Force Makes Trade

Published on October 2, 2002 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Cleveland Force News Release


CLEVELAND, OHIO- Cleveland Force President and General Manager Paul Garofolo today announced that the Force has traded the rights to forwards Chad James and Nikola Vignjevic to the Kansas City Comets for two draft picks as well as an undisclosed financial consideration.

"This move allows us to have tremendous flexibility in the upcoming drafts, especially in this year's draft where we will have three of the top eight overall picks," commented Garofolo on the transaction.

The Force acquired the Comets first round draft pick in the 2002-03 Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Amateur Draft as well as Kansas City's first round draft pick in the 2003-04 MISL Amateur Draft.

James, a native of Berea, spent the past five seasons with Cleveland while Vignjevic played three seasons in Cleveland with his last season being in 2000-01.



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