Two Belgium players get tryouts

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Filip Tapalovic and Danny Spiller have come and gone. Now the Fire is looking at Benjamin Kabongo and Stavros Glouftsis, two players from Belgium’s third division.

Tapalovic, a Croatian midfielder, and Spiller, an English midfielder, had tryouts but weren’t signed. Now Kabongo and Glouftsis will get a chance. Both reported to Fire training this week.

Kabongo was last with VC Eendracht Aalst and Glouftsis with K Rupel Bloom. Glouftsis scored 27 goals in 34 games for his Belgian club.

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