Chivas USA Show Guevara Red Card and Pink Slip, Trade Him to Toronto FC

So with the institution of the Designated Player rule, the LA Galaxy were able to obtain David Beckham, global icon and essentially marketing gold, and their city rivals got…..Paulo Nagamura and a draft pick?

After just four games, Chivas has decided to cut the strings on talented, but temperamental all-star Amado Guevara, trading him to Toronto FC for the aforementioned Nagamura and draft pick. Guevara’s short time with Chivas certainly wasn’t awe-inspiring; his stats for the season – 0 goals, 0 assists, 1 red card. Obviously, Chivas realized after Guevara’s game against the Galaxy (Where not only did Donovan completely outshine him in the midfield, but he was pulled in the 56th minute and proceeded to knock down an assistant referee to garner the red card) that he wasn’t worth the trouble, no matter how talented Guevara could ‘potentially’ be.

It’s an unfortunate situation for the Chivas organization, as they’ve basically reduced the value of their DP slot to utterly meaningless, having initially traded the slot away for Guevara in the first place. The mind-boggling aspect of this trade is trying to comprehend why Mo Johnston would want Guevara and why Toronto’s front office would assume that Guevara would enjoy the Canadian atmosphere. The Johnston-Guevara combination obviously didn’t work well when they were both Red Bulls so its simply absurd to believe that a couple of months apart would suddenly change things. And I’m sure Guevara is an enormous admirer of Canadian weather (Not).

I believe this is simply a hasty decision made by both parties. It’s rare to find a trade that works out negatively for all parties involved, yet somehow Chivas and Toronto have managed to do just that. And just for the record, Mo Johnston may be the worst surveyor of talent this league has ever seen. Yes, you can quote me on that and yes I will stand by that comment for the rest of the season.