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Major League Soccer's transfer deadline day has its long-awaited major splash.
According to his agent, Benny Feilhaber has signed with MLS and will be leaving AGF Aarhus in Denmark, where he has played since 2008. The representative for the U.S. men's national team midfielder, Lyle Yorks, said via Twitter, "Congrats to Benny Feilhaber--officially coming back to MLS!!"
Yorks did not name which team has secured Feilhaber's rights, although Chivas USA currently stands at the top of the league's allocation order. Feilhaber is a California native and played collegiately at UCLA. The next three teams in line after Chivas are the Philadelphia Union, New England Revolution and Houston Dynamo.
Feilhaber, who was with the United States for its friendlies against Argentina and Paraguay but did not play because of an injury, has appeared in Aarhus' last two matches. He came on as a 65th-minute substitute on Sunday and started and played 90 minutes on Wednesday.
Happy to see Feilhaber come to MLS? Would you be surprised if Chivas passed on his rights? Think he'd be a good fit for Robin Fraser & Co.?
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