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Morning Ticker: Friedel inks new deal, Chivas USA lands Wicky and other news
Published 2/5/2008 by Ives Galarcep at Soccer By Ives
... Crew eyeing Ricken. The Columbus Dispatch's Shawn Mitchell reported that German World Cup veteran Lars Ricken is set to join Columbus in pre-season training in Florida. ...

Afternoon Insights: A Few International Rumbles
Published 2/5/2008 by drew.epperley at WVHooligan - Soccer Blog
... to address before the start of the season. Their depth at the striker position isn’t very good right now with just Twellman and Adam Cristman. They can’t expect to have Twellman run the show by himself, too many teams will close in on him and him alone, which means New England will have to look elsewhere to score. Nunez could fill that volid.——————————————————————————————————————————- Columbus is still chasing an international player to sign. Reports out of C-Bus say that the Crew are giving a trial to German midfielder Lars Ricken. Ricken fits the description of the player ...

Crew TSID*: Lars Ricken?
Published 2/6/2008 by Jeff at Center Holds It
... With Covering the Crew reporting the next day that Ricken will join the Crew in Florida, the story moves from “possibility” to real-life trial - though I have to confess I’m even more baffled by the Crew’s decision.  Here’s why: ...