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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Ronaldinho could be headed to Palmeiras, and the Brazilian club is hoping to make the deal official on Tuesday as part of its centennial celebrations. The 34-year-old Ronaldinho has been without a club since leaving Atletico Mineiro in July, and talks are under way for him to sign with Palmeiras for the remainder of the Brazilian league season. The two-time FIFA world player of the year has hinted he may join a Major League Soccer team in 2015, but until then his goal is to keep playing in Brazil. Palmeiras, the Brazilian club with the most national titles, is celebrating its 100th anniversary on Tuesday. This is the third time that Palmeiras has been negotiating to sign Ronaldinho since the player returned to Brazil in 2011 after a successful career in Europe at clubs such as Barcelona and AC Milan. Ronaldinho ended up joining Flamengo after his return, and a year later moved to Atletico Mineiro, which he led to its first Copa Libertadores title in 2013. That same year, Ronaldinho also helped the club win the traditional Minas Gerais state championship and the Recopa Sudamericana. He scored 28 goals in nearly 90 matches with the club. Ronaldinho didnt clearly explain why he decided to end his stint with Atletico Mineiro. Local media said he was expected to join a club either in Asia or in the Arab world, but no deal was reached. Ronaldinhos brother and agent, Roberto Assis, reportedly offered him to several Brazilian clubs in recent weeks, including Corinthians, Santos, Gremio and Fluminense, but all negotiations failed. There were also rumours that the player would join Besiktas in Turkey and Boca Juniors in Argentina. Ronaldinho reportedly didnt accept Palmeiras initial offer -- the club recently installed a salary cap to contain costs -- but the club said that negotiations have advanced and a deal was close. Ronaldinho would wear the No. 100 in reference to the teams centennial. The fourth most-popular club in Brazil, Palmeiras has won 10 national titles -- eight Brazilian championships and two Brazilian Cups, the last in 2012 with coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. Palmeiras is considered the first Brazilian team to win a club world title, in 1951. It was the only team able to rival Santos in the 1960s, and its squad represented Brazil in a friendly against Uruguay in 1965. Palmeiras was demoted to the second division in 2002 and 2012. It is near relegation zone again this year after struggling since taking a chance on Argentine coach Ricardo Gareca in May, but it won its first league match under his command on Saturday. The team is led by former World Cup champion Lucio and Chilean playmaker Jorge Valdivia. Gareca has brought in several Argentine players since taking over the team, including defender Fernando Tobio and forwards Jonathan Cristaldo, Agustin Allione and Pablo Mouche. Palmeiras is expected to inaugurate its new 45,000-capacity arena in Sao Paulo in the next few weeks, when Ronaldinho could be an important attraction. Ronaldinho was Brazils starter in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, but was left out of the tournament in 2010 and 2014. Weston McKennie USA Jersey . Louis Cardinals placed outfielder Allen Craig on the 15-day disabled list with a right knee contusion on Sunday. Juan Agudelo Jersey . -- The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Cuban shortstop Erisbel Arruebarrena to a $25 million, five-year contract Saturday. http://www.soccerusateamonline.com/Customized/ . This is Lowry’s third time winning the award in his career. He won the award last season and as a member of the Houston Rockets in 2011. Antonee Robinson Jersey . - Their offence is underperforming. DeAndre Yedlin Jersey . While Chelsea stayed two points behind leader Arsenal courtesy of Etoos hat trick, seventh-place United slipped 14 points from the summit this weekend. And the gap from the Champions League places is growing as well, with Liverpool six points ahead in fourth.Each day throughout the World Junior Championship, TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button brings important issues and topics surrounding the tournament to the forefront. Today, Craig looks ahead at the semifinal matchups. HBI 1. Canada clear frontrunners After trailing in six of seven games in the 2014 tournament, the only question left unanswered about Team Canada 2015 is how it will respond to adversity, that is, should it come today or medal Monday. Canada has not trailed for a single second in five games and, more impressively, this team has never even been tied beyond 0-0. HBI 2. Russia up against it Russia must deefy the numbers to beat Sweden today.dddddddddddd. Russia has lost five straight World Junior Championship games to Sweden - all by one goal - and nine of their last 10 meetings. Further, Swedens 16-for-16 penalty kill record and 12-for-24 power play mark are both tournament bests. HBI 3. Soderstrom vs Shestyorkin Swedens goaltending was a big question entering the tournament, but Linus Soderstrom has answered that question definitively. Though Soderstrom outdueled Ilya Sorokin in the Swedes group win over Russia, Igor Shestyorkin promises to be an even tougher challenge in the rematch of the 2014 semifinal. ' ' '