NEWS RELEASE
March 15, 2006

CHICO ROOKS 2006 ROSTER HAS 15 RETURNING PLAYERS

The Chico Rooks 2006 squad will feature 15 players returning from last season.  Two of the returning players, Brazilian midfielder Joao Macedo and Calum Robertson were named to the 2005 National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) All-Star team.  Also returning will be the Rooks all-time assist leader (51 assist) and former MLS Metro Star Joe Munoz and goalkeeper Nick Clark.  In 2005 Clark led the Fort Lewis University Skyhawks to a perfect 22 – 0 –1 record and the NCAA Division II National Championship recording 14 shutouts. 

In addition to the 15 returning players from 2005, former Rooks goalkeeper Brandon Hearron (1999 – 2002) and forward Luis Orellana (1997-2000) will return in 2006.   Hearron was team MVP in 2001 and 2002 before going to play for the San Diego Gauchos and Bakersfield Brigade of the United Soccer League.  Orellana is the Rooks all-time goal scorer (79 goals) and two-time USL National Player of the Year. 

The Rooks will be without the services of both 2004 MVP and leading scorer Chris Wondolowski and 2003 MVP goalkeeper Dominic Jakubek.  Wondolowski signed on with the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2005 and Jakubek inked with the California Cougars of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) this year.

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