Montreal Impact Academy midfielder Zakaria Messoudi signed a professional contract with the club on Tuesday. Messoudi, who joined the Academy in 2010, has been training with the first team since the start of the season and was part of the group that travelled to Italy for the Impacts post-season tour last November. "I am very excited to have signed my first pro contract with the club," said Messoudi. "In a way, its a dream that is coming true as Ive been a part of the club for over three years now and it is the culmination of a lot of hard work." Messoudi has become the fifth Academy player to make the jump to MLS after Karl W. Ouimette, Maxim Tissot, Wandrille Lefèvre and Maxime Crépeau. "Were extremely happy to have him officially on board," said Impact sporting director Nick De Santis. "We are going to need depth on our roster going into the group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League and with more MLS Reserve League games coming up. Even though hes only 19-years-old, hes never looked out of place around the first team. Hes young and has a lot of potential." In 2013, he played three games with the Canadian U20 National Team in February at the CONCACAF U20 Championship in Mexico. "Zakaria is a very creative player. He finds solutions on the pitch that others dont see," noted Impact Academy director Philippe Eullaffroy. "Hes worked really hard to find discipline in his game and has forced himself to become a better defensive player. He is now being compensated for all the hard work hes put in. He must maintain that effort in order to accelerate his development and continue his progress, but hes definitely on the right track." Originally from Morocco, he moved to Canada with his family at 8-years-old and played is minor soccer with Montreal-Concordia AAA. . Well, here they are. Williams will make his debut as a major league manager with the Washington Nationals, a hiring announced by Rizzo on Thursday, one day after the World Series ended. "Matt played with intensity as a player, but he also was a terrific teammate. [url=http://www.authenticseahawksshoponline.com/seahawks-12th-fan-super-bowl-jer... Fan Super Bowl Jersey White . Avery, the Orioles second-round pick in the 2008 draft, was poised to make his major league debut in Sundays game against Tampa Bay. He hit leadoff and was in left field. The 22-year-old Avery hit . . Gallardo (7-2) gave up just four hits and walked one with five strikeouts for the Brewers, who have won nine of their last 11. That includes an 8-1 record to finish a nine-game homestand. I think for me to turn it around was my rhythm, Gallardo said. [url=http://www.authenticseahawksshoponline.com/seahawks-max-unger-super-bowl-je... Unger Super Bowl Jersey . After battling to a scoreless first half, the teams traded goals in the first five minutes of the second half to settle for a share of the points. Houston (0-1-2) had the better of the play in the opening frame, with striker Brian Ching looking dangerous before being subbed out with an apparent rib injury about five minutes before the break.RIGA, Latvia -- Greece survived a first-half scare to rally for a 2-1 win over Latvia on Friday in the two teams opening Group G qualifier for the 2014 World Cup. A lacklustre Greece trailed by a goal after a rain-soaked first half, but came out in the second half with more aggressive play. Nikos Spyropoulos equalized in the 57th minute with a shot from 10 metres (yards) out that beat Latvian goalkeeper AAndris Vanins in the bottom right corner.dddddddddddd Fanis Gekas put the Group G favourite ahead 12 minutes later after a smart pass from Kostas Katsouranis just outside Latvias penalty area. Aleksandrs Cauna scored Latvias opener on a penalty kick in the 41st minute after Aleksejs Visnakovs had been tripped by Kyriakos Papadopoulos in the area after dribbling around the Greek defender. cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '