Burkholder, Cervi Invited to adidas MLS Player Combine
12/12/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Dec. 12, 2007
New York, N.Y. - Tulsa's Eric Burkholder and Dominic Cervi were named as two of 54 college seniors from 33 Division I schools invited to participate in the 2008 adidas Major League Soccer Player Combine, as announced today by the MLS. The annual player combine will be held at Lockhart Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Jan. 11-15, 2008.
Burkholder, a four-year letterwinner from Broken Arrow, Okla., started 62 of 83 games for the Golden Hurricane at the forward position where he posted 12 goals and 25 assists for 49 career points. His 25 assists tie him for second on TU's all-time assists list. He picked up all-conference third-team and C-USA all-tournament team accolades as a senior, and was also a two-time C-USA All-Academic Team, ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI Team and ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America second-team selection.
A four-year letterwinner from Norman, Okla., Cervi started 50 of 56 games in goal for Tulsa. He recorded 207 career saves in 4,846:49 minutes in the net, and allowed 73 goals for a 1.35 goal-against average. Cervi tallied 10 career shutouts, and was named as an all-C-USA first team and C-USA all-tournament team honoree as a senior.
The coaching and management staffs of all 14 MLS teams will be in attendance to scout talent at the 2008 adidas MLS Player Combine, which concludes three days before the 2008 MLS SuperDraft. The 2008 MLS SuperDraft will be held on Friday, Jan. 18, 2008 in Baltimore, Md.
The initial list of players for this year's combine was determined by a select panel of Division I college coaches representing all conferences who nominated and voted for players in conjunction with MLS coaches. Youth players from the Generation adidas program will join additional collegiate players from NCAA Division II and III schools, NAIA schools and Division I alternates to finalize the 2008 adidas Player Combine, which will be announced in the upcoming weeks.
