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Generation adidas is a joint venture between Major League Soccer and U.S. Soccer aimed at raising the level of young soccer talent in the United States.[1] The program, sponsored by adidas, encourages early entry (without college graduation) of American players into MLS. Until 2005, the program was sponsored by Nike and was called Project-40.[2]
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, Landon Donovan, Josh Wolff, DaMarcus Beasley, Maurice Edu, Yura Movsisyan, Carlos Bocanegra, Clint Dempsey, Jozy Altidore, Ben Olsen, Bobby Convey, Bakary Soumare, Sacha Kljestan, Michael Parkhurst, Danny Califf, Freddy Adu, Davide Somma, Danny Mwanga, Brad Guzan and Michael Bradley.
Generation adidas players do not count against the MLS senior roster and usually earn a much higher salary than the league minimum. Entering into the program automatically classifies a player as 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 their professional career not pan out.
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.
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2011
Player Age Pos Home Town College/Prior David Bingham 21 G Castro Valley, CA California Will Bruin 21 F St. Louis, MO Indiana Corey Hertzog 20 F Reading, PA Penn State Perry Kitchen 18 M Indianapolis, IN Akron Zac MacMath 19 G St. Petersburg, FL Maryland Darlington Nagbe 20 M Lakewood, OH Akron Michael Nanchoff 22 M North Royalton, OH Akron Omar Salgado 17 F El Paso, TX US Under-20 Kofi Sarkodie 19 D Huber Heights, OH Akron Michael Tetteh 21 D Accra, Ghana UC Santa Barbara Zarek Valentin 19 D Lancaster, PA Akron 2010
Player Age Pos Home Town College/Prior Corben Bone 21 M Plano, TX Wake Forest Teal Bunbury 19 F Prior Lake, MN Akron Dilly Duka 20 M Montville, NJ Rutgers Blair Gavin 20 M Louisville, KY Akron Luis Gil 16 M Garden Grove, CA US Under-17 Zachary Herold 17 D Port St. Lucie, FL US Under-17 Sean Johnson 20 GK Lilburn, GA UCF Jack McInerney 17 F Alpharetta, GA US Under-17 Danny Mwanga 18 F Kinshasa, DR Congo Oregon State Amobi Okugo 18 M Sacramento, CA UCLA Ike Opara 20 D Durham, NC Wake Forest Tony Tchani 20 M Norfolk, VA Virginia Andrew Wiedeman 20 F San Ramon, CA California 2009
Player Age Pos Home Town College/Prior Kevin Alston 20 D Silver Spring, MD Indiana Danny Cruz 19 M Glendale, AZ UNLV Stefan Frei 22 GK Widnau, Switzerland California Omar Gonzalez 20 D Dallas, TX Maryland Jeremy Hall 20 M Tampa, FL Maryland Baggio Husidić 21 M Libertyville, IL UIC Perica Marošević 19 F Rockford, IL Michigan Rodney Wallace 20 M Rockville, MD Maryland Steve Zakuani 20 F London, England Akron 2008
Player Age Pos Home Town College/prior Eric Avila 20 M San Diego, CA UC Santa Barbara Tony Beltran 20 D/M Claremont, CA UCLA Roger Espinoza 21 M Aurora, CO Ohio State Josh Lambo 17 GK Middleton, WI US Under-17 Chance Myers 20 D/M Thousand Oaks, CA UCLA Alex Nimo 17 F/M Portland, OR US Under-17 Patrick Nyarko 22 F Kumasi, Ghana Virginia Tech Ciaran O'Brien 20 M Tacoma, WA UC Santa Barbara Brek Shea 17 M/D College Station, TX US Under-17 Rob Valentino 22 D Cave Creek, AZ San Francisco 2007
Player Age Pos Home Town College/prior Chris Seitz 19 GK San Luis Obispo, CA Maryland Bryan Arguez 17 D/M Miami, FL US Under-20 Anthony Wallace 17 D/M St. Petersburg, FL South Florida Amaechi Igwe 17 D Belmont, CA Santa Clara Maurice Edu 20 M Fontana, CA Maryland Nico Colaluca 20 M/F Coventry, RI Virginia Bakary Soumare 21 D New York, NY Virginia Abdus Ibrahim 15 F Richfield, MN US Under-17 2006
Player Age Pos Home Town College/prior Jozy Altidore 16 F Boca Raton, FL US Under-20 Yura Movsisyan 18 F Pasadena, CA Pasadena Lancers David Arvizu 17 F Santa Ana, CA US Under-20 Patrick Ianni 20 D/M Lodi, CA UCLA Kei Kamara 21 F Lawndale, CA Cal State Dominguez Hills Sacha Kljestan 20 M Huntington Beach, CA Seton Hall Dax McCarty 18 M Winter Park, FL North Carolina Jacob Peterson 19 F Portage, MI Indiana Willie Sims 21 F Los Angeles, CA Cal State Northridge Nathan Sturgis 18 D/M St. Augustine, FL Clemson Blake Wagner 17 D Tampa, FL US Under-20 Marvell Wynne 19 D Poway, CA UCLA Jed Zayner 21 D Orland Park, IL Indiana 2005
Player Age Pos Home Town College/prior Chad Barrett 19 F Beaverton, OR UCLA Nikolas Besagno 16 M Maple Valley, WA US Under-17 Hunter Freeman 20 D Allen, TX Virginia Brad Guzan 20 GK Homer Glen, IL South Carolina Christian Jimenez 18 M San Dimas, CA US Under-20 Will John 19 F Kansas City, MO Saint Louis Quavas Kirk 16 F Aurora, IL US Under-17 Drew Moor 20 D Dallas, TX Indiana Michael Parkhurst 20 D Cranston, RI Wake Forest Ryan Pore 21 F Mansfield, OH Tulsa Tim Ward 17 D Waukesha, WI Saint Louis Jamie Watson 18 F Dallas, TX North Carolina 2004
Player Age Pos Home Town College/prior Freddy Adu 14 M Potomac, MD US Under-17 Michael Bradley 16 M Palatine, IL US Under-17 Ryan Cochrane 20 D Portland, OR Santa Clara Steve Cronin 20 GK Sacramento, CA Santa Clara Clint Dempsey 20 M Nacogdoches, TX Furman Josh Gardner 21 M Houston, TX Cincinnati Clarence Goodson 21 D Springfield, VA Maryland Ned Grabavoy 20 M New Lenox, IL Indiana Chad Marshall 19 D Riverside, CA Stanford Danny Szetela 16 M Clifton, NJ US Under-17 2003
Player Age Pos Home Town College/prior Arturo Alvarez 17 F/M Houston, TX US Under-17 Brian Carroll 21 M Fairfax, VA Wake Forest Ricardo Clark 19 M Jonesboro, GA Furman Alecko Eskandarian 20 F Montvale, NJ Virginia Eddie Gaven 16 M Hamilton, NJ Bradenton Academy Guillermo Gonzalez 16 M Paramount, CA Bradenton Academy Nate Jaqua 21 F Eugene, OR Portland Jacob LeBlanc 21 M Palo Alto, VA Virginia Ricky Lewis 20 D Spring, TX Clemson Mike Magee 18 F/M South Barrington, IL Bradenton Academy Logan Pause 21 D Hillsborough, NC North Carolina David Stokes 20 D Dumfries, VA North Carolina Jason Thompson 21 F Garland, TX Eastern Illinois 2002
Player Age Pos Home Town College/prior Nelson Akwari 19 D Houston, TX UCLA Craig Capano 16 M Hyde Park, NY Bradenton Academy Brad Davis 20 M St. Charles, MO Saint Louis Kelly Gray 20 D Palo Alto, CA Portland Justin Mapp 17 M Brandon, MS Bradenton Academy Kyle Martino 20 M Atlanta, GA Virginia Jordan Stone 17 D Allen, TX US Under-17 2001
Player Age Pos Home Town College/prior Devin Barclay 17 F Annapolis, MD US Under-20 Isaias Bardales 21 F San Jose, CA San Jose State Edson Buddle 19 F New Rochelle, NY State Fair Comm College José Burciaga, Jr. 19 D Duncanville, TX US Under-20 Chris Carrieri 20 F Stafford, VA North Carolina DJ Countess 19 GK Sacramento, CA UCLA Nick Downing 20 D Redmond, WA Maryland Eddie Johnson 16 F Palm Coast, FL Bradenton Academy Martin Klinger 20 F Kearny, NJ Santino Quaranta 16 F Baltimore, MD Bradenton Academy Miguel Saavedra 17 M Milwaukee, WI US Under-18 2000
Player Age Pos Home Town College/prior Shaker Asad 20 M Raleigh, NC North Carolina State Kyle Beckerman 17 M Crofton, MD US Under-17 Carlos Bocanegra 20 D Alta Loma, CA UCLA Danny Califf 19 D Orange, CA Maryland Bobby Convey 16 M Philadelphia, PA Bradenton Academy Micah Cooks 18 M Washington, DC Nick Garcia 20 D Plano, TX Indiana Mario Longo 19 M Apex, NC Rusty Pierce 20 D The Woodlands, TX UNC Greensboro Nick Rimando 20 GK Montclair, CA UCLA Seth Trembly 17 M Littleton, CO Bradenton Academy Sergio Salas 18 F Falls Church, VA 1999
Player Age Pos Home Town College/prior Chris Albright 20 F Philadelphia, PA Virginia DaMarcus Beasley 16 M Fort Wayne, IN Bradenton Academy Scott Bower 20 F/M Tampa, FL Clemson Sergi Daniv 23 M Lviv, Ukraine Wake Forest Francisco Gomez 19 M Watsonville, CA Michael Green 20 D Columbia, MD Virginia Dema Kovalenko 21 M Rochester, NY Indiana Alen Kozic 22 D/M Tampa, FL Florida International Matt Nyman 22 G Westbrook, CT Dartmouth Antonio Otero 21 M Tampa, FL American Marvin Quijano 19 F North Hollywood, CA Rio Honda Comm College Maurizio Rocha 22 M Santa Cruz, Bolivia Connecticut Scott Vallow 21 GK Naperville, IL Bowling Green 1998
Player Age Pos Home Town College/prior Jamar Beasley 18 F Fort Wayne, IN Judah Cooks 21 M Bethesda, MD Maryland Tim Howard 18 GK North Brunswick, NJ US Under-20 Andy Kirk 20 GK Milwaukee, WI Maryland Chad McCarty 20 D Clovis, CA Washington Matt Napoleon 20 GK Feasterville, PA Columbia Ben Olsen 20 M/F Middletown, PA Virginia Barry Swift 20 F Port-of-Spain, Trinidad Scott Vermillion 21 D Olathe, KS Virginia Brian West 19 F Columbia, MD Virginia Josh Wolff 20 F Stone Mountain, GA South Carolina 1997
Player Age Pos Home Town College/prior Ubusuku Abukusumo 19 D Albuquerque, NM North Carolina State Jose Botello 20 M Los Angeles, CA East Los Angeles (Comm) College Nino Da Silva 17 M Hoffman Estates, IL Joey DiGiamarino 19 D Corona, CA Cal State Fullerton Brian Dunseth 19 D Upland, CA Cal State Fullerton Carlos Parra 19 M West Haven, CT Eric Quill 18 F Missouri City, TX Clemson Esmundo Rodriguez 19 M Dallas, TX Indiana Tim Sahaydak 19 D Bethlehem, PA North Carolina Juan Sastoque 19 F Brooklyn, NY Cal State Northridge Project-40 in the A-League
Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs Open Cup 1998 2 USISL A-League 5th, Pacific Did not qualify Did not qualify 1999 2 USL A-League 2nd, Central Quarterfinals Did not qualify 2000 2 USL A-League 4th, Central Did not qualify 3rd Round Notes
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