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Real Salt Lake acguires selection from MetroStars

Published on January 25, 2006 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Real Salt Lake News Release


SALT LAKE CITY (Wednesday, January 25, 2006) - Real Salt Lake General Manager Steve Pastorino and Head Coach John Ellinger today announced the acquisition of a 4th Round pick in the 2006 Major League Soccer Supplemental Draft in exchange for the rights to FW Jordan Cila. RSL now has the 2nd, 14th, 26th and 41st overall picks in the Supplemental Draft.

"We wish Jordan Cila the best as he returns home to New York," Pastorino said. "With all of our off-season moves, it became apparent that it would be a long shot for him to make our senior roster, so I am glad we could accommodate his desire to have the entire preseason to prove himself somewhere else."

The 23-year-old Cila, entered his second year as a professional soccer player in MLS with Real Salt Lake, making an impact in his first year with the team during the 2005 season, by scoring three goals and adding one assists in 12 games. The New York native notched his first RSL goal off of a cross from MF Luke Kreamalmeyer in the 44th minute in the 3-2 loss at Kansas City on July 16.

Just eight days later, Cila tallied his second goal of a quickly taken free kick by MF Andy Williams in the 25th minute in the 3-0 win over FC Dallas on July 23. He scored his third and final RSL goal in the 4-2 loss against the Kansas City Wizards on August 13. Cila made his Major League Soccer and Rapids debut when he replaced Jean Philippe Peguero in the 77th minute of the Rapids' 2-0 loss in Kansas City on May 1, 2004.

POPE & KLEIN CONTINUE TRAINING WITH USMNT: RSL DF Eddie Pope and newly acquired MF Chris Klein continue training with the U.S. Men's National Team at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Pope captained and played the full 90 minutes in the recent international friendly against Canada in San Diego on January 22 that ended in a 0-0 draw. Klein was a second half substitute for DF Frankie Hejduk and played 45 minutes in the friendly against Canada. The U.S. is slated to face Norway at The Home Depot Center on Sunday, January 29 at 3:00 p.m. MT, live on ESPN2. The schedule for the USMNT 2006 international friendlies follows:

Day Date Matchup Time (MT) LOCATION

Sun. Jan. 29 Norway 3:00 p.m. Home Depot Center, Carson, Calif.

Fri. Feb. 10 Japan 9:00 p.m. SBC Park, San Francisco, Calif.

Sun. Feb. 19 Guatemala 12:00 p.m. Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas

Wed. March 1 Poland 12:00 p.m. Fritz-Water-Stadio, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Wed. March 22 Germany 12:00 p.m. Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany

All games televised live on ESPN2

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