Eager to return to the United States and play in MLS, and preferably for the Mutiny, Kartes trained with Tampa Bay last summer, and returned as a guest player throughout the 2001 preseason awaiting the buyout of his Olympiakos contract and clearance from the Greek federation. The length of that process negated his chances of selection in February's SuperDraft. Instead, the weighted lottery was held last Friday while the Mutiny was still at MLS Spring Training 2001 in Ft. Three teams interested in Kartes' services participated in the lottery - Colorado, New England and Tampa Bay. The Rapids, with the most opportunities in the lottery due to the poorest record among the three team, won the rights to Kartes.
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