On Wednesday afternoon, the second domino fell in the Quakes plan to shuffle the roster and gear up for a playoff run. After trading away forward Adam Jahn to Columbus for Targeted Allocation Money, San Jose swapped midfielders with Orlando City SC, sending Designated Player Matias Perez Garcia and an international roster slot in exchange for Darwin Ceren and salary budget space to sign a season-ending injury replacement.
So what do we know about Ceren? His film shows an aggressive, ball-winning mindset with good vision and ability to get his team on the attack quickly. Despite being a primarily defensive midfielder, he scored as many goals as Perez Garcia since the start of last season (two) and has tallied more assists in 2016 (two).