The 29-year-old hasn't played much over the past couple of years. He missed most of the 2011 season for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the second-tier North American Soccer League because of a hip injury and was released at the end of the season.
Waitakere will go into the O-League as favourites after their form through the ASB Premiership season, which culminated in their dramatic 4-3 extra-time win over Auckland in the final.
"We've spent a lot of time doing recruitment and I think we've got a fantastic range of players,'' Waitakere coach Paul Marshall said. ``We've got players that can do different jobs in the same areas which gives us a bit of variety. We're not going to be solely looking at one style of play, we can change things up quite nicely with the players we've got.''
Auckland and Waitakere have been drawn in the same group of a revamped O-League. All group matches are being played in a one-month period (as opposed to during the domestic season) and semifinals will be played involving the top two sides from each group. It means Auckland and Waitakere can qualify for the final, which comes with the reward of playing at the Club World Cup and a minimum of US$500,000 in prizemoney.
The two teams meet for the first time next weekend in a continuation of New Zealand's biggest modern-day football rivalry at Fred Taylor Park. Waitakere have won the last four ASB Premiership titles but Auckland have won three of the last four O-League crowns, including the last two.
