[AMERICANS ABROAD] Northern California product Jesus Padilla, 21, scored Chivas Guadalajara's first goal in a 5-2 loss to Spain's Barcelona in a friendly Sunday in front of 40,717 fans at Chicago's Soldier Field.
Padilla scored three goals in the first two games of the Division 1A Apertura season with Tapatio, Chivas' farm team. He played two league games for Chivas' first team in the Clausura 2008 tournament and nine games in the Apertura 2007. He made his first team debut in 2006, but spent most of last season starting on Tapatio in Primera A.
Padilla left the San Jose area at age 14 for Chivas Guadalajara's youth program.
Barcelona plays the New York Red Bulls on Wednesday (7 pm ET on ESPN2).