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2005 Chivas USA season

The 2005 Chivas USA season was the club's first season of existence, and their first in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The club competed in the MLS's Western Conference, where they finished in sixth place, or last place, in the Conference.

Chivas USA
2005 season
OwnerJorge Vergara
ManagerThomas Rongen
(until May 2005)
Javier Ledesma Interim
(May–June 2005)
Hans Westerhof
(from June 2005)
MLSConference: 6th
Overall: 12th
MLS Cup PlayoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open CupFourth round
SuperClasicoRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Héctor Cuadros (4)
All: Three players (4)
2006 →

Season review edit

Thomas Rongen was appointed as Chivas USA's head coach in September 2004, and coached the team until May 2005, when he was replaced with Javier Ledesma on an interim basis. At the end of June, Hans Westerhof was appointed as the permanent manager until the end of the season.

Transfers edit

Main articles: 2004 MLS Expansion Draft and 2005 MLS SuperDraft

In edit

Date Number Position Player Previous club Fee/notes Ref
November 19, 2004 22 DF   Arturo Torres LA Galaxy Expansion Draft First pick
November 19, 2004 2 DF   Orlando Perez Chicago Fire Expansion Draft Third pick
November 19, 2004 5 DF   Ezra Hendrickson D.C. United Expansion Draft Fifth pick
November 19, 2004 8 MF   Francisco Gomez LA Galaxy Expansion Draft Seventh pick
November 19, 2004 MF   Antonio de la Torre Colorado Rapids Expansion Draft Ninth pick
November 19, 2004 19 FW   Matt Taylor Kansas City Wizards Expansion Draft Eleventh pick
November 19, 2004 DF   Craig Ziadie MetroStars Expansion Draft Thirteenth pick
November 19, 2004 FW   Jamil Walker San Jose Earthquakes Expansion Draft Fifteenth pick
November 19, 2004 99 FW   Thiago Martins D.C. United Expansion Draft Seventeenth pick
November 19, 2004 DF   Jeff Stewart Colorado Rapids Expansion Draft Nineteenth pick
January 14, 2005 18 GK   Brad Guzan Generation Adidas SuperDraft Round one
January 14, 2005 17 MF   Christian Jimenez South Florida Bulls SuperDraft Round two
January 14, 2005 4 DF   Aaron Lopez UCLA Bruins SuperDraft Round three
January 14, 2005 20 DF   Esteban Arias Connecticut Huskies SuperDraft Round four
February 26, 2005 27 DF   Douglas Sequeira Real Salt Lake Trade [1]
July 2005 4 MF   Juan Pablo García   Atlas
August 19, 2005 19 FW   Francisco Palencia   Guadalajara
1 GK   Martín Zúñiga   Veracruz
21 GK   Shaun Kalnasy Spokane Shadow
59 GK   Sergio García Loan from   Guadalajara
3 DF   Ryan Suarez LA Galaxy
23 DF   Armando Begines   Guadalajara
6 MF   Francisco Mendoza   Guadalajara
7 MF   Ramón Ramírez   Guadalajara
10 MF   Héctor Cuadros   Guadalajara
11 MF   Milton Blanco Fresno Fuego
12 MF   Mike Muñoz
13 MF   Rodrigo López   Guadalajara
16 MF   Antonio Martínez   Necaxa
26 MF   Jesús Ochoa   Lagartos de Tabasco
9 FW   Isaac Romo Loan from   Guadalajara

Out edit

Date Number Position Player New club Fee/notes Ref
November 24, 2004 DF   Jeff Stewart Real Salt Lake Trade
March 8, 2005 FW   Jamil Walker D.C. United Trade [2]
June 27, 2005 3 DF   Ryan Suarez MetroStars Waived
August 29, 2005 1 GK   Martín Zúñiga Retired
4 DF   Aaron Lopez
47 DF   Alfonso Loera   CD Tapatio
DF   Craig Ziadie
MF   Antonio de la Torre

Roster edit

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 21) Generation Adidas 2005
21 Shaun Kalnasy   GK (1981-11-04)November 4, 1981 (aged 23) Spokane Shadow 2005
59 Sergio García   GK (1982-09-19)September 19, 1982 (aged 23) loan   Guadalajara 2005
Defenders
2 Orlando Perez   DF (1977-07-12)July 12, 1977 (aged 28) Chicago Fire 2005
5 Ezra Hendrickson   DF (1972-01-16)January 16, 1972 (aged 33) D.C. United 2005
20 Esteban Arias   DF (1982-08-26)August 26, 1982 (aged 23) Connecticut Huskies 2005
22 Arturo Torres   DF (1980-12-11)December 11, 1980 (aged 24) LA Galaxy 2005
23 Armando Begines   DF (1983-03-26)March 26, 1983 (aged 22)   Guadalajara 2005
27 Douglas Sequeira   DF (1977-08-23)August 23, 1977 (aged 28)   Saprissa 2005
Midfielders
6 Francisco Mendoza   MF (1985-04-29)April 29, 1985 (aged 20)   Guadalajara 2005
7 Ramón Ramírez   MF (1969-12-05)December 5, 1969 (aged 35)   Guadalajara 2005
8 Francisco Gomez   MF (1979-01-25)January 25, 1979 (aged 26) Kansas City Wizards 2005
10 Héctor Cuadros   MF (1983-03-20)March 20, 1983 (aged 22)   Guadalajara 2005
11 Milton Blanco   MF (1984-04-27)April 27, 1984 (aged 21) Fresno Fuego 2005
12 Mike Muñoz   MF (1983-09-14)September 14, 1983 (aged 22) California Golden Bears 2005
13 Rodrigo López   MF (1987-05-10)May 10, 1987 (aged 18)   Guadalajara 2005
16 Antonio Martínez   MF (1977-07-09)July 9, 1977 (aged 28)   Necaxa 2005
17 Christian Jimenez   MF (1986-11-03)November 3, 1986 (aged 18) South Florida Bulls 2005
26 Jesús Ochoa   MF (1981-10-12)October 12, 1981 (aged 24)   Lagartos de Tabasco 2005
44 Juan Pablo García   MF (1981-11-24)November 24, 1981 (aged 23)   Atlas 2005
Forwards
9 Isaac Romo   FW (1983-03-23)March 23, 1983 (aged 22) loan from   Guadalajara 2005 2006
15 Francisco Palencia   FW (1973-04-28)April 28, 1973 (aged 32)   Guadalajara 2005
19 Matt Taylor   FW (1981-10-17)October 17, 1981 (aged 23) Kansas City Wizards 2005
99 Thiago Martins   FW (1976-09-04)September 4, 1976 (aged 29) D.C. United 2005

Competitions edit

Major League Soccer edit

Main article: 2005 Major League Soccer season

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San Jose Earthquakes 32 18 4 10 53 31 +22 64 MLS Cup Playoffs
2 FC Dallas 32 13 10 9 52 44 +8 48
3 Colorado Rapids 32 13 13 6 40 37 +3 45
4 Los Angeles Galaxy 32 13 13 6 44 45 −1 45
5 Real Salt Lake 32 5 22 5 30 65 −35 20
6 Chivas USA 32 4 22 6 31 67 −36 18
Source: MLS

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
32 18 4 22 6 31 67  −36 3 11 2 15 30  −15 1 11 4 16 37  −21

Last updated: October 16, 2005
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 2, 2005 1 Chivas USA 0–2 D.C. United Carson
13:00 PST Cuadros   18' Report Eskandarian   29'
Gros   32'
Olsen   44'
Gómez   52'  67'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
Attendance: 18,493
April 9, 2005 2 San Jose Earthquakes 3–3 Chivas USA San Jose
13:00 PST Ching   17'  90'
Davis   45'
Mullan   60'
Cochrane   71'
Dayak   75'		 Report Martins   3'  33'
Ramírez   40'
Cuadros   73'
Sequeira   90'		 Stadium: Spartan Stadium
April 16, 2005 3 Chivas USA 1–3 FC Dallas Carson
19:00 PST Ochoa   5'
Martins   44'
Suarez   78'
Hendrickson   90'		 Report O'Brien   40'  66'
Ruiz   85' (pen.)
Johnson   90'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
April 23, 2005 4 LA Galaxy 3–1 Chivas USA Carson
19:00 PST Albright   6'
Jones   14'
Vagenas   24'
Kirovski   32'		 Report Cuadros   19'
Lopez   45'   51'
Ramírez   49'
Romo   49'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
April 30, 2005 5 New England Revolution 1–0 Chivas USA Foxborough
16:30 PST Dempsey   88' Report Cuadros   61'
Taylor   72'
Martins   73'
Suarez   78'
Romo   83'		 Stadium: Gillette Stadium
May 7, 2005 6 Chivas USA 1–0 Real Salt Lake Carson
19:00 PST Cuadros   39' (pen.)
Loera   49'
Begines   90+4'		 Report Rojas   57'
Whitfield   76'
Kreis   85'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
May 14, 2005 7 Colorado Rapids 2–1 Chivas USA Denver
18:00 PST Borchers   18'
Henderson   30' (pen.)
Pedro   56'
Cannon   73'
Freeman   73'
Cunningham   78'
N'Kong   79'
Lewis   86'		 Report Suarez   67'
Ramírez   75'		 Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High
May 18, 2005 8 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Chivas USA Salt Lake City
18:30 PST Akwari   20'
Williams   37'
Trembly   39'  68'		 Report Perez   36'
Gomez   83'
Loera   90+2'   90+2'		 Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium
May 22, 2005 9 Chivas USA 2–5 FC Dallas Carson
18:30 PST Cuadros   19' (pen.)
Romo   53'		 Report Pitchkolan   1'
Goodson   15'
Gbandi   31'
Ruiz   48'
O'Brien   51'
Johnson   69'
Miña   90+1'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
May 28, 2005 10 Chivas USA 0–2 LA Galaxy Carson
19:00 PST Report Chinchilla   62'
Nagamura   63'
Vagenas   76'
Gomez   83'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
June 1, 2005 11 Chivas USA 1–1 Kansas City Wizards Carson
19:30 PST Ramírez   38'
Martins   58'		 Report Burciaga   30'
Gutiérrez   56'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
June 4, 2005 12 Chicago Fire 5–2 Chivas USA Chicago
13:00 PST Jaqua   2', 60', 74'
Marsch   53'
Guerrero   57'		 Report Martínez   5'
Hendrickson   42'		 Stadium: Soldier Field
June 12, 2005 13 Chivas USA 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes Carson
17:00 PST Martínez   32'
Romo   62'
Hendrickson   66'
Begines   70'
Torres   90+3'		 Report Clark   15'
Moreno   45'
Aloisi   63'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
June 18, 2005 14 Chivas USA 1–3 Colorado Rapids Carson
19:00 PST Begines   65'
Martins   83' (pen.)		 Report Cunningham   30', 62', 78'
Beckerman   40'
Lewis   83'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
June 22, 2005 15 FC Dallas 2–1 Chivas USA Dallas
17:30 PST Miña   18'
Pitchkolan   45+1'
Thompson   81'
Núñez   90+1'		 Report Hendrickson   39'
Taylor   48'
Ramírez   64'		 Stadium: Cotton Bowl
June 25, 2005 16 Kansas City Wizards 3–0 Chivas USA Kansas City
14:00 PST Thomas   17'
Conrad   46'
Zavagnin   69'
Arnaud   70'
Victorine   85'		 Report Arias   9'
Martínez   85'		 Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
July 2, 2005 17 Chivas USA 0–1 Chicago Fire Carson
19:00 PST Gomez   19'
Martínez   45'
Cuadros   68'
Perez   76'		 Report Pause   66'
Segares   78'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
July 9, 2005 18 Chivas USA 5–1 Real Salt Lake Carson
19:00 PST Kamler   4' (o.g.)
Cuadros   16' (pen.)
Ramírez   38'
Martínez   53'
Taylor   55'
Martins   57'
Romo   83'		 Report Knowles   16'
Mathis   23'
Kamler   74'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
July 16, 2005 19 LA Galaxy 2–0 Chivas USA Carson
19:00 PST Kirovski   19'
Gomez   64', 90+3'		 Report Martins   44'
Arias   48'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
July 22, 2005 20 Chivas USA 1–0 New England Revolution Carson
19:30 PST Sequeira   38' Report Heaps   81'
Franchino   87'
Dorman   90+1'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
August 6, 2005 21 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Chivas USA Salt Lake City
14:00 PST Mathis   18'
Williams   49'
Kreis   74' (pen.)		 Report Romo   17'
Ochoa   19'
Arias   21'
Torres   27'
Sequeira   63'
Begines   74'
Martínez   90+1'		 Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium
August 10, 2005 22 Chivas USA 0–1 LA Galaxy Carson
19:00 PST Sequeira   43'
Torres   68'
Guzan   82'		 Report Albright   32'
Gomez   64'
Donovan   83' (pen.)		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
August 13, 2005 23 D.C. United 3–0 Chivas USA Washington, D.C.
13:00 PST Simms   30'
Quaranta   41'
Walker   43'
Kovalenko   64'		 Report Ramírez   35' Stadium: RFK Stadium
August 21, 2005 24 MetroStars 3–3 Chivas USA East Rutherford
15:00 PST Guevara   5' (pen.), 69' (pen.), 90+4'
Bradley   25'
Parke   51'
Meola   86'		 Report Palencia   17', 22'  90+1'
García   39'  45+1'
Mendoza   69'
Hendrickson   80'
Cuadros   86'		 Stadium: Giants Stadium
August 27, 2005 25 FC Dallas 2–2 Chivas USA Frisco
17:30 PST Goodson   39'
Ruiz   44'
Núñez   67'
Gbandi   69'
Johnson   82'		 Report Arias   37'
Hendrickson   59'
Sequeira   82'		 Stadium: Pizza Hut Park
September 3, 2005 26 Chivas USA 0–3 Columbus Crew Carson
19:00 PST Palencia   45' Report Glen   34'
Wolyniec   60', 69'
Szetela   76'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
September 10, 2005 27 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Chivas USA San Jose
19:00 PST Clark   4'  74'
Chung   47'
Ching   87'		 Report Perez   11'
Hendrickson   33'
Martínez   38'
Palencia   59'
Mendoza   72'		 Stadium: Spartan Stadium
September 17, 2005 28 Chivas USA 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes Carson
19:00 PST Mendoza   20'
Sequeira   34'
Ramírez   52'		 Report Robinson   67'
Califf   81'
Moreno   90+3'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
September 24, 2005 29 Chivas USA 1–3 Colorado Rapids Carson
19:00 PST Torres   19'  65'
García   36'
Ramírez   49'
Sequeira   59'
Arias   90'		 Report Pedro   25'
Gargan   42'
Kirovski   47' (pen.)
Foss   89'
N'Kong   90'
Serna   90+1'
Dayan   90+3'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
October 1, 2005 30 Columbus Crew 0–1 Chivas USA Columbus
16:30 PST Wingert   86' Report Palencia   59'  88' Stadium: Crew Stadium
October 5, 2005 31 Colorado Rapids 1–1 Chivas USA Denver
18:30 PST Petke   32'
Dayan   33'
Denton   62'		 Report Borchers   35' (o.g.)
Arias   70'		 Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High
October 16, 2005 32 Chivas USA 0–2 MetroStars Carson
10:00 PST Report Bradley   49'
Agoos   65'
Guevara   90+4'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center

U.S. Open Cup edit

Main article: 2005 U.S. Open Cup
July 13, 2005 Third round Charlotte Eagles 2–3 (a.e.t.) Chivas USA Davidson
21:00 PST Coggins   24'
Swinehart   81'		 Arias   3'
Martins   84'
Romo   120'		 Stadium: Richardson Stadium
Referee: Andrew Chapin
August 3, 2005 Fourth round LA Galaxy 5–2 Chivas USA Carson
14:00 PST Jones   16'
Ngwenya   36'
Gomez   45'
Donovan   89'
Nagamura   93+'		 Sequeira   4'
Ramírez   20'		 Stadium: The Home Depot Center
Referee: Michael Kennedy

Statistics edit

As of Match played October 16, 2005

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS U.S. Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF   USA Orlando Perez 27 0 24+3 0 0 0
5 DF   VIN Ezra Hendrickson 31 3 31 3 0 0
6 MF   MEX Francisco Mendoza 24 0 20+4 0 0 0
7 MF   MEX Ramón Ramírez 31 3 31 3 0 0
8 MF   USA Francisco Gomez 12 0 8+4 0 0 0
9 FW   MEX Isaac Romo 25 2 11+14 2 0 0
10 MF   MEX Héctor Cuadros 26 4 18+8 4 0 0
11 MF   USA Milton Blanco 5 0 0+5 0 0 0
12 MF   USA Mike Muñoz 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
13 MF   USA Rodrigo López 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
15 FW   MEX Francisco Palencia 9 3 9 3 0 0
16 MF   USA Antonio Martínez 25 2 16+9 2 0 0
18 GK   USA Brad Guzan 24 0 23+1 0 0 0
19 FW   USA Matt Taylor 21 2 14+7 2 0 0
20 DF   USA Esteban Arias 15 1 14+1 1 0 0
22 DF   USA Arturo Torres 23 2 15+8 2 0 0
23 DF   MEX Armando Begines 22 0 18+4 0 0 0
26 MF   MEX Jesús Ochoa 16 0 12+4 0 0 0
27 DF   CRC Douglas Sequeira 23 2 23 2 0 0
44 MF   MEX Juan Pablo García 9 1 9 1 0 0
59 GK   MEX Sergio García 5 0 5 0 0 0
99 FW   BRA Thiago Martins 22 3 21+1 3 0 0
Players away from Chivas USA on loan:
Players who left Chivas USA during the season:
1 GK   MEX Martín Zúñiga 4 0 4 0 0 0
3 DF   USA Ryan Suarez 15 1 14+1 1 0 0
4 DF   USA Aaron Lopez 4 0 3+1 0 0 0
47 DF   MEX Alfonso Loera 12 0 9+3 0 0 0

Goal scorers edit

Place Position Nation Number Name MLS U.S. Open Cup Total
1 MF   10 Héctor Cuadros 4 0 4
FW   99 Thiago Martins 3 1 4
MF   7 Ramón Ramírez 3 1 4
4 DF   5 Ezra Hendrickson 3 0 3
FW   15 Francisco Palencia 3 0 3
DF   27 Douglas Sequeira 2 1 3
FW   9 Isaac Romo 2 1 3
8 MF   16 Antonio Martínez 2 0 2
FW   19 Matt Taylor 2 0 2
DF   22 Arturo Torres 2 0 2
Own goal 2 0 2
DF   20 Esteban Arias 1 1 2
13 DF   3 Ryan Suarez 1 0 1
MF   44 Juan Pablo García 1 0 1
TOTALS 31 5 36

Disciplinary record edit

Number Nation Position Name MLS U.S. Open Cup Total
           
2   DF Orlando Perez 2 1 0 0 2 1
3   DF Ryan Suarez 2 0 0 0 2 0
4   DF Aaron Lopez 2 1 0 0 2 1
5   DF Ezra Hendrickson 4 0 0 0 4 0
6   MF Francisco Mendoza 3 0 0 0 3 0
7   MF Ramón Ramírez 6 0 0 0 6 0
8   MF Francisco Gomez 2 0 0 0 2 0
9   FW Isaac Romo 4 0 0 0 4 0
10   MF Héctor Cuadros 5 0 0 0 5 0
15   FW Francisco Palencia 4 0 0 0 4 0
16   MF Antonio Martínez 5 0 0 0 5 0
18   GK Brad Guzan 1 0 0 0 1 0
19   FW Matt Taylor 1 0 0 0 1 0
20   DF Esteban Arias 4 1 0 0 4 1
22   DF Arturo Torres 3 0 0 0 3 0
23   DF Armando Begines 4 0 0 0 4 0
26   MF Jesús Ochoa 2 0 0 0 2 0
27   DF Douglas Sequeira 5 0 0 0 5 0
44   MF Juan Pablo García 2 0 0 0 2 0
47   DF Alfonso Loera 3 1 0 0 3 1
99   FW Thiago Martins 5 0 0 0 5 0
TOTALS 69 4 0 0 69 4

References edit

  1. ^ "Chivas USA contrató a defensor costarricense Douglas Sequeira". wvw.nacion.com (in Spanish). Nacion. February 26, 2005. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  2. ^ "D.C. United Signs Nick Van Sicklen and Jamil Walker". www.oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. March 8, 2005. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
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