Sounders loaning Montero to Colombian team

January 10, 2013 @ 2:34 pm (Updated: 5:16 pm - 1/10/13 )

TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) - Seattle Sounders general manager Adrian Hanauer says the club is on the verge of finalizing a loan that would send forward Fredy Montero to Colombia's Millonarios for the 2013 MLS season.

In a statement Thursday, Hanauer says they hope to have the transaction completed in the next few days.

Montero has been with Seattle since its first game as an expansion franchise in 2009. He's the club's all-time leading scorer with 60 goals and 43 assists in 160 games played. But Montero has not played well in the MLS playoffs.

On his Twitter account Wednesday, Montero posted a note thanking Seattle's fans and the organization, saying, "I will be back one day."

The loan would leave two designated players on Seattle's roster: midfielders Mauro Rosales and Christian Tiffert.


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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    Wow............
    January 10, 2013 8:05 pm
    I'm not real happy about this decision, but then again.......I'm just a fan.
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  • Snout wrote...
    Does the Colombian team
    January 10, 2013 10:42 pm
    actually have their team name on it? Or Are they like the Seattle XBoxers?
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  • Rotary Engine 101 wrote...
    I am not happy as well
    January 14, 2013 7:01 pm
    However Every time the Sounders have traded a player we seem to get one that is 1 or 2 steps better.. So lets see what this move does for the team.. I cant wait for the 1st kick off of this season.
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  • uralnutjobs wrote...
    the whole team sucks in the playoffs
    January 17, 2013 9:49 am
    freddy is part of the reason we get there, but everyone is dropping the ball when we get to double elimination
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