Mathis is on His Way to Greece

By: Laurie | January 11th, 2008

Cletus, we hardly knew ye.

Seriously, who was that masked man? Did he really wear a Galaxy jersey for a couple of games halfway across the world, or was that a figment of our collective imaginations?

Whatever. He’s apparently gone now.

Here’s the paragraph from the Greek website:

Η ΠΑΕ Διεθνής Ένωσις Εργοτέλης ανακοινώνει την απόκτηση του Αμερικανού ΔΙΕΘΝΗ μεσοεπιθετικού ποδοσφαιριστή CLINT MATHIS για ένα χρόνο.

Anybody want to translate? Well, not the “CLINT MATHIS” part. That part I figured out all on my own.

Apparently our Clint is headed out the door, journeying to Greece after arriving less than two months ago.

According to reports out of Greece, Mathis has signed a deal with Greek club Ergotelis, which is currently in last place in the 16-team Greek league. Sources told SBI in December that Mathis was a good bet to move to Europe and his good form on the Los Angeles Galaxy’s tour of Australia and New Zealand may have served to precipitate a deal. The Galaxy acquired Mathis from the Red Bulls for a third-round draft pick. Sources within MLS have yet to confirm Mathis’ departure but the Ergotelis website shows Mathis signing.

Buh-bye Cletus! Send us a postcard, the way you would to any other acquaintance you superficially dated while looking to trade up. You know we’d do the same.

(Thanks to Dave and Ronny for the news.)

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• Martha |  January 11th, 2008 at 7:21 am

  
  
  

  Google translate is an amazing thing!

  ”
  The International Enossis Ergotelis FC announced the acquisition of American INTERNATIONAL CLINT MATHIS football player for a year.
  O Clint Mathis was born on November 25, 1976 in the city of Georgia. With its height 1.77 and struggled as mesoepithetikos. She has assets of 46 entries with the national team and the United States has fought in groups such as:
  Los Angeles Gkalaxi, Metrostars, Hanover Real Salt Leik, Rapints Colorado and New York.”

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• Martha |  January 11th, 2008 at 7:21 am

  
  
  

  Mesoepithetikos is a bitch, I can tell you from experience.

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• Kenny |  January 11th, 2008 at 10:55 am

  
  
  

  I was hoping he would stay, but whatever. On another note, check out this LA Times poll: If you could get rid of one LA sports team forever which would it be?
  The voting is on round 2. Guess who got eliminated in the first round…that’s right Sh!tvas.
  http://www.latimes.com/sports/

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• Melissa |  January 11th, 2008 at 11:04 am

  
  
  

  Shoot — with all the sports teams bailing from the San Francisco Bay Area to Silicon Valley, I’d be freaking stoked if Oakland or SF took ChivasUSA off LA’s hands.

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• Shane |  January 14th, 2008 at 9:14 am

  
  
  

  /sarcasm: Does LA get their 3rd round pick back?

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• Laurie |  January 14th, 2008 at 9:35 am

  
  
  

  Shane, no kidding. That thought occurred to me also.

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• George |  January 14th, 2008 at 5:15 pm

  
  
  

  Seriously, LA just traded a draft pick for… nothing!?

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