Chivas USA's five Sueño MLS Finalists face a crucial match in their hopes of winning a spot with the Red-and-White, this Friday at 6 p.m. PT at the Bell Gardens Sports Center in Bell Gardens, Calif. They will play their first game with the Chivas USA U-16 Team, coached by Samuel Rivas and Miguel Ramos, in a match against the Chivas USA U-15 Team, coached by Javier Domínguez. Sueño MLS, currently taking place in Los Angeles and Dallas, is a nationally-televised search to discover America's best undiscovered young soccer players.
These five players - GK Alonso Lara (16, Livingston, Calif.), MF Juan Moreno (17, Compton, Calif.), MF Servando Perez (17, Guadalupe, Calif.), MF Briant Reyes (16, Compton, Calif.) and FW Daniel Sanchez (15, Las Vegas, Nevada) - are reaching the decisive moment of a two-week training stint with the Chivas USA U-16 Team, in which the region's best players born in 1991 and after compete in the prestigious U.S. Soccer Development Academy.
The Winner of Sueño MLS Los Angeles (Chivas USA), along with another Winner from Sueño MLS Dallas (FC Dallas), will be announced live on Sunday, March 30, hours before Chivas USA and FC Dallas open the season at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. For more information on Sueño MLS please visit www.SuenoMLS.com.
Sueño MLS 2008: Roster of Finalists (5) for Chivas USA (in alphabetical order by last name):
Name Age |
Position |
Hometown |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Alonso Lara 16 |
GK |
Livingston, CA |
Michoacán, Mex. native admires FCB GK Víctor Valdés |
Juan Moreno 17 |
MF |
Compton, CA |
Mexican-American admires Mexico's Rafa Márquez |
Servando Perez 17 |
MF |
Guadalupe, CA |
Midfielder admires Chivas' Omar Bravo |
Briant Reyes 16 |
MF |
Downey, CA |
Salvadoran-American MF admires Brazil's Robinho |
Daniel Sánchez 15 |
FW |
Las Vegas, NV |
Young NV Devils standout made 5-hr trek from Las Vegas |
