origin.mercurynews.com - 7/4/2008
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The Earthquakes have offered Brazilian midfielder Francisco Lima a contract and expect to sign him in time to begin playing after the July 15 FIFA transfer window. Lima, 37, tried out with San Jose last week and Coach Frank Yallop and General Manager John Doyle liked what they saw. Lima, who last played for Brescia in Italy's Serie B, has appeared for major clubs Bologne FC, AS Romaand Dyanmo ...
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... against San Jose. The Earthquakes are the lowest-scoring team in MLS so naturally they are bidding to sign a - 37-year-old Brazilian midfielder. ...
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... , as our colleague Tim Hanley would say. The Mercury News has a story on the potential signing of Francisco Lima , who apparently impressed all around during his week-long trial with the Quakes. We had a chance to discuss Lima with Quakes GM John Doyle earlier this week. (The full story from that hour-long conversation will be going online later today.) Here’s what he had to say about the AS Roma veteran: Doyle: Always with an older player you ask, “Oh, man, is he old?” So how do you determine if someone is old? Well, their look – what does he look like? Does he limp? And ...
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