When Jorge Gomez Sanchez came to the U.S. for the first time in the fall of 2015, it was with professional soccer in mind. Seventeen months and 27 collegiate goals later, the native of Talavera de la Reina, Spain, is on the cusp of making that dream a reality.
The 21-year-old is one of 74 players in Carson, California, this week participating in the 2017 adidas MLS Player Combine ahead of Friday’s SuperDraft.
“When I came to Temple I knew I was coming to study but I also wanted to get a professional contract and I knew that MLS was expanding and I saw an opportunity here,” Gomez Sanchez said in a phone interview from his hotel in California.