Friday, March 2, 2007

Mexicanos en la MLS

I came across a couple of interesting notes while perusing Ovaciones, one of my favorite Mexican soccer news sites. The first headline grabbed my attention:

"Cuauhtemoc Blanco worth 200 million pesos"

At first, I read over the pesos part and thought "there's no way he's worth 200 million dollars." He's not. Reportedly, Houston Dynamo is interested in Blanco and would pay 4 years, 5 million per to get him. The story does not make it clear if there would be a transfer fee involved or if they could get him on a free transfer this summer. Sometimes, okay, many times, Mexican news reports are sensational so I'll take it with a grain of salt.

The second note was a list of all the Mexicans in MLS. Now, being the nit-picker that I am, I scoured the list to see if I could find any players they left off the list. I could only think of one player who I know is Mexican who used to play in MLS: Martin Vasquez. The rest of the list looks rather thorough.

(EDIT: Noticed another one: Aaron Lopez, ex-Chivas USA; also, some of the years are off)

In case the link is no good after today, here's the list:

Nombres Equipo Año
José M. Abundis N. Inglaterra 2006
Byron Álvarez MetroStars 2002
Damián Álvarez Dallas y N. Inglaterra 1997-98
Armando Begines Chivas USA 2005
Jorge Campos Los Ángeles y Chicago 1996-98
Jorge Castañeda Colorado 1997
Héctor Cuadros Chivas USA 2005
Antonio de la Torre Colorado 2004
César Delgado Kansas City 1999
Missael Espinoza San José 1996
Johnny García Chivas USA 2006
Juan P. García Chivas USA 2005
Sergio García Chivas USA 2005
Daniel Guzmán San José 1997
Carlos Hermosillo Los Ángeles 1998-99
Luis Hernández Los Ángeles 2000-01
Alfonso Loera Chivas USA 2005
Antonio Martínez Dallas, Los Ángeles y Chivas USA 2000-03 y 2005
Francisco Mendoza Chivas USA 2005
Jesús Morales Chivas USA 2006
Jesús Ochoa Los Ángeles y Chivas USA 2002-03 y 2005
Francisco Palencia Chivas USA 2005
David Patiño Colorado 1997
Ramón Ramírez Chivas USA 2005
José Retiz Los Ángeles y Columbus 2003 y 2006
Alberto Rizo Colorado 2003
Isaac Romo Chivas USA 2005
Hugo Sánchez Dallas 1996
Claudio Suárez Chivas USA 2006
Francisco Uribe San José 1998
Martín Zúñiga Chivas USA 2005

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