USL-1 College Player Draft

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USL NEWS RELEASE

Wednesday, January 24, 2006

TAMPA, FL -- The expansion Carolina RailHawks selected Sola Abolaji as the first overall selection in the 2007 USL First Division College Player Draft Wednesday afternoon with fellow first-year club California Victory taking standout PDL goalkeeper Eric Reed with the second overall selection.

A former midfielder for the Premier Development League’s Boulder Rapids Reserve, Abolaji just completed his collegiate career at Buffalo University where he played in 33 games the past two seasons with three goals and four assists. He previously attended Northern Oklahoma Junior College where he was named second-team All-Region and Team Defensive MVP. The Denver native has returned home the past two summers and spent time with the Rapids Reserve.

More information to follow.

2007 USL First Division College Player Draft List

Pick Team Player
1 Carolina: Sola Abolaji
2 California: Eric Reed
3 Minnesota: Andrew Peterson
4 Portland: Lyle Martin
5 Virginia Beach: Edson Elcock
6 Atlanta: Brian Levey
7 Seattle: Matt Fisher
8 Puerto Rico: Greg Dalby
9 Miami: Matt Maher
10 Vancouver: Riley O’Neill
11 Charleston: Ian Bennet
12 Rochester: Ryan Wileman
13 Montreal: Cloudio Dias
Round 2
14 Carolina: Demetrius Donald
15 California: Matt Fitzgerald
16 Minnesota: John Diraimondo
17 Portland: Colin Rigby
18 Virginia Beach: Michael Todd
19 Atlanta: Zach Kirby
20 Seattle: Andy Willis
21 Puerto Rico: Jay Needham
22 Miami: Martin Nunez
23 Vancouver: Nigel Marples
24 Charleston: Jeremy Gold
25 Rochester: PJ Scheufele
26 Montreal: Freddy Moojen

http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/163941.html

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So that Moojen guy supposedly interetsed everyone in the league, MLS clubs AND Scandinavian clubs, and all of a sudden, he goes through the MLS draft unnoticed and Montreal picks him up LAST overall in the USL draft?

Something smells funny.