Whitecaps sign English midfielder Andy Rose to one-year deal

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Former Seattle Sounders' Andy Rose, second from the right, joins the Vancouver Whitecaps. (Darryl Dyck/CP)

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have added midfielder Andy Rose to their growing roster.

The club says Rose has agreed to a Major League Soccer contract through 2020, and the club will have an option to extend through 2021.

The 28-year-old started his professional career with the Seattle Sounders, where he played from 2012 to 2015.

He spent the past three seasons in the United Kingdom, playing most recently with Motherwell FC of the Scottish Premiership, where he scored two goals in 53 appearances.

Rose is an English national but is listed as a domestic player because he has a U.S. green card.

The Whitecaps also acquired ‘keeper Maxime Crepeau from the Montreal Impact, goalie Zac MacMath from the Colorado Rapids, and winger Victor (PC) Giro from Orlando City SC during the league’s half-day trade window on Sunday.

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