TORRES KEEPS SCORING

Erick “Cubo” Torres was the top scorer for Chivas USA in an otherwise disappointing season last time around. The forward finished with seven goals for the league campaign, but this was one of the few positives for the club, as they finished bottom of the table. It has been a good pre-season for Chivas so far and the player has said that he is now ready to start this season. Chivas coach Wilmer Cabrera has stated that he hopes Torres will be able to continue the good goalscoring form he achieved in his first season.

He says that the second season is likely to be easier since he has already integrated with the new team. Wilmer Cabrera says that he wants the 25-year-old to cause as much havoc as he can in the penalty box. Torres rarely missed a game for Chivas last season, and Cabrera will be hoping for more of the same this time around. The club begin the new campaign with a match against Chicago Fire. The seven goals scored by Torres last season remains as one of the finest individual contributions for Chivas from a player since 2011.

The forward has stated that he now feels much more experienced than before, which is likely to aid him score more goals this campaign.

“It’s a great opportunity for me to start this season from zero and have a preseason. I have some experience now and know what this league is about, what the games and stadiums are like. I feel much more comfortable and armed for the start of this season. I’ve still got things to learn, but every day I’m learning more about the league and the United States. I’ve got to keep progressing and build off the six months I had here last year,” said Torres.

PAREJA FIRED

Oscar Pareja is not the manager of Colorado Rapids anymore. He has decided to resign from his post and there have been reports that he will take over from Schellas Hyndman at FC Dallas.

FC Dallas is not going to be a new club by any means for Pareja. He has spent a lot of time there in the past, first as a player and then as an assistant manager.

Colorado hadn’t performed poorly under Pareja in the last season. They had won more than 40% of the matches that they had played in the league and had ended up in top 5 in the Western Conference Points Table. They had made it to the MLS Cup playoffs as well.

Because of Colorado’s consistent performances in the last season, Pareja was expected to continue as manager, but, that didn’t happen.

However, joining Dallas is not going to be that easy for Pareja. He has left Colorado 1 year before the completion of his contract, so, according to the Rules, he can’t join any other club as manager in the upcoming season unless Colorado releases him after receiving compensation from that particular club.

Pareja had been appointed as the Colorado boss a couple of years back in 2012. In his 24-month long tenure at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, the former Colombian midfielder did quite well. The rapids played 68 games under his guidance and won 24 of them.

The man who is the strongest contender to take charge as the next Colorado manager is Robin Fraser who is Mike Petke’s assistant at New York Red Bulls at this point of time.

There are a few other candidates as well and one of them is John Spencer who has the experience of managing some top teams.