Quakes await completion of Andre Luiz signing
By Jeff Carlisle · July 28, 2009
San Jose’s midfield makeover looks set to continue, with former Brazilian international Andre Luiz about to become the Earthquakes’ latest capture.
News of Andre Luiz’s imminent signing broke Sunday courtesy of thebaysoccer.com, and Quakes’ manager Frank Yallop confirmed the team’s interest following Tuesday’s practice session, although contract details and acquisition of his ITC are still yet to be completed. That said, Yallop is eager to pair Andre Luiz, who has been capped 19 times by Brazil, with his other recent midfield acquisition, Ramon Sanchez.
“He’s very experienced, and a good smooth player in the center of the park,” said Yallop about Andre Luiz. “He’s played for Brazil, and I know that was years ago, but if you have that in your blood, you’re going to be pretty good.
“Fitness is not an issue. He looks great and ready to go.”
Andre Luiz has looked impressive in training, and looks closer to 24 rather than his official age of 34. He even scored on an audacious 35-yard chip in training last Friday.
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more good news, jeff! if our team can finish on a positive note and have some good building blocks maybe we’ll get the start in 2010 we hoped for this year. it would also be awesome to watch a winning team while our stadium is being built!
hell, i’d settle for 90 minutes of attractive soccer….fully realized attacks….gaffe-free defending……am i asking too much?
ITC? Okay, which one is it? Sorry for being dumb.
ITC
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ITC may stand for:
Instrumental transcommunication a form of mediumship using electrical devices
International Tin Council
International Touring Car Championship, the 1995/1996 version of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft
International Trade Center
International Trade Commission (United States)
Inuit Tapirisat of Canada the former name of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Investment tax credit
Independent Theatre Council
Companies and corporations:
ITC Limited, formerly Imperial Tobacco Company
Iranian Tobacco Company
Illinois Terminal Company
Imperial Tobacco Canada
ITC Entertainment or Incorporated Television Company
International Typeface Corporation
ITC Transmission, an electric transmission company in Michigan, spun off in 2002 from Detroit Edison
In science:
Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
Intertropical convergence zone (abbreviated ITC or ITCZ)
International Teletraffic Congress
Isothiocyanate
In education and research:
Illinois Technical College
Institute of Technology of Cambodia
Institute of Technology, Carlow
Instituto Tecnológico de Córdoba
Institute of Texan Cultures
International Teaching Centre, a Bahá’í institution based in the Bahá’í World Centre in Haifa, Israel.
International Teledemocracy Centre, part of Edinburgh Napier University, dedicated to researching e-participation and e-democracy systems
ITC (Information Technology Channel), 24-hour Persian Educational TV based in the US
ITC Enschede, the International Institute for Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation, a tertiary educational institution located in Enschede, Netherlands
In religion and theology:
Interdenominational Theological Center
International Theological Commission
In television:
Independent Television Commission
@Albany
International Transfer Certificate. Quakes need it before Andre Luiz can suit up for them since he counts as an international player
“Fitness is not an issue. He looks great and ready to go.”
This is what they said about Lima….
Thanks for the clarificaiton, bc.
Wikipedia needs to provide one more term for disambiguation.
@ nebulachapin
…and Lima was ready to go. That guy had the fitness of a 25 year old! he was just flat out abnormal for a 40 year old!
good news,thx., jay! now do you know for how long is the contract? also i’m wondering about sanchez, is he on loan or do we outright own him?. just wondering in case this guys turn out to be the real deal. sanchez looked a bit tentative on saturday, but that was expected being his 1st game, althought i did like his touch quite a bit.
breaking news! Terry Cooke has been waived! Lets pick him up! I believe he is our answer to the long lost departure of ROB at right flank! Convey is a bust so far and Alvarez cannot cross! Move Alvarez back to forward and place Cooke on the right flank
i hereby officially dub him: ALM
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@Supsam I like your thinking!!!! I think Convey has been a bust this year but hopefully if hucks leave he’ll be able to own as a left mid, but as right mid Convey and Arturo suck!
That said I kind of want this guy more, and to cut elliot, then we can work on signing cooke (i doubt JD can work on two deals at a time)