MLS acquired Mexican national team star Luis Hernandez from Mexican First Division club, Tigres. The 31-year-old striker was allocated to Los Angeles and will make his Galaxy debut in the May 20 clash with D.C. United at the Rose Bowl, pending a successful physical examination. The Galaxy — with Mauricio Cienfuegos (El Salvador), Simon Elliott (New Zealand), Roy Myers (Costa Rica) and Sebastien Vorbe (Haiti) on its roster — also needs to move a foreign player to open up a senior international player slot for Hernandez. Hernandez signed a multiyear contract with MLS, but no terms were disclosed. “We are proud to sign a world-class talent such as Luis Hernandez,” said MLS executive vice president Ivan Gazidis. “He is a unique player whose on-field ability and dynamic personality are matched by few players throughout the world.” “I’m very excited to be joining the Galaxy to play in Major League Soccer,” said Hernandez via telephone from Monterrey, Mexico. “It’s been a dream of mine to make it big in the United States. The time is right for me to move on and experience soccer outside of Mexico.” “It’s a personal challenge for me to be successful in Major League Soccer,” Hernandez added. “I’m happy to be going to a city I am very familiar with. I love Los Angeles and look forward to scoring many goals for the great fans of Southern California.” “The Los Angeles Galaxy are very pleased and extremely honored to be in the situation where we can have a player of the caliber of Luis Hernandez,” said Galaxy president Tim Leiweke. “We have received a world-class player and in turn had to part with some young talent, but this has been a passion of ours and a process that we helped create. We strongly believe that Luis will be a major factor in allowing the Galaxy to once again compete for the MLS Championship this year and for many years to come.” “Hernandez wanted to be here in Los Angeles and we are excited about the impact that this player will have on our community, our team and the sport of soccer,” added Leiweke. “We believe that we are receiving what will be one of the most important and best players ever to play in Major League Soccer.” Since Los Angeles did not have a vacant allocation slot and had been unable to obtain one via a trade, the team agreed to make midfielder Clint Mathis and defender Joe Franchino available to all 12 teams for a special MLS Draft on Tuesday. The order of the draft was based upon the MLS regular season point system for the previous 32 regular season games, with additional consideration given to last year’s MLS Cup Playoffs. According to that system, the first and second picks in the draft went to the MetroStars and New England Revolution, respectively. With the first pick, the MetroStars selected Mathis, reuniting him with Metros head coach Octavio Zambrano, who originally selected Mathis for the Galaxy with the sixth overall pick in the 1996 MLS College draft. The Revolution acquired Franchino.