2007 Chivas USA season

Chivas USA
2007 season
OwnerJorge Vergara
ManagerPreki
MLSConference: 1st
Overall: 2nd
MLS Cup PlayoffsConference Semifinal vs Kansas City Wizards
U.S. Open CupThird round vs Seattle Sounders
Top goalscorerLeague: Maykel Galindo (12)
All: Maykel Galindo (12)

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

On November 23, 2005, Chivas appointed Bob Bradley as their new manager. 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

Main articles: 2007 MLS SuperDraft and 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft

In

Date Number Position Player Previous club Fee/notes Ref
November 27, 2006 20 MF Amado Guevara New York Red Bulls Trade [2][3]
January 12, 2007 12 FW John Cunliffe Fort Lewis Skyhawks SuperDraft Round one
January 12, 2007 DF Cameron Dunn UC Irvine Anteaters SuperDraft Round one
January 18, 2007 4 DF Desmond Brooks Saint Mary's Gaels Supplemental Round one
January 18, 2007 28 MF Erasmo Solorzano UC Riverside Highlanders Supplemental Round two
January 18, 2007 DF Raul Batista San Diego State Aztecs Supplemental Round two
January 18, 2007 32 FW Anthony Hamilton UC Irvine Anteaters Supplemental Round three
January 18, 2007 DF Lyle Martin Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners Supplemental Round three
April 12, 2007 10 FW Laurent Merlin Ajaccio [4]
May 3, 2007 4 DF Shavar Thomas LA Galaxy Trade [5]
May 2007 26 MF Paulo Nagamura Toronto Trade [6]
July 2007 19 FW Jorge Flores Chivas USA U19
August 15, 2007 8 MF Ramón Núñez FC Dallas Trade [7]
11 FW Maykel Galindo Seattle Sounders
14 FW David Arvizu New York Red Bulls
23 DF Alex Zotincă Kansas City Wizards Trade
24 DF Bobby Burling LA Galaxy
41 GK Justin Myers San Diego Gauchos

Out

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

No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
18 Brad Guzan GK (1984-09-09)September 9, 1984 (aged 23) Generation Adidas 2005
22 Preston Burpo GK (1972-09-26)September 26, 1972 (aged 35) Seattle Sounders 2006
41 Justin Myers GK (1985-01-15)January 15, 1985 (aged 22) San Diego Gauchos 2007 0 0
Defenders
2 Claudio Suárez DF (1968-12-17)December 17, 1968 (aged 38) Tigres UANL 2006
3 Carlos Llamosa DF (1969-06-30)June 30, 1969 (aged 38) New England Revolution 2006
4 Shavar Thomas DF (1981-01-29)January 29, 1981 (aged 26) LA Galaxy 2007 25 0
5 Desmond Brooks DF (1985-11-27)November 27, 1985 (aged 21) 2007 0 0
13 Jonathan Bornstein DF (1984-11-07)November 7, 1984 (aged 22) UCLA Bruin 2006
21 Jason Hernandez DF (1983-08-26)August 26, 1983 (aged 24) New York Red Bulls 2006
23 Alex Zotincă DF (1977-01-22)January 22, 1977 (aged 30) Kansas City Wizards 2007 24 0
24 Bobby Burling DF (1984-10-15)October 15, 1984 (aged 23) LA Galaxy 2007 0 0
25 Lawson Vaughn DF (1984-04-11)April 11, 1984 (aged 23) Tulsa Golden 2006
27 Eder Robles DF (1988-07-07)July 7, 1988 (aged 19) Chivas USA Academy 2006
77 Orlando Perez DF (1977-07-12)July 12, 1977 (aged 30) Chicago Fire 2005
Midfielders
6 Francisco Mendoza MF (1985-04-29)April 29, 1985 (aged 22) Guadalajara 2005
8 Ramón Núñez MF (1985-11-14)November 14, 1985 (aged 21) FC Dallas 2007 10 0
15 Jesse Marsch MF (1973-11-08)November 8, 1973 (aged 33) Chicago Fire 2006 0 0
16 Sacha Kljestan MF (1985-09-09)September 9, 1985 (aged 22) Seton Hall Pirates 2006 0 0
17 Rodrigo López MF (1987-05-10)May 10, 1987 (aged 20) Guadalajara 2005
26 Paulo Nagamura MF (1983-03-02)March 2, 1983 (aged 24) Toronto 2007 24 2
28 Erasmo Solórzano MF (1985-07-20)July 20, 1985 (aged 22) Los Angeles Storm 2007 1 0
30 Carlos Borja MF (1988-01-18)January 18, 1988 (aged 19) IMG Academy 2006
31 Rene Corona MF (1984-08-17)August 17, 1984 (aged 23) Corona Crew 2006
33 Mohammed Sethi MF (1987-12-07)December 7, 1987 (aged 19) 2007 0 0
Forwards
9 Ante Razov FW (1974-03-02)March 2, 1974 (aged 33) New York Red Bulls 2006
10 Laurent Merlin FW (1984-10-17)October 17, 1984 (aged 23) Ajaccio 2007 24 2
11 Maykel Galindo FW (1981-01-28)January 28, 1981 (aged 26) Seattle Sounders 2007 30 12
12 John Cunliffe FW (1984-08-08)August 8, 1984 (aged 23) Boulder Rapids Reserve 2007 18 3
14 David Arvizu FW (1988-04-19)April 19, 1988 (aged 19) New York Red Bulls 2007 0 0
19 Jorge Flores FW (1989-09-16)September 16, 1989 (aged 18) Chivas USA Academy 2007 1 0
32 Anthony Hamilton FW (1985-08-26)August 26, 1985 (aged 22) Orange County Blue Star 2007 2 0
Left Chivas USA
19 Matt Taylor FW (1981-10-17)October 17, 1981 (aged 26) Portland Timbers 2006
20 Amado Guevara MF (1976-05-02)May 2, 1976 (aged 31) loan to Motagua 2007 4 0

Competitions

MLS

Main article: 2007 Major League Soccer season

League table

Western Conference
Pos Club Pts GP W L T GF GA GD
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

Overall Home Away
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

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

Main article: 2007 MLS Cup Playoffs
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

Main article: 2007 U.S. Open Cup
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

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

Appearances and goals

As of Match played November 3, 2007
No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup
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

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

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

  1. ^ "Chivas USA parts ways with Coach Preki". Los Angeles Times. November 12, 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "Chivas USA contratará al hondureño Amado Guevara". www.mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). mediotiempo. November 27, 2006. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  3. ^ "Original text Chivas USA adquiere a Amado Guevara". www.mlssoccer.com/. MLS Soccer. January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "L.A. Galaxy trade defender Shavar Thomas to Chivas USA". www.mlssoccer.com. MLS. January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  6. ^ "Chivas USA acquires Brazilian midfielder Paulo Nagamura in trade with Toronto FC". www.mlssoccer.com. MLS Soccer. January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  7. ^ "Chivas USA acquire Ramon Nunez". www.mlssoccer.com. MLS. January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  8. ^ "Timbers sign forward Matt Taylor from Chivas USA". Portland Timbers. Portland Timbers. July 25, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
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