Fredy Montero has been playing outside of Colombia for many years. The forward born in Campo de la Cruz, in the Atlantic, has new team: the Seattle Sounders.
Montero, 33, has had a very good career in the United States, that precisely started in 2009 with Seattle in that club’s inaugural season in MLS
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The Colombian, that after Seattle he had a short visit to Colombia with the Millonarios shirt, began his career in the Deportivo Cali, also playing with Atlético Huila before emigrating.
Seattle Sounders was their first team abroad before arriving in Portugal and China, and then return to MLS with Vancouver, the club where he played until this season.
Montero played for four seasons in Seattle, accumulating 60 goals in all competitions, which until today is an absolute record for the franchise, being one of the great idols in the club’s history.
The MLS has just started the preseason and Montero joins names of experience and route that the league already has like Gonzalo Higuaín, Carlos Vela, Chicharito Hernández, Blaise Matuidi, or the recently incorporated by Atlanta, Lisandro López, former striker for Racing and Lyon, among others.
This season will be special due to the entry of a new club: Austin FC, which will continue the systematic process of expansion of the league after the last appearances of the Miami and Nashville franchises.
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