The Earthquakes signed Swiss international Innocent Emeghara as the club’s third designated player in the biggest move of the offseason, the team announced Saturday.

The deal won’t be official until Emeghara, 25, gets his P-1 visa and international transfer certificate.

The 5-foot-7 forward adds more power and experience to the Quakes’ striking corps after spending his career playing in top leagues in Switzerland, France, Italy and lately Azerbaijan. He also has appeared nine times for Switzerland, but was not a member of the strong World Cup team last summer in Brazil.

“We are excited to sign a player of his quality,” Earthquakes general manager John Doyle said in a statement. “He is a player in the prime of his career who has played at the highest levels and we are happy to bring him here on a long-term deal.”

Emeghara joins Danville native Chris Wondolowski and Argentine midfielder Matias Perez Garcia as San Jose’s three designated players who command big salaries that don’t fully count against Major League Soccer’s salary cap.

Semipro team San Francisco City FC earned a berth into the U.S. Open Cup with a 3-0 victory over Stanislaus United in the NorCal Premier League title game at San Francisco State. Former Sacramento State striker Gabriel Silviera scored twice in the first half and Stanford alum Taylor Amman added another in the second period. College Junior Sierra Smiley and sophomore Roser Tarrago each scored five goals to help the No. 4 Cal (7-1) women’s water polo team roll past No. 13 Indiana 18-7 during the first day of the Stanford Invitational. Tarrago scored again later in the day against No. 2 UCLA, but the Bears fell to the Bruins 10-5.

Jessica Tonn won the 3,000-meter invitational race in 9:04.93 and her teammates captured the women’s 4×400 relay in 3:36.81 to highlight Stanford performances at the Razorback Invitational indoor track and field meet in Fayetteville, Arkansas.