Foto del Día

El fotógrafo de Chivas USA, Juan Miranda, enfoca el lente antes de tomar una foto, mientras que algunos elementos del Rebaño esperan su turno para tomarse sus respectivas fotografías. El miércoles fue el día en el que jugadores de Chivas USA se dieron una "manita de gato" para sus respectivos retratos y realizaron varios "promos" con las televisoras.

PHOTO: Chivas USA Communications

NEW!!!! Man.United (England) 40th Anniversary kit

Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, based at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is arguably the most popular football club in the world, with over 50 million supporters worldwide;average attendances at the club have been higher than any other team in English football for all but six seasons since 1964-65.The club is also one of the most successful in English football; for over twenty years, since the 1986-87 season, they have won 18 major honours, which is more than any other Premier League club. They are the Premier League's reigning champions, and have won the Premier League/Football League 16 times. In 1968, they became the first English club to win the European Cup, beating S.L. Benfica 4–1, and they won a second European Cup in 1999. They also hold the record for the most FA Cup titles with 11.Since the late 1990s, the club has been one of the richest in the world, and until recently had the highest revenue of any football club for several years running. As of 2007, the club has the fourth largest turnover in club football,but remains the most profitable club based on operating income.Manchester United also remains the most valuable club in the world.The club is a founding member of the G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs.Sir Alex Ferguson has been manager of the club since 6 November 1986.

The Other Barcelona... and it's not in the United States or Spain!

Now that it looks like Barcelona FC along with Brightstar's Marcelo Claure will be awarded an MLS team here in Miami, the word "Barcelona" is no longer just a city in Spain.

But before there was talk of Barcelona in MLS there was another team created some 25 years after the original team was established.

On May 1, 1925 Eutimio Pérez, a Catalan immigrant from Barcelona, Spain founded Barcelona Sporting Club in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador. Contrary to popular belief Eutimio named the team after the city and not the team. It was years later that the crest which is almost a carbon copy of the one used by Barcelona FC, was adopted.

Barcelona SC is arguably the most successful team in Ecuadorean Soccer history having won the national tournament a record 13 times (Hence the stars around the crest), a distinction it shares with Nacional of Quito. Barcelona has also disputed the final of the Copa Libertadores twice but was unsuccessful each time.

Barcelona S.C is by far the most popular team in Ecuador and in 1987 they inaugurated "El Monumental"stadium playing versus Barcelona FC! This game ended with the home team winning 1-0. Barcelona SC invited many South American football celebrities, such as Pele, to the inauguration. Pelé was so astonished, he compared the stadium to the famous Maracana in Rio de Janeiro. The Estadio Monumental has a capacity of 89,930 spectators, making it at that time the second largest stadium in South America in terms of capacity. Today it remains the largest stadium in the South American West Coast.

For more on Barcelona SC go here: http://www.bsc.ec/

Here is a video of the stadium at almost capacity. I hope to see our Miami Ultras as passionate and numerous as the ones cheering on this Barcelona team!

Chivas USA and LA Galaxy hold Bone Marrow Donor Drive (AUDIO)

Chivas USA, the LA Galaxy, and The Home Depot Center held a Bone Marrow Donor Drive today in Carson, with players, team staff, and fans all participating. The event was held in hopes of helping Marcia Williams, the wife of Real Salt Lake and Jamaican National Team midfielder Andy Williams. Marcia has been diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia and has been unable to find a match through the national donor registry.

The drive took place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, and was helped by City of Hope, who was on site to facilitate the process - which entails completing a short questionnaire and then giving a swab of cheek cells.

Jesse Marsch, who played with Andy Williams in 2003 and 2004 for the Chicago Fire, was one of many Chivas USA and Galaxy players who were entered today into the National Bone Marrow Registry.

Below is a photo of Marsch finishing his paperwork; click here to listen to his thoughts on Andy, Marcia, and the event.

NEW!!! CSKA Moscow (Russia) 2009 Home kit

PFC CSKA Moscow (Russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб ЦСКА Москва or Professional Football Club - Central Sports Club of Army (Moscow)) is the football section of the CSKA sports club of Moscow, Russia.It won the Soviet championship seven times (1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970, 1991), the Soviet Cup five times (1945, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1991), the Russian Cup in 2002, 2005, and 2006, won the Russian Premier League champions title in 2003, 2005 and 2006, finishing second in 1998, 2002 and 2004, and the Russian Super Cup in 2004, 2006 and 2007.

Preseason Roster Update: two players in, Esky with U.S.

A quick preseason roster to start the week - beginning training with Chivas USA today are two new players:

• Miloš Pejovic
• Fernando Screpis

Also, six members of the Red-and-White are training today with the Red-White-and-Blue:

• Jonathan Bornstein and Sacha Kljestan, who are in the group that is preparing for the match against Mexico in Columbus on Feb. 11
• Jim Curtin, Jesse Marsch, and Carey Talley, who have been filling out numbers as guest players in the group that is currently training at The Home Depot Center
• Alecko Eskandarian, who is also a guest player with the U.S. today. "Esky" has one cap with the National Team, from an appearance as a substitute in the United States' 2-0 win over Wales on May 26, 2003, in San Jose.

NEW!!! Valencia fc (Spain) 2009 Home kit

Valencia Club de Fútbol (also known as Valencia CF or Valencia) are a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, six Copa del Rey trophies, three UEFA Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and two UEFA Super Cups. They have also been UEFA Champions League final runners-up on two different occasions in 2000 and 2001, losing to La Liga rivals Real Madrid in 2000 and German club Bayern Munich in 2001. Valencia are also members of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs.Valencia were founded in 1919, and have played their home games at the 53,311-seater Estadio Mestalla since 1923. They are soon to move into the 75,000-seater Nou Mestalla in the north-west portion of the city in 2009. Valencia have a long-standing rivalry with Levante, also located in Valencia, and with another club in the Valencian Community region, Villarreal