The results are in, and it turns out that no Chivas USA players were selected in the Expansion Draft held this morning.

Seattle Sounders FC selected a total of ten players; here’s the MLSnet.com release on their picks.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

This morning we were here in the Chivas USA Communications office reading through the news when we saw Greg Lalas’ piece on SI.com about the fans at MLS Cup on Sunday, which he titled “An ode to passionate MLS fans.“

In the article, he mentioned on of the Red-and-White’s fan clubs, the Union Ultras:

“Here’s to the Union Ultras, fans of Chivas USA, who threw their support behind Columbus. Why? I have no idea. But they cheered as vociferously as anyone.”

We had also noticed that the Ultras were cheering for the Crew, but when we got to thinking, we realized we also had no idea why they were Columbus fans for the day. So we reached out to Union Ultras member John Sandate, who filled us in.

“It was in the spirit of good sportsmanship,” Sandate told Dentro del Rebaño. Apparently a member of a Crew fan club, the Hudson Street Hooligans, e-mailed Sandate with the news that their normal drummers, La Turbina Amarilla, couldn’t make it out for the Cup.

“She asked if we’d drum for them,” says Sandate. “I asked my fellow members about it and all voted overwhlemingly in favor of helping them out.”

“Officially, we did not cheer for Columbus as a whole group, but us drummers would play Columbus songs in the spirit of the game with our big drum. We also had fellow Union Ultras stand with us in unity. We really just wanted to make a positive statement in the name of Chivas USA. Call it supporting supporters.”

The Crew fan clubs, located in the Northeast corner of The Home Depot Center, and plenty of other Columbus supporters throughout the stadium, responded positively.

“Many Columbus fans said they would cheer for Chivas USA in the Western Conference because of this. Everywhere we went throughout the stadium, Columbus fans would shake our hands and say thanks. “

When asked if he met any interesting Columbus fans, Sandate responded: “All the Columbus fans were interesting. They’re from Ohio and we’re from Southern California!”

Chivas USA, like every team in MLS, submitted today its list of 11 protected players for Wednesday’s Expansion Draft, in which Seattle Sounders FC, which starts play next season, will take 10 players. Here’s our press release on our protected roster list, and you can find the league list, with all the players that have been made available, by clicking here.

A few notes on the Expansion Draft:

- Each team was only able to protect 11 players, though Generation Adidas players are automatically protected. Chivas USA doesn’t have any current Generation Adidas players (Sacha Kljestan is an alum of the program), but FC Dallas, for example, has five such players. Since the Red-and-White also signed Season Ending Injury replacements for Eric Ebert, Lawson Vaughn, and Raphael Wickly late this season, it means we have 20 players available to be selected in the Expansion Draft, more than any other team.

- Seattle has ten picks in the Draft, and can pick no more than one player per team. This means that four MLS teams will not lose anybody in the Expansion Draft.

- The Sounders have until Wednesday to make their decisions; the Expansion Draft will take place at 10:00 a.m. PT on Wednesday.

It is also interesting to see how much the format has changed since Chivas USA and Real Salt Lake were involved in the 2004 Expansion Draft. Back then, teams were able to protect 12 players, and players on the development rosters of teams were not included. After the struggles of both Chivas USA and Real Salt Lake in their first seasons, the Expansion Draft format was changed, and this year’s draft is nearly identical to that of 2006 (for Toronto FC) and 2007 (for the San Jose Earthquakes).

Chivas USA has lost defenders in each of the previous two Expansion drafts. In 2006, Toronto selected Tim Regan, who now works as a scout for Toronto FC and played one match this season when Toronto was missing players due to international call-ups; that game was a 3-1 Chivas USA win in Toronto on Sept. 6. Prior to this past season, the San Jose Earthquakes picked Jason Hernandez from the Red-and-White, and Hernandez was protected by the Earthquakes this year.

Yesterday was a busy day for some Chivas USA players in U.S. National Team jerseys. Sacha Kljestan and Jonathan Bornstein both played 90 minutes in the United States National Team’s 2-0 win over Guatemala in Colorado, the final match of the semifinal round of World Cup Qualifying.

For the United States Under-20 National Team, Jorge Flores has played a pair of matches; on Wednesday, he scored in the U.S.’ 5-3 loss to the Real Madrid Reserves, and on Thursday, he played 90 minutes again in a 0-0 draw with the Atletico Madrid Reserves. Flores and the U-20′s have one more match on their trip to Spain, a friendly against the Rayo Vallecano Reserves on Saturday.

The United States Under-20 National Team is currently in Madrid for a training camp and three friendlies – the first of which was played against a Youth Team from Read Madrid. There will be a full write-up shortly on USsoccer.com, but in the meantime we’ve found out the the U.S. fell by a score of 5-3, but that Jorge played 90 minutes and scored one of the United States’ goals, coming in the 27th minute.

We’ll update this with the write-up later on. Congratulations Jorge!

Preki, goalkeeper Zach Thornton, and midfielders Jesse Marsch and Sacha Kljestan react to the season-ending draw and series loss to Real Salt Lake..

Follow this link to check out Sacha Kljestan in a commercial promo spot for MLS Cup.

Sasha Victorine, de Chivas USA, sostuvo exitosamente una cirugía en la rodilla izquierda, realizada esta tarde en el Surgery Center of the Pacific en la ciudad de Santa Mónica. El procedimiento, el cual incluyó una menicectomía lateral, estuvo bajo la supervisión de los doctores del equipo, Dr. Michael Gerhardt y Dr. Bert Mandelbaum. Victorine se perdería de 6-8 meses para recuperarse de su operación.

Victorine, un graduado de UCLA y originario del Sur de California, llegó a Chivas USA proveniente de los Hechiceros de Kansas City en el último día de transacciones de la liga el 15 de septiembre. En cinco encuentros con los Rojiblancos, (cuatro de ellas como titular), Victorine registró dos tantos y una asistencia, en 340 minutos jugados con El Rebaño. Originalmente, Victorine sufrió la lesión en su rodilla en el último juego ante Colorado el 19 de octubre pasado.

‘Somos Chivas USA’ será transmitido por KAZA Azteca 54 a partir de las 1:30 p.m. Hora del Pacífico. Conducido por Mara Almada y Antonio Rosique, ‘Somos Chivas USA’ le da la afición la oportunidad de conocer a los jugadores de Chivas USA, ver análisis de los partidos y mucho más. No se pierda el programa hecho para los aficionados de Chivas USA este sábado, 15 de noviembre, por Azteca 54!.

Los jugadores Jonathan Bornstein y Sacha Kljestan, ambos de Chivas USA, fueron llamados para integrar el campamento de la Selección Nacional de los Estados Unidos del 12 al 15 de noviembre próximo en el estadio Dick’s Sporting Goods Park de Commerce City, Colorado. El grupo de 19 jugadores, elegidos por el entrenador Bob Bradley, estará practicando con miras al partido de la Eliminatoria Mundialista el próximo 19 de noviembre ante Guatemala. La plantilla oficial de la Selección de Estados Unidos se dará a conocer el 16 de este mismo mes.

Bornstein y Kljestan fueron parte del conjunto nacional que cayó 2-1 en Trinidad y Tobado el pasado 15 de octubre. En ese encuentro, Kljestan participó en los 90 minutos, mientras que Bornstein se quedó en la banca, aunque fue la primera vez que fue convocado desde 2007. Bornstein, de Los Alamitos, ha sido convocado en 12 ocasiones con el equipo nacional, mientras que Kljestan, de Huntington Beach, ha sido llamado en 11 ocasiones durante su carrera.