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The Portland Timbers have acquired forward Jack McInerney from the Columbus Crew in exchange for both general and targeted allocation money.

McInerney, 23, is a six-year veteran of Major League Soccer. Drafted in 2010 by Philadelphia, he has made 143 career appearances with 87 starts. He was named to the MLS All-Star team in 2013.

With Montreal to start last season, McInerney appeared in 17 games with four goals. A late-season trade sent him to the Crew, where he had two goals in five games.

He is the youngest MLS player with at least 38 career goals.

The Timbers defeated Columbus for the MLS Cup title last season.

The Timbers also signed free agent midfielder Ned Grabavoy, who played last season with New York City FC.

Grabavoy is Portland's first free agent signing since joining Major League Soccer in 2011. Terms were not released.

The 32-year-old Grabavoy is a 12-year MLS veteran. Prior to playing for NYCFC last year for the team's inaugural season, he spent six seasons with Real Salt Lake.

Grabavoy was drafted by the Los Angeles Galaxy as the 14th overall selection in 2004. He has also played for the San Jose Earthquakes and the Columbus Crew.

Grabavoy brings veteran leadership to the Timbers, who won the MLS Cup last season.

The Timbers then acquired defender Zarek Valentin from the Montreal Impact in exchange for an international roster spot.

The 24-year-old defender from Pennsylvania played under Timbers coach Caleb Porter at the University of Akron in 2009-10.

Valentin was the second overall pick in the 2011 expansion draft by Montreal. He started in 14 games with the Impact in 2012 before he was loaned to the Norwegian team Bodo Glimt.

He played in 55 games with Bodo Glimt over the past three seasons.

Valentin, a Generation Adidas product, was the fourth overall pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft by Chivas USA, playing in 24 games his rookie season.

FIFA bribery case: Ex-vice president Hawit extradited to US

Former FIFA vice president Alfredo Hawit has been extradited to the United States to face bribery charges.

The Swiss justice ministry says Hawit was handed over on Wednesday to two American police officers in Zurich who accompanied him on the New York flight.

Hawit, from Honduras, was interim president of the CONCACAF regional governing body when he was arrested in Zurich on Dec. 3.

U.S. prosecutors accuse him of accepting bribes totaling millions of dollars linked to the sale of marketing rights to football tournaments in Latin America.

The FIFA ethics committee suspended Hawit for 90 days after his arrest.

Hawit followed Jack Warner and Jeffrey Webb as CONCACAF presidents indicted in the sprawling U.S. Department of Justice investigation of bribery and corruption in international soccer.

Lindsey Horan added to Thorns' roster

The Portland Thorns have acquired midfielder Lindsey Horan through the U.S. national team allocation process.

The Thorns said Wednesday that fellow national team players Tobin Heath and Meghan Klingenberg remain in Portland. U.S. Soccer allocated 24 players to the National Women's Soccer League.

The Horan move completes a trade with the Orlando Pride. The Thorns received the rights to a new national team allocated player in exchange for the 10th overall pick in this year's college draft.

Horan has played for the French club Paris Saint-Germain since 2012, appearing in 75 games with 53 goals. Last season, Horan scored eight goals in 13 matches, with two goals in four UEFA Champions League matches.

Horan appeared in four matches with the national team last season, scoring her first goal on Dec. 10 against Trinidad and Tobago.

Jerome Valcke dismissed as FIFA secretary general

FIFA has fired Jerome Valcke for the second time, cutting ties with the secretary general four months after he was suspended while under investigation for wrongdoing at the scandal-scarred governing body.

FIFA's emergency committee, consisting of representatives the regional confederations, decided to dismiss Sepp Blatter's top aide over the weekend.

Valcke's firing stemmed from a report by accountancy firm KPMG that was commissioned some six months ago following suspicions about world football's top administrator, a person with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case in public.

Valcke's personal conduct, including accusations about his expenses and private jet use, is the focus of the KPMG report, rather than matters concerning the integrity of games or tournaments, the person said.

In a separate FIFA ethics investigation, Valcke is also facing a nine-year ban from working in world soccer after being charged last week with accepting gifts, conflicts of interest, breaches of confidentiality and loyalty, and failing to cooperate with investigators.

Valcke, whose main duty at FIFA was overseeing organization of the World Cup, denies wrongdoing.