Posted on 02 May 2008
Quick Facts:
• Selected by Chivas USA with the team’s first selection (9th overall) in the 2008 MLS Supplemental Draft after four years at San Diego State.
• Was a co-captain for SDSU in his senior year, when he played all 19 games for the team, scoring 8 goals and adding 4 assists.
• Helped lead San Diego [...]
Posted on 02 May 2008
QUICK FACTS
• Rookie was playing most recently for Olympique Montreux, a men’s league team in Utah, playing well enough to earn a spot on the Utah Select Team
• Spotted by Chivas USA Head Coach Preki playing at a U.S. Adult Soccer Association tournament at The Home Depot Center and was invited to Chivas USA preseason [...]
Posted on 02 May 2008
2007: First Chivas USA player to participate in an MLS All-Star Game, playing 90 minutes against Celtic on July 19 Regular season: Played 23 regular-season games for Chivas USA (starting 23), logging 2070 minutes, registering 1 goal and 1 assist. Playoffs: Played 2 postseason games for Chivas USA (starting 2), logging 180 minutes.
2006: Named Gatorade [...]
Posted on 02 May 2008
A Los Angeles native and graduate of UCLA, Ante Razov is an ‘MLS Original’, having plied his trade with the Los Angeles Galaxy (1996-1997), Chicago Fire (1998-2004), Columbus Crew (2005) and MetroStars (2005), before joining Chivas USA in 2006.
His goalscoring instincts have led him to become the third-leading goalscorer in MLS history, with 92 regular-season [...]
Posted on 02 May 2008
Born March 2, 1983 in São Paulo, Brazil, Paulo Nagamura began his professional career with the youth ranks of hometown club São Paulo FC. In 2001, Nagamura was sold to Arsenal FC of the English Premier League, where he made an immediate impact with the club’s youth and reserve sides, including helping lead Arsenal to [...]
Posted on 02 May 2008
Born in Racine, Wisconsin on November 8, 1973, Jesse Marsch is a 10-year veteran of Major League Soccer, having played at D.C. United (1996-1997) and the Chicago Fire (1998-2005), winning the first three MLS Cup championships, with Bruce Arena at D.C. and Bob Bradley in Chicago. He is a graduate of Princeton University.
Marsch was a [...]
Posted on 02 May 2008
In November of 2007, Chivas USA acquired forward Atiba Harris, a 22-year-old Saint Kits and Nevis international and two-year veteran of Major League Soccer, in a trade with Real Salt Lake.
Born January 9, 1985 in St. Peters, St. Kitts, Harris is a two-year veteran of MLS, having signed with Real Salt Lake as a Youth [...]
Posted on 01 May 2008
2007:
Led Chivas USA with 12 regular-season goals and 5 assists. Earned team’s Budweiser Golden Boot award and finished fifth overall in the MLS for most goals scored in the season. Galindo finished as Chivas USA’s goal scorer leader with 12. Regular season: Played 28 regular-season games for Chivas USA (starting 24), logging 2021 minutes, registering [...]
Posted on 01 May 2008
Chivas USA acquired veteran forward and 2004 MLS Cup MVP Alecko Eskandarian in a trade with Real Salt Lake in January of 2008.
A five-year veteran of Major League Soccer, Eskandarian joined D.C. United as the first overall pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft. The Montvale, N.J. native played four years with D.C. and helped the [...]
Posted on 01 May 2008
With its first-round pick (5th overall) in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft, Chivas USA acquired attacking midfielder and Southern California native Sacha Kljestan from Seton Hall University, where he was a business major.
PROFESSIONAL
2007: Regular season: Played 25 regular-season games for Chivas USA (starting 25), logging 2186 minutes, scoring 4 goals and registering 13 assists. Finished first [...]