Deadline Deals Announced

Major League Soccer rosters were frozen in place today, meaning today was the last chance for those teams with sputtering playoff ambitions to add new talent or throw dead weight overboard. Several teams took advantage of the last-minute deals available throughout the league, so here's a rundown of the latest transactions.

* D.C. United picked up Ryan Miller, a 23-year-old who was drafted in the third round of the 2008 MLS SuperDraft by the Columbus Crew. Miller played four seasons at the University of Notre Dame, where he was named to the NSCAA All-America second team, the All-Big East first team and the Big-East All-Tournament Team as a senior in 2007. He did not see any action with the first team in Columbus before being waived earlier today.

"We are pleased to have picked up Ryan off of waivers," said United GM Dave Kasper. "He has very good athletic qualities and he will provide us with cover in the midfield and at the back."

* The New York Red Bulls made a pair of moves today, finally signing forward Senegalese forward Macoumba Kandji to a contract on loan from the USL's Atlanta Silverbacks, while also penning goalkeeper Terry Boss to a senior contract.
The Red Bulls pursuit of Kandji has been well-documented, with league officials fervently denying reports that they had killed a potential move for Kandji because of an inflated asking price by Atlanta. Kandji made 21 appearances for the Silverbacks, notching 11 goals and adding five assists.

Major League Soccer now has the option to transfer his rights permanently to the Red Bulls on or before 12/15/2008.

Boss, 27, spent 2008 with the Charlotte Eagles of USL-2, earning Goalkeeper of the Year honors by posting 11 wins and nine shutouts in 16 appearances. He has also been capped four times by the Puerto Rico National Team, including in recent World Cup Qualifying.

"Terry has been training with us over the past few weeks and we were impressed with what he brings to the table," said Sporting Director Jeff Agoos. "We want to take the remainder of the season to evaluate him as an option for next year."

* Chivas USA also boasted a pair of new acquisitions on Monday, trading allocation money to the Kansas City Wizards in exchange for midfielder Sasha Victorine. The red-and-white also announced the signing of Brazilian midfielder Dejair Ferreira this afternoon.

At the same time, the club made room for the duo by placing Raphael Wicky (ankle surgery), Lawson Vaughn (left ankle) and Eric Ebert (right knee) on the season-ending injury list.

Victorine, 30, is in his ninth MLS season, after spending 2000-2004 with the Los Angeles Galaxy and 2005-2008 in Kansas City. He has made 227 regular-season appearances (205 starts), tallying 30 goals and 39 assists in over 18,000 minutes logged.

Dejair, 30, is a product of the Botafogo youth system. The attacking midfielder Dejair joins Chivas USA from Brazilian club ABC FC of Natal, which he led to the 2008 Rio Grande do Norte state championship, according to a press release from the club's media relations department.

"As we enter the last six weeks of the season, we are pleased to be adding some additional depth to our midfield in the face of injury and international call-ups," said Chivas USA head coach Preki. "We hope both Sasha and Dejair will make important contributions to Chivas USA as we continue our push toward the playoffs."