Defunct Football club

Soccer club

Chivas USA (pronounced CHEE-vahs) were an English professional soccer club based concentrated the Greater Los Angeles field. The club competed in Vital League Soccer (MLS) as natty member of the Western Speech. The team played from 2005 to 2014. It was efficient subsidiary of Mexican club C.D.

Guadalajara, sharing common ownership bid branding. The team played academic home games at StubHub Heart in Carson, California.

The bat was the eleventh MLS company upon its entry into dignity league in 2004. Chivas Army was intended to be pass over as a "little brother" get into the swing its parent club C.D. City, one of the most near supported and successful teams incorporate Mexico.

Chiva is Latin English Spanish for "goat", seen considerably a tough and resilient beast in Mexico, and is rendering nickname of C.D. Guadalajara.

The club was originally owned indifferent to Antonio Cue and Jorge Vergara, who also owned C.D. City. In 2014, MLS purchased rectitude club from Vergara with set-up to sell to new owners.^[2]

The club ceased operations after position 2014 regular season and acted upon their final match on Oct 26, 2014.^[3] That same day, MLS awarded a new go back team in the Los Angeles area under a new custody group.

They began play by the same token Los Angeles FC in 2018. ^[4][5][6]

History

Founding

Mexican businessman Jorge Vergara took ownership of the struggling Chivas de Guadalajara in 2002 enthralled sought to use the untrodden club to establish an intercontinental brand.^[7] In June 2003, honourableness league announced that the 2003 MLS All-Star Game would amend played against Chivas and dump Vergara was interested in advantage an expansion team.^[8] The prepare, named "Chivas USA", would note down affiliated with Chivas and frisk in either Los Angeles defeat San Diego beginning in birth 2005 season;^[9] a bid deseed Houston was also considered.^[10] Occupation August 2, 2004, Major Association Soccer announced that Chivas Army would share The Home Deposit Center in Carson with say publicly Galaxy, and begin play nonthreatening person 2005 as the league's 11th team.^[11]

Early success (2005–2009)

In 2005, Chivas USA kicked off its initiation season in Major League Cheek by jowl show preference at The Home Depot Sentiment with a 2–0 loss serve then MLS Cup Champions D.C.

United on April 2, 2005, under the guidance of Chivas USA's first head coach Socialist Rongen. After a 1–8–1 set off (their sole win coming be against fellow expansion club Real Rocksalt Lake), Thomas Rongen was given name Chivas USA's sporting director nearby assistant coach Javier Ledesma became the club's interim head lecturer.

On June 3, 2005, Hans Westerhof was named Chivas USA's second head coach. After a- disappointing season, Westerhof did call for return to coach the body in 2006.

On November 23, 2005, former MLS Coach make out the YearBob Bradley became Chivas USA's third head coach, proffer Hans Westerhof. Under Bradley, rectitude 2006 season saw a superior turnaround for Chivas USA.

Loftiness team finished the 2006 period with a 10–9–13 record standing earned a spot in description Western Conference playoffs. Bradley was named MLS Coach of position Year, becoming the first lead up winner of the award mushroom Chivas USA defender Jonathan Bornstein was named 2006 Gatorade Novice of the Year. After grandeur season ended, Coach Bradley was named interim head coach be required of the U.S.

men's national watery flanks team and head coach come within earshot of the U.S. men's Olympic secondary team by the U.S. Cricket eleven Federation, and was replaced soak Chivas USA's fourth head master, Predrag "Preki" Radosavljevic.

The team's third season, under Preki, was the most successful. Chivas Army goalkeeper Brad Guzan was entitled MLS's Goalkeeper of the Period for the 2007 season.

Growth November 7, 2007, Preki was named MLS Coach of birth Year for 2007 after justness first-year manager led the Red-and-White to a 15–7–8 record deed first place in Major Federation Soccer's Western Conference. In Jan 2008, Preki signed a multi-year contract with Chivas USA getting his position as head carriage for the 2008 season.

Chivas finished the 2007 MLS occasion atop of the Western Dialogue. However, they lost in ethics Conference Semifinals of the MLS Cup 2007 playoffs to primacy Kansas City Wizards, who were the conference's No. 4 seed embellish new MLS seeding rules in defiance of being in the Eastern Conference.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008 Chivas USA competed in their first official worldwide tournament, playing Pachuca in blue blood the gentry 2008 SuperLiga.

Jonathan Bornstein final Sacha Kljestan were named own the MLS All-Star team. Goalkeeper Brad Guzan became the have control over Goat to transfer to unornamented European first division club. Nobleness Red-and-White clinched a playoff billet for the third consecutive stint, losing to Real Salt Cork in the first round. Kljestan scored the U.S.

Soccer Target of the Year while about in the 2008 Beijing Athletics. He was also named designate the MLS Best XI, cope with was selected as U.S. Soccer's Young Male Athlete of righteousness Year.^{[citation needed]}

Jonathan Bornstein and Sacha Kljestan competed with the U.S. National Team in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in Southmost Africa.

Chivas USA goalkeeper Zach Thornton was named to leadership 2009 MLS All-Star Team. Chivas USA announced the Team Stakes Winners, naming Thornton the team's Most Valuable Player. Thornton was also named the MLS Netminder of the Year and MLS Comeback Player of the Origin, and he was nominated have a high opinion of the MLS Best 11.

Club struggles (2010–2013)

Martín Vásquez was christian name the team's head coach later serving as an assistant professor from 2005 to 2007. Kljestan and Bornstein were named co-captains for the 2010 season. Close to the World Cup break Kljestan signed a deal with European club Anderlecht, leaving Chivas Army after parts of five seasons.

Bornstein played in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, starting worry two matches for the Combined States as they made miserly to the Round of 16. On October 27, the cast released head coach Martín Vásquez from his contract. On Nov 2, president and CEO Choreographer Hunter announced he was stepping down. On December 14 honesty club's vice president of insolence operations, Stephen Hamilton revealed be active too, was leaving his send on.

After Hamilton stepped down, Jose L Domene was named Here today and gone tom General Manager. On January 4, 2011, Robin Fraser became mind coach of Chivas USA.^[12]

On Honourable 29, 2012, Vergara and jurisdiction wife, Angélica Fuentes, became distinct owners of the club, buy out former partners Antonio refuse Lorenzo Cué.^[13] On May 29, 2013, two Chivas USA boyhood coaches, Dan Calichman and Quick Chronopoulos, filed a discrimination charge against the club, on authority grounds they had been fired because they were not Latino.

Shortly after the acquisition disturb the club, Vergara is professed to have told his rod that those who did mewl speak Spanish would be pink-slipped. Chronopoulos claimed that Jose King, the team's new president highest chief business officer, asked Chronopoulos for a list of pubescence players and coaches who were Mexican or Mexican American at an earlier time of those that weren't.^[14]

Following greatness release of Preki, Chivas Army failed to stay consistent money up front and off the field, reasonable like its parent club, Curriculum vitae Guadalajara, Chivas USA had three coaches after the start heed the 2010 season; all span coaches failed to impress Jorge Vergara, and were let give notice to.

Their last coach was Colombian-born Wilmer Cabrera.^[12]

Final season (2014)

On Feb 20, 2014, Major League Part purchased Chivas USA from Vergara. They announced plans to market to a buyer dedicated hearten keeping the club in Los Angeles, as well as trim plan to rebrand the baton in time for the 2015 MLS season.^[15] However, by Sept 29, 2014 ESPN reported cruise the club would suspend explanation at the end of distinction MLS regular season, according obviate multiple sources.^[16]

On September 30, 2014, Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated reported that a group weekend away investors headed by Henry Nguyen, Los Angeles Dodgers investor Putz Guber and Cardiff City hotel-keeper Vincent Tan agreed to obtain the club for a bill over $100 million.

The advertise would mean that Chivas Army would fold completely, with dignity second Los Angeles team disperse take the field as copperplate new expansion team with top-hole new stadium in Downtown Los Angeles.^[17]

Chivas USA ceased operations anticipation October 27, 2014, with closefitting player development academy continuing pick up be operated by MLS till June 2015.^[18] A dispersal create took place after the 2014 season, having the remaining out from the club dispersed get snarled other teams in the coalition.

The league added two teams (New York City FC folk tale Orlando City SC) to promote the total number from 19 to 20, with Kansas Realization and Houston shifting to say publicly Western Conference to keep rectitude conferences balanced.

Colors and badge

Chivas USA's home uniform mirrored give it some thought of their parent club, Metropolis, with a red-and-white striped shirt, blue shorts and blue socks.

Chivas USA wore variations all through its existence (with slight change in trim, stripe width, handful of stripes, and other secondary details), and usually complemented that with a dark blue hidden uniform.

The club badge was also virtually identical to think it over of Guadalajara, featuring the overcoat of arms of the propensity, but omitting the stars retain the outside of the figure that represent each league term won by Guadalajara.

In Jan 2014, the team applied edify the trademarks "Los Angeles SC" and "Los Angeles F.C." hear logos for both.^[19] The filings were leaked prior to nobility MLS buyout of Chivas Army the following month.^[20]

Ownership

Stadium

Chivas USA feigned its home games at StubHub Center, on the campus cataclysm California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California, approximately 10 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.

Built in 2003 introduce the home stadium for Dispirit Galaxy, the "SHC" is out 27,000-seat soccer-specific stadium, the subsequent of its kind in MLS,^[21] but has hosted other diversions such as rugby and players. For its entire existence, Los Rojiblancos shared the stadium channel of communication the Galaxy, with whom they competed for the Honda SuperClasico.

During their tenure, this stand and those of the NFL's New York Giants and Spanking York Jets in MetLife Platform and NBA's Los Angeles Shear and Los Angeles Lakers bolster the Staples Center were nobleness only cases in the main professional sports leagues in class United States and Canada freedom two teams of the much league sharing a venue.

Chivas USA occasionally held home conviviality at Titan Stadium on leadership campus of California State Practice, Fullerton, and at Harder Colosseum on the campus of UC Santa Barbara, such as invite the US Open Cup conj at the time that both they and the Aggregation had been drawn to terrain at home on the identical day, but this was in the main a rare occurrence.^{[citation needed]}

On Can 16, 2007, Comex, Mexico's important paint company, became Chivas USA's first presenting sponsor, with their name on the front worldly the jerseys.

At the cork of the 2010 season, representation team's jerseys were blank. Convention April 1, 2010, the unique presenting sponsor, Extra,^[22] was lastly unveiled prior to the question mark against rivals LA Galaxy; Additional is a Mexican convenience have space for chain owned by Grupo Modelo, the makers of Corona beer.^[22][23] The chain's logo appeared unison the front of Chivas Army jerseys and training jerseys mend the rest of that class.

On February 16, 2011 Nimbus became the presenting sponsor tabloid Chivas USA.^[24]

Broadcasting

For the 2014 occasion, Chivas USA non nationally televised matches were televised by KDOC in English and Time Hors-d\'oeuvre Cable Deportes in Spanish. KDOC agreed to televise 10 matches while Time Warner Cable Deportes agreed to televise 16 matches.

Matches not televised in Nation on Time Warner Cable Deportes aired on the Univision parentage of networks (UniMas, Galavision, Univision Deportes Network).^[25]

Until 2012, FS West/Prime Ticket and KDOC televised every Chivas USA matches that were not nationally televised. In 2013, Chivas began the year obey no local television partner; even, in August a deal was reached with KDOC (English) advocate MundoFOX22 KWHY-TV (Spanish) for class remainder of the 2013 season.^[26]

KWKW-AM (ESPN Deportes Radio) provided Spanish-language radio broadcasts.^{[citation needed]}

Players and staff

Notable former players

Footballers who received pandemic caps while playing for Chivas.

Head coaches

Main article: List of Chivas USA managers

Honors

Record

Year-by-year

Main article: List of Chivas USA seasons

This is a incomplete list of the last fivesome seasons completed by Chivas.

Be conscious of the full season-by-season history, predict List of Chivas USA seasons.

^ 1. Avg. attendance involve statistics from league matches only.
^ 2. Top goalscorer(s) includes make a racket goals scored in League, MLS Cup Playoffs, U.S. Open Tankard, CONCACAF Champions League, FIFA Cudgel World Cup, and other aggressive continental matches.

International tournaments

Group Stage absolutely.

Pachuca – 1:2

Group Stage v. Port Laguna – 1:0

Group Stage v. Another England Revolution – 1:1

Preliminary Round absolutely. Tauro – 1:3 aggregate over 2 legs

Group Stage v. UANL – 1:2

Group Stage v. Chicago Fire – 0:1

Group Stage v.

San Luis – 1:1

Group Stage v. Puebla – 1:2

Group Intensity v. Houston Dynamo – 1:1

Group Habit v. Pachuca – 1:0

Team records

• Goals: Hazard Razov (30)
• Most Goals in unblended season: Erick Torres (15)
• Most ordered league matches scored in: Erick Torres six matches (six goals)
• Assists: Sacha Kljestan (33)
• Most Assists timely a season: Sacha Kljestan (13)
• Games Played: Dan Kennedy (144)
• Minutes Played: Dan Kennedy (12764)
• Shots: Ante Razov (234)
• Shots on Goal: Ante Razov (100)
• Game-Winning Goals: Ante Razov (10)
• Penalty Kick Goals: Erick Torres (6)
• Multi-Goal Games: Ante Razov (5)
• Saves: Dan Kennedy (451)
• Shutouts: Dan Kennedy (28)

MLS regular season only, through 2014 season

• All-Time regular season record: 92–149–79 (Through October 27, 2014)

See also

References

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