{"id":298143,"date":"2023-11-04T00:24:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T00:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=298143"},"modified":"2023-11-04T00:24:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T00:24:44","slug":"javier-chicharito-hernandez-leaves-l-a-galaxy-after-tearing-his-acl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/javier-chicharito-hernandez-leaves-l-a-galaxy-after-tearing-his-acl\/","title":{"rendered":"Javier &apos;Chicharito&apos; Hernandez leaves L.A. Galaxy after tearing his ACL"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Former Manchester United striker Javier &#8216;Chicharito&#8217; Hernandez, 35, leaves LA Galaxy after tearing his ACL in June, as Mexico&#8217;s all-time leading scorer says &#8216;thank you&#8217; to fans<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The 35-year-old, striker will contemplate retirement or extend his glittery career\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He bagged 39 goals &amp; six assists in 82 appearances for the Galaxy in four years<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Javier &#8216;Chicharito&#8217; Hernandez has left the L.A. Galaxy following the expiration of his contract, ending his four-year stay in California&#8217;s largest city, the MLS club shared on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We are grateful to Javier for his dedication and contributions to the LA Galaxy,&#8217; said head coach and sporting directory Greg Vanney released on the club&#8217;s website. &#8216;In four seasons with the Galaxy, Javier was a passionate leader for our club on and off the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We wish him the best moving forward.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chicharito &#8211; a Manchester United favorite during Sir Alex Ferguson&#8217;s last few years as manager of the Red Devils &#8211; tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in June of this year. He&#8217;ll now assess whether to continue to play or retire at 35 years of age.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mexico&#8217;s all-time leading scorer (52 goals) shared a &#8216;thank you&#8217; message to Galaxy fans on social media, shortly after his release from the club.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CzMh8GDgvgL\/<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Javier \u201cChicharito\u201d Herna\u0301ndez (@ch14_)<\/p>\n<p>He shared on Instagram: &#8216;Life becomes exciting when you allow yourself to change and evolve to new challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Thank you to everyone who was involved in my journey these 4 years. Thank you for everything @lagalxy.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chicharito, which means &#8216;little pea&#8217; in Spanish, played 82 times for L.A., bagging in 39 goals and six assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He earned two MLS All-Star appearances in 2021 and 2022 and two Galaxy Player of the Year awards those same years. But, the Galaxy have not been able to reach the MLS postseason with him on their squad in three of the last four seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/22\/77385559-12708969-image-a-21_1699051694704.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chicharito, 35, is now a free agent &amp; will consider retirement or to extend his career elsewhere<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more, is that before tearing his ACL, Chicharito only had one goal in 12 games across all competitions for L.A. this year, showing his struggles in front of goal.<\/p>\n<p>Other than Manchester United, the striker played for Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, West Ham United, Sevilla and Chivas, where he was brought up in Guadalajara&#8217;s youth system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He stated to reintegrated the Mexican national team in March after holding talks with now-departed boss Diego Cocca.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12708969\/Former-Manchester-United-striker-Javier-Chicharito-Hernandez-35-leaves-LA-Galaxy-tearing-ACL-June-Mexicos-time-leading-scorer-says-thank-fans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Manchester United striker Javier &#8216;Chicharito&#8217; Hernandez, 35, leaves LA Galaxy after tearing his ACL in June, as Mexico&#8217;s all-time <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Javier &amp;apos;Chicharito&amp;apos; Hernandez leaves L.A. 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