Photo Credit: Ryan Makuch/ISNSoccer.com On December 19th and 20th, over 70 top young soccer prospects and more than 20 professional clubs flooded Brighton, Michigan. The purpose for players and scouts alike was to make professional dreams come true at the third annual Midwest Pro Soccer Combine. The combine itself consists of fitness tests followed by six games, each of the four teams playing each other once. The games are slightly shorter than full-length at sixty minutes each, but it is plenty
This time of year American soccer supporters turn their attention to the MLS Combine and the NPSL Player Showcase. But what many may not know is that one of the country’s most successful events, the Midwest Pro Soccer Combine, has already taken place. It actually happened on December 18 and 19th in Brighton, Michigan at the Legacy Sports Complex. Photo Credit: Bruno Postigo, Pakmode Media + Marketing The Midwest Pro Soccer Combine is the brainchild of Director Eric Rudland, who is
AFC Ann Arbor forward Dario Suarez has been selected as the eleventh Mitre National Player of the Week for the 2017 NPSL season. “Good things come together when you mix teamwork with passion,” Suarez commented. “I am grateful for this recognition and thrilled to share this award with my teammates who made it all possible.” Suarez recently had a four-goal weekend and now has six goals in four matches. “Individual accolades are great and in Dario’s case well-deserved,” AFC Ann Arbor Head Coach &
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is proud to announce that AFC Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI) has joined the league as an expansion team. The club will compete in the Midwest Region. “We are thrilled to have another NPSL team in Michigan,” NPSL Chairman Joe Barone commented. “The state and the entire Midwest Region has become a soccer hotbed and the rivalries between clubs there are some of the best in the country.” AFC Ann Arbor, also known as “The