This is Part Five in a list of players that will be joining the Los Angeles Galaxy this season.

Sometimes, staying local to go pro can be a good thing. It can be a blessing, and it can be the best thing that can happen to a young, aspiring player.

An example of that? Midfielder Hector Jimenez. And no, it's not the actor that tag-teamed with Jack Black in Nacho Libre. Not that guy.

I'm talking about a four-year letterwinner hailing from the University of California at Berkeley. This Hector Jimenez returns home to Los Angeles to play for a certain local team.

The team? Why, it's none other than the Los Angeles Galaxy. It's the culmination of a journey that began not too far from where it ended.

Hector Jimenez was born on Nov. 3, 1988 in Huntington Park, California. Huntington Park is just one in a number of small towns neighboring Los Angeles that have a rich soccer tradition.

Another of those cities is neighboring Bell Gardens, whose sports center is the home of the Chivas USA Under-23 youth side.

Jimenez spent a majority of his youth in Bell Gardens and flourished as a member of the boys soccer team at Bell Gardens High School. In his career with the Lancers, he was named team captain during his senior year and tallied 22 goals and 14 assists. As a sophomore, Jimenez was an All-Almont League selection.

As a youth club player, Jimenez played for Arsenal Football club, and helped lead the Gunners to several tournaments,  including the USYSA U.S. Under-17 National Championship, Surf Cup, Nomads Cup, Celtic Cup and Delco Cup. Arsenal also garnered Cal-South State Cup and Far West Regional honours in 2004 and 2005, while winning the Under-15 and Under-16 titles in those respective seasons.

Jimenez's work as a member of Arsenal gave him the nod to join the USA men's Under-17 national team in 2004 and 2005.

Cal's Kevin Grimes took notice of Jimenez's talent, and in 2006, he signed with the Golden Bears. In his freshman year, Jimenez started 16 games and led the team with six assists that season.

After redshirting his sophomore year, Jimenez experienced a breakthrough year in 2008.

That year, he was named an All-Pac-10 first-team choice and was a conference all-academic second-team selection while being named to the NSCAA Far West All-Region first team. Jimenez was ranked in the top 25 in assists for a good deal of his redshirt sophomore year, and he scored his first collegiate goal in a match against the Drake Bulldogs.

In 2009, Jimenez was again named to the All-Pac-10 first team as a midfielder. He was also named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 8 team and the Pac-10 All-Academic second team. Jimenez led the conference with nine assists, good enough for fourth on the school's all-time single season list.

In Jimenez's final season, he was tied for second on the team in assists with six and started all 20 games for the Golden Bears.

Jimenez was named to the NSCAA All-Far West second team while being named one last time to the All-Pac 10 first team. He also played for the Bay Area Ambassadors of the National Premier Soccer League during the collegiate offseason.

On Jan. 13, 2011, Hector Jimenez was selected at the 34th overall pick by the Los Angeles Galaxy in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft.

Not famous famous, but almost famous is good enough for this young star. All right, when you have a team that has David Beckham and Landon Donovan in it, things might change for the better.

Nice work you did, Hector Jimenez. You're gonna go far, kid.

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