(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.
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 .
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.
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Source: http://chivas.usa.mlsnet.com/players/roster.jsp?club=t120
† Unsigned player
''regular season/playoffs''
- 2005: 17,080/missed playoffs
- 2006: 19,840/15,110
