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Just in: MLS All-Star reserves
Published 7/15/2008 by Beau Dure at The Netminder
... Also no Guillermo Barros Schelotto, though the Columbus Dispatch's Shawn Mitchell thinks he might get the nod as a replacement for Robbie Rogers if Rogers is on the Olympic team. ...

Mysterious Nigerian Forward revealed
Published 7/15/2008 by James at Columbus Crew
From the clues in Shawn Mitchell’s post, Is it Ibezito Ogbonna? He’s Nigerian, 25, and played for Hapoel Tel-Aviv He was 10 goals 31 games in 03/04, 7 goals in 29 games in 04/05,10 goals in 30 games in 05/06, and 1 goal in 7 games in 06/07. He was injured in 2007 and also transfered to the Romanian club CFR Cluj where he only saw 9 minutes in 07/08. CFR Cluj released him at the end of this season and he is reportedly looking for a new club. His last name also appears as Ibazito. Stats in ...

INCOMING: Ibezito Ogbonna to Columbus?
Published 7/17/2008 by Rumor Mill (noreply@blogger.com) at MLS Rumors - For the time between the games
We received this tip from a loyal MLSR reader. Could another Nigerian striker be headed to Crew Stadium to join Ekpo? According to this report, and this one on the Columbus Dispatch Crew blog: --Here's what I know so far about the Nigerian striker the Crew is attempting to bring in for a look-see: He is 25 and played in Israel for several years. He signed with a team in Romania last season but suffered a knee injury and did not play. I don't have a lot of time to devote to identifying this player right now, ...