Join Now  | 
Home About Contact Us Privacy & Security Advertise
Soccer America Daily Special Edition Around The Net College Soccer Reporter Youth Soccer Reporter Soccer on TV Soccer America Classifieds
Paul Gardner: SoccerTalk MLS Confidential Youth Soccer Insider World Cup Watch
RSS Feeds Archives Manage Subscriptions Subscribe
Order Current Issue Subscribe Manage My Subscription Renew My Subscription
My Account Join Now
Tournament Calendar Soccer Glossary Classifieds
Pac-10 star Mwanga signs Generation Adidas contract
The Oregonian, December 31st, 2009 1:01PM
Subscribe to Section 2 Around the Net


MOST READ


Danny Mwanga, the 2009 Pac-10 Player of the Year as a sophomore at Oregon State, signed a Generation Adidas contract with Major League Soccer.

Mwanga looked into joining a European team but was swayed by MLS's offer of a Generation Adidas contract for two years with two years of options.

Mwanga was born and raised in the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo. His father was killed and his mother moved to Oregon, where he was reunited with her in 2006. He spent  two seasons at OSU after graduating from Jefferson High School in North Portland.

 

Read the original story...


No comments yet.

Sign in to leave a comment. Don't have an account? Join Now


AUTHORS

ARCHIVES

Recent Section 2 Around the Net
Secrecy still surrounds gay players    
A recent survey revealed that more than one in four British professional soccer players, coaches and ...
Columbus suits Guillermo Barros Schelotto    
Since the forward Guillermo Barros Schelotto arrived in 2007, the Columbus Crew have won one MLS ...
Trapped Chilean miners watch live soccer    
On Tuesday, the 33 miners who have been trapped for over one month 2,300 feet under ...
Former Denmark star faces fight with cancer    
Former Denmark striker Brian Laudrup, who helped Denmark won the 1992 European Championship, has been diagnosed ...
Usain Bolt eyes soccer career    
Jamaican track star Usain Bolt, the world and Olympic 100- and 200-meter champion, says he'll give ...
USA-Mexico rivalry in danger    
The exciting USA-Mexico games in World Cup qualifying could be no more under the new qualifying ...
Houllier set to take over at Aston Villa    
The BBC is reporting that former Liverpool and Lyon manager Gerard Houllier has agreed to take ...
Rooney gets Capello's support    
The English tabloids are filled with stories about Wayne Rooney's private life, but that's no bother ...
World Cup champs get stiff test    
Will Sergio Batista, Diego Maradona's short-term replacement as Argentina head coach, be able to sway the ...
German captain controversy settled    
Philipp Lahm, who captained Germany at the 2010 World Cup in the absence of veteran Michael ...
>> Section 2 Around the Net Archives