Hirsig Agreement with San Lorenzo (Over Back Pay)

Those that remember when the Wizards signed midfielder, Santiago Hirsig, may remember that Hirsig was released from his contract with San Lorenzo due to issues over being paid. Those issues appear to now be resolved as Hirsig and the club have apparently reached an agreement. Instead of the $1,600,000 he originally requested, Hirsig will be paid $1,080,000 over the next two years by the club.

Wizards New Signing?

Has Robb Heineman given us the name of the Wizards new signing? Heineman posted a youtube video of a Nike commercial starting Argentine midfielder, Santiago Hirsig on bigsoccer this morning. Hirsig is a 31 year old midfielder who last played for San Lorenzo in the Argentine top flight. He hadn't been getting a lot of starts, but had been making regular substitute appearances, including appearing in both of the Apertura "playoff" games that San Lorenzo was involved in this past December. He's definitely not a goal scorer as it appears he's only scored 17 career goals, but I'm cautiously optimistic if the Hirsig move goes through.

Thanks to some quick leg work by AG over at the KC Soccer Review, it would appear that Hirsig was recently released from his contract at San Lorenzo, for what would appear to be a disagreement with the club over being paid. It would also appear that Hirsig was very close to signing with Barcelona SC of Ecuador, but for some reason did not. Hopefully we'll hear an official word soon.

Wizards Get Another Win

Another day, another Wizards win down in Argentina. The Wizards got their 5th win of the Argentina trip today against San Lorenzo, 3-0 today in a 70 minute game. Last year, the Wizards drew and lost to San Lorenzo, but the story was different this year. Ivan Trujillo scored two goals, and Carlos Marinelli got the third as the Wizards starters played the entire game, except Marinelli who subbed out in the 60th minute according to the Hillcrest Road report. The lineup looks to be the continued use of the 3-5-2 or more of a 3-4-1-2, with Pore playing in a role right behind the strikers would be my guess. Something like this:

Hartman
Jewsbury - Conrad - Wahl
Zavagnin
Myers - Marinelli - Harrington
Pore
Trujillo - Sealy

It's great to see more goals out of Trujillo, hopefully he can carry it through to the season and give the team a great lift up top along with Lopez and Sealy.