad Barrett 19 F Beaverton, OR UCLA Chicago Fire Nikolas Besagno 16 M Maple Valley, WA US Under-17 Real Salt Lake Hunter Freeman 20 D Allen, TX Virginia Colorado Rapids Brad Guzan 20 GK Homer Glen, IL South Carolina Chivas USA Christian Jimenez 18 M San Dimas, CA US Under-20 Chivas USA Will John 19 F Kansas City, MO Saint Louis Chicago Fire Quavas Kirk 16 F Aurora, IL US Under-17 Los Angeles Galaxy Drew Moor 20 D Dallas, TX Indiana FC Dallas Michael Parkhurst 20 D Cranston, RI Wake Forest New England Revolution Ryan Pore 21 F Mansfield, OH Tulsa Kansas City Wizards Tim Ward 17 D Waukesha, WI Saint Louis MetroStars Jamie Watson 18 F Dallas, TX North Carolina Real Salt Lake
Player Age Pos Hometown College/prior Draft team Jozy Altidore 16 F Boca Raton, FL IMG Soccer Academy MetroStars Yura Movsisyan 18 F Pasadena, CA Pasadena Kansas City Wizards 17 F Santa Ana, CA US Under-20 MetroStars Patrick Ianni 20 D/M Lodi, CA UCLA Houston Dynamo Kei Kamara 21 F Lawndale, CA Cal State Dominguez Hills Columbus Crew Sacha Kljestan 20 M Huntington Beach, CA Seton Hall Chivas USA Dax McCarty 18 M Winter Park, FL North Carolina FC Dallas Jacob Peterson 19 F Portage, MI Indiana Colorado Rapids Willie Sims 21 F Los Angeles, CA Cal State Northridge New England Revolution Nathan Sturgis 18 D/M St. Augustine, FL Clemson Los Angeles Galaxy Blake Wagner 17 D Tampa, FL US Under-20 FC Dallas Marvell Wynne 19 D Poway, CA UCLA MetroStars Jed Zayner 21 D Orland Park, IL Indiana Columbus Crew
Player Age Pos Hometown College/prior Draft team Eric Avila 20 M San Diego, CA UC Santa Barbara FC Dallas Tony Beltran 20 D/M Claremont, CA UCLA Real Salt Lake Roger Espinoza 21 M Aurora, CO Ohio State Kansas City Wizards Josh Lambo 17 GK Middleton, WI US Under-17 FC Dallas Chance Myers 20 D/M Thousand Oaks, CA UCLA Kansas City Wizards Alex Nimo 17 F/M Portland, OR US Under-17 Real Salt Lake Patrick Nyarko 22 F Kumasi, Ghana Virginia Tech Chicago Fire Ciaran O'Brien 20 M Tacoma, WA UC Santa Barbara Colorado Rapids Brek Shea 17 M/D College Station, TX US Under-17 FC Dallas Rob Valentino 22 D Cave Creek, AZ San Francisco New England Revolution
Player Age Pos Hometown College/prior Draft team Corben Bone 21 M Plano, TX Wake Forest Chicago Fire Teal Bunbury 19 F Prior Lake, MN Akron Kansas City Wizards Dilly Duka 20 M Montville, NJ Rutgers Columbus Crew Blair Gavin 20 M Louisville, KY Akron Chivas USA Luis Gil 16 M Garden Grove, CA US Under-17 Kansas City Wizards 17 D Port St. Lucie, FL US Under-17 Toronto FC Sean Johnson 20 GK Lilburn, GA UCF Chicago Fire Jack McInerney 17 F Alpharetta, GA US Under-17 Philadelphia Union Danny Mwanga 18 F Kinshasa , DR Congo Oregon State Philadelphia Union Amobi Okugo 18 M Sacramento, CA UCLA Philadelphia Union Ike Opara 20 D Durham, NC Wake Forest San Jose Earthquakes Tony Tchani 20 M Norfolk, VA Virginia New York Red Bulls Andrew Wiedeman 20 F San Ramon, CA California FC Dallas
Player Age Pos Hometown College/prior Draft team David Bingham 21 GK Castro Valley, CA California San Jose Earthquakes Will Bruin 21 F St. Louis, MO Indiana Houston Dynamo Corey Hertzog 20 F Reading, PA Penn State New York Red Bulls Perry Kitchen 18 M Indianapolis, IN Akron D.C. United Zac MacMath 19 GK St. Petersburg, FL Maryland Philadelphia Union Darlington Nagbe 20 M Lakewood, OH Akron Portland Timbers Michael Nanchoff 22 M North Royalton, OH Akron Vancouver Whitecaps FC Omar Salgado 17 F El Paso, TX US Under-20 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Kofi Sarkodie 19 D Huber Heights, OH Akron Houston Dynamo Michael Tetteh 21 D Accra, Ghana UC Santa Barbara Seattle Sounders FC Zarek Valentin 19 D Lancaster, PA Akron Chivas USA
The 2023 class was announced on December 19, 2022, prior to the 2023 MLS SuperDraft .[ 8] Hamady Diop from Clemson , were Generation Adidas players.[ 9]
Player Age Pos Hometown College/prior Draft team Joey Akpunonu 20 D Toledo, OH Bowling Green FC Cincinnati Joshua Bolma 20 M Accra, Ghana Maryland New England Revolution Moïse Bombito 22 D Montréal, QC New Hampshire Colorado Rapids Hamady Diop 20 D Dakar, Senegal Clemson Charlotte FC CJ Fodrey 18 M San Diego, CA San Diego State Austin FC Bertin Jacquesson 21 F Lorrez-le-Bocage-Préaux , France Pittsburgh Real Salt Lake Shakur Mohammed 19 F Kumasi, Ghana Duke Orlando City SC J.C. Ngando 23 M Paris, France UNC Greensboro Vancouver Whitecaps FC Owen O'Malley 21 M Cary, NC Creighton St. Louis City SC Ilijah Paul 20 F Gilbert, AZ Washington Real Salt Lake Joey Skinner 19 D Charlotte, NC Clemson Nashville SC
The two-member 2024 class was announced on December 19, 2023, the same day as the 2024 MLS SuperDraft .[ 10]
The 2025 class was announced on December 18, 2024, prior to the 2025 MLS SuperDraft .[ 11]
Project-40 in the A-League [ edit ] Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs Open Cup 1998 2 USISL A-League 5th, Pacific did not qualify did not qualify 1999 USL A-League 2nd, Central Quarterfinals 2000 4th, Central did not qualify 3rd round
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