[nas] Chivas news

CLUB DEPORTIVO CHIVAS USA ACQUIRES SIXTH YOUTH
INTERNATIONAL SLOT IN EXCHANGE FOR DEFENDER JEFF
STEWART

Trade with fellow expansion team Real Salt Lake will
allow as many as ten non-U.S. players to join Thomas
Rongen’s squad

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Wednesday, November 24, 2004) –
Club Deportivo Chivas USA on Tuesday traded its tenth
pick in the Major League Soccer 2005 Expansion Draft,
defender Jeff Stewart, to fellow expansion team Real
Salt Lake in exchange for one of Salt Lake’s Youth
International slots. 

The transaction increases Chivas USA’s number of Youth
International slots from five to six, thus allowing up
to ten non-U.S. resident players (six Youth and four
Senior Internationals) to form part of Head Coach
Thomas Rongen’s roster for the 2005 season.

“This trade is good for both teams,” said Rongen.
“Salt Lake receive another defender, and we get a
chance to acquire another Youth International player
in line with the philosophy and vision of our club.”

The 24-year-old Stewart played 27 matches for the
Colorado Rapids during his first two seasons in MLS
(2002 and 2003) before being sidelined by a knee
injury for the entirety of the 2004 season.

Earlier this month, Major League Soccer increased the
per-team allotment of Senior International players
from three to four, and replaced the league-wide
numeric limit on Youth International players with
per-team 
limits of five tradable slots for expansion teams
during their first two years, and three for the
league’s ten other teams. 

source: Chivas USA press release


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