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MONTREAL -- When the Montreal Impact left Thursday morning to start the Major League Soccer season in Dallas, defender Heath Pearce was on the plane. Anthony Sherman Super Bowl Jersey . The 29-year-old American international, who is coming off hip surgery and who was released by the New York Red Bulls after the 2013 campaign, has agreed to a contact with the Impact. The length of the deal and his salary were not disclosed. Coach Frank Klopas said this week that if Pearce can regain full fitness, his signing "could end up being a steal." Pearce has played 106 MLS games over the last five seasons, including 100 starts. He has two goals and 12 assists. He also played two seasons each in Germany and Denmark and has been selected 35 times to the U.S. national team. "Hes played in the league and in Europe and he brings a lot of experience," said assistant coach Mauro Biello. "Its someone that understands. He brings leadership. These are all important qualities he can bring to the team." When he is ready to play full games, he will give Klopas options on the back line. Pearce mainly plays left back, a position held last season by Jeb Brovsky, but can also play in the middle and Brovsky can also play on the right side. The Impact open the season Saturday in Dallas and will stay in Texas to play at Houston the following week before returning for their home opener March 22 at Olympic Stadium. "Having played over 100 games in this league, his experience and soccer savvy will bring a lot to the team," sporting director Nick De Santis said in a statement. "He is a natural left back, who will give us more depth on defence and who can contribute to the offence as well. "Heath is highly motivated to get back to the level that saw him on the national team at one point in his career." Pearce became the top signing by the Impact, who made few off-season moves after finishing fifth in the Eastern Conference in 2013. He joined the Impact during training camp in Orlando, Fla. He played parts of two pre-season games and said he is getting close to match fit. The Modesto, Calif. native underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum in his hip in July. The injury had been nagging at him for a couple of seasons before he went to get it fixed. He said he had offers from other MLS clubs, but chose Montreal because he liked Klopas coaching style and felt the Impact were a "multicultured team with a ton of experience." Pearce, a three-time MLS all-star, joined FC Dallas in 2009 and later played for Chivas USA before joining the Red Bulls in 2012. He was a fixture on the U.S. team earlier in his career, especially at the 2009 Confederations Cup and the 2009 Gold Cup, but has been overlooked in recent years. Cameron Erving Super Bowl Jersey . Every. Single. Game. Thats 1,230 in total to cover the regular season. 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LOUIS -- Julius Randle had 19 points and 15 rebounds, Aaron Harrison finished with 18 points and No.Canada heads into the world alpine ski championship with medal potential but little momentum.Races start Tuesday in Beaver Creek, Colo., with womens super-G. Larisa Yurkiw of Owen Sound, Ont., hopes to build on winning the first World Cup medal of her career this season.Former world mens downhill champion Erik Guay and Olympic super-G bronze medallist Jan Hudec wont compete in the world championship because of knee issues.Manuel Osborne-Paradis won World Cup silver to open his season, but the man alongside Guay and Hudec in Canadas big three had a rough January.He hasnt raced since crashing Jan. 18 in Wengen, Switzerland. Osborne-Paradis wiped out again a few days later in a training run in Kitzbuehel, Austria, and withdrew from that race.The 30-year-old from Invermere, B.C., has severe bruising on his right side. Osborne-Paradis was preparing to race in pain unless it dissipates before Wednesdays super-G and Saturdays downhill.Im a competitor and theres nothing that I want to do more than ski fast, he said. I really think a big part of how I do is if I can start getting used to skiing with the pain.Slalom specialist Marie-Michele Gagnon of Lac-Etchemin, Que., continues to hover near the podium, but has yet to step on it this season.The World Cup circuit measures a skiers consistency over a season. The bi-annual world alpine championship is a test of performance on demand similar to the Winter Olympics.The competitiveness is as high as the Olympics for us, Yurkiw said. Its just that the Olympics is the one everyone watches.The world championship rarely leaves Europe. The last gathering in North America of the worlds top skiers was in nearby Vail in 1999. Racing as close to home as the event ever gets, Canadas 14-skier team could use the spark of a medal.The Canadian mens speed team is familiar with Beaver Creeks Birds of Prey course. Its been a regular mens World Cup stop since 1999. Osborne-Paradis doesnt love it.For a course that already doesnt suit my abiliities as a ski racer, its going to be tough to get my head wrapped around doing well here, he said. Dustin Colquitt Super Bowl Jersey. . Its steeper and I do better on medium terrain.The new womens Raptor track hosted a test World Cup in 2013 when Yurkiw was 15th in super-G. Shell race the downhill Friday.Its definitely a rugged course, she said. You have to have hair on your chest for this track.Canadians won back-to-back mens downhill titles in 2009 (John Kucera) and 2011 (Guay). Kucera has since retired. Guay is still coming back from a pair of off-season knee surgeries. The 33-year-old from Mont-Tremblant, Que., has pushed back his projected return to racing until after the world championships.Calgarys Hudec, a downhill silver medallist in 2007, underwent knee surgery last month.The last world championship medals won by Canadian women were Melanie Turgeons downhill gold and Allison Forsyths giant slalom bronze in 2003.Gagnon is a contender in next weeks slalom if she can string together two fast runs instead of just one. Shes also one to watch in next Mondays combined event of a slalom and a downhill. Gagnon became the first Canadian woman to win a World Cup combined event in 2013.Yurkiw finished second in a womens downhill Jan. 16 in Cortina, Italy, for her first career World Cup medal. The 26-year-old was also fourth in Lake Louise, Alta., in December to help her to a current world ranking of ninth.Erik Read of Banff, Alta., will make his world championship debut in Colorado. Hes the son of former Crazy Canuck Ken Read. Torontos Philip Brown, Ottawas Dustin Cook, Morgan Pridy of Whistler, B.C., Ben Thomsen of Invermere and Calgarys Trevor Philp round out the mens team.Yurkiw and Gagnon will be joined on the womens squad by Erin Mielzynski of Collingwood, Ont., Marie-Pier Prefontaine of Mont-Saint-Sauveur, Que., Torontos Candace Crawford, Valerie Grenier of Mont-Tremblant, Que., and Mikaela Tommy of Wakefield, Que.The world alpine championship concludes Feb. 15. ' ' '