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Generation Adidas is a joint venture between Major League Soccer and U.S. Soccer aimed at raising the level of young professional soccer talent in the United States. The program, sponsored by Adidas, offers professional-ready players in the U.S. developmental system not yet eligible for the MLS SuperDraft early entry, allowing MLS to compete with foreign professional clubs without comparable restrictions on player signing. From its establishment in 1997 to 2005, the program was sponsored by Nike and was called Project-40. Originally intended to improve the U.S. national team player pool, American national team eligibility is no longer required for program entry.

Carlos Parra was the first Project-40 player when he signed with the league and was allocated to the New York/New Jersey MetroStars in 1997. Since then, the program has included players such as Tim Howard, DaMarcus Beasley, Maurice Edu, Carlos Bocanegra, Clint Dempsey, Jozy Altidore, Ben Olsen, Sacha Kljestan, Freddy Adu, Brad Guzan, Michael Bradley, Nick Rimando, Kyle Beckerman, and NFL kicker Josh Lambo.

Generation Adidas players do not count against the MLS senior roster and usually earn a much higher salary than the league minimum. Entering into the program automatically classifies a player as professional, and thus disqualifies them from playing college soccer. As a result, Generation Adidas players are also guaranteed scholarships to continue their college education should they end their professional career early.

From 1998 to 2000, MLS entered a team of Project-40 players, supplemented by other MLS players who did not get much playing time, into the A-League in the USL.

In 2017, MLS introduced Canadian Generation Adidas players, part of a new initiative with the Canadian Soccer Association. Canadian Generation Adidas players count as domestic players on US based MLS teams.

Players

1997

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Assigned team
Ubusuku Abukusumo	19	D	Albuquerque, NM	North Carolina State	Columbus Crew
Jose Botello	20	M	Los Angeles, CA	East Los Angeles (Comm) College	Los Angeles Galaxy
Nino Da Silva	17	M	Hoffman Estates, IL		Kansas City Wizards
Joey DiGiamarino	19	D	Corona, CA	Cal State Fullerton	Colorado Rapids
Brian Dunseth	19	D	Upland, CA	Cal State Fullerton	New England Revolution
Carlos Parra	19	M	West Haven, CT		MetroStars
Eric Quill	18	F	Missouri City, TX	Clemson	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Esmundo Rodriguez	19	M	Dallas, TX	Indiana	San Jose Clash
Tim Sahaydak	19	D	Bethlehem, PA	North Carolina	Columbus Crew
Juan Sastoque	19	F	Brooklyn, NY	CSUN	Dallas Burn

1998

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Assigned team
Jamar Beasley	18	F	Fort Wayne, IN		New England Revolution
Judah Cooks	21	M	Bethesda, MD	Maryland	D.C. United
Tim Howard	18	GK	North Brunswick, NJ		MetroStars
Andy Kirk	20	GK	Milwaukee, WI	Maryland	San Jose Clash
Chad McCarty	20	D	Clovis, CA	Washington	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Matt Napoleon	20	GK	Feasterville, PA	Columbia	Miami Fusion
Ben Olsen	20	M/F	Middletown, PA	Virginia	D.C. United
Barry Swift	20	F	Port-of-Spain, Trinidad		MetroStars
Scott Vermillion	21	D	Olathe, KS	Virginia	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Brian West	19	F	Columbia, MD	Virginia	Columbus Crew
Josh Wolff	20	F	Stone Mountain, GA	South Carolina	Chicago Fire

1999

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Assigned team
Chris Albright	20	F	Philadelphia, PA	Virginia	D.C. United
DaMarcus Beasley	16	M	Fort Wayne, IN	Bradenton Academy	Los Angeles Galaxy
Scott Bower	20	F/M	Tampa, FL	Clemson	San Jose Earthquakes
Sergi Daniv	23	M	Lviv, Ukraine	Wake Forest	Chicago Fire
Francisco Gomez	19	M	Watsonville, CA	California Jaguars	Kansas City Wizards
Michael Green	20	D	Columbia, MD	Virginia	Kansas City Wizards
Dema Kovalenko	21	M	Rochester, NY	Indiana	Chicago Fire
Alen Kozić	22	D/M	Tampa, FL	Florida International	Miami Fusion
Matt Nyman	22	G	Westbrook, CT	Dartmouth	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Antonio Otero	21	M	Tampa, FL	American	D.C. United
Marvin Quijano	19	F	North Hollywood, CA	Rio Hondo Comm College	Los Angeles Galaxy
Maurizio Rocha	22	M	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Connecticut	Miami Fusion
Scott Vallow	21	GK	Naperville, IL	Bowling Green	Dallas Burn

2000

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Shaker Asad	20	M	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina State	New England Revolution
Kyle Beckerman	17	M	Crofton, MD	US Under-17	Miami Fusion
Carlos Bocanegra	20	D	Alta Loma, CA	UCLA	Chicago Fire
Danny Califf	19	D	Orange, CA	Maryland	Los Angeles Galaxy
Bobby Convey	16	M	Philadelphia, PA	Bradenton Academy	D.C. United
Micah Cooks	18	M	Washington, DC		D.C. United
Nick Garcia	20	D	Plano, TX	Indiana	Kansas City Wizards
Mario Longo	19	M	Apex, NC		Columbus Crew
Rusty Pierce	20	D	The Woodlands, TX	UNC Greensboro	New England Revolution
Nick Rimando	20	GK	Montclair, CA	UCLA	Miami Fusion
Seth Trembly	17	M	Littleton, CO	Bradenton Academy	Colorado Rapids
Sergio Salas	18	F	Falls Church, VA		D.C. United

2001

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Devin Barclay	17	F	Annapolis, MD	US Under-20	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Isaias Bardales	21	F	San Jose, CA	San Jose State	Los Angeles Galaxy
Edson Buddle	19	F	New Rochelle, NY	State Fair Comm College	Columbus Crew
Jose Aparicio Sanchez Jr	16	F	Houston, TX		San Jose Earthquakes
José Burciaga Jr.	19	D	Duncanville, TX	US Under-20	Kansas City Wizards
Chris Carrieri	20	F	Stafford, VA	North Carolina	San Jose Earthquakes
D.J. Countess	19	GK	Sacramento, CA	UCLA	MetroStars
Nick Downing	20	D	Redmond, WA	Maryland	New England Revolution
Eddie Johnson	16	F	Palm Coast, FL	Bradenton Academy	Dallas Burn
Martin Klinger	20	F	Kearny, NJ	MetroStars Black	MetroStars
Santino Quaranta	16	F	Baltimore, MD	Bradenton Academy	D.C. United
Miguel Saavedra	17	M	Milwaukee, WI	US Under-18	Dallas Burn

2002

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Nelson Akwari	19	D	Houston, TX	UCLA	MetroStars
Craig Capano	16	M	Hyde Park, NY	Bradenton Academy	Chicago Fire
Brad Davis	20	M	St. Charles, MO	Saint Louis	MetroStars
Kelly Gray	20	D	Palo Alto, CA	Portland	Chicago Fire
Justin Mapp	17	M	Brandon, MS	Bradenton Academy	D.C. United
Kyle Martino	20	M	Atlanta, GA	Virginia	Columbus Crew
Jordan Stone	17	D	Allen, TX	US Under-17	Dallas Burn

2003

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Arturo Alvarez	17	F/M	Houston, TX	US Under-17	San Jose Earthquakes
Brian Carroll	21	M	Fairfax, VA	Wake Forest	D.C. United
Ricardo Clark	19	M	Jonesboro, GA	Furman	MetroStars
Alecko Eskandarian	20	F	Montvale, NJ	Virginia	D.C. United
Eddie Gaven	16	M	Hamilton, NJ	Bradenton Academy	MetroStars
Guillermo Gonzalez	16	M	Paramount, CA	Bradenton Academy	Los Angeles Galaxy
Nate Jaqua	21	F	Eugene, OR	Portland	Chicago Fire
Jacob LeBlanc	21	M	Palo Alto, VA	Virginia	MetroStars
Ricky Lewis	20	D	Spring, TX	Clemson	Los Angeles Galaxy
Mike Magee	18	F/M	South Barrington, IL	Bradenton Academy	MetroStars
Logan Pause	21	D	Hillsborough, NC	North Carolina	Chicago Fire
David Stokes	20	D	Dumfries, VA	North Carolina	D.C. United
Jason Thompson	21	F	Garland, TX	Eastern Illinois	Dallas Burn

2004

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Freddy Adu	14	M	Potomac, MD	US Under-17	D.C. United
Michael Bradley	16	M	Palatine, IL	US Under-17	MetroStars
Ryan Cochrane	20	D	Portland, OR	Santa Clara	San Jose Earthquakes
Steve Cronin	20	GK	Sacramento, CA	Santa Clara	San Jose Earthquakes
Clint Dempsey	20	M	Nacogdoches, TX	Furman	New England Revolution
Josh Gardner	21	M	Houston, TX	Cincinnati	Los Angeles Galaxy
Clarence Goodson	21	D	Springfield, VA	Maryland	Dallas Burn
Ned Grabavoy	20	M	New Lenox, IL	Indiana	Los Angeles Galaxy
Chad Marshall	19	D	Riverside, CA	Stanford	Columbus Crew
Danny Szetela	16	M	Clifton, NJ	US Under-17	Columbus Crew

2005

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Chad Barrett	19	F	Beaverton, OR	UCLA	Chicago Fire
Nikolas Besagno	16	M	Maple Valley, WA	US Under-17	Real Salt Lake
Hunter Freeman	20	D	Allen, TX	Virginia	Colorado Rapids
Brad Guzan	20	GK	Homer Glen, IL	South Carolina	Chivas USA
Christian Jimenez	18	M	San Dimas, CA	US Under-20	Chivas USA
Will John	19	F	Kansas City, MO	Saint Louis	Chicago Fire
Quavas Kirk	16	F	Aurora, IL	US Under-17	Los Angeles Galaxy
Drew Moor	20	D	Dallas, TX	Indiana	FC Dallas
Michael Parkhurst	20	D	Cranston, RI	Wake Forest	New England Revolution
Ryan Pore	21	F	Mansfield, OH	Tulsa	Kansas City Wizards
Tim Ward	17	D	Waukesha, WI	Saint Louis	MetroStars
Jamie Watson	18	F	Dallas, TX	North Carolina	Real Salt Lake

2006

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Jozy Altidore	16	F	Boca Raton, FL	IMG Soccer Academy	MetroStars
Yura Movsisyan	18	F	Pasadena, CA	Pasadena	Kansas City Wizards
David Arvizu	17	F	Santa Ana, CA	US Under-20	MetroStars
Patrick Ianni	20	D/M	Lodi, CA	UCLA	Houston Dynamo
Kei Kamara	21	F	Lawndale, CA	Cal State Dominguez Hills	Columbus Crew
Sacha Kljestan	20	M	Huntington Beach, CA	Seton Hall	Chivas USA
Dax McCarty	18	M	Winter Park, FL	North Carolina	FC Dallas
Jacob Peterson	19	F	Portage, MI	Indiana	Colorado Rapids
Willie Sims	21	F	Los Angeles, CA	Cal State Northridge	New England Revolution
Nathan Sturgis	18	D/M	St. Augustine, FL	Clemson	Los Angeles Galaxy
Blake Wagner	17	D	Tampa, FL	US Under-20	FC Dallas
Marvell Wynne	19	D	Poway, CA	UCLA	MetroStars
Jed Zayner	21	D	Orland Park, IL	Indiana	Columbus Crew

2007

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Chris Seitz	19	GK	San Luis Obispo, CA	Maryland	Real Salt Lake
Bryan Arguez	17	D/M	Miami, FL	US Under-20	D.C. United
Anthony Wallace	17	D/M	St. Petersburg, FL	South Florida	FC Dallas
Amaechi Igwe	17	D	Belmont, CA	Santa Clara	New England Revolution
Maurice Edu	20	M	Fontana, CA	Maryland	Toronto FC
Nico Colaluca	20	M/F	Coventry, RI	Virginia	Colorado Rapids
Bakary Soumaré	21	D	New York, NY	Virginia	Chicago Fire
Fuad Ibrahim	15	F	Richfield, MN	US Under-17	FC Dallas

2008

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Eric Avila	20	M	San Diego, CA	UC Santa Barbara	FC Dallas
Tony Beltran	20	D/M	Claremont, CA	UCLA	Real Salt Lake
Roger Espinoza	21	M	Aurora, CO	Ohio State	Kansas City Wizards
Josh Lambo	17	GK	Middleton, WI	US Under-17	FC Dallas
Chance Myers	20	D/M	Thousand Oaks, CA	UCLA	Kansas City Wizards
Alex Nimo	17	F/M	Portland, OR	US Under-17	Real Salt Lake
Patrick Nyarko	22	F	Kumasi, Ghana	Virginia Tech	Chicago Fire
Ciaran O'Brien	20	M	Tacoma, WA	UC Santa Barbara	Colorado Rapids
Brek Shea	17	M/D	College Station, TX	US Under-17	FC Dallas
Rob Valentino	22	D	Cave Creek, AZ	San Francisco	New England Revolution

2009

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Kevin Alston	20	D	Silver Spring, MD	Indiana	New England Revolution
Danny Cruz	19	M	Glendale, AZ	UNLV	Houston Dynamo
Stefan Frei	22	GK	Widnau, Switzerland	California	Toronto FC
Omar Gonzalez	20	D	Dallas, TX	Maryland	Los Angeles Galaxy
Jeremy Hall	20	M	Tampa, FL	Maryland	New York Red Bulls
Baggio Hušidić	21	M	Libertyville, IL	UIC	Chicago Fire
Peri Marošević	19	F	Rockford, IL	Michigan	FC Dallas
Rodney Wallace	20	M	Rockville, MD	Maryland	D.C. United
Steve Zakuani	20	F	London, England	Akron	Seattle Sounders FC

2010

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Corben Bone	21	M	Plano, TX	Wake Forest	Chicago Fire
Teal Bunbury	19	F	Prior Lake, MN	Akron	Kansas City Wizards
Dilly Duka	20	M	Montville, NJ	Rutgers	Columbus Crew
Blair Gavin	20	M	Louisville, KY	Akron	Chivas USA
Luis Gil	16	M	Garden Grove, CA	US Under-17	Kansas City Wizards
Zachary Herold	17	D	Port St. Lucie, FL	US Under-17	Toronto FC
Sean Johnson	20	GK	Lilburn, GA	UCF	Chicago Fire
Jack McInerney	17	F	Alpharetta, GA	US Under-17	Philadelphia Union
Danny Mwanga	18	F	Kinshasa, DR Congo	Oregon State	Philadelphia Union
Amobi Okugo	18	M	Sacramento, CA	UCLA	Philadelphia Union
Ike Opara	20	D	Durham, NC	Wake Forest	San Jose Earthquakes
Tony Tchani	20	M	Norfolk, VA	Virginia	New York Red Bulls
Andrew Wiedeman	20	F	San Ramon, CA	California	FC Dallas

2011

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
David Bingham	21	GK	Castro Valley, CA	California	San Jose Earthquakes
Will Bruin	21	F	St. Louis, MO	Indiana	Houston Dynamo
Corey Hertzog	20	F	Reading, PA	Penn State	New York Red Bulls
Perry Kitchen	18	M	Indianapolis, IN	Akron	D.C. United
Zac MacMath	19	GK	St. Petersburg, FL	Maryland	Philadelphia Union
Darlington Nagbe	20	M	Lakewood, OH	Akron	Portland Timbers
Michael Nanchoff	22	M	North Royalton, OH	Akron	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Omar Salgado	17	F	El Paso, TX	US Under-20	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Kofi Sarkodie	19	D	Huber Heights, OH	Akron	Houston Dynamo
Michael Tetteh	21	D	Accra, Ghana	UC Santa Barbara	Seattle Sounders FC
Zarek Valentin	19	D	Lancaster, PA	Akron	Chivas USA

2012

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Dom Dwyer	21	F	London, England	USF	Sporting Kansas City
Sam Garza	21	F	Highland Village, TX	UC Santa Barbara	San Jose Earthquakes
Chandler Hoffman	21	F	Birmingham, AL	UCLA	Philadelphia Union
Andrew Jean-Baptiste	19	D	Brentwood, NY	Connecticut	Portland Timbers
Enzo Martinez	21	M	Rock Hill, SC	North Carolina	Real Salt Lake
Darren Mattocks	21	F	Portmore, Jamaica	Akron	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Tyler Polak	19	D	Lincoln, NE	Creighton	New England Revolution
Kelyn Rowe	20	M	Federal Way, WA	UCLA	New England Revolution
Andrew Wenger	21	D	Lititz, PA	Duke	Montreal Impact

2013

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Deshorn Brown	21	F	Manchester, Jamaica	UCF	Colorado Rapids
Andrew Farrell	20	D	Louisville, KY	Louisville	New England Revolution
Jason Johnson	22	F	Happy News, Jamaica	VCU	Houston Dynamo
Kekuta Manneh	18	F	Austin, TX	Austin Aztex	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Mikey Lopez	19	M	Dallas, TX	North Carolina	Sporting Kansas City
Walker Zimmerman	19	D	Lawrenceville, GA	Furman	FC Dallas
Eriq Zavaleta	20	F	Westfield, IN	Indiana	Seattle Sounders FC

2014

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Andre Blake	23	GK	May Pen, Jamaica	Connecticut	Philadelphia Union
A.J. Cochran	20	D	St. Louis, MO	Wisconsin	Houston Dynamo
Christian Dean	21	D	East Palo Alto, CA	California	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Marlon Hairston	19	M	Jackson, MS	Louisville	Colorado Rapids
Damion Lowe	20	D	Kingston, Jamaica	Hartford	Seattle Sounders FC
Eric Miller	20	D	Woodbury, MN	Creighton	Montreal Impact
Schillo Tshuma	21	F	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Maryland	Portland Timbers

2015

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Alex Bono	20	G	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse	Toronto FC
Conor Donovan	19	D	Fuquay-Varina, NC	North Carolina State	Orlando City SC
Cyle Larin	19	F	Brampton, ON	Connecticut	Orlando City SC
Cristian Roldan	19	M	Pico Rivera, CA	Washington	Seattle Sounders FC
Romario Williams	20	F	Portmore, Jamaica	UCF	Montreal Impact

2016

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Julian Engels	22	M	Dülmen, Germany	Syracuse	D.C. United
Jack Harrison	19	M	Bolton, England	Wake Forest	Chicago Fire
Fabian Herbers	22	F	Ahaus, Germany	Creighton	Philadelphia Union
Omar Holness	21	M	Kingston, Jamaica	North Carolina	Real Salt Lake
Richie Laryea	21	M	Toronto, ON	Akron	Orlando City SC
Andrew Tarbell	21	G	Mandeville, LA	Clemson	San Jose Earthquakes
Joshua Yaro	21	D	Kumasi, Ghana	Georgetown	Philadelphia Union

2017

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Abu Danladi	21	F	Takoradi, Ghana	UCLA	Minnesota United FC
Jonathan Lewis	19	F	Plantation, FL	Akron	New York City FC
Adonijah Reid	17	F	Brampton, ON	ANB Futbol Academy	FC Dallas
Miles Robinson	19	D	Arlington, MA	Syracuse	Atlanta United FC
Shamit Shome	19	M	Edmonton, AB	FC Edmonton	Montreal Impact
Jackson Yueill	19	M	St. Paul, MN	UCLA	San Jose Earthquakes

2018

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Mo Adams	21	M	Nottingham, England	Syracuse	Chicago Fire
Francis Atuahene	21	F	Accra, Ghana	Michigan	FC Dallas
João Moutinho	20	D	Lisbon, Portugal	Akron	Los Angeles FC
Edward Opoku	20	F	Odumase, Ghana	Virginia	Columbus Crew
Mason Toye	19	F	South Orange, NJ	Indiana	Minnesota United FC
Ema Twumasi	20	M	Accra, Ghana	Wake Forest	FC Dallas
Gordon Wild	22	F	Cologne, Germany	Maryland	Atlanta United FC

2019

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Frankie Amaya	18	M	Santa Ana, CA	UCLA	FC Cincinnati
Tajon Buchanan	19	F	Brampton, ON	Syracuse	New England Revolution
Griffin Dorsey	19	F	Evergreen, CO	Indiana	Toronto FC
Siad Haji	19	M	Manchester, NH	VCU	San Jose Earthquakes
John Nelson	20	D	Medina, OH	North Carolina	FC Dallas
Dayne St. Clair	21	G	Pickering ON	Maryland	Minnesota United FC
JJ Williams	20	F	Montgomery, AL	Kentucky	Columbus Crew

2020

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Daryl Dike	19	F	Edmond, OK	Virginia	Orlando City SC
Henry Kessler	20	D	New York, NY	Virginia	New England Revolution
Jack Maher	20	D	Caseyville, IL	Indiana	Nashville SC
Ryan Raposo	19	M	Hamilton, ON	Syracuse	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Robbie Robinson	21	F	Camden, SC	Clemson	Inter Miami CF

2021

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Ethan Bartlow	20	D	Woodinville, WA	Washington	Houston Dynamo
Bret Halsey	22	M	Sterling, VA	Virginia	Real Salt Lake
Calvin Harris	20	F	Middlesbrough, England	Wake Forest	FC Cincinnati
Philip Mayaka	20	M	Nairobi, Kenya	Clemson	Colorado Rapids
Daniel Pereira	20	M	Caracas, Venezuela	Virginia Tech	Austin FC

2022

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Ben Bender	20	M	Baltimore, MD	Maryland	Charlotte FC
Ousseni Bouda	21	F	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Stanford	San Jose Earthquakes
Erik Centeno	19	D	Stockton, CA	Pacific	Atlanta United FC
Roman Celentano	21	G	Naperville, IL	Indiana	FC Cincinnati
Kipp Keller	21	D	St. Louis, MO	Saint Louis	Austin FC
Isaiah Parker	19	F	Gurnee, IL	Saint Louis	FC Dallas
Patrick Schulte	20	G	St. Charles, MO	Saint Louis	Columbus Crew
Thorleifur Úlfarsson	21	F	Kópavogur, Iceland	Duke	Houston Dynamo

2023

The 2023 class was announced on December 19, 2022, prior to the 2023 MLS SuperDraft. The first five picks in the draft, including top pick Hamady Diop from Clemson, were Generation Adidas players.

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Joey Akpunonu	20	D	Toledo, OH	Bowling Green	FC Cincinnati
Joshua Bolma	20	M	Accra, Ghana	Maryland	New England Revolution
Moïse Bombito	22	D	Montréal, QC	New Hampshire	Colorado Rapids
Hamady Diop	20	D	Dakar, Senegal	Clemson	Charlotte FC
CJ Fodrey	18	M	San Diego, CA	San Diego State	Austin FC
Bertin Jacquesson	21	F	Lorrez-le-Bocage-Préaux, France	Pittsburgh	Real Salt Lake
Shakur Mohammed	19	F	Kumasi, Ghana	Duke	Orlando City SC
J.C. Ngando	23	M	Paris, France	UNC Greensboro	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Owen O'Malley	21	M	Cary, NC	Creighton	St. Louis City SC
Ilijah Paul	20	F	Gilbert, AZ	Washington	Real Salt Lake
Joey Skinner	19	D	Charlotte, NC	Clemson	Nashville SC

2024

The two-member 2024 class was announced on December 19, 2023, the same day as the 2024 MLS SuperDraft.

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Stephen Annor Gyamfi	19	F	Accra, Ghana	Maryland	Houston Dynamo
Kimani Stewart-Baynes	18	F	Toronto, ON	Virginia	Colorado Rapids

2025

The 2025 class was announced on December 18, 2024, prior to the 2025 MLS SuperDraft.

Player	Age	Pos	Hometown	College/prior	Draft team
Dean Boltz		F	Palatine, IL	Wisconsin	Chicago Fire FC
Manu Duah	19	M	Kumasi, Ghana	UC Santa Barbara	San Diego FC
Alex Harris		F	Vancouver, WA	Cornell	Colorado Rapids
Tate Johnson		D	Tampa, FL	North Carolina	Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Project-40 in the A-League

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