evalagoal Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 ---------- WOW! ------------------- Does this league look more & more like the Greek league in away?? they are signing stars that have had a carrer already and they are making the jump for some good whole american dollars.... (read below) All I know is that w/ the stars like Becham, Juan Pablo Angel and now Schelotto... I'm definitely going to see some matches in person. Way to go MLS you're doing the right thing for this sport. :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: (in the US) ******************************************************************** The Columbus Crew on Wednesday signed Argentine striker Guillermo Barros Schelotto to a two-year contract. Financial terms were not disclosed for Schelotto, who joined the Crew from Boca Juniors. The 33-year-old joined Boca in 1997 from Gimnasia La Plata and quickly established himself as a crowd favorite Schelotto's advancing years has resulted in less playing-time recently, however, but his signing represents another coup for Major League Soccer. "It establishes credibility, it raises our profile in the international soccer market to have a player of this calibre to come to our club - and be interested in coming to our club," Crew general manager Mark McCullers said. "So it accomplishes all of those things, and obviously competitively it provides us with one of the top players in the world, certainly in Argentinian football." Schelotto's moves to the MLS at an exciting time. Former England captain David Beckham has agreed to join the Los Angeles Galaxy from Real Madrid while on Tuesday Colombian forward Juan Pablo Angel left Aston Villa for the New York Red Bulls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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