2007 Chivas USA season
Appearance
2007 season | |||
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Owner | Jorge Vergara | ||
Manager | Preki | ||
MLS | Conference: 1st Overall: 2nd | ||
MLS Cup Playoffs | Conference Semifinal vs Kansas City Wizards | ||
U.S. Open Cup | Third round vs Seattle Sounders | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Maykel Galindo (12) All: Maykel Galindo (12) | ||
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The 2007 Chivas USA season was the club's third season of existence, and their third in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The club competed in the MLS's Western Conference, where they finished in first place, in their Conference, qualifying for the Playoffs for the second time.
Season review
[edit]On November 23, 2005, Chivas appointed Bob Bradley as their new manager.[citation needed] Bradley left the club on January 17, 2007, to become manager of the United States men's national team and was replaced by assistant coach Preki.[1]
Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]Out
[edit]Date | Number | Position | Player | New club | Fee/notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 17, 2006 | 24 | DF | Tim Regan | Toronto FC | Expansion Draft | |
January 2007 | 17 | FW | Francisco Palencia | Pumas | ||
July 25, 2007 | 19 | FW | Matt Taylor | Portland Timbers | [8] | |
8 | DF | Johnny García | Chiapas | |||
14 | DF | Esteban Arias | Waived | |||
4 | MF | Brent Whitfield | Waived | |||
7 | MF | Ramón Ramírez | Retired | |||
10 | MF | Juan Pablo García | Tigres UANL | |||
11 | MF | John O'Brien | Waived | |||
12 | MF | Mike Muñoz | California Victory | |||
22 | FW | Jesús Morales | Guadalajara | Loan Return | ||
28 | FW | Drew Helm | Marinhas | |||
29 | FW | Estuardo Sanchez | ||||
20 | MF | Amado Guevara | Motagua | Loan |
Roster
[edit]No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
18 | Brad Guzan | GK | September 9, 1984 (aged 23) | Generation Adidas | 2005 | |||||
22 | Preston Burpo | GK | September 26, 1972 (aged 35) | Seattle Sounders | 2006 | |||||
41 | Justin Myers | GK | January 15, 1985 (aged 22) | San Diego Gauchos | 2007 | 0 | 0 | |||
Defenders | ||||||||||
2 | Claudio Suárez | DF | December 17, 1968 (aged 38) | Tigres UANL | 2006 | |||||
3 | Carlos Llamosa | DF | June 30, 1969 (aged 38) | New England Revolution | 2006 | |||||
4 | Shavar Thomas | DF | January 29, 1981 (aged 26) | LA Galaxy | 2007 | 25 | 0 | |||
5 | Desmond Brooks | DF | November 27, 1985 (aged 21) | 2007 | 0 | 0 | ||||
13 | Jonathan Bornstein | DF | November 7, 1984 (aged 22) | UCLA Bruin | 2006 | |||||
21 | Jason Hernandez | DF | August 26, 1983 (aged 24) | New York Red Bulls | 2006 | |||||
23 | Alex Zotincă | DF | January 22, 1977 (aged 30) | Kansas City Wizards | 2007 | 24 | 0 | |||
24 | Bobby Burling | DF | October 15, 1984 (aged 23) | LA Galaxy | 2007 | 0 | 0 | |||
25 | Lawson Vaughn | DF | April 11, 1984 (aged 23) | Tulsa Golden | 2006 | |||||
27 | Eder Robles | DF | July 7, 1988 (aged 19) | Chivas USA Academy | 2006 | |||||
77 | Orlando Perez | DF | July 12, 1977 (aged 30) | Chicago Fire | 2005 | |||||
Midfielders | ||||||||||
6 | Francisco Mendoza | MF | April 29, 1985 (aged 22) | Guadalajara | 2005 | |||||
8 | Ramón Núñez | MF | November 14, 1985 (aged 21) | FC Dallas | 2007 | 10 | 0 | |||
15 | Jesse Marsch | MF | November 8, 1973 (aged 33) | Chicago Fire | 2006 | 0 | 0 | |||
16 | Sacha Kljestan | MF | September 9, 1985 (aged 22) | Seton Hall Pirates | 2006 | 0 | 0 | |||
17 | Rodrigo López | MF | May 10, 1987 (aged 20) | Guadalajara | 2005 | |||||
26 | Paulo Nagamura | MF | March 2, 1983 (aged 24) | Toronto | 2007 | 24 | 2 | |||
28 | Erasmo Solórzano | MF | July 20, 1985 (aged 22) | Los Angeles Storm | 2007 | 1 | 0 | |||
30 | Carlos Borja | MF | January 18, 1988 (aged 19) | IMG Academy | 2006 | |||||
31 | Rene Corona | MF | August 17, 1984 (aged 23) | Corona Crew | 2006 | |||||
33 | Mohammed Sethi | MF | December 7, 1987 (aged 19) | 2007 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Forwards | ||||||||||
9 | Ante Razov | FW | March 2, 1974 (aged 33) | New York Red Bulls | 2006 | |||||
10 | Laurent Merlin | FW | October 17, 1984 (aged 23) | Ajaccio | 2007 | 24 | 2 | |||
11 | Maykel Galindo | FW | January 28, 1981 (aged 26) | Seattle Sounders | 2007 | 30 | 12 | |||
12 | John Cunliffe | FW | August 8, 1984 (aged 23) | Boulder Rapids Reserve | 2007 | 18 | 3 | |||
14 | David Arvizu | FW | April 19, 1988 (aged 19) | New York Red Bulls | 2007 | 0 | 0 | |||
19 | Jorge Flores | FW | September 16, 1989 (aged 18) | Chivas USA Academy | 2007 | 1 | 0 | |||
32 | Anthony Hamilton | FW | August 26, 1985 (aged 22) | Orange County Blue Star | 2007 | 2 | 0 | |||
Left Chivas USA | ||||||||||
19 | Matt Taylor | FW | October 17, 1981 (aged 26) | Portland Timbers | 2006 | |||||
20 | Amado Guevara | MF | May 2, 1976 (aged 31) | loan to Motagua | 2007 | 4 | 0 |
Competitions
[edit]MLS
[edit]League table
[edit]Western Conference | |||||||||
Pos | Club | Pts | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | Chivas USA | 53 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 28 | 18 |
2 | Houston Dynamo | 52 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 23 | 20 |
3 | FC Dallas | 44 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 37 | 44 | -7 |
4 | Colorado Rapids | 35 | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 29 | 34 | -5 |
5 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 38 | 48 | -10 |
6 | Real Salt Lake | 27 | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 31 | 45 | -14 |
Results summary
[edit]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: October 16, 2007
Source: ESPNSoccernet.com
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
Results
[edit]April 7, 2007 1 | Chivas USA | 2–0 | Toronto | Carson |
16:30 PST | Razov 35' Zotincă 84' Kljestan 88' |
Report | Cañizalez 61' Nagamura 77' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
April 14, 2007 2 | Houston Dynamo | 1–0 | Chivas USA | Houston |
16:30 PST | Mullan 13' Robinson 57' Ching 64' |
Report | Razov 30' Suárez 41' |
Stadium: Robertson Stadium |
April 21, 2007 3 | Chivas USA | 4–0 | Real Salt Lake | Carson |
16:30 PST | Galindo 1', 9' 25' Razov 43' Marsch 68' Kljestan 76' Taylor 89' |
Report | Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
April 28, 2007 4 | LA Galaxy | 3–1 | Chivas USA | Carson |
16:30 PST | Donovan 8' Harmse 17' 58' Martino 55' Jones 78' |
Report | Zotincă 13' Marsch 41' Suárez 63' Mendoza 78' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
May 6, 2007 5 | D.C. United | 2–1 | Chivas USA | Washington, D.C. |
12:00 PST | Moose 21' Gómez 48' Moreno 65' (pen.) Casal 69' Olsen 74' Namoff 83' |
Report | Nagamura 52' Galindo 55' 73' Mendoza 83' Merlin 88' |
Stadium: RFK Stadium |
May 12, 2007 6 | Columbus Crew | 1–1 | Chivas USA | Columbus |
16:30 PST | González 1' Grabavoy 18' Hendrickson 54' Pierce 70' |
Report | Razov 2' Marsch 13' Kljestan 49' Suárez 75' Vaughn 82' Hernandez 87' |
Stadium: Crew Stadium |
May 20, 2007 7 | Chivas USA | 1–1 | LA Galaxy | Carson |
13:00 PST | Galindo 35' | Report | Donovan 50' Harden 57' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
May 26, 2007 8 | Chivas USA | 2–0 | FC Dallas | Carson |
16:30 PST | Galindo 50' Suárez 69' Razov 90+2' |
Report | Ricchetti 20' | Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
June 9, 2007 9 | Chicago Fire | 0–1 | Chivas USA | Chicago |
16:30 PST | Soumaré 24' Brown 45+2' |
Report | Kljestan 21' Nagamura 79' |
Stadium: Toyota Park |
June 16, 2007 10 | Chivas USA | 2–0 | Colorado Rapids | Carson |
16:30 PST | Perez 34' Cooke 49' (o.g.) Galindo 63' Zotincă 90+1' |
Report | Brown 59' | Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
June 22, 2007 11 | Houston Dynamo | 4–0 | Chivas USA | Houston |
17:00 PST | Mullan 6' Davis 55', 70', 75' (pen.) Robinson 60' |
Report | Nagamura 22' Thomas 66' |
Stadium: Robertson Stadium |
June 30, 2007 12 | Chivas USA | 2–0 | New England Revolution | Carson |
16:30 PST | Perez 21' Marsch 60' Vaughn 70' Nagamura 80' Suárez 81' Galindo 89' Zotincă 90+2' |
Report | Thompson 65' | Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
July 4, 2007 13 | FC Dallas | 2–0 | Chivas USA | Dallas |
14:30 PST | Núñez 41' Toja 63' Oduro 86' |
Report | Perez 17' Vaughn 57' Hernandez 65' |
Stadium: Cotton Bowl |
July 7, 2007 14 | New England Revolution | 1–1 | Chivas USA | Foxborough |
16:30 PST | John 13' Joseph 57' Dorman 64' Heaps 69' Noonan 90+4' |
Report | Suárez 4' 29' Zotincă 25' |
Stadium: Gillette Stadium |
July 14, 2007 15 | Chivas USA | 2–1 | Columbus Crew | Carson |
16:30 PST | Razov 19' Gaven 69' (o.g.) Galindo 76' |
Report | Miglioranzi 23' | Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
July 26, 2007 16 | New York Red Bulls | 0–2 | Chivas USA | East Rutherford |
16:00 PST | Stammler 12' | Report | Razov 38' Galindo 69' Kljestan 87' |
Stadium: Giants Stadium |
July 29, 2007 17 | Kansas City Wizards | 3–2 | Chivas USA | Kansas City |
15:00 PST | Jewsbury 5' Zavagnin 37' Arnaud 53' Marinelli 71' Movsisyan 89' |
Report | Vaughn 10' Bornstein 17' Thomas 42' Marsch 45' Cunliffe 55' Suárez 90+1' |
Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium |
August 18, 2007 18 | Toronto | 0–2 | Chivas USA | Toronto |
12:30 PST | Report | Galindo 56' Hernandez 81' Kljestan 88' Guzan 90+2' |
Stadium: BMO Field |
August 23, 2007 19 | LA Galaxy | 0–3 | Chivas USA | Carson |
16:00 PST | Xavier 40' Harmse 45+3' Martino 61' |
Report | Perez 26' Vaughn 41' Marsch 45+2' Galindo 58', 69' Mendoza 88' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
August 26, 2007 20 | Chivas USA | 1–0 | Real Salt Lake | Carson |
15:00 PST | Marsch 31' Kljestan 89' |
Report | Harris 36' Espíndola 59' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
September 6, 2007 21 | Chivas USA | 2–2 | D.C. United | Carson |
16:30 PST | Razov 31' Vaughn 60' |
Report | Emílio 3', 26' Namoff 33' Burch 54' Vanney 69' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
September 9, 2007 22 | Chivas USA | 3–0 | New York Red Bulls | Carson |
14:00 PST | Galindo 4', 58' 55' Razov 70' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
September 14, 2007 23 | Chivas USA | 3–0 | LA Galaxy | Carson |
17:00 PST | Marsch 2' Razov 23' Nagamura 83' Mendoza 88' Merlin 90+1' |
Report | Donovan 53' Xavier 69' Vagenas 71' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
September 16, 2007 24 | Colorado Rapids | 1–1 | Chivas USA | Denver |
10:00 PST | Erpen 12' Mastroeni 41' Clark 76' |
Report | Kljestan 13' (pen.) Marsch 60' |
Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High |
September 22, 2007 25 | Chivas USA | 2–1 | Kansas City Wizards | Carson |
16:30 PST | Kljestan 64' Vaughn 67' Razov 69', 90+2' 90+3' Núñez 81' |
Report | Colombano 72' 73' | Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
September 29, 2007 26 | Chivas USA | 1–1 | Chicago Fire | Carson |
16:30 PST | Marsch 24' Nagamura 32' Galindo 54' Suárez 82' (pen.) |
Report | Blanco 24' 85' Armas 28' Conde 36' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
October 6, 2007 27 | Real Salt Lake | 2–3 | Chivas USA | Salt Lake City |
16:00 PST | Brown 52' Findley 63' |
Report | Zotincă 9' Cunliffe 22', 54' Marsch 41' Nagamura 58' |
Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium |
October 12, 2007 28 | FC Dallas | 0–0 | Chivas USA | Dallas |
17:00 PST | Álvarez 80' Rhine 81' |
Report | Mendoza 68' | Stadium: Cotton Bowl |
October 14, 2007 29 | Chivas USA | 1–2 | Colorado Rapids | Carson |
09:00 PST | Suárez 31' Thomas 55' Perez 78' Bornstein 84' Perez 88' |
Report | Prideaux 46' Ihemelu 64' Clark 65' Cummings 90' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
October 20, 2007 30 | Chivas USA | 0–0 | Houston Dynamo | Carson |
16:30 PST | Vaughn 40' | Report | Barrett 45+1' Ianni 68' Mulrooney 82' Mullan 90' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
MLS Cup Playoffs
[edit]October 27, 2007 Conference Semifinal 1st leg | Kansas City Wizards | 1–0 | Chivas USA | Kansas City |
17:00 PST | Arnaud 35' Harrington 44' Garcia 54' Zavagnin 88' |
Report | Zotincă 45+1' | Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 12,442 Referee: Alex Prus |
November 3, 2007 Conference Semifinal 2nd leg | Chivas USA | 0–0 (0–1 agg.) | Kansas City Wizards | Carson |
19:30 PST | Marsch 19' Mendoza 53' Núñez 62' Bornstein 89' |
Report | Johnson 65' | Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 19,711 Referee: Mark Geiger |
U.S. Open Cup
[edit]July 18, 2007 Third round | Seattle Sounders | 3–1 | Chivas USA | Seattle |
19:30 PST | Le Toux 44', 50' Scott 55' Levesque 81' |
Report | Merlin 16' | Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 3,589 Referee: Richard Heron |
Friendlies
[edit]June 2, 2007 | Seattle Sounders | 1–3 | Chivas USA | Seattle |
19:00 PST | Le Toux 12' | Report | Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 5,599 Referee: Jeff Hosking |
Statistics
[edit]Appearances and goals
[edit]- As of Match played November 3, 2007
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | MLS | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
2 | DF | MEX | Claudio Suárez | 28 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
4 | DF | JAM | Shavar Thomas | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | MF | MEX | Francisco Mendoza | 31 | 2 | 27+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | HON | Ramón Núñez | 10 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | FW | USA | Ante Razov | 26 | 11 | 24+2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | FW | FRA | Laurent Merlin | 24 | 2 | 7+15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
11 | FW | CUB | Maykel Galindo | 30 | 12 | 24+4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
12 | FW | ENG | John Cunliffe | 18 | 3 | 5+10 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
13 | DF | USA | Jonathan Bornstein | 25 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
15 | MF | USA | Jesse Marsch | 31 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
16 | MF | USA | Sacha Kljestan | 28 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
17 | MF | USA | Rodrigo López | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
18 | GK | USA | Brad Guzan | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
19 | FW | USA | Jorge Flores | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
21 | DF | USA | Jason Hernandez | 23 | 0 | 9+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
22 | GK | USA | Preston Burpo | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
23 | DF | ROU | Alex Zotincă | 24 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
25 | DF | USA | Lawson Vaughn | 26 | 1 | 22+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
26 | MF | BRA | Paulo Nagamura | 24 | 2 | 20+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
28 | MF | MEX | Erasmo Solórzano | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
32 | FW | USA | Anthony Hamilton | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
77 | DF | USA | Orlando Perez | 16 | 1 | 12+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Players away from Chivas USA on loan: | |||||||||||||
20 | MF | HON | Amado Guevara | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Players who left Chivas USA during the season: | |||||||||||||
19 | FW | USA | Matt Taylor | 11 | 1 | 0+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goal scorers
[edit]Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | MLS | MLS Cup Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FW | 11 | Maykel Galindo | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
2 | FW | 9 | Ante Razov | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
3 | MF | 16 | Sacha Kljestan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | FW | 12 | John Cunliffe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
DF | 2 | Claudio Suárez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
6 | MF | 6 | Francisco Mendoza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
MF | 15 | Jesse Marsch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
MF | 26 | Paulo Nagamura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
FW | 10 | Laurent Merlin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
11 | DF | 13 | Jonathan Bornstein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
DF | 25 | Lawson Vaughn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
DF | 77 | Orlando Perez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
FW | 19 | Matt Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
TOTALS | 46 | 0 | 1 | 47 |
Disciplinary record
[edit]Number | Nation | Position | Name | MLS | MLS Cup Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total | ||||
2 | DF | Claudio Suárez | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
4 | DF | Shavar Thomas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
6 | MF | Francisco Mendoza | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
8 | MF | Ramón Núñez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Ante Razov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
10 | FW | Laurent Merlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
11 | FW | Maykel Galindo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
13 | DF | Jonathan Bornstein | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
15 | MF | Jesse Marsch | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
16 | MF | Sacha Kljestan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
18 | GK | Brad Guzan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
21 | DF | Jason Hernandez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
23 | DF | Alex Zotincă | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
25 | DF | Lawson Vaughn | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
26 | MF | Paulo Nagamura | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
77 | DF | Orlando Perez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
TOTALS | 62 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 3 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Chivas USA parts ways with Coach Preki". Los Angeles Times. November 12, 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
- ^ "Chivas USA contratará al hondureño Amado Guevara". www.mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). mediotiempo. November 27, 2006. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ^ "Original text Chivas USA adquiere a Amado Guevara". www.mlssoccer.com/. MLS Soccer. January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ^ "Chivas USA signs French F Merlin". sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo. April 12, 2007. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ^ "L.A. Galaxy trade defender Shavar Thomas to Chivas USA". www.mlssoccer.com. MLS. January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ^ "Chivas USA acquires Brazilian midfielder Paulo Nagamura in trade with Toronto FC". www.mlssoccer.com. MLS Soccer. January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ^ "Chivas USA acquire Ramon Nunez". www.mlssoccer.com. MLS. January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ^ "Timbers sign forward Matt Taylor from Chivas USA". www.timbers.com. Portland Timbers. July 25, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2016.