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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 soccer talent in the United States.〔(US U-20 players headline 2006 class )〕 The program, sponsored by Adidas, encourages early entry (without college graduation) of American players into MLS. Until 2005, the program was sponsored by Nike and was called Project-40.〔(What is Nike Project 40 )〕 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, and Kyle Beckerman. 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 their professional career not pan out. Players under the Home Grown Player rule are signed to Generation Adidas contracts. 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. ==Players== Generation Adidas graduates are announced at the end of the MLS season (prior to 2008,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Graduating from Generation Adidas )〕 2009,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MLS Announces The Graduation Of Generation Adidas Players )〕 2010,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Generation adidas players to graduate at season's end )〕 and 2011〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Generation Adidas Graduates For 2011 )〕) so in the charts below the graduation year represents the season after which the player was announced by MLS as a Generation Adidas graduate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Generation Adidas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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