Previous Clubs: Toluca, Atalante, Monterrey, Pachuca (MEX)

Jose Abundis is one of the most accomplished forwards from Mexico in the last decade. He has 10 national team goals to his credit and scored 92 times in 301 top division appearances during his Mexican professional career. His Mexico National Team honors include playing for Los Tricolores in the qualifying cycles for the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, in the 1999 and 2001 Confederations Cups and in the 1996 Olympics.

Abundis made his debut with Deportivo Toluca Futbol Club in 1992 and had a breakout campaign for the team in the Spring 1999 season when he scored 15 goals in 20 league games. He played for Toluca until 2001, winning three league championships with the team (1998, ‘99, ‘00). He then spent parts of five campaigns with Atalante and also had stints with Monterrey and Pachuca, before returning to Toluca in 2004. Abundis scored six goals in 17 games for Toluca in the 2005 Apertura season and won the Campeon de Campeones championship with them in August 2006.

2006: Signed as a Senior International and ‘Season-Ending Injury replacement for Marshall Leonard’ on Sept. 15 ... DNP on 9/20 @ NY ... DNP on 9/23 vs. KC ... made his MLS debut on 9/30 vs. COL, starting at forward and scoring the game-winning goal in the second half on a diving header off a Steve Ralston free kick ... DNP on 10/7 @ DC ... started and played 69 minutes on 10/14 vs. CLB, taking three shots and suffering two fouls. POSTSEASON: Entered as an 82nd minute substitute on 10/22 @ CHI, suffering one foul … started and played 45 minutes on 10/28 vs. CHI ... DNP on 11/5 @ DC.