Major League Soccer Wednesday announcd former US U-20 and U-23 National Team forward Sammy Ochoa, who was born in Mexico but attended high school in the US, has signed a contract and an allocation draft will be held Friday at league headquarters in New York to determine what team will add him to their roster.
Ochoa, who played high school soccer for Riverside Poly in Los Angeles, is now out of contract with Estudiantes Tecos of Mexico's Primera Division, who signed him in February 2006, after scoring only three goals during his time there.
Ochoa's older brother, Jesus, played in MLS with the Los Angeles Galaxy and Chivas USA and trialed this June with the Seattle Sounders.
Chivas USA has the first opportunity to sign Ochoa, but has passed on taking players available in the last two dratfs -- current US Men's National Team player Benny Feilhaber (New England Revolution) and former Michigan Wolverine star Soony Saad (Sporting Kansas City).
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