One of Major League Soccer's two expansion franchises for the 2011 season, the Vancouver Whitecaps, will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. Eastern time/10 a.m. Pacific time Thursday at the Vancouver Convention Center to announce the franchise's first signing -- US Men's National Team defender Jay DeMerit, according to The Vancouver Sun Wednesday.
DeMerit, who has made 23 appearances for the USMNT, started all four games for the team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
He has spent the last six seasons in England, playing for Watford, who played mostly in the second division English Championship, except for the 2006-07 season, when they played in the top-flight English Premier League.
In 2001, he played for the Chicago Fire Premier in the USL Premier Development League before leaving for England.
His contract with Watford ended in June and many European teams were hoping to claim DeMerit in the offseason.
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