Portland Pilots Midfielder among MLS Invitees List

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Former Sounders opponent Collen Warner is among the list of 62 MLS invitees from 44 Division I schools who have been invited to participate in the 2010 Adidas MLS Player Combine. The annual player combine will be held at Central Broward Regional Park in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Jan. 8-12, 2010.

Midfielder Collen Warner played for the University of Portland Pilots in that pre season friendly at the Pilots Metro Field in Northern Oregon back on February 20th, the Sounders first ever open door game in the Pacific Northwest. Warner comes from Denver and once trained with the Liverpool Youth Academy in 2002 , and with Italy’s prestigious Serie “A” Club Youth Academy Atalanta in 2005. His major is environmental science.

Bill Irwin is the Director of Soccer at the University of Portland, and he was delighted about the selection. He said, “He’s a pretty complete player who would be a tremendous asset to the MLS.”

Listen to UP Director of Soccer Bill Irwin Comments on Collen Warner’s MLS Call up (1.17)

Warner: “Playing for the Timbers would Definitely be Exciting”

Warner himself was ecstatic. Speaking exclusively to Prost Amerika, he was excited but humble when addressing the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead of him.

“I’m very excited and it’s a great opportunity for me. I’ve enjoyed all four years at UP and I want to thank the coaching staff for helping to make this possible. It’s kind of sad that my collegiate career is over, but I’m looking forward to the next step.

There will be lot of good players at the combine and there will be some pressure to perform. Everybody will be watching and critiquing, so I definitely want to do my best.”

We asked him if he had any particular fondness for either staying in Portland and representing the city in 2011, or returning to his native Denver.

“It would be cool to play in my hometown for the Rapids. Seattle is a good MLS club and I would love to play there too, but I’ve also grown to love Portland. Playing for the Timbers would definitely be exciting, but I’m just thrilled for this opportunity.”

2010 ADIDAS MLS PLAYER COMBINE LIST BY POSITION

GOALKEEPERS (5): Brooks Haggerty (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill); Jovan Bubonja (University of Illinois-Chicago); Frederick Hall (Quinnipiac University); Brian Perk (University of California – Los Angeles); John Moore (Stanford University)

DEFENDERS (18): Kevin Tangney (University of Maryland – College Park); Olukorede Aiyegbusi (North Carolina State University); Tim Ream (Saint Louis University); Kwame Watson-Siriboe (University of Connecticut); Phil Edginton (University of Louisville); Ben Clack (St. Johns University); Justin Morrow (University of Notre Dame); Ofori Sarkodie (Indiana University); Martin Hadevag (University of California – Santa Barbara); Chad Borak (California State University, Northridge); Chris Schuler (Creighton University); Julien Edwards (Drake University); Kris Banghart (University of Denver); Nick Cardenas (San Diego State University); Tyler Barry (University of California – Berkeley); Adam Welch (Lehigh University); Steven Kinney (Elon University); Ryan Peterman (University of San Diego)

MIDFIELDERS/FORWARDS (39): Samuel Appiah (Boston University); Carlos Villa (University of Hartford); Zack Schilawski (Wake Forest University); Zach Loyd (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill); Austin da Luz (Wake Forest University); Drew Yates (University of Maryland – College Park); Ronnie Bouemboue (North Carolina State University); Ross LaBauex (University of Virginia); Joseph Noone (Temple University); Isaac Kissi (University of Dayton); Mike Seamon (Villanova University); Othaniel Yanez (University of Louisville); Steffen Vroom (Depaul University); Fred Braun (University of Louisville); Michael Thomas (University of Notre Dame); Toni Stahl (University of Connecticut); Mike Pezza (University of Connecticut); Nelson Becerra (St. John’s University); Bright Dike (University of Notre Dame); Jason Yeisley (Penn State University); Mauro Fuzetti (University of Michigan); Eric Alexander (Indiana University); Irving Garcia (University of California – Irvine); David Walker (University of California – Santa Barbara); Andrew Hoxie (College of William & Mary); Nane Joseph (Old Dominion University); Two-Boys Gumede (University of Alabama – Birmingham); Andre Akpan (Harvard University);Craig Henderson (Dartmouth College); Nick Elenz-Martin (Brown University);Kwaku Nyamekye (Harvard University); Seth Sinovic (Creighton University); Justin Davis (University of New Mexico); Kyle Nakawaza (University of California – Los Angeles); Michael Stephens (University of California – Los Angeles); David Estrada (University of California – Los Angeles); Adam Welch (Lehigh University); Conor O’Brien (Bucknell University) Collen Warner (University of Portland); Conor Chinn (University of San Francisco)

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