2012 Chivas USA season

Chivas USA

2012 season
Owner	Jorge Vergara
Coach	Robin Fraser
Stadium	Home Depot Center
Major League Soccer	Conference: 9th Overall: 17th
MLS Cup	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Semi-finalist
California SuperClásico	Lost (1-2-0)
Top goalscorer	League: Juan Pablo Ángel (4 goals) All: Juan Pablo Ángel (5 goals)
Highest home attendance	18,800 vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (May 19 MLS Regular Season)
Lowest home attendance	7,723 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps (March 17 MLS Regular Season)
Average home league attendance	League: 13,436 All: 13,436
Home colors Away colors
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The 2012 Chivas USA season was the club's eighth and current year of existence. It was the club's eighth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top division in American soccer. Chivas USA competed in Major League Soccer's Western Conference.

Overview

Allocation ranking

Chivas USA is in the #5 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club’s ranking.^[1]

International roster spots

Chivas USA has 9 MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots and Chivas USA acquired a permanent additional spot from Real Salt Lake in 2004.

Future draft pick trades

Future picks acquired: None.
Future picks traded: *2013 MLS SuperDraft Round 2 pick to New England Revolution.

Transfers

In

Date	Number	Position	Player	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
November 23, 2011	7	DF	James Riley	Montreal Impact	Traded for Justin Braun and Gerson Mayen	[2]
November 27, 2011	22	MF	Ryan Smith	Sporting Kansas City	Traded for 1st and 3rd round selections in the Supplemental Draft	[3]
December 21, 2011	8	MF	Oswaldo Minda	Deportivo Quito	Undiscolsed	[4]
January 11, 2012	17	FW	Miler Bolaños	LDU Quito	Loan	[5]
January 12, 2012	14	FW	Casey Townsend	Maryland Terrapins	2012 MLS SuperDraft	[6]
January 17, 2012	28	GK	Tim Melia		Free	[7]
January 24, 2012	5	DF	John Alexander Valencia	Junior	Undisclosed	[8]
January 24, 2012	26	MF	Marvin Iraheta	New York Cosmos U-23	Free	[8]
February 22, 2012	4	DF	Rauwshan McKenzie	Real Salt Lake	Free	[9]
February 22, 2012	6	MF	Peter Vagenas	Real Salt Lake	Vancouver Whitecaps	[9]
February 22, 2012	58	FW	Cesar Romero	Murciélagos	Free	[9]
March 10, 2012	24	GK	Patrick McLain	Cal Poly Mustangs	Free	[10]
March 16, 2012	2	DF	Scott Gordon	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Free	[11]
April 2, 2012	25	MF	Marco Delgado	Chivas USA Academy	Promoted	[12]
April 10, 2012	30	MF	Paolo Cardozo	LA Galaxy	Traded for David Lopes	[13]
April 16, 2012	27	FW	José Correa	Boyacá Chicó	Undisclosed	[14]
May 17, 2012	11	FW	Juan Agudelo	New York Red Bulls	Traded for Heath Pearce and allocation money	[15]
May 17, 2012	23	DF	Danny Califf	Philadelphia Union	Traded for Michael Lahoud and allocation money	[16]
July 6, 2012	2	DF	Bobby Burling	Montreal Impact	Traded for an international roster slot	[17]
August 1, 2012	18	MF	Shalrie Joseph	New England Revolution	Traded for Blair Gavin, a SuperDraft pick and allocation money	[18]

Trial

Date In	Date Out	Position	Player	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
January 16, 2012	February 6, 2012	DF	Fabian Kling	Fort Lewis College	Supplemental Draft	[19]
January 16, 2012	March 15, 2012	MF	Pablo Sandoval			[20][21]
January 16, 2012	May 21, 2012	DF	Mario Ledezma	Guadalajara	Free Agent	[20][22]
January 17, 2012	March 15, 2012	DF	R. J. Allen	Monmouth Hawks	Supplemental Draft	[23]
February 22, 2012	March 15, 2012	MF	Alan	AEK Larnaca	Free Agent	[21][24]
February 22, 2012	March 15, 2012	MF	José Manuel Nájera	Real Cartagena	Free Agent	[21][24]
February 22, 2012	March 15, 2012	FW	Karo Okiomah	High Point Panthers	Supplemental Draft	[24]
March 9, 2012	March 23, 2012	FW	John Owoeri	Ismaily	Free Agent	[25][26]
March 9, 2012	May 21, 2012	MF	Ernesto Hutchinson		Free Agent	[22][25]
March 15, 2012	March 20, 2012	MF	Kevin Huezo	Pachuca	Free Agent	[19][21]
March 16, 2012	March 28, 2012	DF	Patrick Kanyuka	Tamworth	Free Agent	[23][27]
March 16, 2012	March 28, 212	MF	Rodrigo López	Portland Timbers	Free Agent	[23][27]
March 16, 2012	May 21, 2012	MF	Cameron Artigliere	Rheydt SV		[22][23]
March 16, 2012	May 21, 2012	MF	Matthew Dallman	Sportfreunde Siegen	Free Agernt	[22][23]
March 28, 2012	May 21, 2012	DF	Gerardo Daniel Torres	Sensifut Academy	Partnership	[22][27]
March 28, 2012	May 21, 2012	DF	Javier Mena	Sensifut Academy	Partnership	[22][27]
March 28, 2012	May 21, 2012	MF	Victor Manuel Chavez	Sensifut Academy	Partnership	[22][27]
March 28, 2012	May 21, 2012	FW	Jorge Márquez	Sensifut Academy	Partnership	[22][27]
May 28, 2012		MF	Scott Morrison	Ross County	Free Agent	[22]
June 14, 2012		FW	Sebastian Stachnik	Helmond Sport	Free Agent	[28]
June 14, 2012		MF	Tiago Luzardi		Free Agent	[28]

Out

Date	Number	Position	Player	New Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
November 23, 2011	17	FW	Justin Braun	Montreal Impact	Traded for James Riley	[2]
November 23, 2011		DF	Gerson Mayen	Montreal Impact	Traded for James Riley	[2]
November 23, 2011	20	DF	Zarek Valentin	Montreal Impact	MLS Expansion Draft	[29]
November 29, 2011	5	MF	Paulo Nagamura	Sporting Kansas City	Traded for MLS Supplemental Draft 1st round pick	[30]
December 12, 2011	2	DF	Andrew Boyens	LA Galaxy	Re-Entry Draft
December 12, 2011		FW	Chukwudi Chijindu	Wilmington Hammerheads	Option Declined
December 12, 2011	7	MF	Simon Elliott		Contract Expired
December 12, 2011	22	GK	Zach Thornton		Option Declined
December 12, 2011	8	DF	Mariano Trujillo		Option Declined
January 1, 2012	4	DF	Michael Umaña	Comunicaciones	Free
January 4, 2012	23	FW	Marcos Mondaini	Fénix	Loan Return
January 4, 2012	30	GK	Sergio Arias	Guadalajara	Loan Return
January 4, 2012	99	FW	Víctor Estupiñán	Universidad Católica	Option Declined
February 26, 2012	27	FW	Chris Cortez	Topos de Reynosa	Free	[31]
April 10, 2012	77	DF	David Lopes	LA Galaxy	Traded for Paolo Cardozo	[13]
May 17, 2012	3	DF	Heath Pearce	New York Red Bulls	Traded for Juan Agudelo and allocation money	[15]
May 17, 2012	11	MF	Michael Lahoud	Philadelphia Union	Traded for Danny Califf and allocation money	[16]
July 6, 2012	2	DF	Scott Gordon	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Waived	[32]
August 1, 2012	18	MF	Blair Gavin	New England Revolution	Traded for Shalrie Joseph, a SuperDraft pick and allocation money	[18]

Roster

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Dan Kennedy		GK	22 July 1982 (aged 30)	Deportes Iquique	2008
24	Patrick McLain		GK	22 August 1988 (aged 24)	Cal Poly Mustangs	2012		0	0
28	Tim Melia		GK	15 May 1986 (aged 26)	Real Salt Lake	2012		5	0
Defenders
2	Bobby Burling		CB	15 October 1984 (aged 28)	Montreal Impact	2012		29	0
4	Rauwshan McKenzie		CB	19 November 1986 (aged 25)	Real Salt Lake	2012		25	0
5	John Alexander Valencia		CB	4 January 1982 (aged 30)	Atlético Junior	2012		14	0
7	James Riley		RB	27 October 1982 (aged 30)	Seattle Sounders	2012		35	0
13	Ante Jazić		LB	26 February 1976 (aged 36)	LA Galaxy	2009
23	Danny Califf		CB	17 March 1980 (aged 32)	Philadelphia Union	2012		23	1
Midfielders
6	Peter Vagenas		CM / DM	6 February 1978 (aged 34)	Vancouver Whitecaps	2012		16	0
8	Oswaldo Minda		DM / CM	26 July 1983 (aged 29)	Deportivo Quito	2012		23	1
10	Nick LaBrocca		CM / AM	4 December 1984 (aged 27)	Toronto FC	2011		64	10
12	Marco Delgado		CM / RM / RB	16 May 1995 (aged 17)	Chivas USA Academy	2012		1	0
16	Laurent Courtois		LM / CM	11 September 1978 (aged 34)	Grenoble	2011		31	2
17	Miler Bolaños		AM / RM / CM	1 June 1990 (aged 22)	LDU Quito (on loan)	2012		25	3
18	Shalrie Joseph		CDM	24 May 1978 (aged 34)	New England Revolution	2012		12	2
19	Jorge Villafaña		RM / CM / RB	6 September 1989 (aged 23)	Chivas USA Academy	2007
21	Ben Zemanski		RM / CM	12 May 1988 (aged 24)	Cleveland Internationals	2010
26	Marvin Iraheta		CM / AM	31 May 1992 (aged 20)	New York Cosmos U-23	2012		0	0
30	Paolo Cardozo		AM / LW / RW	9 June 1989 (aged 23)	LA Galaxy	2012		11	1
Forwards
9	Juan Pablo Ángel		ST	24 October 1975 (aged 37)	LA Galaxy	2011		31	12
11	Juan Agudelo		ST / LW / RW	23 November 1992 (aged 19)	New York Red Bulls	2012		23	4
14	Casey Townsend		ST	7 July 1989 (aged 23)	Maryland Terrapins	2012		17	1
15	Alejandro Moreno		CF / AM	8 July 1979 (aged 33)	Philadelphia Union	2011		49	7
20	Tristan Bowen		ST	30 January 1991 (aged 21)	LA Galaxy	2011		7	0
22	Ryan Smith		AM / RW / LW	10 November 1986 (aged 25)	Sporting Kansas City	2012		24	0
27	José Erick Correa		ST	20 July 1992 (aged 20)	Boyacá Chicó	2012		19	4
58	Cesar Romero		ST / RW / LW	2 August 1989 (aged 23)	Murciélagos	2012		14	2
Away on loan
Left Chivas USA
2	Scott Gordon		CB	6 April 1988 (aged 24)	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2012		5	0
3	Heath Pearce		CB	13 August 1984 (aged 28)	Philadelphia Union	2011		41	0
11	Michael Lahoud		MF	15 September 1986 (aged 26)	Carolina Dynamo	2009
18	Blair Gavin		CB	8 September 1989 (aged 23)	Academy Bradenton	2010

Management

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Robin Fraser
Assistant Coaches	Greg Vanney, Carlos Llamosa
Goalkeepers Coach	Daniel Gonzalez
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Jim Liston
Team Administrator and Assistant Coach	Kevin Esparza

Majority Owner	Jorge Vergara Madrigal
Owner Operator & President	Antonio Cué Sánchez-Navarro
Chief Financial Officer	Clem Gatmaitan
Vice President, Global Business	Francisco Suinaga
Vice President, Marketing, Sponsorship	Rodrigo Morales
General Manager	Jose Domene
Director of Soccer Operations	Kevin Esparza
Team Administrator	Anthony Garcia
Head Athletic Trainer	Brian Lee
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Derek Lawrance
Equipment Manager	Jose Vargas
Team Physicians	Dr. Michael Gerhardt, Dr. David Wallis
Team Chiropractor	George Billauer
Voice of the Chivas USA	Christian Miles, Allen Hopkins
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Home Depot Center (27,000 / 109.7x68.6m)

Source: Staff,

Kits

Home

Home Alt.

Away

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Red / White	Navy	Navy
Home Alt.	Red / White	Navy	Red	Pre-season, February 22 against Club Tijuana
Away	Navy	White	White

Official sponsors

• Corona
• Adidas
• Home Depot
• General Mills
• Volaris

Source:

Friendlies

Ventura County Fusion v Chivas USA

January 27, 2012	Ventura County Fusion	1 – 0	Chivas USA	Oxnard, California
10:00 PST, 45' x 45' Training Game	Hagop Chirishian  49' Omar Elmasri  53' Ivan Mikovic  61'	Match Report		Stadium: Oxnard College Attendance: ~65 Referee: Luis Gutierrez

Chivas USA v FC Hasental

February 3, 2012	Chivas USA	5 – 0	FC Hasental	Carson, California
11:00 PST, 45' x 45' Training Game	Ryan Smith (footballer)  10' Michael Lahoud  22' Juan Pablo Angel  24' (pen.) Ryan Smith (footballer)  40' Chris Cortez  50' Cesar Romero  89'	Match Report		Stadium: HDC, Field 4 Attendance: ~80 Referee: Alex Mariscal

Chivas USA v Colorado Rapids

February 7, 2012	Chivas USA	0 – 1	Colorado Rapids	Carson, California
12:00 PST, 45' x 45' Training Game		Match Report	Tyrone Marshall  29' Quincy Amarikwa  85'	Stadium: HDC, Field 4 Attendance: ~100 Referee: Chris Penso

Chivas USA v Chicago Fire

February 11, 2012	Chivas USA	0 – 1	Chicago Fire	Bradenton, Florida USA
07:00 PST, 45' x 45' Training Game		Match Report	Daniel Paladini  24'	Stadium: IMG Soccer Academy Attendance: ~200 Referee: Kevin Stott

Chivas USA v Montreal Impact

February 14, 2012	Chivas USA	1 – 0	Montreal Impact	Carson, California
11:00 PST, 30' x 30' Training Game	Casey Townsend  2' R.J. Allen  17'	Match Report	Simon Gatti  18'	Stadium: HDC, Field 2 Attendance: ~35 Referee: Daniel Radford

Los Angeles Galaxy v Chivas USA

February 16, 2012	Los Angeles Galaxy	3 – 2	Chivas USA	Carson, California
15:00PST, Training Game	Pat Noonan  21' Adam Cristman  31' Dan Keat  40' Kyle Nakazawa  40'	Match Report	Michael Lahoud  53' Nick LaBrocca  61' Cesar Romero  77'	Stadium: HDC, Field 1 Attendance: ~50 Referee: Chris Penso

Club Tijuana v Chivas USA

February 22, 2012	Club Tijuana	5 – 2	Chivas USA	San Diego, California
20:00PST, Training Game	Bruno Piceno  17' Raul Enriquez  53' Mauro Gerk  65' Lenardo Fernandez  79' Noe Maya  82' (pen.) Alejandro Molina  87' Lenardo Fernandez  91'	Match Report	Oswaldo Minda  22' Nick LaBrocca  28' Miller Bolaños  35' Michael Lahoud  36' Ryan Smith  43' Ante Jazic  47' Miller Bolaños  50' Casey Townsend  88'	Stadium: Torero Stadium Attendance: 4,238 Referee: Alex Mariscal

Chivas USA v Loyola Marymount

February 24, 2012	Chivas USA	4 – 0	Loyola Marymount	Carson, California
11:00PST, Training Game	Casey Townsend  10' Alan Souza  19' Casey Townsend  40' Cesar Romero  49' (pen.)	Match Report		Stadium: HDC, Field 2 Attendance: ~40 Referee: Magic Berendji

Chivas USA v AIK Fotboll

February 27, 2012	Chivas USA	0 – 2	AIK Fotboll	Portland, Oregon
17:00PST, Training Game		Match Report	Viktor Lundberg  41' Lalawele Atakora  52'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Referee: Paul Ward

Portland Timbers v Chivas USA

March 01, 2012	Portland Timbers	1 – 1	Chivas USA	Portland, Oregon
19:30PST, Training Game	Ryan Kawulok  78'	Match Report	Cesar Romero  21'	Stadium: JELD-WEN Field Attendance: 15,195 Referee: Chris Penso

San Jose Earthquakes v Chivas USA

March 04, 2012	San Jose Earthquakes	5 – 0	Chivas USA	Portland, Oregon
14:30PST, Training Game	Chris Wondolowski  27' Stephen Beitashour  31' Justin Morrow  52' Marvin Chavez  58' Tressor Moreno  80' Sercan Guvenisik  84' Sam Garza  88'	Match Report	Heath Pearce  12'	Stadium: JELD-WEN Field Attendance: NA Referee: Yader Reyes

Chivas USA v Los Angeles Blues

March 12, 2012 Match 1	Chivas USA	0 - 1	Los Angeles Blues	Carson, California
11:00 PDT	Alejandro Moreno  15'	Match Report	Chad Bond  13' Mike Lopez  46' Matthew Fondy  76' Mike Lopez  85'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: ~40 Referee: Daniel Radford

Chivas USA v UC Riverside

March 18, 2012 Match 2	Chivas USA	7 - 1	UC Riverside	Carson, California
13:30 PDT	Miller Bolaños  24' Cesar Romero  37' John Owoeri  60' Cesar Romero  61' John Owoeri  62' John Owoeri  67' Cesar Romero  85'	Match Report	Joseph O'Connor  13' Otis Earle  73' (pen.)	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: ~100 Referee: Rob Sarfaraz

Chivas USA v FC Hasental

March 29, 2012 Match 3	Chivas USA	5 - 0	FC Hasental	Carson, California
11:00 PDT	Victor Manuel Chavez  50' Blair Gavin  55' (pen.) Mario Ledesma  62' Victor Manuel Chavez  72' Casey Townsend  86'	Match Report		Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: ~25 Referee: Jesus Cisneros

Chivas USA v Fullerton Rangers

April 10, 2012 Match 4	Chivas USA	3 - 2	Fullerton Rangers	Carson, California
10:00 PDT	Miller Bolaños  12' (pen.) Miller Bolaños  68' Miller Bolaños  80'	Match Report	Julio Madrigal  3' Julio Madrigal  56'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: ~80 Referee: Kevin Esparza

Competitions

MLS

League table

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	San Jose Earthquakes (SS) (W1)	66	34	19	6	9	72	43	+29	2012 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Real Salt Lake	57	34	17	11	6	46	35	+11
3	Seattle Sounders FC	56	34	15	8	11	51	33	+18
4	LA Galaxy	54	34	16	12	6	59	47	+12	2012 MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	43	34	11	13	10	35	41	−6
6	FC Dallas	39	34	9	13	12	42	47	−5
7	Colorado Rapids	37	34	11	19	4	44	50	−6
8	Portland Timbers	34	34	8	16	10	34	56	−22
9	Chivas USA	30	34	7	18	9	24	58	−34

Updated to matches played on October 28, 2012. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner

(W1) = Western Conference champion

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	San Jose Earthquakes (SS)	66	34	19	6	9	72	43	+29	2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League ^1
2	Sporting Kansas City	63	34	18	7	9	42	27	+15
3	D.C. United	58	34	17	10	7	53	43	+10
4	New York Red Bulls	57	34	16	9	9	57	46	+11
5	Real Salt Lake	57	34	17	11	6	46	35	+11
6	Chicago Fire	57	34	17	11	6	46	41	+5
7	Seattle Sounders FC	56	34	15	8	11	51	33	+18
8	LA Galaxy	54	34	16	12	6	59	47	+12	2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League ^1
9	Houston Dynamo	53	34	14	9	11	48	41	+7
10	Columbus Crew	52	34	15	12	7	44	44	0
11	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	43	34	11	13	10	35	41	−6
12	Montreal Impact	42	34	12	16	6	45	51	−6
13	FC Dallas	39	34	9	13	12	42	47	−5
14	Colorado Rapids	37	34	11	19	4	44	50	−6
15	Philadelphia Union	36	34	10	18	6	37	45	−8
16	New England Revolution	35	34	9	17	8	39	44	−5
17	Portland Timbers	34	34	8	16	10	34	56	−22
18	Chivas USA	30	34	7	18	9	24	58	−34
19	Toronto FC	23	34	5	21	8	36	62	−26	2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League ^2

Updated to matches played on October 28, 2012. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner

¹The highest ranked U.S.-based MLS club qualifies to the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League (placed in Pot A). The other U.S. representatives in the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League are:

• Winner of the 2012 MLS Cup (Pot A)
• Runner-up of the 2012 MLS Cup (Pot B)
• Winner of the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (Pot B)

²Toronto FC qualified for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2012 Canadian Championship.

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
28	28	7	14	7	21	44	−23	3	9	2	8	23	−15	4	5	5	13	21	−8

Last updated: September 20, 2012
Source: 2012 Major League Soccer season
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D

Last updated: May 30, 2013.
Source: Regular season matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Chivas USA v Houston Dynamo

March 11, 2012 1	Chivas USA	0 – 1	Houston Dynamo	Carson
16:00 PDT		Report	Watson  51' Hainault  90+2'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,464 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Chivas USA v Vancouver Whitecaps

March 17, 2012 2	Chivas USA	0 – 1	Vancouver Whitecaps	Carson
19:30 PDT	Minda  35'	Report	Davidson  63' DeMerit  68' Hassli  89'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 7,723 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Real Salt Lake v Chivas USA

March 24, 2012 3	Real Salt Lake	0 – 1	Chivas USA	Sandy
18:00 PDT	Schuler  12'	Report	Minda  45' Vagenas  55' Townsend  72' 86' Kennedy  93'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,415 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Chivas USA v Sporting Kansas City

April 1, 2012 4	Chivas USA	0 – 1	Sporting Kansas City	Carson
18:00 PDT	McKenzie  84'	Report	Sinovic  34' Sapong  47'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 13,372 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Portland Timbers v Chivas USA

April 7, 2012 5	Portland Timbers	1 – 2	Chivas USA	Portland
19:30 PDT	Boyd  16'	Report	Minda  26' Moreno  48' LaBrocca  82' Smith  90+2'	Stadium: JELD-WEN Field Attendance: 20,438 Referee: Chris Penso

Toronto FC v Chivas USA

April 14, 2012 6	Toronto FC	0 – 1	Chivas USA	Toronto
13:30 PDT	Lambe  66' Koevermans  90+1'	Report	Smith  6' Minda  31' 64' Bolaños  51'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 18,476 Referee: Mark Geiger

Chivas USA v Philadelphia Union

April 21, 2012 7	Chivas USA	0 – 1	Philadelphia Union	Carson
19:30 PDT	Moreno  46' Kennedy  87'	Report	Adu  40' Valdes  60' Pajoy  70' Williams  73' Daniel  75' Farfan  85'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,127 Referee: Juan Guzman

Colorado Rapids v Chivas USA

April 28, 2012 8	Colorado Rapids	4 – 0	Chivas USA	Commerce City
18:00 PDT	Cascio  50' Larentowicz  59' 84' (pen.) Freeman  75' Hill  82', 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 10,969 Referee: Kevin Stott

Chivas USA v Chicago Fire

May 4, 2012 9	Chivas USA	1 – 2	Chicago Fire	Carson
22:00	Minda  16' Ángel  23'	Report	Pardo  20' Berry  25' Oduro  72' Pappa  90+3'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,652 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

San Jose Earthquakes v Chivas USA

May 13, 2012 10	San Jose Earthquakes	1 – 1	Chivas USA	Santa Clara
19:30 PDT	Stephenson  39' Corrales  56' Gordon  88' Garza  90+1'	Report	Correa  4' LaBrocca  36' Riley  74'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,169 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Chivas USA v LA Galaxy

May 19, 2012 11	Chivas USA	1 – 0	LA Galaxy	Carson
19:30 PDT	Minda  36' Correa  70' (pen.)	Report	Lopes  70' Donovan  85'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 18,800 Referee: Mark Geiger

New York Red Bulls v Chivas USA

May 23, 2012 12	New York Red Bulls	1 – 1	Chivas USA	Harrison
16:00 PDT	Cooper  56' Lindpere  73'	Report	Ángel  47' 90+3'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 13,919 Referee: Armando Villarreal

Chivas USA v Seattle Sounders

May 26, 2012 13	Chivas USA	1 – 1	Seattle Sounders	Carson
19:30 PDT	Agudelo  57'	Report	Rose  20' Estrada  61'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 12,280 Referee: Chris Penso

Chivas USA v Real Salt Lake

June 16, 2012 14	Chivas USA	0 – 3	Real Salt Lake	Carson
19:30 PDT	Minda  73'	Report	Wingert  38' Espíndola  41', 54' Saborío  71' Johnson  90+4'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 13,816 Referee: Yader Reyes

Chivas USA v Montreal Impact

June 20, 2012 15	Chivas USA	2 – 1	Montreal Impact	Carson
19:30 PDT	Moreno  14' Romero  16' Ángel  82' Agudelo  90+1'	Report	Martins  42' Arnaud  55'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 10,376 Referee: Allen Chapman

FC Dallas v Chivas USA

June 23, 2012 16	FC Dallas	0 – 0	Chivas USA	Frisco
18:00 PDT		Report	Minda  90+2'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 13,846 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Chivas USA v Vancouver Whitecaps

July 7, 2012 17	Chivas USA	0 – 0	Vancouver Whitecaps	Carson
19:30 PDT	LaBrocca  45+1' Califf  90+3'	Report	Rochat  64' Hassli  66' Bonjour  71' Koffie  88'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 11,659 Referee: Juan Guzmán

Chivas USA v Portland Timbers

July 18, 2012 18	Chivas USA	1 – 0	Portland Timbers	Carson
13:00 PDT	Bolaños  16'	Report	Kimura  46' Jewsbury  54'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 13,827 Referee: Armando Villarreal

LA Galaxy v Chivas USA

July 21, 2012 19	LA Galaxy	3 – 1	Chivas USA	Carson
19:00 PDT	Keane  14' Beckham  32' Donovan  48', 78' 53'	Report	Smith  18' Zemanski  36' McKenzie  46' Cardozo  52'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 25,180 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Portland Timbers v Chivas USA

July 28, 2012 20	Portland Timbers	0 – 1	Chivas USA	Portland
20:00 PDT	Songo'o  68'	Report	Califf  68' Zemanski  73'	Stadium: JELD-WEN Field Attendance: 20,438 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Chivas USA v LA Galaxy

August 12, 2012 21	Chivas USA	0 – 4	LA Galaxy	Carson
20:00 PDT	Valencia  30'	Report	Keane  27' Juninho  64', 74' Gonzalez  83'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 17,601 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Colorado Rapids v Chivas USA

August 18, 2012 22	Colorado Rapids	1 – 1	Chivas USA	Commerce City
18:00 PDT	Mullen  19'	Report	Joseph  78' Minda  80' Ángel  83'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 15,679 Referee: Ramon Hernandez

Chivas USA v Seattle Sounders

August 25, 2012 23	Chivas USA	2 – 6	Seattle Sounders	Carson
19:30 PDT	Agudelo  38' (pen.) Bolaños  64' 90+3'	Report	Evans  10' Montero  27', 34', 67' Alonso  54' Ochoa  80' Jazić  90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 11,973 Referee: Jose Rivero

New England Revolution v Chivas USA

August 29, 2012 24	New England Revolution	3 – 3	Chivas USA	Foxborough
17:00 PDT	Sène  4', 21' McKenzie  11' (o.g.) Alston  44'	Report	Joseph  23', 45+1' Bolaños  47' Califf  60'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 10,945 Referee: Matthew Foerster

San Jose Earthquakes v Chivas USA

September 2, 2012 25	San Jose Earthquakes	4 – 0	Chivas USA	Santa Clara
18:00 PDT	Bernárdez  11' Baca  31' Dawkins  39' Gordon  48' Wondolowski  70' Corrales  71', 81'	Report	Minda  48'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Mark Geiger

Seattle Sounders v Chivas USA

September 8, 2012 26	Seattle Sounders	2 – 1	Chivas USA	Seattle
13:00 PDT	Johnson  28', 89'	Report	LaBrocca  8' Joseph  66' Townsend  77'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 38,934 Referee: Kevin Stott

Chivas USA v San Jose Earthquakes

September 15, 2012 27	Chivas USA	0 – 2	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson
19:30 PDT	Valencia  39' Joseph  39' Villafaña  69'	Report	Wondolowski  40' (pen.) Gordon  49'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 11,317 Referee: Chris Penso

Columbus Crew v Chivas USA

September 19, 2012 28	Columbus Crew	1 – 0	Chivas USA	Columbus
16:30 PDT	Meram  89'  90'	Report	Minda  75' Valencia  86' Correa  90'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 13,874 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

D.C. United v Chivas USA

September 23, 2012 29	D.C. United	1 – 0	Chivas USA	Washington, D.C.
16:00 PDT	Saragosa  60' Bošković  64' Najar  74'	Report	LaBrocca  68' Townsend  90'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 11,770 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Chivas USA v Real Salt Lake

September 29, 2012 30	Chivas USA	0 – 4	Real Salt Lake	Carson
19:30 PDT	Bolaños  15' Minda  21'	Report	Saborío  8', 11', 65' Wingert  20' Paulo Jr.  81'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 11,450

Vancouver Whitecaps v Chivas USA

October 3, 2012 31	Vancouver Whitecaps	4 – 0	Chivas USA	Vancouver, BC
19:00 PDT	Koffie  11' Richards  35' Sanvezzo  62' Robson  73'	Report	Bolaños  43' Mendoza  55'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 17,777

Chivas USA v FC Dallas

October 7, 2012 32	Chivas USA	1 – 1	FC Dallas	Carson
16:00 PDT	Bolaños  35' Burling  43' Villafaña  69'	Report	Pérez  8' de Guzman  86'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 13,009

Chivas USA v Colorado Rapids

October 20, 2012 33	Chivas USA	0 – 2	Colorado Rapids	Carson
19:30 PDT	Zemanski  78' Mendoza  88'	Report	Wahl  11' Rivero  16' Hill  43'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 11,499 Referee: Yader Reyes

Chivas USA v FC Dallas

October 27, 2012 34	Chivas USA	2 – 2	FC Dallas	Carson
19:30 PDT	Minda  57' Courtois  90' Agudelo  90+4'	Report	Jackson  36' 73' Castillo  80'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

U.S. Open Cup

Ventura County Fusion v Chivas USA

May 29, 2012 Third Round	Ventura County Fusion	0 – 1	Chivas USA	Ventura
19:00 PDT	Daly  60' Chongo  64' Chavez  89'	Report	Romero  13' Gordon  45+1'	Stadium: Ventura College Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Jesus Cisneros

Carolina RailHawks v Chivas USA

June 5, 2012 Fourth Round	Carolina RailHawks	1 – 2	Chivas USA	Cary
16:07 PDT	Low  35' Ortiz  48' Lowery  55' Palacio  78'	Report	Agudelo  31' Gavin  37' Riley  74' Ángel  90+3' (pen.) Smith  90+4'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 7,117 Referee: Ted Unkel

Chivas USA v Charlotte Eagles

June 26, 2012 Quarterfinals	Chivas USA	2 – 1	Charlotte Eagles	Fullerton
19:00 PDT	Correa  64' (90+4)	Report	Bloom  30' Salles  89'	Stadium: Titan Stadium Attendance: 1,230 Referee: Chris Penso

Seattle Sounders v Chivas USA

July 10, 2012 Semifinals	Seattle Sounders	4 – 1	Chivas USA	Tukwila
19:00 PDT	Johnson  31' Alonso  42' 48' (pen.) Evans  83' Ochoa  88'	Report	Minda  44' Romero  74' Califf  77'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Chris Penso

Squad statistics

As of match played October 27, 2012

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Major League Soccer		U.S. Open Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Dan Kennedy	33	0	32	0	1	0
2	DF		Bobby Burling	3	0	3	0	0	0
4	DF		Rauwshan McKenzie	25	0	20+1	0	4	0
5	DF		John Alexander Valencia	14	0	13	0	1	0
6	MF		Peter Vagenas	16	0	11+2	0	3	0
7	DF		James Riley	35	0	32	0	3	0
8	MF		Oswaldo Minda	23	1	20+2	1	1	0
9	FW		Juan Pablo Ángel	22	5	9+10	4	2+1	1
10	MF		Nick LaBrocca	29	2	26+3	2	0	0
11	FW		Juan Agudelo	23	4	16+4	3	2+1	1
12	MF		Marco Delgado	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
13	DF		Ante Jazić	27	0	27	0	0	0
14	FW		Casey Townsend	17	1	10+7	1	0	0
15	FW		Alejandro Moreno	25	2	17+5	2	2+1	0
16	MF		Laurent Courtois	20	1	9+8	1	2+1	0
17	MF		Miler Bolaños	25	3	21+3	3	1	0
18	MF		Shalrie Joseph	12	2	12	2	0	0
19	MF		Jorge Villafaña	17	1	9+5	1	3	0
20	FW		Tristan Bowen	5	0	3+2	0	0	0
21	MF		Ben Zemanski	25	0	18+4	0	1+2	0
22	FW		Ryan Smith	24	0	12+9	0	1+2	0
23	DF		Danny Califf	23	1	19	1	3+1	0
27	FW		José Correa	19	4	7+9	2	2+1	2
28	GK		Tim Melia	5	0	2	0	3	0
30	MF		Paolo Cardozo	11	1	8+1	1	2	0
58	FW		Cesar Romero	14	2	4+8	0	1+1	2
Players away from Chivas USA on loan:
Players who left Chivas USA during the season:
2	DF		Scott Gordon	5	0	0+3	0	2	0
3	DF		Heath Pearce	10	0	10	0	0	0
11	MF		Michael Lahoud	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
18	MF		Blair Gavin	13	0	4+5	0	4	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	MLS	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	FW		9	Juan Pablo Ángel	4	1	5
2	FW		11	Juan Agudelo	3	1	4
	FW		27	José Correa	2	2	4
4	FW		17	Miler Bolaños	3	0	3
5	MF		18	Shalrie Joseph	2	0	2
	FW		15	Alejandro Moreno	2	0	2
	MF		10	Nick LaBrocca	2	0	2
	FW		58	César Romero	0	2	2
9	FW		14	Casey Townsend	1	0	1
	MF		8	Oswaldo Minda	1	0	1
	MF		30	Paolo Cardozo	1	0	1
	DF		23	Danny Califf	1	0	1
	MF		19	Jorge Villafaña	1	0	1
	MF		16	Laurent Courtois	1	0	1
				TOTALS	24	6	30

Goalkeeper stats

No.	Nat.	Player	Total			Major League Soccer			U.S. Open Cup
			MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA
1		Dan Kennedy	2970	58	1.75	2880	54	1.6875	90	4	4.00
28		Tim Melia	450	6	1.2	180	4	2.00	270	2	0.50
24		Patrick McLain	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
TOTALS			3420	64	1.68	3060	58	1.70	360	6	1.50

Last updated: October 27, 2012
Source: Chivas USA

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	MLS			U.S. Open Cup			Total
1		GK	Dan Kennedy	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2		DF	Scott Gordon	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
2		DF	Bobby Burling	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4		DF	Rauwshan McKenzie	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
5		DF	John Alexander Valencia	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
6		MF	Peter Vagenas	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7		DF	James Riley	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
8		MF	Oswaldo Minda	13	0	0	1	0	0	14	0	0
9		FW	Juan Pablo Ángel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10		MF	Nick LaBrocca	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11		FW	Juan Agudelo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14		FW	Casey Townsend	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
15		FW	Alejandro Moreno	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17		MF	Miler Bolaños	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
18		MF	Blair Gavin	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
18		MF	Shalrie Joseph	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
19		MF	Jorge Villafaña	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21		MF	Ben Zemanski	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
22		FW	Ryan Smith	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
23		DF	Danny Califf	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
27		FW	José Correa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
58		FW	César Romero	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
			TOTALS	54	0	0	6	0	0	60	0	0

Awards

MLS All-Star

Player	Link
Dan Kennedy	Kennedy First ASG

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Link
6	Dan Kennedy	Toronto FC	Player of the Week

MLS Team of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Link
3	Dan Kennedy Rauwshan McKenzie	Real Salt Lake	Team of the Week
6	Dan Kennedy	Toronto FC	Team of the Week
10	Heath Pearce	San Jose Earthquakes	Team of the Week
11	Danny Califf	Los Angeles Galaxy	Team of the Week
12	James Riley	Seattle Sounders FC	Team of the Week

Reserves

MLS Reserves League - Western Conference

Match results

      Win       Tie       Loss

Los Angeles Galaxy v Chivas USA

April 2, 2012 Match 1	Los Angeles Galaxy	2 - 4	Chivas USA	Carson, California
11:00 PDT	Noonan  29' Keat  42' Barrett  71' Barrett  81'	Report	Lopes  29' Bolaños  54' Romero  59' Romero  64' Romero  86'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: ~150 Referee: Jesus Cisneros

Chivas USA v Seattle Sounders FC

April 23, 2012 Match 2	Chivas USA	3 - 4	Seattle Sounders FC	Carson, California
11:00 PDT	Courtois  9' Ángel  39' (pen.) Townsend  59' Torres  90+1'	Report	Carrasco  10' Cato  12' Ochoa  31' Cato  45' Rose  62' Levesque  67' Ochoa  70'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: ~45 Referee: Daniel Radford

San Jose Earthquakes v Chivas USA

May 14, 2012 Match 3	San Jose Earthquakes	1 - 1	Chivas USA	San Jose, California USA
11:00 PDT	Diaz Pizarro  2' McLoughlin  44' Alexandre  45+1', 86' Cronin  58'	Report	Villafaña  37' Marquez  75' Romero  90+3'	Stadium: Nutrilite Training Facility Attendance: NA Referee: Vicente Cortes

Chivas USA v San Jose Earthquakes

June 8, 2012 Match 4	Chivas USA	3 - 1	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California
11:00 PDT	Cardozo  7' Romero  30' Bolaños  64' (pen.) Cardozo  66'	Report	Salinas  82'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: ~80 Referee: Magic Berendji

Chivas USA v Portland Timbers

June 18, 2012 Match 5	Chivas USA	2 - 2	Portland Timbers	Carson, California
11:00 PDT	Townsend  29' Stachnik  69'	Report	Rincon  13' Fucito  37' Richards  58'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: ~100 Referee: Daniel Radford

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Chivas USA

July 23, 2012 Match 6	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1 - 3	Chivas USA	Vancouver, British Columbia
11:00 PDT	Frose  57' Watson  75'	Report	Chavez  9' Akwari  19' Melia  37' Courtois  41' Gavin  66' Romero  70'	Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: N/A

Portland Timbers v Chivas USA

July 29, 2012 Match 7	Portland Timbers	4 - 2	Chivas USA	Portland, Oregon USA
14:00 PDT	Dike  27' Dike  28' Zizzo  37' Chabala  49' Dike  56' Rincón  69'	Report	Bowen  17' Delgado  45' Bowen  49'	Stadium: JELD-WEN Field Attendance: 6,576 Referee: Cesar Tercero

Chivas USA v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

August 3, 2012 Match 8	Chivas USA	1 - 1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Carson, California
10:00 PDT	Townsend  16' Correa  57'	Report	Harris  14' (pen.) Klazura  23' Harris  32' Alderson  39' Nanchoff  45'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: ~100 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

Chivas USA v Los Angeles Galaxy

August 7, 2012 Match 9	Chivas USA	0 - 1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Carson, California
11:00 PDT	Bowen  44'	Report	McBean  78' Dunivant  84'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: ~100 Referee: Reed Christy

Seattle Sounders FC v Chivas USA

September 9, 2012 Match 10	Seattle Sounders FC	4 - 2	Chivas USA	Tukwila, Washington
19:00 PDT	Gudjohnson  22' Ogararu  49' Burch  56' Cato  62' Seamon  69' C'deBaca  90'	Report	Correa  26' Courtois  35' Steres  60' (o.g.)	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: N/A Referee: William Niccolls

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