Salgado signs with MLS, loaned to Vancouver

Salgado signs with MLS, loaned to Vancouver

Published Aug. 10, 2010 8:01 p.m. ET

Forward Omar Salgado has signed with Major League Soccer and was loaned for three months to the Vancouver Whitecaps of the U.S. Soccer Federation Division 2.

The 16-year-old from El Paso, Texas, will go into the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. He spent 1 1/2 years with Chivas Guadalajara before signing with MLS, scoring seven goals in 10 games with the reserves.

Salgado trained with the Mexican Under-20 team in March and April, then switched and played for the United States at the Milk Cup in Northern Ireland. On July 26, he scored in a 1-0 victory over China.

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