26 year old Olman Vargas is headed to Columbus based on his word and all accounts out of Costa Rica, Vargas comes to the Crew with experience at top Costa Rican clubs Saprissa and most recently Club Sport Herediano.

Vargas appears to be gaining in confidence as he's getting into that striker form, from the age of 26 to 29, when a striker usually has his best years.

During the 2010-2011 season Vargas had a career high 11 goals for CS Herediano in Costa Rica. Vargas has continued that form at the beginning of the 2011-2012 season; as can be seen in the following goals from November 2011.

Vargas appears to be a big, but quick target who is excellent on headers in that 12 yard area from net:




With Milovan Mirosevic confirmed signed (A Chilean league leading 19 goals in 2010, Captain of Catolica, and Chilean National Team player), along with Olman Vargas who also seems to be in the best goal scoring form of his career; Crew fans have to like the aggressive approach the Crew have taken so far in this offseason to remedy it's attack to go along with an improved defense.

The deals will especially make Crew fans feel warm inside since neither Vargas or Mirosevic are counting as a designated player, while Warzycha stated the team is still vigorously looking for a designated player by the start of the season in 2012. All in all a lot better than an offseason of signing Jeff Cunningham and finding out a non-passionate Mendoza was going to be our designated player in 2011.

Thumbs up.