It's been an extra eventful off season across the board, with several players departing for Europe, a handful of teams rebuilding after a rough 2012, and clubs like Real Salt Lake scrambling to assemble quality rosters for a lot less money. But has any team had a more interesting (or weirder) off season than Chivas USA?
Iniciamos una nueva sección en Zona Rayada para dar el Top 5 de los partidos más importantes o
más recordados del rival en turno de Rayados. En esta ocasión y como ya todos lo sabemos, las
Chivas de Guadalajara son nuestra siguiente escala para retomar el vuelo hacÃa la continuidad.
When global soccer fans think of Mexicans and goal-scorers, it's hard not to think of Manchester United's Chicharito. The pacey front man burst onto the European scene two years ago and has refused to look back since his move from Chivas de Guadalajara.
Back in Mexico, however, Chivas continues to develop young talent, and another young star just might be on his way to Europe next.
Article by Luke Lohr
[Note: this article was originally published on January 24, 2012. Only some text has been
added.]
The Philadelphia Union will be hosting the 2012 MLS All-Star game at PPL Park. Philadelphia is an
ideal location and few could argue they do not deserve to host such an event.
The CONCACAF Champions League got back under way last night with games for both Houston and Real Salt Lake. Seattle and Toronto are back in action tonight against Santos Laguna and Marathon, and LA will face Isidro Metapan tomorrow. Check out the games and root for our fellow MLS teams (or not), and enjoy today's news.
Five months ago to the day, Toronto FC and Santos Laguna kicked off the semifinals of the
2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League at BMO Field, with the Reds holding the Mexican power to a 1-1
draw before ultimately succumbing a week later in a 6-2 rout at Estadio Corona.
Real Salt Lake has waited 15 long months to get back to the CONCACAF Champions League, but that
night has finally arrived.
With the loss to Monterrey in the 2010-11 CCL final still stinging, RSL kicks off a new regional
campaign Tuesday night with the opening of the new-look tournament against Herediano in Costa Rica
(10 p.
Los Angeles Galaxy, Seattle Sounders, Real Salt Lake, Houston Dynamo and Toronto FC fans: Take
out your calendars.
The schedule for the group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League was released on Friday, with
the completion of the Caribbean qualifying tournament this week putting Puerto Rico Islanders in
the same group as the Galaxy again, Trinidadian side Caledonia AIA in the same group as the
Sounders and Trinidadian side W Connection in the same group as Chivas de Guadalajara and
Guatemalan side Xelaju.
If the Seattle Sounders are to advance to the knockout stage of a second straight CONCACAF
Champions League, they will have to win a group that includes Honduran power Marathon and an
undetermined team from the Caribbean, according to Tuesday's draw. The group's final team will be
the winner of the Caribbean championship, who will be one of the Puerto Rico Islanders, Antigua
Barracuda FC, W Connection and Caledonia AIA of Trinidad.
The draw for the new-look 2012-13 CONCACAF Champions League is out, and the MLS team that got
the furthest in 2011-12 will be reacquainted with its semifinal partner in the group stage.
Five MLS teams are spread across the eight three-team groups, and Toronto FC had the misfortune
of being drawn with Santos Laguna and Salvadoran side Aguila; Real Salt Lake is paired with Costa
Rican side Herediano and Panamanian side Tauro FC; and the Houston Dynamo will play Honduran club
Olimpia and Salvadoran club FAS, which is only in the tournament because Belize had its CCL berth
rescinded for not having adequate stadium's for the tournament's requirements.
To say that Herculez Gomez has seized his opportunity would be accurate, but it wouldn't quite
tell the whole story.
Gomez has made the most of his chance to start for Santos Laguna after an injury to Darwin
Quintero opened up a place in the club's starting lineup. With five league goals and three
CONCACAF Champions League goals since Feb.
By Zac Lee Rigg - LOS ANGELES, CA (Sep 5, 2012) US Soccer Players -- The situation at Chivas USA is
unclear at the moment. When Chivas de Guadalajara owner Jorge Vergara bought out co-owner Antonio
Cue on Wednesday, it took a day for the Los Angeles Times to report that Vergara had dismissed
general manager Jose Domene.
Chivas USA owner Jorge Vergara has not wasted any time in making changes with his new-found
total control of the team.
A day after the Chivas USA and Chivas de Guadalajara owner purchased the other 50 percent of the
club from Antonio Cue to assume complete ownership of the club, Vergara fired general manager Jose
Domene, the Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday.
A new season in England unofficially kicks off today as defending Premier League champions
Manchester City face off against FA Cup winners Chelsea in the FA Community Shield.
After building a reptuation as big spenders in recent years, Manchester City have yet to sign a
new player in this year's transfer window and enter the Community Shield with essentially the same
roster that captured the Premier League title back in May.
In their Western Conference Semifinal match up, the Portland Timbers U23s head to
Ventura, California to face off with Southwest Conference champion Ventura County
Fusion in a match up of two of the last three PDL Champions, with the Fusion
winning in all in 2009 and the Timbers U23s capping off their undefeated 2010 season with
the league crown.
Another day, another CCL win for the Sounders. Seattle scored thrice in the 3-1 win over
Caledonia, providing the squad with a stranglehold on Group 4 of the Champions League. Around the
rest of the CCL, Toronto was in a relatable position, losing 3-1 to Santos Laguna. Los Angeles
hosted the Puerto Rico Islanders and took advantage of home pitch with a 4-0 pantsing.
Brazil's quest for a first gold medal in men's soccer will take its next step today as the
Brazilians take on Belarus in group stage action in the United Kingdom.
The Brazilians opened Olympic play with a 3-2 victory against Egypt, and can secure a place in
the quarterfinals with a victory today.
The five MLS clubs learned their CCL groups today as Toronto FC learns they have the toughest
group of them all.
Tuesday's draw conducted by CONCACAF Acting General Secretary Ted Howard at the New York
headquarters set the match-ups for the tournament, which changed its format by eliminating the
Preliminary Round and establishing an initial round of eight, three-team groups.
Hay gente que piensa que por caer o estar en la cima ya todo esta en su limite, sin embargo es
uno de los errores que tomen muy seguido y por ende sus logros son mÃnimos o sus derrotas son
duraderas.
If you have been wondering when you would get your first chance to watch Michael Bradley play in
a Roma uniform, wonder no more.
American fans can watch Bradley for the first time as a Roma player on American television when
Roma takes on Polish side Zaglebie Lubin in a friendly on Fox Soccer Channel this afternoon.
The World Football Challenge is returning for another slate of international club friendlies
across North America.
As of now, the only matches officially part of the WFC are Chelsea's clash with the Seattle
Sounders at CenturyLink Field on July 18 and Liverpool's meeting with Toronto FC at Rogers Centre
on July 21.
Clint Dempsey is in no rush to make a decision over his future.
Fresh off a two-goal performance that raised his season total to 21 goals, Dempsey told
reporters he will wait until the summer to decide on whether to accept a new deal from Fulham or
not.
Not only do we have a lot of matches to bring you this weekend, with 47 matches being broadcast in
the United State from Good Friday through Easter Monday, but we also have one of the best weekends
of matches that we've had in quite a while, with three matches featuring a pair of clubs in the
most recent WCR Top 25.
CONCACAF Olympic qualifying continues on Friday evening as Group B kicks off at the Home Depot
Center. Â The action begins this evening at the Home Depot Center when Honduras faces Panama (9pm
EDT/CONCACAF.com) and ends when Mexico takes on Trinidad and Tobago (11:30pm EDT).
The United States Under-23 men's national team's two chief competitors for a berth in this
summer's Olympics are Mexico and Honduras, and both have released their rosters for this month's
CONCACAF qualifying tournament.
D.C. United winger Andy Najar made the final cut for Honduras after being a part of the 28-man
preliminary roster that was announced earlier this week.
Just two weeks ago the scouting report on Chivas was that they were a miserly team that didn't
score much but didn't allow many goals either. So naturally their following game versus the Seattle
Sounders featured 8 goals, including Fredy Montero's first hat trick and some pretty unimpressive
defending from Seattle that meant a 10 goal game wouldn't have been unthinkable.
If Brad Guzan and Eric Lichaj are to get their first starts of the Premiership campaign with
Aston Villa, now might be the best time to do so.
The Villans are in last place in the Premier League standings and changes could be coming in
order to help them avoid a third straight defeat at the start of the year.
