Combine Preview

The combine, for those of you who may not know, is mainly composed of college seniors who have promising talent. They are invited to a camp, placed on teams, and then play a few games for MLS scouts to watch. Patrick Sigler, Cal Poly SLO, has received  an invite, and I wish him the best of luck. I would love to see SLO produce some MLS quality players in the near future. Gauchos Sam Garza and Luis Silva of UCSB look like definite picks for the draft, but Sigler is more of a question mark. He's had some good performances this season but doesn't have the same name recognition that his conference rivals possess. Sigler does have one thing that scouts won't have trouble recognizing, his size.

Best of luck to all the boys going in from the Big West (even those dirty gauchos). It was fun seeing Boxal's familiar face on tv this past MLS season, and I smile a little bigger when Sean Franklin (CSUN) scores. Hopefully Big West Soccer continues to produce great talent and has an even better showing at the combine this year.

Cheers!