Thursday Update
F.C. Dallas has shipped moody malcontent Ramón Núñez to Chivas USA in exchange for a conditional 2009 draft pick.
Nunez' star is on the rise and the 21-year-old came close to making his national team debut with Honduras last year, but he reportedly had several run ins with management in Dallas.
In Nunez, Chivas USA gets the playmaker it has lacked since Chivas USA Coach Preki shipped the petulant Amado Guevara back to his native Honduras earlier this season. Hope he has bettter luck with Nunez.
He logged 67 regular-season games in four seasons for Dallas, scoring 14 goals and 9 assists.
The SMU product who has lived in the U.S. since age 5 could make his Chivas USA debut Saturday against Toronto.
"We are pleased to have secured a player of Ramón Núñez’ caliber at this point in our season,” Preki said. “This is the time of year when good clubs need good players to step up, as we continue our push toward a playoff spot. We hope that Ramón will increase the overall quality and level of competition within our already strong group of players."
About 100 Percent Soccer
Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005. The blog of the same name began in 2007. A native of England, he began writing about soccer in the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat in the stands for one in the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook.
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