Chivas USA Camp Update
The Goats are winging their way back to L.A. today after a 10-day camp in Guadalajara, roughly the amount of time (including weekends) I was absent.
So to bring you (and me) up to date, here's a look at what's been going on south of the border.
Before stepping on an airplane today, Chivas USA downed Irapuato 1-0 with top draft pick Michael Lahoud scoring his first goal for the team with a 65th minute volley off a pass from former Galaxy defender Ante Jazic.
Here's the Chivas USA lineup:
Zach Thornton, Carey Talley (Dan Gargan '57), Shavar Thomas (Javier Ledesma 57') , Jim Curtin, Ante Jazic, Sacha Kljestan (Jesse Marsch 5') (Gilson Tussi 57'), Michael Lahoud, Diego Scotti, Jonathan Bornstein (Jamie Franks 46'), Eduardo Lillingston (Justin Braun 57') , Román Cuello (Alecko Eskandarian, 52').
Some of those names a tad unfamiliar?
*Cuello is a Uruguayan forward who began a trial with the team last Wednesday (along with Mexican defender Omar Briceño and no, I don't know his current status with the team, but he didn't play today).
*Defender Ledesma is the son of former Chivas USA assistant coach Javier "Zully" Ledesma.
*Midfielder Scotti, 32, is another Uruguayan who has bounced around various South American teams, most recently with Argentina's Newell's Old Boys.
*Striker Lillingston, 31, has played for five different Mexican teams, most recently Tecos.
*Tussi is a 24-year-old Brazilian midfielder.
Chivas USA scrimmages at 11 a.m. against Swedish club Hammarby and 1 p.m. against UCLA on Saturday at Home Depot Center.
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Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. 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 and follow him on Twitter.
You're reporting on the "other" MLS team in Los Angeles is shocking.
At least try to hide your Galaxy/Beckham fetish. So much objectivity.
Cheers!