Word: ara
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...teammates, Kasper and Harvard coach John Kerr all point to Ara’s impressive display at the player’s combine, held earlier this month, as projecting Ara squarely into the national picture...
...just a chance for me to show off my stuff,” Ara said. “Playing in the Ivy League you don’t often get seen as much as the UCLAs, the Marylands, and the Virginias, so it was just a chance for me to go play against those kids. I trained pretty hard coming into the combine...
Kerr mentioned that he had explained to Ara going into the combine not to focus too hard on making a lasting impression on MLS coaches and scouts on the very first day at the risk of draining himself out for the rest of the combine. Instead, Kerr advised Ara to hold himself back a little bit, because the coaches would start to notice true talent amongst the guys who were still playing their best on the third...
...impressive display put on at the combine helped Ara launch himself past Ivy players like Brown’s Adom Crew—the conference player of the year and a first-team All-American who was selected in the fifth round and 51st overall by the Columbus Crew—and Yale’s Jay Alberts, who is only the fifth player in conference history to garner first-team All-Ivy honors all four years and was taken in the fourth round and 47th overall by the Kansas City Wizards...
...Ara, he will be entering a very interesting situation with United, where he is expected to fill in as more of a defensive midfielder. The addition of Adu will certainly give United and therefore Ara a lot more national and international attention than would initially have been expected...