C.D. Chivas USA
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Club Deportivo Chivas USA is an American professional soccer club based in the Los Angeles
suburb of Carson, California
that competes in Major League Soccer
(MLS), the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada
.
The club became MLS's eleventh team upon their expansion into the league in 2004 (following the demise of Tampa Bay Mutiny
and Miami Fusion
several years previously), and was intended to be seen as a "little brother" to its parent club Guadalajara
, one of the most widely supported and successful teams in Mexico
. In Spanish
, chivas means "goat
s", and is the nickname of CD Guadalajara.
Chivas USA plays its home games at The Home Depot Center
in Carson, which it shares with its rival, the Los Angeles Galaxy
. The club is owned by Jorge Vergara Madrigal, owner of CD Guadalajara
, and Antonio Cué Sánchez-Navarro and is a subsidiary of Chivas USA Enterprises LLC, which is led by Cué.
In 2005, Chivas USA kicked off its inaugural season in Major League Soccer
at The Home Depot Center
with a 2-0 loss to then MLS Cup
Champions D.C. United
on April 2, 2005, under the guidance of Chivas USA’s first head coach Thomas Rongen
. After a 1–8–1 start (their sole win coming against fellow expansion club Real Salt Lake
), Thomas Rongen was named Chivas USA's sporting director and assistant coach Javier Ledesma became the club's interim head coach. On June 3, 2005, Hans Westerhof
was named Chivas USA's second head coach. After a disappointing season, Westerhof did not return to coach the team in 2006.
On November 23, 2005, former MLS Coach of the Year Bob Bradley
became Chivas USA’s third head coach, replacing Hans Westerhof. Under Bradley, the 2006 season
saw a major turnaround for Chivas USA. The team finished the 2006 season with a 10-9-13 record and earned a spot in the Western Conference playoffs. Bradley was named MLS Coach of the Year
, becoming the first two-time winner of the award and Chivas USA defender Jonathan Bornstein
was named 2006 Gatorade Rookie of the Year
. After the season ended, Coach Bradley was named interim head coach of the US men's national soccer team and head coach of the U.S. men's Olympic soccer team by the U.S. Soccer Federation, and was replaced by Chivas USA’s fourth head coach, Predrag "Preki" Radosavljevic
.
The team’s third season, under Preki, was the most successful to date. Chivas USA goalkeeper Brad Guzan
was named MLS’s Panasonic Goalkeeper of the Year
for the 2007 season. On November 7, 2007, Preki was named MLS Coach of the Year for 2007 after the first-year manager led the Red-and-White to a 15-7-8 record and first place in Major League Soccer’s Western Conference. In January 2008, Preki signed a multi-year contract with Chivas USA securing his position as head coach for the 2008 season. Chivas finished the 2007 MLS season atop of the Western Conference. However, they lost in the Conference Semifinals of the MLS Cup 2007
playoffs to the Kansas City Wizards
, who were the conference's #4 seed under new MLS seeding rules despite being in the Eastern Conference.
In 2008 Chivas USA competed in their first official international tournament, playing Pachuca in the 2008 SuperLiga
. Jonathan Bornstein
and Sacha Kljestan
were named to the MLS All-Star team. Goalie Brad Guzan became the first Goat to transfer to a European first division club. The Red-and-White clinched a playoff berth for the third consecutive season, losing to Real Salt Lake
in the first round. Kljestan scored the U.S. Soccer Goal of the Year while playing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
. He was also named to the MLS Best XI, and was selected as U.S. Soccer’s Young Male Athlete of the Year.
Jonathan Bornstein and Sacha Kljestan competed with the U.S. National Team in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
in South Africa
. Chivas USA goalkeeper Zach Thornton
was named to the 2009 MLS All-Star Team. The Red-And-White made the MLS Cup Playoffs
for the fourth consecutive season, playing the Los Angeles Galaxy
in the first round. Chivas USA announced the Team Award Winners, naming Thornton the team’s Most Valuable Player. Thornton was also named the MLS Goalkeeper of the Year and MLS Comeback Player of the Year, and he was nominated to the MLS Best 11. Martín Vásquez
was named the team’s head coach after serving as an assistant coach from 2005-2007.
Kljestan and Bornstein were named co-captains for the 2010 season. During the World Cup break Kljestan signed a deal with Belgian club Anderlecht
, leaving Chivas USA after parts of five seasons. Bornstein played in the 2010 FIFA World Cup
, starting in two matches for the United States as they made it to the Round of 16. On October 27, the team released head coach Martín Vásquez
from his contract. On November 2, president and CEO Shawn Hunter announced he was stepping down. On December 14 the club's vice president of soccer operations, Stephen Hamilton revealed he too, was leaving his post. Both he and Hunter will continue to serve in advisory roles for the club. After Hamilton stepped down, Jose L Domene was named Interim General Manager. On January 4, 2011, Robin Fraser became Head coach of Chivas USA.
The club badge is also virtually identical to that of Guadalajara, featuring the shield of the city of Guadalajara
, but omitting the eleven stars (representing the eleven league titles won by Guadalajara) around the outside of the logo.
Chivas USA plays its home games at The Home Depot Center
, on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills
in Carson, California
, approximately 10 miles south of downtown Los Angeles
. The venue's title sponsor is home-improvement retailer The Home Depot
. Built in 2003 as the home stadium for Los Angeles Galaxy
, the "HDC" is a 27,000-seat soccer-specific stadium
, the second of its kind in the MLS, but has hosted other sports such as rugby and football. Since they began play in 2005, Los Rojiblancos have shared the stadium the Los Galacticos
, with whom they compete for the Honda SuperClasico
. This arrangement and those of the NFL
Jets
and Giants
in the New Meadowlands Stadium
and NBA
Lakers
and Clippers
in the Staples Center
are the only cases in the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada of two teams of the same league sharing a venue.
Chivas USA have occasionally held home games at Titan Stadium
on the campus of California State University, Fullerton
, and at Harder Stadium
on the campus of UC Santa Barbara, such as in the US Open Cup when both they and Los Angeles Galaxy
have been drawn to play at home on the same day, but this is generally a rare occurrence.
The Union Ultras is the first Chivas USA supporters group, boasting over 150 members that exclusively support Chivas USA. They sit directly across from the legionarios, behind the other goal in Section 101. The Union Ultras (some of whom are former Legión members) support Chivas USA exclusively, as opposed to Chivas de Guadalajara/Chivas USA by default.
Black Army 1850 is the newest Chivas USA supporters group, started during the 2010 season and sit in section 138. They have a membership between 50-60 members. They do not wear the traditional Chivas USA colors, red and white. The Black Army follows some of the protocol of European Ultras, not wearing their teams colors and instead wearing black. They identify with 1850 because that is the year California and Los Angeles became officially part of the United States as a state and city. The group strives to make Chivas USA a more regional team by identifying with Los Angeles.
, Mexico’s leading paint company, became Chivas USA’s first presenting sponsor, with their name on the front of the jerseys. At the opening of the 2010 season, the team's jerseys were blank. On April 1, 2010, the new presenting sponsor, Extra, was finally unveiled prior to the match against rivals Los Angeles Galaxy
; Extra is a Mexican convenience store chain owned by Grupo Modelo
, the makers of Corona beer. The chain's logo appeared on the front of Chivas USA jerseys and training jerseys for the rest of that year. On February 16, 2011 Corona
became the presenting sponsor for Chivas USA. The "Goats" also have Home Depot, Time Warner Cable
, Walt Disney
, Budweiser
, NAPA Auto Parts, Visa, Inc. as team sponsors.
have the television coverage rights to Chivas USA matches that are not nationally televised. Delivering the most Chivas games on television, the schedule includes 15 regular season games for FS West/Prime Ticket and five to KDOC. In 2010 all 30 Chivas USA matches were broadcast in either local or national television. Christian Miles is the play-by-play announcer and Allen Hopkins is the analyst.
The official Spanish-language broadcast partner is W Radio 690 AM and broadcasts all 30 of Chivas USA’s regular-season games during season and KWHY
channel 22. The games are broadcasted simultaneously on radio and television with Hipólito Gamboa as the play-by-play announcer and Rigo Cervantez as the analyst.
games, but are not part of the senior roster.
- Head Coach Carlos Llamosa
- Assistant Coach Greg Vanney
- Assistant Coach Nick Theslof
- Technical Director Daniel Gonzalez
- Goalkeeper Coach Jim Liston - Athletic Trainer and Conditioning Coach
Jonathan Bornstein
(2006–2010) Darío Delgado
(2010) Maykel Galindo
(2007–2010) Juan Pablo García
(2005–2006) Amado Guevara
(2008–2009) Brad Guzan
(2005–2008) Atiba Harris
(2007–2009) Ezra Hendrickson
(2005) Sacha Kljestan
(2006–2010) Carlos Llamosa
(2006–2007) Giancarlo Maldonado
(2010) Jesse Marsch
(2006–2009)
Ramón Núñez
(2008–2009) Juan Francisco Palencia (2005–2006) Chris Pozniak
(2008) Ramón Ramírez (2005–2007) Ante Razov
(2006–2009) Osael Romero (2010) Douglas Sequeira (2005) Claudio Suárez
(2006–2009) Shavar Thomas
(2007–2009) Raphaël Wicky
(2008) Martín Zúñiga
(2005)
(2005) Javier Ledesma (2005), (Interim) Hans Westerhof
(2005) Bob Bradley
(2006) Preki (2007–2009) Martin Vasquez
(2010) Robin Fraser
(2011–present)
MLS regular season only, through 2009 season
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
suburb of Carson, California
Carson, California
Carson is a city in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, Carson had a total population of 91,714. Located south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately 14 miles away from the Los Angeles International Airport, it is known as a suburb of the city....
that competes in Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
(MLS), the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
The club became MLS's eleventh team upon their expansion into the league in 2004 (following the demise of Tampa Bay Mutiny
Tampa Bay Mutiny
The Tampa Bay Mutiny was a charter franchise of Major League Soccer active from 1996 - 2001. They initially played in Tampa Stadium and were immediately successful, winning the first MLS Supporters' Shield behind MLS MVP Carlos Valderrama and high-scoring forward Roy Lassiter, whose 27 goals in...
and Miami Fusion
Miami Fusion
Miami Fusion F.C. was a professional soccer club located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that participated in Major League Soccer from 1998 to 2001. The club played in Lockhart Stadium, which was a former high school stadium converted into a soccer-specific stadium...
several years previously), and was intended to be seen as a "little brother" to its parent club Guadalajara
C.D. Guadalajara
Club Deportivo Guadalajara , is a Mexican professional football club based in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Guadalajara plays in the Primera División de México and is the most successful club in Mexican football, having won 11 First Division titles, 7 Campeón de Campeones and 2 Copa México...
, one of the most widely supported and successful teams in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. In Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, chivas means "goat
Goat
The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of...
s", and is the nickname of CD Guadalajara.
Chivas USA plays its home games at The Home Depot Center
The Home Depot Center
The Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California. It is located approximately 10 miles south of Downtown Los Angeles. Its title sponsor is hardware retailer The Home Depot. The $150 million complex was...
in Carson, which it shares with its rival, the Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...
. The club is owned by Jorge Vergara Madrigal, owner of CD Guadalajara
CD Guadalajara
This article is about Spanish club, for the Mexican club see C.D. Guadalajara.Club Deportivo Guadalajara, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Guadalajara, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha...
, and Antonio Cué Sánchez-Navarro and is a subsidiary of Chivas USA Enterprises LLC, which is led by Cué.
History
Founded on August 2, 2004, as Major League Soccer's then-eleventh team, Los Angeles-based Club Deportivo Chivas USA has achieved some success in just six seasons in MLS. In 2007, the Mexican-owned club finished first in the Western Conference, qualifying for the playoffs for the second year in a row.In 2005, Chivas USA kicked off its inaugural season in Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
at The Home Depot Center
The Home Depot Center
The Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California. It is located approximately 10 miles south of Downtown Los Angeles. Its title sponsor is hardware retailer The Home Depot. The $150 million complex was...
with a 2-0 loss to then MLS Cup
MLS Cup
The MLS Cup is the championship match of Major League Soccer, the highest tier of professional soccer in the United States and Canada. As the final match of the MLS Cup playoffs, the winner is crowned the season champion in the same manner as other North American sports leagues...
Champions D.C. United
D.C. United
D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception, in 1996.Over the...
on April 2, 2005, under the guidance of Chivas USA’s first head coach Thomas Rongen
Thomas Rongen
Thomas Rongen is a Dutch soccer coach, formerly the head coach of D.C. United, the Sporting Director of Major League Soccer club Chivas USA, and the coach of the American Samoa national association football team...
. After a 1–8–1 start (their sole win coming against fellow expansion club Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake is an American professional soccer club based in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. The team competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. They currently play their home games at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake won...
), Thomas Rongen was named Chivas USA's sporting director and assistant coach Javier Ledesma became the club's interim head coach. On June 3, 2005, Hans Westerhof
Hans Westerhof
Hans Westerhof is a Dutch football coach and currently technical director at Pachuca.As a player, Westerhof played for BV Veendam and BVO Cambuur of the Dutch First Division...
was named Chivas USA's second head coach. After a disappointing season, Westerhof did not return to coach the team in 2006.
On November 23, 2005, former MLS Coach of the Year Bob Bradley
Bob Bradley
Robert "Bob" Bradley is an American soccer coach and the current manager of the Egypt national football team, taking over in September 2011. He previously managed the United States men's national soccer team...
became Chivas USA’s third head coach, replacing Hans Westerhof. Under Bradley, the 2006 season
Major League Soccer 2006 season
The 2006 Major League Soccer season was the 11th season in league history. It began on April 1, 2006 and ended with MLS Cup 2006 on November 12, 2006 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas for the second consecutive year in a row.-Changes from 2005 Season:...
saw a major turnaround for Chivas USA. The team finished the 2006 season with a 10-9-13 record and earned a spot in the Western Conference playoffs. Bradley was named MLS Coach of the Year
MLS Coach of the Year Award
The MLS Coach of the Year Award is an award given by Major League Soccer to the best coach in any given season. The award has been given since the league's inception in 1996.-Winners:...
, becoming the first two-time winner of the award and Chivas USA defender Jonathan Bornstein
Jonathan Bornstein
Jonathan Rey Bornstein is an American soccer player who currently plays for UANL of the Primera División de México and for the United States national team.-Youth and College:...
was named 2006 Gatorade Rookie of the Year
MLS Rookie of the Year Award
In the United States, Major League Soccer has handed out a Rookie of the Year Award since its inception in 1996. MLS, as opposed to other American sports leagues like Major League Baseball, only designates a player as a rookie if the player has had no prior professional experience...
. After the season ended, Coach Bradley was named interim head coach of the US men's national soccer team and head coach of the U.S. men's Olympic soccer team by the U.S. Soccer Federation, and was replaced by Chivas USA’s fourth head coach, Predrag "Preki" Radosavljevic
Preki
Predrag Radosavljević is a former American international soccer player of Serbian extraction...
.
The team’s third season, under Preki, was the most successful to date. Chivas USA goalkeeper Brad Guzan
Brad Guzan
Bradley Edwin "Brad" Guzan is an American soccer player who plays for Aston Villa of the Premier League.-Early Career:...
was named MLS’s Panasonic Goalkeeper of the Year
MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award
In the United States, Major League Soccer has handed out a Goalkeeper of the Year Award since its inception in 1996. Here is a list of recipients:-Winners:-External links:*...
for the 2007 season. On November 7, 2007, Preki was named MLS Coach of the Year for 2007 after the first-year manager led the Red-and-White to a 15-7-8 record and first place in Major League Soccer’s Western Conference. In January 2008, Preki signed a multi-year contract with Chivas USA securing his position as head coach for the 2008 season. Chivas finished the 2007 MLS season atop of the Western Conference. However, they lost in the Conference Semifinals of the MLS Cup 2007
MLS Cup 2007
The 2007 MLS Cup was the 12th edition of the MLS Cup championship game. The match was played on November 18, 2007 between the New England Revolution and the Houston Dynamo — a rematch of the 2006 MLS Cup final. For the second straight year, the Dynamo defeated the Revolution, this time by a 2-1...
playoffs to the Kansas City Wizards
Kansas City Wizards
Sporting Kansas City is an American professional soccer club based in Kansas City, Kansas that competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada...
, who were the conference's #4 seed under new MLS seeding rules despite being in the Eastern Conference.
In 2008 Chivas USA competed in their first official international tournament, playing Pachuca in the 2008 SuperLiga
North American SuperLiga
The SuperLiga was an official North American association football competition between teams from the Primera División of Mexico and Major League Soccer of the United States and Canada, the top divisions in each country. The competition was sanctioned by CONCACAF, U.S...
. Jonathan Bornstein
Jonathan Bornstein
Jonathan Rey Bornstein is an American soccer player who currently plays for UANL of the Primera División de México and for the United States national team.-Youth and College:...
and Sacha Kljestan
Sacha Kljestan
Sacha Kljestan is an American soccer player who currently plays for Anderlecht in the Belgian First Division.-Youth and College:...
were named to the MLS All-Star team. Goalie Brad Guzan became the first Goat to transfer to a European first division club. The Red-and-White clinched a playoff berth for the third consecutive season, losing to Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake is an American professional soccer club based in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. The team competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. They currently play their home games at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake won...
in the first round. Kljestan scored the U.S. Soccer Goal of the Year while playing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
. He was also named to the MLS Best XI, and was selected as U.S. Soccer’s Young Male Athlete of the Year.
Jonathan Bornstein and Sacha Kljestan competed with the U.S. National Team in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was the eighth Confederations Cup, and was held in South Africa from 14 June to 28 June 2009 as a prelude to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The draw was held on 22 November 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The opening match was played at Ellis Park...
in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. Chivas USA goalkeeper Zach Thornton
Zach Thornton
Zach Thornton is an American soccer player who currently plays for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Youth and college:...
was named to the 2009 MLS All-Star Team. The Red-And-White made the MLS Cup Playoffs
MLS Cup Playoffs
The MLS Cup Playoffs is the postseason elimination tournament of Major League Soccer held at the end of the regular season en route to the MLS Cup, the league's championship game. 10 teams in total from the Eastern Conference and Western Conference qualify for the tournament based on regular-season...
for the fourth consecutive season, playing the Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...
in the first round. Chivas USA announced the Team Award Winners, naming Thornton the team’s Most Valuable Player. Thornton was also named the MLS Goalkeeper of the Year and MLS Comeback Player of the Year, and he was nominated to the MLS Best 11. Martín Vásquez
Martin Vasquez
Martin Vasquez is a Mexican-born American former professional soccer player. He was most recently the head coach of C.D. Chivas USA in Major League Soccer....
was named the team’s head coach after serving as an assistant coach from 2005-2007.
Kljestan and Bornstein were named co-captains for the 2010 season. During the World Cup break Kljestan signed a deal with Belgian club Anderlecht
Anderlecht
Anderlecht is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region.There are several historically and architecturally distinct districts within the Anderlecht municipality.-Pronunciation:* Dutch: * French:...
, leaving Chivas USA after parts of five seasons. Bornstein played in the 2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
, starting in two matches for the United States as they made it to the Round of 16. On October 27, the team released head coach Martín Vásquez
Martin Vasquez
Martin Vasquez is a Mexican-born American former professional soccer player. He was most recently the head coach of C.D. Chivas USA in Major League Soccer....
from his contract. On November 2, president and CEO Shawn Hunter announced he was stepping down. On December 14 the club's vice president of soccer operations, Stephen Hamilton revealed he too, was leaving his post. Both he and Hunter will continue to serve in advisory roles for the club. After Hamilton stepped down, Jose L Domene was named Interim General Manager. On January 4, 2011, Robin Fraser became Head coach of Chivas USA.
Colors and badge
Chivas USA's home uniform mirrors that of their parent club, Guadalajara, with a red-and-white striped shirt, blue shorts and blue socks. Chivas USA have worn a variation of this kit since their inception (with slight variations in trim, stripe width, number of stripes, and other minor details), and usually complement this with a dark blue away uniform.The club badge is also virtually identical to that of Guadalajara, featuring the shield of the city of Guadalajara
Guadalajara
Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...
, but omitting the eleven stars (representing the eleven league titles won by Guadalajara) around the outside of the logo.
Stadium
- The Home Depot CenterThe Home Depot CenterThe Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California. It is located approximately 10 miles south of Downtown Los Angeles. Its title sponsor is hardware retailer The Home Depot. The $150 million complex was...
; Carson, CaliforniaCarson, CaliforniaCarson is a city in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, Carson had a total population of 91,714. Located south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately 14 miles away from the Los Angeles International Airport, it is known as a suburb of the city....
(2005–present) - Harder StadiumHarder StadiumHarder Stadium is a 17,000 seat, outdoor multi-purpose stadium on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California. It serves as the on-campus soccer stadium for both the men's and women's programs...
; Santa Barbara, CaliforniaSanta Barbara, CaliforniaSanta Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
(2006) 1 game in US Open Cup - Titan StadiumTitan Stadium (Cal State Fullerton)Titan Stadium is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose stadium on the campus of California State University, Fullerton in Fullerton, California.-History:...
; Fullerton, CaliforniaFullerton, CaliforniaFullerton is a city located in northern Orange County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 135,161.It was founded in 1887 by George and Edward Amerige and named for George H. Fullerton, who secured the land on behalf of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway...
(2008, 2010) 2 games in US Open Cup and North American SuperLiga
Chivas USA plays its home games at The Home Depot Center
The Home Depot Center
The Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California. It is located approximately 10 miles south of Downtown Los Angeles. Its title sponsor is hardware retailer The Home Depot. The $150 million complex was...
, on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, Dominguez Hills is a public university located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County and was founded in 1960...
in Carson, California
Carson, California
Carson is a city in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, Carson had a total population of 91,714. Located south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately 14 miles away from the Los Angeles International Airport, it is known as a suburb of the city....
, approximately 10 miles south of downtown Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. The venue's title sponsor is home-improvement retailer The Home Depot
The Home Depot
The Home Depot is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services.The Home Depot operates 2,248 big-box format stores across the United States , Canada , Mexico and China, with a 12-store chain...
. Built in 2003 as the home stadium for Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...
, the "HDC" is a 27,000-seat soccer-specific stadium
Soccer-specific stadium
Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States, Canada, Australia and South Korea coined by Lamar Hunt, to refer to a sports stadium either purpose built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multipurpose...
, the second of its kind in the MLS, but has hosted other sports such as rugby and football. Since they began play in 2005, Los Rojiblancos have shared the stadium the Los Galacticos
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...
, with whom they compete for the Honda SuperClasico
Honda SuperClasico
-2010 matches:-----2011 matches:-----Summary of all matches:-Results of all meetings:* – US Open Cup match** – Played at LA Memorial Coliseum*** – MLS Cup Playoffs-Other rivalries in the Los Angeles area:...
. This arrangement and those of the NFL
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
Jets
New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
and Giants
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
in the New Meadowlands Stadium
New Meadowlands Stadium
MetLife Stadium is a stadium in the New York City Metropolitan Area, part of the MetLife Sports Complex, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It is the home of the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League and is adjacent to the site of the former Giants Stadium, which was home...
and NBA
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
and Clippers
Los Angeles Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
in the Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
are the only cases in the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada of two teams of the same league sharing a venue.
Chivas USA have occasionally held home games at Titan Stadium
Titan Stadium (Cal State Fullerton)
Titan Stadium is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose stadium on the campus of California State University, Fullerton in Fullerton, California.-History:...
on the campus of California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton is a public university located in Fullerton, California. It is the largest institution in the CSU System by enrollment, it offers long-distance education and adult-degree programs...
, and at Harder Stadium
Harder Stadium
Harder Stadium is a 17,000 seat, outdoor multi-purpose stadium on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California. It serves as the on-campus soccer stadium for both the men's and women's programs...
on the campus of UC Santa Barbara, such as in the US Open Cup when both they and Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...
have been drawn to play at home on the same day, but this is generally a rare occurrence.
Supporters groups
Chivas USA enjoys a built-in supporters group known as Legión 1908. The Los Angeles chapter (legion-Kalifas), boasting 1,500 registered members, but only about 20 showing up regularly to games, it is the third largest behind the Mexico City (largest) and Guadalajara chapters. The Legión can be seen spotted wearing their red and white, singing and swaying en masse behind the goal in Section 122 at certain home games that they choose not to protest.The Union Ultras is the first Chivas USA supporters group, boasting over 150 members that exclusively support Chivas USA. They sit directly across from the legionarios, behind the other goal in Section 101. The Union Ultras (some of whom are former Legión members) support Chivas USA exclusively, as opposed to Chivas de Guadalajara/Chivas USA by default.
Black Army 1850 is the newest Chivas USA supporters group, started during the 2010 season and sit in section 138. They have a membership between 50-60 members. They do not wear the traditional Chivas USA colors, red and white. The Black Army follows some of the protocol of European Ultras, not wearing their teams colors and instead wearing black. They identify with 1850 because that is the year California and Los Angeles became officially part of the United States as a state and city. The group strives to make Chivas USA a more regional team by identifying with Los Angeles.
Sponsorship
On May 16, 2007, ComexComex
Comex may refer to:*COMEX, a division of the New York Mercantile Exchange *COMEX , a French company in undersea engineering*COMEX, a gold trust owned by iShares...
, Mexico’s leading paint company, became Chivas USA’s first presenting sponsor, with their name on the front of the jerseys. At the opening of the 2010 season, the team's jerseys were blank. On April 1, 2010, the new presenting sponsor, Extra, was finally unveiled prior to the match against rivals Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...
; Extra is a Mexican convenience store chain owned by Grupo Modelo
Grupo Modelo
Grupo Modelo is a large brewery in Mexico, It has 63% of the Mexican beer market, and exports beer to the United Kingdom, United States and Canada . Its export brands include Corona, Modelo, and Pacífico...
, the makers of Corona beer. The chain's logo appeared on the front of Chivas USA jerseys and training jerseys for the rest of that year. On February 16, 2011 Corona
Corona (beer)
Corona Extra, better known as Corona and labeled as Coronita in Spain, is a brand of pale lager owned and produced by Cerveceria Modelo at a number of breweries in Mexico. It is one of the best-selling beers in Mexico and is one of the top-selling beers worldwide...
became the presenting sponsor for Chivas USA. The "Goats" also have Home Depot, Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
, Walt Disney
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
, Budweiser
Budweiser
Budweiser is a German adjective describing something or someone from the city of České Budějovice in Southern Bohemia, Czech Republic.Beer brewing in České Budějovice dates back to the 13th century...
, NAPA Auto Parts, Visa, Inc. as team sponsors.
Broadcasting
FS West/Prime Ticket and KDOCKDOC-TV
KDOC-TV is an independent television station based in Orange County, California . The station's transmitter is located on Mount Wilson, California...
have the television coverage rights to Chivas USA matches that are not nationally televised. Delivering the most Chivas games on television, the schedule includes 15 regular season games for FS West/Prime Ticket and five to KDOC. In 2010 all 30 Chivas USA matches were broadcast in either local or national television. Christian Miles is the play-by-play announcer and Allen Hopkins is the analyst.
The official Spanish-language broadcast partner is W Radio 690 AM and broadcasts all 30 of Chivas USA’s regular-season games during season and KWHY
KWHY-TV
KWHY-TV, channel 22, is a Spanish-language independent station located in Los Angeles, California, USA. KWHY-TV is owned by the Meruelo Group, a Los Angeles-based real estate and investment firm. The station's transmitter is on Mount Wilson.-History:...
channel 22. The games are broadcasted simultaneously on radio and television with Hipólito Gamboa as the play-by-play announcer and Rigo Cervantez as the analyst.
Current roster
As of November 7, 2011.Out on loan
Reserve team players
This list shows players who have played for the team in official 2011 MLS Reserve Division2011 MLS Reserve Division
The new MLS Reserve League was resurrected for the 2011 season, after not having played since 2008. Each team will play 10 games against divisional opponenets, with clubs being allowed schedule additional games against non-MLS opponents. The schedule begins March 20 and tentatively concludes Oct...
games, but are not part of the senior roster.
Current staff
Jose Domene - General Manager Robin FraserRobin Fraser
Robin Fraser is a retired Jamaican-born American soccer player. He is currently head coach of Chivas USA in Major League Soccer....
- Head Coach Carlos Llamosa
Carlos Llamosa
Carlos Llamosa is a Colombian American soccer defender who last played for Chivas USA of Major League Soccer....
- Assistant Coach Greg Vanney
Greg Vanney
Greg Vanney is retired American soccer defender who last played for the Los Angeles Galaxy of MLS...
- Assistant Coach Nick Theslof
Nick Theslof
Nick Theslof is an American soccer manager and coach, who was midfield coach and international scout to Jürgen Klinsmann at FC Bayern Munich...
- Technical Director Daniel Gonzalez
Daniel Gonzalez
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- Goalkeeper Coach Jim Liston - Athletic Trainer and Conditioning Coach
Notable former players
This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.Jonathan Bornstein
Jonathan Bornstein
Jonathan Rey Bornstein is an American soccer player who currently plays for UANL of the Primera División de México and for the United States national team.-Youth and College:...
(2006–2010) Darío Delgado
Darío Delgado (footballer born 1985)
This article is about the Costa Rican football player. For the Uruguayan football player of the same name, see Darío Delgado ....
(2010) Maykel Galindo
Maykel Galindo
Maykel Galindo is a Cuban footballer currently playing for FC Dallas in Major League Soccer.-Cuba:A rising star in the youth ranks of the Cuban national team, he made his debut in a January 2002 friendly match against Guatemala...
(2007–2010) Juan Pablo García
Juan Pablo García
Juan Pablo García Contreras is a Mexican footballer. Nicknamed "Loquito", he currently plays for Veracruz.-Career:...
(2005–2006) Amado Guevara
Amado Guevara
Amado Guevara is a Honduran football player who currently plays for Motagua in the Liga Nacional de Honduras. He is the all-time cap leader for the Honduran national team.-Club:...
(2008–2009) Brad Guzan
Brad Guzan
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(2005–2008) Atiba Harris
Atiba Harris
Atiba Harris is a Kittitian footballer who currently plays for Vancouver Whitecaps FC in Major League Soccer. He is the first cousin of Manchester City footballer Micah Richards-Professional:...
(2007–2009) Ezra Hendrickson
Ezra Hendrickson
Ezra Hendrickson is a retired Vincentian footballer. He played professionally in the United States' Major League Soccer with New York MetroStars, Los Angeles Galaxy, Dallas Burn, and Chivas USA, and was also a member of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national team...
(2005) Sacha Kljestan
Sacha Kljestan
Sacha Kljestan is an American soccer player who currently plays for Anderlecht in the Belgian First Division.-Youth and College:...
(2006–2010) Carlos Llamosa
Carlos Llamosa
Carlos Llamosa is a Colombian American soccer defender who last played for Chivas USA of Major League Soccer....
(2006–2007) Giancarlo Maldonado
Giancarlo Maldonado
Giancarlo Gregorio Maldonado Marrero is a Venezuelan footballer who currently plays for Atlante. The striker, who was born in Caracas, is the all-time leading Venezuelan goalscorer, where he has the nickname Maldogol.-River Plate:...
(2010) Jesse Marsch
Jesse Marsch
Jesse Marsch is a retired American soccer midfielder who will be the head coach of the Montreal Impact for their entrance in MLS in 2012, having previously been an assistant for the U.S. national team. He spent fourteen seasons in Major League Soccer, winning three league and four U.S. Open Cup...
(2006–2009)
Ramón Núñez
Ramón Núñez
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(2008–2009) Juan Francisco Palencia (2005–2006) Chris Pozniak
Chris Pozniak
Chris Pozniak is a Polish-born Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Haugesund in the Tippeligaen.-Club career:Pozniak emigrated with his parents, Tadeusz and Elżbieta, and sister Kinga, to Canada in 1990....
(2008) Ramón Ramírez (2005–2007) Ante Razov
Ante Razov
Ante Razov is a retired American soccer player of Croatian descent who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Club:...
(2006–2009) Osael Romero (2010) Douglas Sequeira (2005) Claudio Suárez
Claudio Suárez
Luis Claudio Suárez Sánchez is a retired Mexican footballer. He last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer....
(2006–2009) Shavar Thomas
Shavar Thomas
Shavar Thomas is a Jamaican footballer who currently plays for Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer.-Amateur and college:...
(2007–2009) Raphaël Wicky
Raphaël Wicky
Raphaël Wicky is a retired Swiss footballer, who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer. He is a defensive midfielder who can also play in defense...
(2008) Martín Zúñiga
Martín Zúñiga
Martín Zúñiga was a Mexican soccer goalkeeper, who last played for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer....
(2005)
- See also All-time C.D. Chivas USA rosterAll-time C.D. Chivas USA rosterThis list comprises all players who have participated in at least one league match for Chivas USA since the team's first Major League Soccer season in 2005. Players who were on the roster but never played a first team game are not listed; players who appeared for the team in other competitions This...
Head coaches
Thomas RongenThomas Rongen
Thomas Rongen is a Dutch soccer coach, formerly the head coach of D.C. United, the Sporting Director of Major League Soccer club Chivas USA, and the coach of the American Samoa national association football team...
(2005) Javier Ledesma (2005), (Interim) Hans Westerhof
Hans Westerhof
Hans Westerhof is a Dutch football coach and currently technical director at Pachuca.As a player, Westerhof played for BV Veendam and BVO Cambuur of the Dutch First Division...
(2005) Bob Bradley
Bob Bradley
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(2006) Preki (2007–2009) Martin Vasquez
Martin Vasquez
Martin Vasquez is a Mexican-born American former professional soccer player. He was most recently the head coach of C.D. Chivas USA in Major League Soccer....
(2010) Robin Fraser
Robin Fraser
Robin Fraser is a retired Jamaican-born American soccer player. He is currently head coach of Chivas USA in Major League Soccer....
(2011–present)
Achievements
- MLS Supporters' ShieldMLS Supporters' ShieldThe Supporters' Shield is an annual award given to the Major League Soccer team with the best regular season record, as determined by the MLS points system...
- Runners-up (1): 2007
- MLS Western Conference
- Winners (Regular Season) (1): 2007
- Minor Trophies
- Honda SuperClasicoHonda SuperClasico-2010 matches:-----2011 matches:-----Summary of all matches:-Results of all meetings:* – US Open Cup match** – Played at LA Memorial Coliseum*** – MLS Cup Playoffs-Other rivalries in the Los Angeles area:...
(1): 2007
- Honda SuperClasico
Year-by-year
| Year | Regular Season | Playoffs | US Open Cup | CONCACAF Champions' League |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 6th, West | Did not qualify | Round of 32 | Did not qualify |
| 2006 | 3rd, West | Quarter-Finals | Round of 16 | Did not qualify |
| 2007 | 1st, West | Quarter-Finals | Round of 16 | Did not qualify |
| 2008 | 2nd, West | Quarter-Finals | Round of 16 | Did not qualify |
| 2009 | 4th, West | Quarter-Finals | Round of 16 | Preliminary Round |
| 2010 | 8th, West | Did not qualify | Semifinals | Did not qualify |
| 2011 | in progress | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
Year-by-year stats
| Year | League Record | Top Scorer | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | L | D | F | A | Pts | Name | G | |
| 2005 | 32 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 31 | 67 | 18 |  Héctor CuadrosHéctor Cuadros Héctor Cuadros is a Mexican soccer midfielder.-Career:Cuadros spent the 2005 Major League Soccer season with C.D. Chivas USA. Cuadros came to Chivas USA as one of imports from parent club Chivas de Guadalajara... |
4 |
| 2006 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 42 | 43 |  Ante RazovAnte Razov Ante Razov is a retired American soccer player of Croatian descent who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Club:... |
14 |
| 2007 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 28 | 53 |  Maykel GalindoMaykel Galindo Maykel Galindo is a Cuban footballer currently playing for FC Dallas in Major League Soccer.-Cuba:A rising star in the youth ranks of the Cuban national team, he made his debut in a January 2002 friendly match against Guatemala... |
12 |
| 2008 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 40 | 41 | 43 | Alecko Eskandarian Alecko Eskandarian Alecko Eskandarian is a former American soccer player who last played for Los Angeles Galaxy. He currently is the youth technical director for Philadelphia Union.-High School and College:... Ante RazovAnte Razov Ante Razov is a retired American soccer player of Croatian descent who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Club:... Sacha KljestanSacha Kljestan Sacha Kljestan is an American soccer player who currently plays for Anderlecht in the Belgian First Division.-Youth and College:... |
5 |
| 2009 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 31 | 45 | Eduardo Lillingston Eduardo Lillingston Eduardo Fabián Lillingston García is a Mexican footballer player who plays for Estudiantes Tecos in the Primera División de México.-Club:... |
8 |
| 2010 | 30 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 31 | 45 | 28 | Justin Braun |
9 |
| Total | 184 | 62 | 78 | 44 | 227 | 254 | 230 | Ante Razov Ante Razov Ante Razov is a retired American soccer player of Croatian descent who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Club:... |
30 |
International tournaments
- 2008 North American SuperLiga2008 North American SuperLigaThe 2008 North American SuperLiga, is the second edition of the SuperLiga competition. The top four Major League Soccer teams by point totals at the end of the 2007 season earn qualification....
-
- Group Stage v. Pachuca -- 1:2
- Group Stage v. Santos Laguna -- 1:0
- Group Stage v. New England RevolutionNew England RevolutionThe New England Revolution is an American professional association football club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...
-- 1:1
- Group Stage v.
- 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League
-
- Preliminary Round v.
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-- 1:3 aggregate over 2 legs
- Preliminary Round v.
- 2009 North American SuperLiga
-
- Group Stage v. UANL -- 1:2
- Group Stage v. Chicago Fire -- 0:1
- Group Stage v. San Luis -- 1:1
- Group Stage v.
- 2010 North American SuperLiga2010 North American SuperLigaThe 2010 SuperLiga was the fourth edition of the SuperLiga. The top four overall Major League Soccer teams from the 2009 season not already qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League earned qualification as well as four clubs from the Primera División de México.- Qualification :The teams...
-
- Group Stage v. Puebla -- 1:2
- Group Stage v. Houston DynamoHouston DynamoThe Houston Dynamo is an American professional soccer club, based in Houston, Texas, that plays in Major League Soccer, the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Founded in 2005 as Houston 1836, the team name was renamed to Houston Dynamo following protests from Hispanic...
-- 1:1 - Group Stage v. Pachuca -- 1:0
- Group Stage v.
Team records
- Goals: Ante RazovAnte RazovAnte Razov is a retired American soccer player of Croatian descent who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Club:...
(30) - Assists: Sacha KljestanSacha KljestanSacha Kljestan is an American soccer player who currently plays for Anderlecht in the Belgian First Division.-Youth and College:...
(33) - Games Played: Jonathan BornsteinJonathan BornsteinJonathan Rey Bornstein is an American soccer player who currently plays for UANL of the Primera División de México and for the United States national team.-Youth and College:...
(123) - Minutes Played: Jonathan BornsteinJonathan BornsteinJonathan Rey Bornstein is an American soccer player who currently plays for UANL of the Primera División de México and for the United States national team.-Youth and College:...
(9,952) - Shots: Ante RazovAnte RazovAnte Razov is a retired American soccer player of Croatian descent who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Club:...
(234) - Shots on Goal: Ante RazovAnte RazovAnte Razov is a retired American soccer player of Croatian descent who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Club:...
(100) - Game-Winning Goals: Ante RazovAnte RazovAnte Razov is a retired American soccer player of Croatian descent who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Club:...
(10) - Penalty Kick Goals: Claudio SuárezClaudio SuárezLuis Claudio Suárez Sánchez is a retired Mexican footballer. He last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer....
(4) - Multi-Goal Games: Ante RazovAnte RazovAnte Razov is a retired American soccer player of Croatian descent who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Club:...
(5) - Saves: Brad GuzanBrad GuzanBradley Edwin "Brad" Guzan is an American soccer player who plays for Aston Villa of the Premier League.-Early Career:...
(288) - Shutouts: Brad GuzanBrad GuzanBradley Edwin "Brad" Guzan is an American soccer player who plays for Aston Villa of the Premier League.-Early Career:...
(24)
MLS regular season only, through 2009 season
- All-Time regular season record: 54-60-39 (Through November 8, 2009)
Average attendance
regular season / playoffs- 2005: 17,080 / missed playoffs
- 2006: 19,840 / 15,110
- 2007: 14,305 / 19,711
- 2008: 15,114 / 19,265
- 2009: 16,107 / 25,218
- 2010: 14,575 / missed playoffs