2016 Pro Soccer Combine: Walsall, England

PSC is proud to announce they will be hosting a professional soccer combine in Walsall, England on January 20 & 21, 2016. The professional soccer trial/tryout is aimed at players who wish to be selected for:

1. Signing, or trialing, with the professional European and American teams in attendance
2. PSC Agency Recommendation to clubs from Europe, America, and Asia.
3. Upcoming PSC Professional Showcase Tours and Residential Program

Facility Location 

Walsall Football Club
Banks’s Stadium, Bescot Crescent, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 4SA

*Combine to take place on the 3G Astroturf field at the Stadium
*Please do not contact Walsall FC directly to ask for information on the event. They are simply providing a facility and attending the event, have no involvement in the hosting of it, and will not be able to provide any information on it.

2015 Combine Success Stories

PSC is the most successful North American-based soccer combine company for placing players in Europe. In 2015 we have already seen over 60 combined players earn contracts and trials with the likes of Orebro SK (Swedish Premier League), Pembroke (Maltese Premier League), Valleta (Maltese Premier League), Cork City (Irish Premier League), Galway FC (Irish Premier League), Kaya FC (Filipino Premier League), Qormi FC (Maltese Premier League), Finn Harps (Ireland’s Division 1) IFK Luleå (Sweden’s Division 1 Norra), Bodens BK (Sweden’s Division 2 Norra), FC Jazz (Finland’s Ykkönen), AC Kajaani (Finland’s Kakkonen), Tulsa Roughnecks (USL Pro), Jacksonville Armada (NASL) and more…

Here is a small sample of our most recent success stories from 2015:

1. 2014 World Cup Goalkeeper Sammy N’Djock signs with Minnesota United (NASL) – Press Release
2. Jason Sangha signs with Gallivare Malmbergets FF in Sweden (2nd Division) – Press Release
3. Oscar Jimenez signs with Tulsa Roughnecks (USL Pro) – Press Release
4. Ata Ozbay signs with Finn Harps in Ireland (1st Division) – Press release
5. Matt Silva signs with FC Kaya in the Philippines (Premier League) – Press Release
6. Gus Villalobos signs with FC Qormi in Malta (Premier League) – Press Release

For further information see our Success Stories and Testimonials 

Registration and Cost

PSC’s Pro Soccer Combine costs $300 (£199). This price covers entrance to the combine the opportunity to play in front of the attending coaches, and access to video footage from the combine. Spots are on a first come first served basis, our combines almost always sell out up to 3 weeks before day one. Players are responsible for their own transport to the combine and accommodation. A discounted hotel package is available and detailed below.

Hotel Package 

PSC is offering an optional discounted hotel package for combined players as follows:

Check-in: January 19th
Check out: January 21st (2-night stay)
Cost: $119 (£79)
Room: Shared with 1 other combined player
Included: Breakfast, wifi.
Hotel Address: Bescot Cresent Walsall – West Midlands –  WS1 4SE –  Birmingham –  United Kingdom

*Please note: This is a shared hotel room with other combined players. If you wish to have a single room or share with a family member you will need to cover the costs of their stay as well.

*Only 16 hotel spots are available on a first come first served basis

Confirmed Coaches

Tulsa Roughnecks: USA, USL Pro

Tulsa roughnecks are led by USL Hall of Famer David Irving who knows PSC combines well, having signed over 20 players from PSC events over the last 3 years. The Roughnecks roster currently boasts players such as Oscar Jimenez, Ryan Price, and Eli Galbraith-Knapp all of whom were signed from PSC’s 2014-15 winter combines

Wilmington Hammerheads: USA, USL Pro

Wilmington Hammerheads will be attending our 2015 winter combine after signing numerous players in the last 2 years from PSC events. Players such as Mickael Barroso, Albert Edwards, Troy Hernandez, Arron Patrick, and Shaun Utterson were all signed to the Hammerheads from PSC events as well as many more. Current MLS and PSC Agency Player Luke Mulholland began his career with the USL Side before moving on to the NASL and MLS.

Bodens BK: Sweden, Division Two

Bodens will be returning to PSC combines ahead of their 2016 season after signing no fewer than 6 Combine players in the last 2 years, and trialing many more. This season's roster currently boasts 4 PSC players Lewis Ellis (Chicago Combine, 2014), Eddy Prugh (Las Vegas combine, 2013) Gino Mauro (Sweden Tour, 2014), and Chase Miller (San Diego Combine, 2014). The 2015 season was a frustrating season for the club which looked set to gain promotion before fading away in the late stages. The club will be looking to build on that disappointment in the 2016 season and will be using PSC events to strengthen their squad.

Karlslunds IF: Sweden, Division Two

 Karlslunds IF will be attending PSC combines for the first time having been heavily involved with PSC’s showcases over the past 2 years where they have provided fierce opposition for our Elite tours. Following games against our 2014 Residential Academy the club signed midfielders Adam Brundle and Tyrelle McLeod-Bentley for the 2014 season. They will be in Walsall looking for players ahead of their 2016 season

Julian Lundberg: PSC Scandinavian Recruitment Team

Julian Lundberg has been working closely with PSC for the last 18 months helping place players throughout the leagues in Sweden in both the Men’s and Women’s games. So far in 2015, he has been responsible for the signings of 15 players in the men’s and women’s games including Brett Croft and Gary Cennerazzo to Melleruds IF, and Cameron Selamie and Zak Epplette to IFK Amal amongst others. He will be looking for further talent from this winter's combines to market to his contacts in Scandinavia.

PSC Agency Staff (Worldwide Recruitment)

Since 2002 PSC has forged a respectable reputation in the professional game working with players, coaches, and teams from Europe’s top leagues such as the Barclays Premier League through to American leagues such as the MLS, NASL, and USL Pro. This long-standing reputation for working in the professional game has led to a number of trials and signings of combined participants with clubs around the world who trust the opinions of the PSC Agency staff.

Professional clubs trust our recommendations, and after an event, our Agency Staff will look to recommend any player who has proven they are capable of playing professionally to clubs around the world. The following list is a sample of players who attended a PSC combine or tour and received no interest from attending coaches but trialed or signed with a non-attending club based on PSC’s Agency Staff recommendations. This recommendation can come within days, weeks, or months of the original event:

• – Brett Croft (2015 San Diego combine) SIGNED with Swedish 3rd Division side Melleruds IF in 2015
• – Jason Sangha (2015 Ft Lauderdale combine) SIGNED with Swedish 2nd Division Side Gallivare Malmbergets FF in 2015
• – Dominic Adams (2013 Jacksonville Combine) SIGNED with Icelandic Premier League side IBV in 2014
• – Andy Lorei (2013 Malaysia Showcase Tour) SIGNED with Swedish 2nd Division side Bodens BK in 2013
• – Zac Lubin (2013 California Combine) SIGNED with Swedish 1st Division side IFK Lulea in 2014
• – Jonathan Glenn (2013 Jacksonville Combine) SIGNED with Icelandic Premier League side IBV in 2014
• – Alex Horwath (2012 Florida Combine) SIGNED with Swedish Superettan side Ljungskile SK in 2014

PSC Professional Showcase Tours

Players who perform well but are not selected to sign by professional coaches will be invited on a PSC Professional Showcase Tour. On our tours, players have the chance to compete, and prove themselves, against professional opposition and earn a contract, or an Agency recommendation. The following players all proved on showcase tours that they were capable of playing with, and against, professional teams and were rewarded subsequently:

• Taylor Morgan – (Showcase Tour) Signed with Ostersund FK (Swedish Superatten)
• Henry Booth – (U23 Showcase Tour) Training stint with Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (Championship)
• Wilfried Tagbo – (Development Tour) signed with Finn Harps (Ireland Airtricity League Division One)
• Lewis Ellis – (Showcase Tour) signed with Bodens BK (Sweden Divison 2)
• Shawn Nicklaw – (Showcase Tour) Signed with HB Koge (Danish Premier League)
• Chuck Chijindu – (Showcase Tour) Signed with Thor Akuyeri (Icelandic Premier League)
• Arron Patrick – (Showcase Tour) Signed with Wilmington Hammerheads (USL Pro)