CHIVAS USA UPDATE: WESTERHOFF TO TAKE CHARGE.Byline: Fred J. Robledo Staff Writer CARSON - Dutch coach Hans Westerhoff will be Chivas USA's next head coach, although club officials refuse to confirm he will succeed Thomas Rongen Thomas Rongen (born October 31, 1956 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch soccer coach, currently the Sporting Director of Major League Soccer club Chivas USA and the coach of the U.S. U-20 team. . Westerhoff, technical director of all three of owner Jorge Vergara's teams - Club Deportivo Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara, also known as Guadalajara and usually referred to by its nickname Chivas (Goats), also referred to as the All Mexican Team is a Mexican sports club. , Chivas USA and CONCACAF CONCACAF Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Soccer) CONCACAF Confederacion Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol Asociacion (Spanish) club champion Saprissa of Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. - has been in Carson this week training Chivas USA in advance of tonight's Major League Soccer game against the Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). Wizards. Goalkeeper coach Javier ``Zully'' Ledesma will be on the bench tonight, but the club hopes to announce Westerhoff as Rongen's replacement before Saturday's game in Chicago. President/co-owner Antonio Cue said the team will not comment on the new coach until his work visa is approved. Cue said Monday that a contract had been signed. Westerhoff, who will have a strong influence on bringing in players from the parent club, has served as coach at Guadalajara and Dutch Eredivisie clubs PSV Eindhoven “PSV” redirects here. For other uses, see PSV (disambiguation). Philips Sport Vereniging (English: Philips Sports Union), widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. , Ajax Amsterdam and Willem II. ``Hans has done a tremendous job with Chivas in Guadalajara and Saprissa in Costa Rica,'' defender Ryan Suarez said. ``He came in and revolutionized the whole Chivas organization. Let's face it, he's Jorge Vergara's right-hand man, and Jorge's even said that, eyes closed, whatever Hans says goes. So, we're excited to have someone like that.'' Westerhoff was asked to take charge after Chivas USA dropped its fourth successive game to fall to a league- worst 1-8-1. The club's only victory was secured at home against fellow expansion team Real Salt Lake on a controversial penalty kick. Cue said the club is working on bringing in two new players, and there is speculation that former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX star Ante Razov, a forward with Columbus and in the U.S. national team pool, will be acquired. Razov has asked for a trade. Fred Robledo, (626) 962-8811 fred.robledo(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): box Box: CHIVAS USA vs. KANSAS CITY - Daily News |
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