DC united has now confirmed that they have signed defender Gonzalo Martinez from Colombia. Martinez is 32 years old and has a solid background. He has played 3 season in the Italian league, he has played 36 games for the National team and most recetly played for Millonarios from Colombia.
He definitely is getting up there in age but being a defensive player that is not necessarily bad, even though you get slower with age your experience is something that might be even more important than speed and as long as this guy is not slower than Vanney we will be fine. Having a solid and experienced player like Martinez directing out young guns McTavish and Burch in the back line will be huge and I think he will be playing in between these two guys with Namhoff covering the right side.
This might be the best defensive line up we had in years, I still think we need 1-2 guys on the bench to add some depth, hopefully one of our draft choices can fill that spot.
Martinez is waiting for his VISA and transfer certificates to be finalized, hopefully he will be able to join our team shortly.
The Team is slowly getting together and we are still waiting for some signings to happen on the midfield, there are rumors flying around regarding Gomez, and a new Argentine player but until I have some more solid information I will wait to post.
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