Under a loan agreement announced Friday involving the Wizards, MLS and Chivas, Bravo will remain with his Guadalajara club through the Mexican Apertura fall season and then join Kansas City for the 2011 preseason.
Chivas is currently in the final of the Copa Libertadores, South America's club championhip.
Bravo has 16 goals in 65 international appearances, scoring twice in the 2006 World Cup.
He becomes the Wizards' second designated player, joining Argentina's Claudio Lopez. Bravo follows two other Mexican stars to MLS this summer - Nery Castillo signed with Chicago and national team captain Rafael Marquez with New York.
"Although he won't join us until 2011, we feel that it will be very beneficial for Omar to go through a whole season with us, beginning with the preseason,'' Wizards manager Peter Vermes said. ''The 2011 preseason will give Omar a great start to the year and allow us to indoctrinate him into our system. Omar's high-pressure, attack-oriented mentality will complement our style of play extremely well."
As part of the loan agreement, Kansas City and Chivas will play home-and-home exhibitions at each other's new stadiums next year.
"I am very happy about joining Kansas City in 2011 and staying with Chivas through the finals of Libertadores and the Apertura," Bravo said. ''I want to win two more trophies for Chivas and then focus on bringing championships to Kansas City in Major League Soccer.
