New signing Blaise Nkufo is set to arrive in the Pacific Northwest to meet his new Seattle Sounders FC teammates on July 13, the club announced today.
"In our discussions with Blaise we encouraged him to take a full two weeks off once he returned from the World Cup," general manager Adrian Hanauer said. "He is eligible to be added to the roster on July 15."
Nkufo represented Switzerland during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The striker played the past seven seasons for FC Twente in Enschede, Holland. Twente won the Dutch Eredivisie in May, and Nkufo scored a club record 114 goals in league play.
Nkufo is expected to reinforce Seattle’s attack, which is averaging just over one goal per game at the halfway point of the season. With Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Galaxy, the Sounders fell to 4-8-3 and currently sit in seventh place in the Western Conference.
Seattle play at D.C. United on July 15.
The supporters of Twente will pay tribute to Nkufo on Sunday, July 11, unveiling a statue outside De Grolsch Veste, the team's home stadium.
