So why would Chivas USA acquire Harris, this young raw talent? Funny you (or I) ask. I came up with a possible reason (more like a theory).

I started by asking “Why does Chivas USA need a second string striker that only scored 4 goals last year?” Chivas USA has Galindo and Razov to start with and Cunliffe, Hamilton and Sueno on the bench. Is Harris better than either of these three? Probably not, maybe about the same in quality.

We all (most of us) have been focused on his role at the start of the season… forward. Actually, half of his time was spent in the defensive midfielder role. He progressed this past year and improved most in this defensive midfield role. OK, so he’s versatile, and cheap. Was that enough… no.

So then I started thinking, why would we need to fill a defensive midfield role, we have Jesse Marsch. ….. Wait a minute.

So Jesse moving to Chicago may be more real than we think. Or Preki may be thinking about the future. Jesse won’t be around forever.

So it sounds like we acquired a good defensive midfielder for cheap (Harris = 30k, Jesse = 105K). He is big, has a presence, and is on the way up. Plus, maybe someone other than Suarez will score on a corner.

Harris, I hope you brushed up on your spanish. Bienvenida