| Major League Soccer has been trying for years to | | | | Mexican will be joining the Chicago Fire. |
| gain traction in the heart of American sports fans, but | | | | Fire managers say they've been working to acquire |
| they've re-amped their efforts following a wildly | | | | the star attacker from Ukranian team Shakhtar |
| successful World Cup. The South African games had | | | | Donetsk for about two years, and are excited to finally |
| more viewers than any previous Cups. Major League | | | | have him as a designated player on the team. |
| Soccer managers and players are hoping that the | | | | Shakhtar had previously loaned Castillo to Manchester |
| soccer fever had more to do with the sport than the | | | | City (in the Premier League) and to another Ukranian |
| vuvuzelas, and that excitement for the game will carry | | | | Team, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. |
| into their current season. | | | | Castillo was left off of the World Cup team roster, |
| With this new American understanding of the sport | | | | though he has been playing with the Mexican national |
| and its power players, MLS teams are scurrying to | | | | team since June 2007. The Chicago Fire is hoping that |
| sign some of those names to their rosters. Thierry | | | | Castillo can help turn the team around. Their MLS |
| Henry was one of the first players to accept the trade | | | | record is 4-5-5 and they have yet to win a non-MLS |
| or loan to MLS. The newest player to come to the | | | | game this year. |
| land of the free is 26-year-old Nery Castillo. The | | | | |