CARSON, Calif. - Chivas USA's 2006 ChivaFanPack is the perfect holiday gift for the end of the year celebration. The ChivaFanPack includes four tickets for Chivas USA's 2006 Opening Day, April 2 versus Real Salt Lake at The Home Depot Center, as well as a Chivas Centenary cap, a Chivas USA soccer ball and the official 2006 ChivaGirls Calendar, for just $60, making the ChivaFanPack the ideal Holiday gift for friends and family. For more information about the ChivaFanPack, call 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or visit www.CDCHIVASUSA.com.
PLAYERS ON HOLIDAY: Chivas USA players will continue their holiday vacation and will resume training in the first week of February. Meanwhile the Red-and-White coaching staff prepare for the January 20, 2006 MLS Superdraft where Chivas USA is to have the Draft's first pick.
CHIVAS FUTBOL ACADEMY: Chivas USA will soon be announcing the inauguration of a Chivas Futbol Academy in San Bernardino. For more information on the Chivas USA Soccer Academy, please contact Eduardo Creel at ecreel@cdchivasusa.com.
GUADALAJARA UPDATE: Club Deportivo Guadalajara, Chivas USA's sister team, resume training this week in preparation for its participation in the third annual InterLiga, the qualifying tournament in which eight Mexican teams will fight for two spots in the prestigious Copa Libertadores 2006. The tournament will be played between January 4 and 14. Chivas de Guadalajara will once again be under the command of Hans Westerhof, who returns to Guadalajara after coaching Chivas USA in the second half of the 2005 MLS season. The following is Club Deportivo Guadalajara's schedule for the Interliga tournament: Wednesday, January 4, 2006 - Reliant Stadium (Houston, Texas) Group B - Tigres vs. Guadalajara - 21:30, Saturday, January 7, 2006 - Pizza Hut Park (Frisco, Texas) Group B - Guadalajara vs. Cruz Azul - 20:30, Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - The Home Depot Center (Carson, California) Group B - Necaxa vs. Guadalajara - 20:15
