The LA Galaxy today completed the signing of Brazilian midfielder Alvaro Pires. The 23-year old has trained with the Galaxy for most of the preseason and started all six of the club's preseason matches, playing 472 minutes in those games, collecting one assist and one caution. Pires, will travel to Colorado with the club today and is available for selection on Saturday night against the Rapids. Per league and team policy, details of the contract were not announced.
"Alvaro is a player that has been on our radar for some time now and we're glad to finally have him as a member of the Galaxy," Galaxy Director of Soccer Paul Bravo said. "He has done well so far in our preseason and we feel that he will be a tremendous asset to our club."
A native of Jardinopolis, Brazil just outside of Sao Paulo, Pires signed his first professional contract at the age of 16 with Brazilian side Internacional and broke into the first team at the age of 19. He spent three years there, appearing in a handful of games with the First Division team before trying his luck abroad. He signed with Spartak Nalchik a club in the Russian First Division.
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