The MLS Combine begins today at the Home Depot Center. The way the combine works is that the trialists are divided into 4 teams and they play a series of round robin scrimmages against each other. College coaches are normally called in to coach each of the 4 teams, quite an honor, I would think. This year, Shaun Docking of Coastal Carolina is coaching 1 of the 4 teams. Congrats to Shaun, who's an underated coach, IMHO.

http://www.mlsnet.com/MLS/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20060105&content_id=49968&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp

Shaun attends many of the Battery games. He usually is dressed in all black and has a striking resemblance to Lou Reed. Another bit of trivia on Shaun is that he was on the 1995 Richmond Kickers team playing alongside Leigh Coleslaw when they won the double.


Also, here's the list of players attending. I just read somewhere that USC's Alcala is unable to attend.

http://www.mlsnet.com/MLS/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20051130&content_id=48936&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp