Orlando City Soccer Club of USL PRO announced Thursday the signing of defender Rob Valentino, a former member of Major League Soccer's Generation adidas program, to a senior contract and signed forward Dennis Chin to an amateur deal.
Valentino, drafted 13th overall in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft by the New England Revolution, joins Jamie Watson as a fellow ex-program member.
Valentino played four times for the Revolution between Lamar Hunt US Open Cup and CONCACAF Champions League play in 2008, but saw no senior team league play. In 2009, he was traded to the Colorado Rapids and saw no action either. In 2010, he signed with FC Tampa Bay of the USSF Division 2 Pro League and appeared in 27 games.
Chin played collegiately at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL and in the USL Premier Development League for the Central Florida Kraze. He started one of six preseason games in 2011, scoring a goal against the University of Central Florida in Orlando,and assisted on a Devorn Jorsling goal in a game against Stetson University in DeLand, FL.
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