CHIVAS USA: CUE SET FOR ANOTHER BIG MOVE WITH HUNTER.Byline: IVAN OROZCO Staff Writer CARSON -- Chivas USA President and co-owner Antonio Cue seems to like taking risks. When former Chivas coach Bob Bradley
Preki had no head-coaching experience and had just retired as a player after the 2005 season. So far, Cue's move has paid off. The rookie coach has put together one of the top teams in the league. Preki, short for Predrag Radosavljevic, has helped produce the club's best season. Chivas enters its match against the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Red Bulls (11-9-3, 36 points) at 5 p.m. today at Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box Center sitting in a comfortable position to clinch a playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. spot. Chivas (11-6-4, 37 points) was twopoints behind Western Conference leader Houston entering Saturday. It is riding a four-game unbeaten streak and has the league's best home record (7-0-2). "Stepping into the job, I didn't feel like I had anything to prove," Preki said. "The thing is that you have to believe in your own ability; otherwise, you shouldn't take the job. I always believed that I could continue with what (Bradley) started last year." Despite the success on the field, Javier Leon stepped down as team chief executive officer and general manager earlier this week to give way for Shawn Hunter to take over as the executive officer. A source familiar with the move said the club is in the final stages of negotiations with Hunter, a former longtime AEG AEG Aeger (Latin: Sick) AEG Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (Common Electricity Company) AEG Aircraft Evaluation Group AEG Association of Engineering Geologists AEG Air Expeditionary Group executive and president of the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes The Phoenix Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). who most recently worked with the Kings. Keegan Pierce, Chivas' director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. , said the team will make an official announcement "in the coming days." Cue said he doesn't see his latest move as a risk. "I want to have the best team and the best front office in this league," Cue said. "You don't make changes because things are going wrong. You make changes when you think you can do better." ivan.orozco@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): box Box: CHIVAS USA vs. NEW YORK -- Ivan Orozco |
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