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2007 Chivas USA season

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.

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)
← 2006
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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

Main articles: 2007 MLS SuperDraft and 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft

In edit

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 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
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 edit

MLS edit

Main article: 2007 Major League Soccer season

League table edit

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 edit

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 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

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 edit

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 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
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

  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". www.timbers.com. Portland Timbers. July 25, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
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