2010 Chivas USA season

Chivas USA
2010 season
Owner	Jorge Vergara
Coach	Martin Vasquez
Major League Soccer	Western Conference: 8th; Overall: 15th
MLS Cup	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Semifinals
SuperLiga	Group Stage
SuperClasico	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	; Justin Braun (9)
Average home league attendance	14,575
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 Chivas USA season is the sixth season of the team's existence.

Background

Overview

Preseason

March

Chivas USA began their sixth Major League Soccer regular season with a home match against the Colorado Rapids, which the team lost 1-0.^[2]

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

Squad

First team roster

As of August 7, 2010.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Dan Kennedy
4	DF	CRC	Michael Umaña
5	MF	BRA	Marcelo Saragosa
6	DF	CAN	Ante Jazić
7	MF	SLV	Osael Romero (on loan from Vista Hermosa)
8	DF	MEX	Mariano Trujillo
9	FW	CUB	Maykel Galindo
10	FW	MEX	Jesús Padilla
11	MF	USA	Michael Lahoud
12	DF	CRC	Darío Delgado (on loan from Puntarenas)
13	DF	USA	Jonathan Bornstein (captain)
14	MF	USA	Gerson Mayen
15	MF	USA	Sal Zizzo
16	FW	USA	Alan Gordon


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	USA	Justin Braun
18	MF	USA	Blair Gavin
19	MF	USA	Jorge Flores
20	FW	VEN	Giancarlo Maldonado
21	MF	USA	Ben Zemanski
22	GK	USA	Zach Thornton
23	DF	USA	Carlos Borja
24	MF	MEX	Rodolfo Espinoza
26	MF	BRA	Paulo Nagamura
28	MF	USA	César Zamora
33	DF	ROU	Alex Zotincă
45	DF	COL	Yamith Cuesta
59	MF	USA	Bryan de la Fuente
77	FW	USA	Chukwudi Chijindu

Match results

Win Tie Loss

Major League Soccer

League table

Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LA Galaxy	30	18	7	5	44	26	+18	59	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Real Salt Lake	30	15	4	11	45	20	+25	56
3	FC Dallas	30	12	4	14	42	28	+14	50
4	Seattle Sounders FC	30	14	10	6	39	35	+4	48
5	Colorado Rapids	30	12	8	10	44	32	+12	46
6	San Jose Earthquakes	30	13	10	7	34	33	+1	46
7	Houston Dynamo	30	9	15	6	40	49	−9	33
8	Chivas USA	30	8	18	4	31	45	−14	28

Source: MLS

Overall

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LA Galaxy (S)	30	18	7	5	44	26	+18	59	CONCACAF Champions League
2	Real Salt Lake	30	15	4	11	45	20	+25	56
3	New York Red Bulls	30	15	9	6	38	29	+9	51
4	FC Dallas	30	12	4	14	42	28	+14	50	CONCACAF Champions League
5	Columbus Crew	30	14	8	8	40	34	+6	50
6	Seattle Sounders FC	30	14	10	6	39	35	+4	48	CONCACAF Champions League
7	Colorado Rapids (C)	30	12	8	10	44	32	+12	46	CONCACAF Champions League
8	San Jose Earthquakes	30	13	10	7	34	33	+1	46
9	Kansas City Wizards	30	11	13	6	36	35	+1	39
10	Chicago Fire	30	9	12	9	37	38	−1	36
11	Toronto FC	30	9	13	8	33	41	−8	35	CONCACAF Champions League
12	Houston Dynamo	30	9	15	6	40	49	−9	33
13	New England Revolution	30	9	16	5	32	50	−18	32
14	Philadelphia Union	30	8	15	7	35	49	−14	31
15	Chivas USA	30	8	18	4	31	45	−14	28
16	D.C. United	30	6	20	4	21	47	−26	22

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield

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
30	28	8	18	4	31	45	−14	6	7	2	19	19	0	2	11	2	12	26	−14

Last updated: November 14, 2010
Source: MLSSoccer.com
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

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Match results

March 27, 2010	Chivas USA	0 – 1	Colorado Rapids	Carson, California USA
7:30 PM PDT	Romero 37'	Report	Larentowicz 48' Cummings 55'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 18,653 Referee: Michael Kennedy

April 1, 2010	Los Angeles Galaxy	2 – 0	Chivas USA	Carson, California USA
8:00 PM PDT	Buddle 7' Birchall 25' Buddle 86' Stephens 90'	Report	Umaña 18'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 19,805 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

April 10, 2010	Chivas USA	2 – 0	New York	Home Depot Center, Carson
4:00 PM EDT	Coundol 47' (o.g.) Padilla 89' 90+1'	Report	18' Petke	Attendance: 12,597 Referee: Paul Ward

April 17, 2010	Houston Dynamo	3 – 0	Chivas USA	Houston, Texas USA
4:00 PM EDT	Cameron 12' Palmer 20' Palmer 56' Oduro 65'	Report		Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 14,843 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

April 24, 2010	Chivas USA	3 – 2	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California, USA
7:30 PM PDT	Kljestan 25' Trujillo 35' Braun 54' Borja 82' Chijindu 87'	Report	Wondolowski 41' Jasseh 66' Wondolowski 73' Beitashour 93'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,389 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

May 1, 2010	Chicago Fire	1 – 1	C.D. Chivas USA	Bridgeview, Illinois, USA
8:30 PM EDT	Husidic 52'	Report	Dealgado 67' Santos 76'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 13,224 Referee: Jason Anno

May 5, 2010	New England Revolution	0 – 4	Chivas USA	Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA
7:30 PM EDT	Perovic 28' Jankauskas 86'	Report	Padilla 26' 48' Zemanski 28' Braun 33' Gavin 81'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 5,990 Referee: Steven DePiero

May 8, 2010	Chivas USA	0 – 2	Houston Dynamo	Carson, California, USA
7:30 PM EDT	Trujillo 35'	Report	Davis 3' Serioux 8' Chabala 42'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 12,577 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

May 15, 2010	Columbus Crew	1 – 0	Chivas USA	Columbus, Ohio, USA
	Hejduk 55' Schelotto 90' (pen.)	Report	Umana 15' Padilla 60' Zemanski 77'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 15,027 Referee: Jeff Gontarek

May 22, 2010	Chivas USA	1 – 2	Real Salt Lake	Carson, California, USA
7:30 PM PT	Saragosa 26' Braun 80'	Report	Williams 39' Wingert 45+1' Alexandre 66' Espíndola 89'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,287 Referee: Yader Reyes

May 29, 2010	D.C. United	3 – 2	Chivas USA	Washington, D.C., USA
7:30 PM EDT	Najar 26' Cristman 76' King 87' Talley 90+2' (pen)	Report	Braun 17' Trujilo 78' Galindo 80' Thornton 90'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 13,043 Referee: Jasen Anno

June 5, 2010	New York Red Bulls	1 – 0	Chivas USA	Harrison, New Jersey, USA
7:30 PM EDT	Stammler 27'	Report	Delgado 73' Romero 74'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 18,815 Referee: Terry Vaughn

June 26, 2010	Chivas USA	1 – 2	FC Dallas	Carson, California, USA
	Lahoud 1' Romero 59'	Report	Jazic 45' (o.g.) Ferreira 61' Guarda 71'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,173 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

July 3, 2010	Chivas USA	1 – 1	Philadelphia Union	Carson, California, USA
	Trujillo 27' Braun 31' Gavin 42' Jazic 82'	Report	Mwanga 21' Torres 38' Orozco Fiscal 57'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,479 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

July 10, 2010	Kansas City Wizards	0 – 2	Chivas USA	Kansas City, Kansas, USA
	Jimmy Conrad 81'	report	Braun 56', 87' Osael Romero 74'	Stadium: CommunityAmerica Ballpark Attendance: 10,288 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

July 24, 2010	Real Salt Lake	1 – 1	Chivas USA	Sandy, Utah, USA
8:00pm MT	Beckerman 51' Grabavoy 66' Saborío 82'	Report	Espinoza 28' Trujillo 54' Padilla 70' Kennedy 78'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,469 Referee: Mark Geiger

July 31, 2010	Chivas USA	3 – 1	Columbus Crew	Carson, California, USA
	Braun 37' Gavin 45' Borja 53'		Francis 85' Lenhart 88'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 13,419 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

August 7, 2010	Toronto FC	2 – 1	Chivas USA	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
4:00PM EDT	Gargan 17' Attakora 21' Barrett 32'	Report	Jazić 14' Maldonado 65' (pen.)	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,648 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

August 14, 2010	Chivas USA	0 – 0	Seattle Sounders FC	Carson, California, USA
20:00 PDT	Trujillo 91+'	Report	Parke 89' González 91+'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 13,839 Referee: Alex Prus

August 21, 2010	FC Dallas	1 – 0	Chivas USA	Frisco, Texas, USA
7:30PM CDT	Harris 34' Shea 71' Hernández 79'	Report	Padilla 79' Nagamura 89'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 10,309 Referee: Paul Ward

August 29, 2010	Chivas USA	1 – 0	D.C. United	Carson, California, USA
7:00PM PDT	Braun 13' 73' Saragosa 72'	Report	Najar 84'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 12,517 Referee: Kevin Stott

September 4, 2010	Colorado Rapids	3 – 0	Chivas USA	Commerce City, Colorado, USA
	Casey 51' Cummings 68' 80'	Report	Gordon 39' Cuesta 60'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 10,312 Referee: Michael Kennedy

September 10, 2010	Chivas USA	2 – 0	New England Revolution	Carson, California, USA
7:30PM PDT	Braun 6' Nagamura 36' Umaña 86'	Report		Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 10,783 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

September 19, 2010	Chivas USA	0 – 2	Kansas City Wizards	Carson, California, USA
5:00PM PDT	Trujillo 54' Umaña 75'	Report	Kamara 70' Bunbury 83'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 15,382 Referee: Kevin Stott

September 25, 2010	Philadelphia Union	3 – 0	Chivas USA	Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
4:00PM EDT	Moreno 25' Mapp 44' Fred 45+' 45+' Le Toux 69'	Report	Trujillo 45+' Umaña 67' Nagamura 85'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 16,481 Referee: Mark Geiger

October 3, 2010	Chivas USA	1 – 2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Carson, California, USA
4:00 PM PDT	Borja 38' Gordon 63' Espinoza 79'		Buddle 23' Beckham 39' Eddie Lewis Stephens 89'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 24,283 Referee: Jair Marrufo

October 9, 2010	Chivas USA	3 – 0	Toronto FC	Carson, California, USA
7:30 PM PDT	Flores 51' Gordon 74' Padilla 88' Espinoza 90'	(report)	De Rosario 81'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 12,426 Referee: Terry Vaughan

October 15, 2010	Seattle Sounders FC	2 – 1	Chivas USA	Seattle, Washington, USA
	Zakuani 9' Alonso 25'	(report)	Padilla 90+'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 36,356

October 20, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	3 – 0	Chivas USA	Santa Clara, California, USA
	Burling 28' Wondolowski 55' (pen.) 59' 72'		Umana 29'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,633 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

October 23, 2010	Chivas USA	1 – 4	Chicago Fire	Carson, California, USA
	Maldonado 57' Espinoza 72'		Mcbride 40' Ljungberg 45+' 72' Carr 68' Husidic 90+'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,825

League table

Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LA Galaxy	30	18	7	5	44	26	+18	59	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Real Salt Lake	30	15	4	11	45	20	+25	56
3	FC Dallas	30	12	4	14	42	28	+14	50
4	Seattle Sounders FC	30	14	10	6	39	35	+4	48
5	Colorado Rapids	30	12	8	10	44	32	+12	46
6	San Jose Earthquakes	30	13	10	7	34	33	+1	46
7	Houston Dynamo	30	9	15	6	40	49	−9	33
8	Chivas USA	30	8	18	4	31	45	−14	28

Source: MLS

Overall

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LA Galaxy (S)	30	18	7	5	44	26	+18	59	CONCACAF Champions League
2	Real Salt Lake	30	15	4	11	45	20	+25	56
3	New York Red Bulls	30	15	9	6	38	29	+9	51
4	FC Dallas	30	12	4	14	42	28	+14	50	CONCACAF Champions League
5	Columbus Crew	30	14	8	8	40	34	+6	50
6	Seattle Sounders FC	30	14	10	6	39	35	+4	48	CONCACAF Champions League
7	Colorado Rapids (C)	30	12	8	10	44	32	+12	46	CONCACAF Champions League
8	San Jose Earthquakes	30	13	10	7	34	33	+1	46
9	Kansas City Wizards	30	11	13	6	36	35	+1	39
10	Chicago Fire	30	9	12	9	37	38	−1	36
11	Toronto FC	30	9	13	8	33	41	−8	35	CONCACAF Champions League
12	Houston Dynamo	30	9	15	6	40	49	−9	33
13	New England Revolution	30	9	16	5	32	50	−18	32
14	Philadelphia Union	30	8	15	7	35	49	−14	31
15	Chivas USA	30	8	18	4	31	45	−14	28
16	D.C. United	30	6	20	4	21	47	−26	22

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield

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
14	11	3	9	2	15	21	−6	2	4	1	8	10	−2	1	5	1	7	11	−4

Last updated: July 4, 2009
Source: MLSNet.com
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

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Squad

As of April 9, 2010.^[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Dan Kennedy
2	DF	CRC	Darío Delgado (on loan from Puntarenas)
4	DF	CRC	Michael Umaña
5	MF	BRA	Marcelo Saragosa
6	DF	CAN	Ante Jazić
7	MF	SLV	Osael Romero (on loan from Vista Hermosa)
8	MF	MEX	Mariano Trujillo
9	FW	CUB	Maykel Galindo
10	FW	MEX	Jesús Padilla (on loan from Guadalajara)
11	MF	USA	Michael Lahoud
13	DF	USA	Jonathan Bornstein
14	MF	USA	Gerson Mayen
15	MF	CRC	José Macotelo (on loan from Puntarenas)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	USA	Sacha Kljestan (captain)
17	FW	USA	Justin Braun
18	MF	USA	Blair Gavin
19	MF	USA	Jorge Flores
21	MF	USA	Ben Zemanski
22	GK	USA	Zach Thornton
28	MF	USA	César Zamora
29	FW	BRA	Maicon Santos (on loan from Bonsucesso)
30	DF	USA	Carlos Borja
45	DF	COL	Yamith Cuesta (on loan from Expreso Rojo)
77	FW	USA	Chukwudi Chijindu
99	FW	MEX	Eduardo Lillingston (on loan at Tijuana)

U.S. Open Cup

SuperLiga

With a sixth-place finish in 2009, along with finishing in the MLS Cup Western Conference Semifinals, Chivas USA earned a Group Stage spot in the North American SuperLiga. Chivas USA was drawn with Mexican clubs Puebla and Pachuca. Additionally, they were drawn with fellow-MLS club Houston Dynamo.

The Goats opened up pool play against Puebla at The Home Depot Center. Chivas fell early on in this game, thanks to a sixth-minute opener from Nicolás Olivera. Puebla would double their lead in the 62nd minute with a goal from Álvaro González. The recently acquired Michael Umaña scored a late goal for the Goats, but it was too little, too late. Chivas would lose 2-1 in the end.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Houston Dynamo	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Puebla	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Chivas USA	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Pachuca	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

July 15, 2010

22:30 EDT

Chivas USA	1 – 2	Puebla
Umaña 85'	Report	Olivera 6' González 62'

The Home Depot Center, Carson, CA

Attendance: 12,617

Referee: José Gaspar Molina (Honduras)

July 18, 2010

20:00 EDT

Houston Dynamo	1 – 1	Chivas USA
Palmer 6'	Report	Padilla 71'

Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX

Attendance: 5,007

July 21, 2010

22:30 EDT

Chivas USA	1 – 0	Pachuca
Maldonado 7'	Report

The Home Depot Center, Carson, CA

Attendance: 14,817

Referee: Marlon Mejia (El Salvador)

Kits

Home

Home Alt.

Away

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Red / White	Navy	Navy
Home Alt.	Red / White	Navy	Navy	MLS, March 27 against Colorado → Training Shorts
Away	Navy	White	White

Notes

^ http://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?p=3609
^ "MLS clubs' 2010 Home Openers unveiled" (Press release). Major League Soccer. September 24, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
^ http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/chivas-usa
^ http://web.mlsnet.com/players/index.jsp?club=t120

[1] ttp://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?p=3609

[firstkick-2] "MLS clubs' 2010 Home Openers unveiled" (Press release). Major League Soccer. September 24, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2009.

[3] ttp://www.mlssoccer.com/players/chivas-usa

[4] ttp://web.mlsnet.com/players/index.jsp?club=t120

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