CHIVAS USA

'Club Deportivo Chivas USA' (short form: 'Chivas USA') is a professional soccer club based in Carson, California that participates in Major League Soccer. The club, which was founded in 2004, the co-presidents are Antonio Cué and Jorge Vergara, the owner of the Mexican Club Deportivo Guadalajara, more commonly known as '''Chivas''' (the goats), and Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica. The team plays its home games at The Home Depot Center, sharing it with the Los Angeles Galaxy. The team shares the same colors of red, white, and navy blue as its parent Guadalajara club.
The team's main supporter group is primarily Latino, or more specifically Mexican, although their fan base is quickly expanding to non-Latinos. Vergara has promised that, although the team may not be composed entirely of Latin players, the team's main language will be Spanish. This is evidenced in the team's marketing slogan for its inaugural campaign in 2005, ''"Adiós soccer. ¡El fútbol está aquí!"'', which translates to "Goodbye soccer, football is here!" Since 2006, Chivas USA's marketing slogan has been ''"Chivas USA: Está en Tu Sangre"'', or in its English version, "Chivas USA: It's in Your Blood".
The first coach of Chivas USA was Thomas Rongen. However, after Chivas' 1–8–1 start (their sole win coming against fellow expansion club Real Salt Lake), Rongen was fired and replaced with Hans Westerhof. Following the conclusion of the 2005 campaign, former MetroStars and Chicago Fire head coach Bob Bradley was announced as the replacement for Westerhof. Under coach Bradley, the 2006 season saw a major turnaround for Chivas, which finished in third place in the MLS Western Conference after finishing last with the worst record in league history the season prior. Coach Bradley left after one season to manage both the United States men's national soccer team and the United States U-23 men's national soccer team, and was replaced by Preki.
The sponsor of CD Chivas USA is Comex, a Mexican paint company with stores across The United States. Their logo is on the front of their jersey.

Contents

Television and radio

100 Hour Game

Current roster

Notable players

Head coaches

Team records

Home stadiums

Year-by-year

Average attendance

External links

Television and radio

All matches are broadcast in Spanish on KTNQ Univision Radio. Hipólito Gamboa does play-by-play, while former Chivas keeper Martín Zúñiga does color, the two men also host the team's weekly radio program "Sangre Chiva" (literally "Chiva Blood") on the same station. There is no English language radio outlet.
18 matches will appear locally on FSN West television. Christian Miles is the play-by-play announcer, with Bernardo Osuna as analyst and sideline reporter Christine Nubla.

100 Hour Game

In August 2006, in line with the centennial anniversary of its parent club, Chivas and Chivas USA jointly organized a football match that lasted 100 hours, in the city of Bell Gardens, CA. The match was composed of two teams, "Chivas" and "The Rest of the World"--both teams were comprised of current players of both clubs, former Chivas (Mexico) players, Mexican and Mexican-American politicians, organizations, etc. The Game began August 9th and ended on August 13th with "Chivas" beating "The Rest of the World" 437-429. [1]

Current roster

''As of July 26, 2007'' Players in bold have senior international caps
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Notable players

★ Martín Zúñiga (2005)

★ Juan Pablo García (2005-2006)

★ Juan Francisco Palencia (2005-2006)

★ Ramón Ramírez (2005-2006)

★ Ante Razov (2006-2009)

★ Claudio Suárez (2006-2007)

Head coaches

★ Thomas Rongen (2005)

★ Javier Ledesma (2005; interim)

★ Hans Westerhof (2005)

★ Bob Bradley (2006)

★ Preki (2007–)

Team records

★ Games: Francisco Mendoza, 57

★ Goals: Ante Razov, 19

★ Assists: Ante Razov, 8

★ Shutouts in season: Brad Guzan, 8

★ Shutouts Consecutively; Brad Guzan, 5
''MLS regular season only, through 2006 season''

Home stadiums

★ The Home Depot Center (2005—)

Year-by-year

Year	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2005	6th, West	''Did not qualify''	Round of 32
2006	3rd, West	Quarterfinals	Round of 16

Average attendance

''regular season/playoffs''

★ 2005: 17,080/missed playoffs

★ 2006: 19,840/15,110

External links

★ www.cdchivasusa.com (English)

★ www.cdchivasusa.com (Spanish)

★ Official Chivas USA board, courtesy of BigSoccer