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Reports out of Chile have Whitecaps striker Octavio Rivero headed to Colo-Colo.

Rivero, the 24-year-old Uruguayan, previously played in Chile for O’Higgins, before his move to Vancouver as a designated player ahead of the 2015 season.

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He’s struggled to make an impact in MLS since his torrid start of five goals in six games. Rivero finished last season with 10 goals in 34 appearances, and he has two goals in 12 MLS appearances this season for the 6-7-3 Caps, who are in Philadelphia for a game Saturday (4 p.m., TSN2, TSN 1410).

There have been rumours swirling around Rivero for a while now. It was reported last month that he was headed to Columbus Crew in a deadline swap for Kei Kamara, a trade that never came to pass.

Kamara, instead, went to the New England Revolution, with Caps coach Carl Robinson accusing unnamed people of being a bit naughty, implying the Whitecaps were used as pawns to inflate Kamara’s value.