Minnesota United have accomplished the signing of midfielder Jonathan Gonzalez on mortgage from Liga MX giants Monterrey.
Gonzalez joins till the top of the 2022 MLS season following one other mortgage spell with Mexican aspect Queretaro. To make the deal occur, Minnesota United paid the Colorado Rapids $50,000 in Basic Allocation Cash to accumulate the participant’s discovery rights.
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Nonetheless solely 23 years outdated, Gonzalez has three senior caps to his title for Mexico after famously selecting El Tri over the United States in 2018. Gonzalez, who was born in California to Mexican dad and mom, has 123 appearances underneath his belt at membership stage for Monterrey, Membership Necaxa, and Queretaro, scoring one aim and offering one help.
Gonzalez is finest recognized for his defensive and passing capabilities and can be part of the likes of Kervin Arriaga, Wil Trapp, and Joseph Rosales on the coronary heart of Adrian Heath’s midfield.
“For a younger participant, he’s 23 years outdated, Gonzalez has performed lots of video games and massive video games for Monterrey. I bear in mind watching him in a [Concacaf] Champions League sport a few years in the past and coming away considering he was the perfect participant on the sphere,” Heath mentioned in a membership press launch.
“We’re hopeful he can resurrect his profession right here as a result of a few years in the past, he regarded as if he was going to be one of many brilliant issues of Mexican soccer.”
Gonzalez joins Colombian ahead Mender Garcia and Paraguayan right-back Alan Benitez because the Loons’ third signing this summer time.
Minnesota United at present sit fourth within the Western Convention and journey to Nashville SC on Sunday.
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