Monday, February 9

Chivas USA travels to Guadalajara

Just a few hours after defeating Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C. of China in a scrimmage on Sunday morning, Chivas USA departed Los Angeles for a 10-day training stint in Guadalajara.

Here's a photo of the players waiting for their flight out of Los Angeles:
Another of Maykel Galindo and Shavar Thomas passing the time:
A group of 20 players made the trip, with two more to join midweek. Below is the travel roster for the trip to Guadalajara:
  • Jonathan Bornstein (joining the team after Wednesday's U.S.-Mexico match in Columbus)
  • Justin Braun
  • Kyle Christensen
  • Chris Cortez
  • Jim Curtin
  • Alecko Eskandarian
  • Jamie Franks
  • Maykel Galindo
  • Dan Gargan
  • Ante Jazic
  • Dan Kennedy
  • Sacha Kljestan (joining the team after Wednesday's U.S.-Mexico match in Columbus)
  • Michael Lahoud
  • Jesse Marsch
  • Gerson Mayen
  • Paulo Nagamura
  • Lance Parker
  • Carey Talley
  • Shavar Thomas
  • Zach Thornton
  • Gilson Tussi
  • Raphael Wicky

The team catches a bus to the hotel in Guadalajara late last night: