IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE.

NOW I KNOW OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU BECAUSE YOU KNOW I'M

SUCH A HUGE FAN BUT FOR ANYONE THAT DOESN'T, YOUR NAME IS

JAVIER HERNANDEZ BUT PEOPLE KNOW YOU AS CHICHARITO.

YOU HAVE CHICHARITO ON YOUR SHIRT.

>> YEP.

>> James: WHERE DID THAT NICKNAME COME FROM.

>> FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU.

I AM SO APPRECIATIVE TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU.

IT STARTED BECAUSE MY DAD, MY DAD MY NICKNAME IS LITTLE FEET,

HE HAD GREEN EYES SO HE SAID GROWING UP MY UNCLE SAYING P,

WHEN HE GOT THE-- WHEN HE START PLAYING.

I KNOW, IT'S WEIRD, YOU KNOW.

BUT THEN YEAH, HE STARTED PLAYING.

AND THEN THEY KNEW ABOUT THAT STORY.

AND AND THEN I CAME UP.

>> James: NOW THE ENTIRE CITY IS SO THRILLED AND EXCITED THAT

YOU HAVE COME AND YOU HAVE JOINED L.A. GALAXY.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS WHEN CHICHARITO LANDED AT LAX.

AND THERE IS HOW HE WAS GREETED WHEN HE FLEW INTO.

>> CHICAGO, CHICHARITO.

>> James: SNOW WERE YOU-- THEY WERE ALL OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT.

WHAT DID IT FELL LIKE TO SEE OVER A THOUSAND FANS CHANTING

YOUR NAME AT THE AIRPORT.

>> CRAZY, MAN.

WE ARRIVED FROM THE LAX SECURITY, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU CAN

NOT GO FROM THE FRONT DOOR.

I SAY LIKE WHY.

THEY SAID NO, BECAUSE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THERE.

I SAY NO WAY, ARE YOU JOKING, NO WAY, I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT.

YEAH.

IT WAS A SHAME BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO SIGN A LOT OF PEOPLE

THERE WERE MASSES.

A LOT OF CROWD OVER THERE.

SO YEAH, VERY OVERWHELMING, AND VERY THANKFUL SWRZ WE'RE HAPPY

YOU ARE HERE.

HOW ARE YOU FINING LOS ANGELES.

WHAT HAS BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR TIME HERE SO SO FAR.

>> FIRST I PLAY FOR THE BEST CLUB IN U.S.A. AND MEETING

LEBRON, I DROPPED THE PUCK IN THE KINGS GAME TOO.

I MEAN, BEING HERE, A SECOND WITH MOST MEXICAN PEOPLE SO

IMAGINE THAT.

>> YOU PLAYED WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST IN THE WORLD.

MANCHESTER UNITED.

AND OBVIOUSLY THE PINNACLE, WEST HAM UNITED.

>> OF COURSE.

>> James: HOW DOES IT COMPARE BEING AT THE GALAXIES.

>> IT IS THE SAME.

I MEAN PEOPLE CAN COMPARE A LOT OF THINGS BUT I'M WITH THE

GREATEST AND BEST CLUB, MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAMS, THE WAY THEY

HAVE BEEN TREATING ME.

THE WAY THEY SEE ME.

THE WAY THAT THEY SEE THE VALUE THAT I HAVE, THAT I CAN COME

HERE.

TRY TO GET WITH THE GALAXY.

IT SIN CREDIBLE.

I JUST WANT TO GO AND TRY TOO MAKE A VERY GOOD PERFORMANCE

LIKE THE ONES I DID.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE ALSO GO THAT.

>> SO SATURDAY IS YOUR HOME DE BUTT AGAINST VANCOUVERY.

IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME SIGNING UP FOR THE L.A. GALAXY.

ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO YOUR FANS, TO YOUR RIVALS, TO ANYONE

IN THE LEAGUE.

ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY.

>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU-- LOS ANGELES, ARE YOU READY?

STO ROCK IT?

AND SOMETHING FOR THE RIVALS.

>> ARE YOU GOING TO NED IT, DEFINITELY.

>> James: WHEN WE COME BACK.

OUTSIDE THE STUDIO.

COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY.