Chivas USA to take 'magical' team picture

Published on March 29, 2006 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Club Deportivo Chivas USA News Release


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CARSON, Calif. (Wednesday, March 29, 2006) - Ahead of its 2006 season opener, Major League Soccer team Chivas USA will take its official 2006 team photograph at Disneyland tomorrow Thursday, March 30 at 2:00 p.m. PT. Members of the media are invited to get a behind-the-scenes look at this unique photo opportunity, marking the first time a professional sports team has taken its official team photograph at Disneyland. Interested media should RSVP by emailing Chivas USA Communications Coordinator Edgar Pagaza at epagaza@cdchivasusa.com by 5:00 p.m. PT on Wednesday.

The photo will feature Chivas USA's entire 2006 roster, with all players in full uniform, plus the team's coaching staff and executives. Media availability will be provided following the photograph.

Chivas USA opens its second campaign in Major League Soccer this Sunday, April 2 at 4:00 p.m. PT at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California (TV: FSN WEST 2; Radio: KTNQ 1020 AM).

On hand for Thursday's photo op will be Chivas USA executives including president and co-owner Antonio Cué, Chivas USA's new head coach Bob Bradley, the winningest manager in Major League Soccer history, and Chivas USA stars including Southern California products Ante Razov and Estuardo Sánchez (Los Angeles), Jonathan Bornstein and Mike Muñoz (Los Alamitos), Antonio Martínez (Carson), Brent Whitfield (Long Beach), Sacha Kljestan (Huntington Beach), Matt Taylor (Irvine), Orlando Pérez (Fontana), Jesús Ochoa (Riverside) and Rodrigo López (Santa Barbara).

Also on hand will be Chivas USA's Mexican national team stars Juan Pablo García, Paco Palencia and Ramón Ramírez, as well as U.S. World Cup veteran Carlos Llamosa. Thursday will also mark the first opportunity for Southern California media availability with Chivas USA defender Claudio Suárez, following his game tonight with the Mexican national team against Paraguay in an international friendly in Chicago.

Off-site and off-the-wall photographs have become a Chivas hallmark in recent years. Last year, Chivas USA's first in MLS, the team took its official photograph in front of the façade of the Palacio de Gobierno de Jalisco at Plaza México outdoor mall in Lynwood, California. Sister team Chivas Guadalajara, Mexico's most popular soccer club, has taken its official photos in such unconventional locales as a cultural center, an airport, an outdoor market and the team's swimming pool.

About Chivas USA

Founded on August 2, 2004, Club Deportivo Chivas USA is the sister team of Club Deportivo Guadalajara, popularly known as 'Chivas', Mexico's most beloved professional soccer club. Chivas USA, which celebrated its inaugural season as a Major League Soccer expansion club in 2005, will play its home opener of the 2006 season on April 2 against Real Salt Lake at The Home Depot Center. Bringing a different approach to the world of professional sports in the U.S., Chivas USA not only fields teams in Major League Soccer and the MLS Reserve Division - it also runs such innovative programs such as the Chivas USA Futbol Academies and other soccer education initiatives; the ChivaTown fan zone, the ChivaGirls dance team and other aspects of Chivas USA's uniquely passionate gameday experience; and the Fundación Chivas de Corazón USA, the team's own 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and other community outreach programs and alliances. In 2005, its inaugural season in Major League Soccer, Chivas USA set the all-time standard for corporate sponsorship of an MLS club. Chivas USA is based in Carson, California and is owned by Mexican businessmen Jorge Vergara Madrigal and Antonio Cué Sánchez-Navarro, who also serves as the team's president. For tickets, a 2006 game schedule, and information on Chivas USA's April 2 season opener, call 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or visit www.cdchivasusa.com.

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