Skinner and Diop Signal Technology Adidas Contracts – Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Website

MLS Announcement

CLEMSON, S.C. — Main League Soccer introduced that Clemson defenders Joey Skinner and Hamady Diop have signed Technology adidas contracts. Natives of Charlotte, N.C. and Dakar, Senegal, respectively, Skinner and Diop at the moment are eligible for choice within the 2023 MLS SuperDraft, which is about to happen on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 5 p.m. Skinner and Diop are the eighth and ninth gamers in program historical past and fourth and fifth within the Mike Noonan period to signal a Technology adidas contract.

Technology adidas is a joint program between MLS and adidas that sees a handful of prime collegiate underclassmen and youth nationwide workforce gamers signed by MLS to Technology adidas contracts and made obtainable within the SuperDraft. To be able to present Technology adidas gamers with one of the best skilled setting, Technology adidas participant salaries should not charged towards an MLS workforce’s annual wage finances, offering an added incentive for that membership to develop the participant. Finally, these GA gamers graduate to senior participant contracts and their salaries are charged towards a workforce’s finances.

In the present day’s announcement alerts the top of Skinner and Diop’s collegiate eligibility and means they are going to be part of their new golf equipment after being chosen within the upcoming draft.

One among Clemson’s key defenders this season, sophomore Skinner noticed motion in each single sport for the Tigers in 2022, scoring twice and offering one help. He transferred to Clemson in 2022 following his freshman season at UNCG when he was named an All-SoCon participant. 

Diop is a two-time All-ACC second workforce choice, and has performed in 42 video games for the Tigers throughout three seasons. He’s amassed seven targets and three assists as a middle again, and was a vital participant on Clemson’s 2021 Nationwide Championship workforce.

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