Mexico’s all-time leading goalscorer Jaiver “Chicharito” Hernandez is signing for USL Championship expansion team Atletico Dallas, a source told ESPN Mexico.
Hernandez, 38, will now return to the pitch after last playing for boyhood club Chivas in November of 2025.
The striker is the first signing for Atletico Dallas, which will make their debut in the USL’s second division in 2027. Earlier in February, the club announced that former LaLiga and Ligue 1 player Peter Luccin would serve as the team’s first-ever manager.
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The signing with Dallas will mark the ninth team that the Mexican star has played for after making a name for himself abroad with the likes of clubs like Manchester United and Real Madrid. It also puts off any notion that Hernandez is considering retirement.
After joining MLS’ LA Galaxy in 2020, the striker noted that it was the “beginning of retirement.” Though he has yet to officially end his international career, he last earned a call-up to Mexico’s national team in 2019.
He served as an analyst for Fox during the 2026 World Cup in North America, where Mexico was eliminated in the round of 16 by England.
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Hernandez will now look to rekindle his goalscoring form in the USL Championship after scoring just three times in all competitions for Chivas in 2025. Amid this run, Hernandez also made headlines for sexist comments that earned him a fine from the Mexican Football Federation.
Fabrizio Romano was the first to report the news on social media.
