Chivas USA on KTLA Morning News

With now just one day left before Chivas USA's Home Opener at The Home Depot Center, the KTLA Morning News came out for some live shots before the team trained this morning. Arriving before 6:00 a.m., Gayle Anderson hosted several different bits for the morning news.

The first shot, at just after 6:45 a.m., came directly from our locker room. On hand were the recently selected ChivaGirls, a number of Chivas USA Academy players (all about nine years old), several members of the Union Ultras, a supporters group, and team officials. Here are a pair of photos from the first live shot:

Soon, Gayle had switched out her UCLA sweatshirt for a Chivas USA jersey, and we moved out to the field. Dennis te Kloese, our Director of Soccer, spoke with her about the team's youth soccer iniciatives while the kids played. Later, Jonathan Bornstein, Lawson Vaughn, and Sacha Kljestan joined in.

Video of Gayle's visit to Chivas USA can be found via this link; click "Gayle Anderson" above the video player and then look for the Chivas videos on the right side.

Chivas USA on TV

Excitement continues to build toward Chivas USA's Opening Day, and several local and national television programs are getting into the act.

First, on Monday evening, was a delivery of new Chivas USA 2008 home jerseys to the set of Fox Football Fone-In, with hosts Nick Webster and Steven Cohen.

The pair put the new jerseys to good use - that's Steven on the left and Nick on the right.










Also, early on Tuesday morning, three Chivas USA players went to KTLA's Morning News to showcase the team's new "Shirts Off Their Backs" program - where at the end of every home game, the 11 Chivas USA players will give their game-worn jerseys away to fans.

Jamaican defender Shavar Thomas, veteran midfielder Jesse Marsch, and rookie goalkeeper Lance Parker were the three players that arrived at KTLA a little before 7:00 a.m. Here's the trio waiting in the green room:

The players then went on the show, and presented the news anchors with their shirts. Here's the result:

To watch video of the player appearance, follow this link, and then click on the "Seen on the Morning Show" button above the video player. Then click "Chivas USA Players" on the right side menu.