Fire sign
Stanislav Ivanov, a U21 Bulgarian international winger and key player for Bulgarian Europa League club Levski Sofia.
A month ago they also signed 20 year old Nigerian striker Chinoso Offor from the Latvian league.
Those two join 21 year old Jhon Espinoza from Ecuador.
Heitz definitely has his international scouting network fired up in his quest to bring the Basel model to Chicago. I believe this makes 21 new players on the Fire roster in 12 months, a large number of them young and international. Wicky has a very tough job on his hands helping these kids get settled in the midst of a pandemic and leveled-up to be competitive in MLS.
There’s a nice veteran spine to the squad - Beric, Gimenez, Pineda (he plays like a savvy vet), & Shuttleworth - but a lot rests on young players along the flanks learning Wicky’s system and executing at MLS-levels. And they still have Calvo for another season because apparently they hope to give me an aneurism .