Three Canadians have been invited to the MLS draft combine.
Kyle Bekker of Oakville, Ont., Kofi Opare of Niagara Falls and Emery Welshman of Mississauga will be making the trip to Florida to try and impress the scouts. It would be inaccurate to suggest that the three are locks to be selected in the draft, but the combine is equally about helping players find playing spots in the USL and NASL.
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Both Opare and Welshman have strong connections in the US. Welshman played for the Portland Timbers u23 side and Opare has been part of the US u20 player pool.
He is not cap tied to the US.
Last month, Paul Mariner told supporters that there was "less than five" players in this draft that he thought could play immediately in MLS and that the draft class was widely seen as the weakest in Superdraft history.
The combine is in Fort Lauderdale from January 11-15. The draft goes Jan. 17 in Indianapolis.