CHICAGO – Juninho joined the LA Galaxy in 2010 as a 20-year-old loanee in a strange, faraway land with almost no senior minutes under his belt.
When he left in 2015, he had won three MLS Cups, two Supporters’ Shields while anchoring midfields featuring the likes of David Beckham and Steven Gerrard.
By then, Juninho says, the decision to move on was his own, made from a yearning to challenge himself, learn and grow with a different league with a different team.
So in December 2015 the Galaxy transferred him to Club Tijuana. And although his Liga MX stay lasted only a year, Juninho says he took plenty from that foray with him in his return this season to MLS and the Chicago Fire, who visit the LA Galaxy on Saturday (10:30 pm ET | MLS LIVE).