At last, Fire closes the deal with Lider Marmol

 
For two months, the Fire refused to budge when it came to Lider Marmol. The Fire owned the Paraguayan defender's MLS rights and would not give them up even though Marmol spent the preseason training with the New York Red Bulls. [link]

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