Red Bull New York announced today that it has come to terms with Venezuelan national team midfielder Jorge Rojas and Argentinean midfielder Juan Pietravallo. Per club and League policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed, and the deal is pending league approval and receipt of P-1 visas. Both players were introduced to the media at the Red Bulls’ training facility at Montclair State University Wednesday afternoon.
Rojas, 31, has enjoyed a decorated career in the top leagues in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. He helped Venezuelan First Division side, Caracas FC, to four league titles, was a member of the 2005 Apertura Champion Atletico Nacional side while playing for the Colombian First Division side, and was named the best foreign player in the Ecuadorean First Division while playing with national power Emelec. Prior to joining the Red Bulls, “El Zurdo” played for Venezuelan First Division side, Union Atletico Maracaibo. He has played in over 150 professional matches in some of the top leagues in South America.
The 5-10, 165-pound Venezuelan has also earned 82 caps with his national team, and has served as captain for the side in the past. The second most capped player in Venezuelan history, Rojas featured in two International Friendlies for Venezuala recently, scoring a goal in a 1-1 draw with Honduras on May 30, and helped his national side defeated Brazil, 2-0, on June 6 at Gillette Stadium.
Pietravallo, 26, was previously with Greek Super League side, Veria FC, making three appearances. Earlier in the 2007-08 season, Pietravallo also played for Belgrano de Córdoba of the Argentina Premier Division.
The 5-9, 155-pound Argentinean started out his career for Argentina Premier Division side, Velez Sarsfield in 1999 and made a combined 31 appearances for the club over three seasons. He then moved to Olimpo de Bahia Blanco in the same division before joining Leganes of the Spanish Second Division, where he played in 14 matches. Pietravallo has also enjoyed stints at Argentinean First Division sides Gimnasia (2004), Atletico Rafaela (Argentina 2004-05), Quilmes (Argentina, 2005-06) and Nueva Chicago (2006-07).
Both players will not be available for selection until after the transfer window opens on July 15, so the first match they could potentially be eligible for is the July 19 fixture with the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Here is a goal from Jorge from the Honduras match:
Here is some video of Juan:
Jul 2, 2008
ROJAS AND PIETRAVALLO INTRODUCED TO MEDIA PRIOR TO TRAINING WEDNESDAY
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Hey it only took till freaking JULY for some signings. Way to go Red Bull.
not that these signings wont make a difference, but all these players play with teams with heart and the desire to get the ball at all costs, hopefully the talent wont be wasted by some of our less than motivated "team".
Yay defenders and one more coming, now we need a striker, two really I want Wolynic (or whatever) out, he's useless.
Run lads, run! Run as far away as you can. DO NOT SIGN. You'll never be seen again!
(I'm just joking mods, don't delete. It's a joke, really just a joke)
Does anyone know how much John "I'm Useless" Wolyniac makes? I'm curious.
The real question here is, who gets cut?
and dont think for a second that i am still not waiting for an apology from this organization over what happened last night.
"we love ya, we love ya, we love ya, and where you play we follow, we follow, we follow, cause we support the metro, the metro, the metro, and thats the way we like it, we like it, we like it....."
Now start showing us some love back.
tilt215
I have heard rumors that Reyna is retiring and that Rojas is his replacement.
I have always loved Reyna and what he did not only for the National Team but for US football as he played almost his entire career in europe and for some good teams. I really would like him to retire, he just can't cut it anymore and that's because of his age and all his injuries. We love ya Reyna but it's time to put the boots in the closet.
John Wolyniec made $68,906.25 as of 6/8/08
Thank you Anonymous. over 68 grand a year for a USL forward, insanity. We cold pay a very good striker from central or south america for half of that who would be way more effective than John Wolyniec.
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