The MetroStars today acquired Polish national team forward Andrzej Juskowiak as a Discovery Player and a replacement for Bolivian forward Jaime Moreno, who is on season ending injured reserve due to a herniated disc in his back. Juskowiak becomes the league maximum third senior international for the Metros, joining midfielder Amado Guevara and defender/midfielder Edgar Bartolomeu. The native of Gostyn, Poland will join the team on Wednesday, September 17.

"We are excited to bring Andrzej to the MetroStars," said Head Coach Bob Bradley. "He is a strong player with an excellent record of scoring goals for his teams. His experience and character will help us greatly in the important games remaining this season."

Juskowiak joins the Metros after spending a season at Energie Cottbus of the German Bundesliga, where he played 24 games, scoring five goals. He helped knock off 2001 European Cup finalist Bayer Leverkusen with a goal in the 3-0 road victory on January 26, 2003. Juskowiak followed-up that performance by scoring the game-winning goal, in a 2-1 win over VfL Bochum on February 1, 2003. With Cottbus, the 6', 180-pound striker played with U.S. World Cup defender Gregg Berhalter.

The 32-year-old Juskowiak has earned 39 caps for Poland and has scored 13 goals. His last appearance for the national team came on June 6, 2001, when he started in a 1-1 tie at Armenia in a World Cup Qualifier. The former Polish captain was the leading scorer (7 goals) in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he led Poland to the silver medal and launched his career. Juskowiak scored against a highly-touted Italian side in a 3-0 first round romp, which led to winning Group A with a 2-0-1 record. In the semifinals, Juskowiak registered a hat trick in a 6-1 destruction of Australia, before losing 3-2 to the hosts in the final.

The powerful forward started his professional career at the age of 17 with Lech Poznan of the Polish First Division. He spent five seasons with the Polish outfit playing in 95 games and scoring 43 goals. After flourishing at the Olympics and at Lech Poznan, he ventured to Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon, where he played for three seasons scoring 25 goals in 74 games.

"We are pleased that Andrzej is here and is ready to get acclimated to his new team," said MetroStars President and General Manager Nick Sakiewicz. "We are looking forward to him contributing in our playoff run down the stretch of the season."

Prior to joining Cottbus, Juskowiak spent four seasons with VfL Wolfsburg of the Bundesliga, where he played 108 games and knocked in 39 goals, including three consecutive seasons with double-digit goal totals (1998-99: 13 goals; 1999-2000: 11; 2000-01: 12). U.S. World Cup star Claudio Reyna was a teammate of Juskowiak's at Wolfsburg.

Juskowiak has also played for Borussia Mönchengladbach of Germany (1996-98) and Olympiakos of Greece (1995-96).