Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010
12:31 PM
CSNChicago.com
17-year-old Victor Pineda has signed a contract with the Fire, making him the club's first ever home grown player.
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Pineda will be available for Wednesday's match against the Revolution at Toyota Park.
The midfielder will not count against the 24-man roster and will fill one of the two additional roster spots added by the league for home grown players identified and developed by the local club.
We are very excited to have Victor join the Chicago Fire, said Fire Technical Director Frank Klopas. Victor is a talented, technical midfielder who has a bright future with the Fire. His addition to the first team is representative of the Fires commitment to the future and to our player development system. I want to thank our owner, Andrew Hauptman, for the significant commitment hes made to our player development system and to building our club. Our ability to elevate a player like Victor to the first team starts at the top and with Andrews support well continue to add new home grown players to our roster.