![]() Torres burst onto the scene shortly after arriving on loan from parent club CD Guadalajara in July, scoring seven goals in his first 10 matches and sparking an offense that lacked a go-to figure. – A four-game scoring drought has not deterred Chivas USA forward Erick “Cubo” Torres, who aims to end his first MLS season on a positive note before heading back to Mexico. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information / Your California Privacy Rights are applicable to you. ^ Back to Top ^ © 2023 ESPN Internet Ventures. All that is left to decide is where exactly in MLS he will play. Torres' career path is now set up nicely. Now backed up by the returning Marco Fabian and new signing Isaac Brizuela, Torres and the other strikers should have some decent service to feed off in the Clausura 2015. The relegation fight is real for Chivas and Jose Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre's side has been woeful in front of goal, netting just 26 goals in 34 Liga MX matches during 2014. Chivas fans should be happy he is coming back at all. It couldn't go back on the original deal which saw MLS hold all the cards with the buy-out option and Torres consistently praising the league. The club may be losing a top young talent but at least it gets him for this crucial six-month period in its history. The final part of the equation is that the deal satisfies Chivas. His value will rocket should he make an impact on the international level and it may even become a lesser-traveled path that other young Mexicans would consider following. ![]() And with Torres likely to be involved next summer in the Copa America and in the 2016 Olympics, the idea will be to use his stint in MLS as a springboard to Europe in a couple of years. He'll boost the league's popularity with El Tri fans in the United States and its profile in his home country. Torres is one Mexico's best prospects, already a full international and on the rise. Meanwhile, for MLS, it really is a no-brainer. This deal means Torres has a way out if things don't end up going well. Those that have left have tended to improve - Torres is an example - while incoming talents haven't been able to reproduce the form they showed elsewhere. On the other hand, Chivas has recently been almost a black hole of negativity for players. Torres will have wanted to return and help Chivas pull away from relegation danger and leave the fans with whom, despite the boos, he enjoys a special relationship on good terms. There's a heavy dose of irony in the fact Torres' success coincided with the collapse of the MLS franchise.īut the deal, confirmed by Chivas on Thursday, for MLS to purchase Torres and loan him back to Guadalajara for six months, makes sense for all parties.įor the player, there is an undeniable sentimental pull toward Chivas.įrom a humble background, the Guadalajara club helped Torres through high school and university and has played a key part in his development as a highly marketable and likeable player and person.Ī lot of Chivas players are also his close friends and that was obvious in the November training sessions in which he took part in Guadalajara as he was preparing for the Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz. In many ways, it was the ultimate representation of what you imagine Jorge Vergara envisaged from the relationship between Chivas de Guadalajara and its sister club. The jaunt north was an unqualified success and Torres thrived in a new environment, netting 22 goals in 44 appearances for a struggling team. ![]() The loan move to Chivas USA served to relaunch a career that had been placed under a heavy burden when Torres was labeled the "new Chicharito" in Guadalajara, following Javier Hernandez's departure from Chivas to Manchester United. Torres scored just once in his last 20 appearances and was relegated to a bit-part player used occasionally off the bench. ![]() GUADALAJARA, Mexico - It is largely forgotten in the narrative of Erick "Cubo" Torres' rise that, before he left Chivas for MLS in mid-2013, the striker was the subject of boos from home fans inside Estadio Omnilife.Īfter bursting onto the scene in 2011, Torres became the embodiment of fans' discontent as a young side that had promised so much began to wilt under the expectation of success at one of Mexico's "big two" clubs. 'Cubo' Torres deal to MLS, with loan to Chivas, satisfies all parties You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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