D.C. United's Jalen Robinson, seen here during the 2010 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Spring Showcase, is heading to Wake Forest.

As athletes sign their letters of intent to take their game to the collegiate ranks, ussoccer.

The USL PRO is holding its combine this Thursday through Sunday at the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla. And among the players who will be evaluated, there are eight U.S. Soccer Development Academy alumni trying to impress those on hand to make a potential move to the professional ranks.
The following Academy alumni will be on hand: J.

The U-23 Men's National Team wrapped up their January training camp with a scrimmage today against Alajuelense of Costa Rica.
Caleb Porter's squad has been in Central American since last week as they continue to prepare for Olympic Qualifying in March. A big part of that preparation as been acclimating themselves to the rhythm of a qualifying tournament and that's where this trip has come in: playing two games in four days is just the type of schedule the team will face when they take the field in Nashville for the group stage of the competition.

U.S. Soccer Development Academy alum Bill Hamid earned his first cap with the U.S.
MNT and became the ninth goalkeeper to earn a shutout in his
debut.

The U.S. Men's National Team opened 2012 with a 1-0 victory over Venezuela on Saturday at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.

The U.S. MNT is training in Costa Rica

The U-23 Men's National Team is in Costa Rica for the conclusion of their January training camp, and Saturday they played the first of two scrimmages when they took on the reserves of perennial Costa Rican powerhouse Saprissa.
The teams dueled to a 0-0 draw at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, which U.

Virginia's Brian Ownby, a U.S. Soccer Development Academy alum from the Richmond Strikers program, was selected by the Houston Dynamo during Tuesday's first round of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft.

The U.S. Soccer Development Academy was well represented during Tuesday's Major League Soccer Supplemental Draft as 15 alumni were chosen in the three-round selection process by MLS's 19 teams.

Jared Jeffrey (blue) and Benny Feilhaber (Grey)
On Friday, the full team lined up against the U-23 MNT for the first of two scrimmages while the teams share space at The Home Depot Center. For both groups, it was the first opportunity to play 11 v. 11 since camp began and continue to evaluate players for the upcoming friendlies.

UCLA's Sydney Leroux was the top pick of the Atlanta Beat during the 2012 WPS Draft on Friday.

Forward Sydney Leroux, who currently is training with the U.S. Women's National Team in Los Angeles trying to make the squad for the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, was selected as the top pick by the Atlanta Beat during Friday's 2012 WPS Draft at the NSCAA Convention in Kansas City, Mo.

U.S. Under-23 defender and U.S. Soccer Development Academy alum Andrew Wenger out of Duke was the top selection by the Montreal Impact during Thursday's MLS SuperDraft held at the NSCAA Convention in Kansas City. Three of the first five selections in the draft had Development Academy ties.
The 2011 Hermann Trophy winner and ACC Offensive Player of the Year had 17 goals and eight assists last year.

The MLS SuperDraft is Thursday, Jan. 12 and for a few players in camp, it's the day they could finally realize a childhood dream of turning professional. Two players in camp have had their name tossed around in the various mock drafts building up to tomorrow's big event in Kansas City. Defender Andrew Wenger out of Duke traveled to the Midwest to be a part of the proceedings and forward Kelyn Rowe out of UCLA will be watching events unfold from his hotel room here in Southern California.

Most of the current group in Carson, Calif. has U-23 MNT Camp experience. Many of the players have been in one camp under Caleb Porter (December in Lakewood Ranch, Fla.) and were part of the first U-23 Camp (November in Duisburg, Germany). The group isn't entirely the same, however, and one of the new-ish faces in U-23 MNT Camp this time is Joshua Gatt.

Development Academy alumni Villyan Bijev was a Cal Odyssey player before he signed for Liverpool.

Villyan Bijev was a part of the Under-20 MNT camp that met in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., from Jan. 2-9. The former Cal Odyssey forward signed with Liverpool over the summer and is spending the 2011-12 season on loan with Fortuna Dusseldorf while he works to secure his British work permit.

The U-23s are back in action to start 2012, holding a training camp at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Head coach Caleb Porter has named a squad of 23 players to train at the HDC, with eye towards Olympic Qualifying in March (just more than two months away!).
In addition to two-a-days in Southern California, the team will also head to Costa Rica for a first trip abroad under Porter.

U.S. Under-23 defender Andrew Wenger, who was called in once again to the U-23s this month for training in Carson, Calif., is also taking home some collegiate hardware on the side.
The junior out of Duke won the Hermann Trophy on Friday, an honor that is given to the top NCAA Division I soccer players.

The U.S. is one of four teams in Group A for the U-19 Stuttgart Junior Cup.
The U.S. sent a team to Germany to compete in the U-19 Stuttgart Junior Cup, and the tournament kicked off today. The U.S. won its first match, against Lechia Gdasnk 1-0 courtesy of a Jonathan Top goal.
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