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2005 Chivas USA season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Chivas USA |
| season | 2005 |
| league | MLS |
| league result | Conference: 6th |
| Overall: 12th | |
| chrtitle | Owner |
| chairman | Jorge Vergara |
| mgrtitle | Manager |
| manager | Thomas Rongen |
| (until May 2005) | |
| Javier Ledesma Interim | |
| (May–June 2005) | |
| Hans Westerhof | |
| (from June 2005) | |
| cup1 | MLS Cup Playoffs |
| cup1 result | Did not qualify |
| cup2 | U.S. Open Cup |
| cup2 result | Fourth round |
| cup3 | SuperClasico |
| cup3 result | Runners-up |
| season topscorer | Three players (4) |
| league topscorer | Héctor Cuadros (4) |
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| American | true |
| nextseason | 2006 |
Overall: 12th (until May 2005) Javier Ledesma Interim (May–June 2005) Hans Westerhof (from June 2005)
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.
Season review
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
Main article: 2004 MLS Expansion Draft, 2005 MLS SuperDraft
In
| Date | Number | Position | Player | Previous club | Fee/notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 19, 2004 | 22 | DF | USA Arturo Torres | LA Galaxy | Expansion Draft First pick | |
| November 19, 2004 | 2 | DF | USA Orlando Perez | Chicago Fire | Expansion Draft Third pick | |
| November 19, 2004 | 5 | DF | VIN Ezra Hendrickson | D.C. United | Expansion Draft Fifth pick | |
| November 19, 2004 | 8 | MF | USA Francisco Gomez | LA Galaxy | Expansion Draft Seventh pick | |
| November 19, 2004 | MF | MEX Antonio de la Torre | Colorado Rapids | Expansion Draft Ninth pick | ||
| November 19, 2004 | 19 | FW | USA Matt Taylor | Kansas City Wizards | Expansion Draft Eleventh pick | |
| November 19, 2004 | DF | JAM Craig Ziadie | MetroStars | Expansion Draft Thirteenth pick | ||
| November 19, 2004 | FW | USA Jamil Walker | San Jose Earthquakes | Expansion Draft Fifteenth pick | ||
| November 19, 2004 | 99 | FW | BRA Thiago Martins | D.C. United | Expansion Draft Seventeenth pick | |
| November 19, 2004 | DF | USA Jeff Stewart | Colorado Rapids | Expansion Draft Nineteenth pick | ||
| January 14, 2005 | 18 | GK | USA Brad Guzan | Generation Adidas | SuperDraft Round one | |
| January 14, 2005 | 17 | MF | USA Christian Jimenez | South Florida Bulls | SuperDraft Round two | |
| January 14, 2005 | 4 | DF | USA Aaron Lopez | UCLA Bruins | SuperDraft Round three | |
| January 14, 2005 | 20 | DF | USA Esteban Arias | Connecticut Huskies | SuperDraft Round four | |
| February 26, 2005 | 27 | DF | CRC Douglas Sequeira | Real Salt Lake | Trade | |
| July 2005 | 4 | MF | USA Juan Pablo García | MEX Atlas | ||
| August 19, 2005 | 19 | FW | MEX Francisco Palencia | MEX Guadalajara | ||
| 1 | GK | MEX Martín Zúñiga | MEX Veracruz | |||
| 21 | GK | USA Shaun Kalnasy | Spokane Shadow | |||
| 59 | GK | MEX Sergio García | Loan from MEX Guadalajara | |||
| 3 | DF | USA Ryan Suarez | LA Galaxy | |||
| 23 | DF | MEX Armando Begines | MEX Guadalajara | |||
| 6 | MF | MEX Francisco Mendoza | MEX Guadalajara | |||
| 7 | MF | MEX Ramón Ramírez | MEX Guadalajara | |||
| 10 | MF | MEX Héctor Cuadros | MEX Guadalajara | |||
| 11 | MF | USA Milton Blanco | Fresno Fuego | |||
| 12 | MF | USA Mike Muñoz | ||||
| 13 | MF | USA Rodrigo López | MEX Guadalajara | |||
| 16 | MF | MEX Antonio Martínez | MEX Necaxa | |||
| 26 | MF | USA Jesús Ochoa | MEX Lagartos de Tabasco | |||
| 9 | FW | MEX Isaac Romo | Loan from MEX Guadalajara |
Out
| Date | Number | Position | Player | New club | Fee/notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 24, 2004 | DF | USA Jeff Stewart | Real Salt Lake | Trade | ||
| March 8, 2005 | FW | USA Jamil Walker | D.C. United | Trade | ||
| June 27, 2005 | 3 | DF | USA Ryan Suarez | MetroStars | Waived | |
| August 29, 2005 | 1 | GK | MEX Martín Zúñiga | Retired | ||
| 4 | DF | USA Aaron Lopez | ||||
| 47 | DF | MEX Alfonso Loera | MEX CD Tapatio | |||
| DF | JAM Craig Ziadie | |||||
| MF | MEX Antonio de la Torre |
Roster
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Brad Guzan | USA | GK | Generation Adidas | 2005 | ||||||||
| 21 | Shaun Kalnasy | USA | GK | Spokane Shadow | 2005 | ||||||||
| 59 | Sergio García | MEX | GK | loan MEX Guadalajara | 2005 | ||||||||
| 2 | Orlando Perez | USA | DF | Chicago Fire | 2005 | ||||||||
| 5 | Ezra Hendrickson | VCT | DF | D.C. United | 2005 | ||||||||
| 20 | Esteban Arias | USA | DF | Connecticut Huskies | 2005 | ||||||||
| 22 | Arturo Torres | USA | DF | LA Galaxy | 2005 | ||||||||
| 23 | Armando Begines | MEX | DF | MEX Guadalajara | 2005 | ||||||||
| 27 | Douglas Sequeira | CRC | DF | CRC Saprissa | 2005 | ||||||||
| 6 | Francisco Mendoza | MEX | MF | MEX Guadalajara | 2005 | ||||||||
| 7 | Ramón Ramírez | MEX | MF | MEX Guadalajara | 2005 | ||||||||
| 8 | Francisco Gomez | USA | MF | Kansas City Wizards | 2005 | ||||||||
| 10 | Héctor Cuadros | MEX | MF | MEX Guadalajara | 2005 | ||||||||
| 11 | Milton Blanco | USA | MF | Fresno Fuego | 2005 | ||||||||
| 12 | Mike Muñoz | USA | MF | California Golden Bears | 2005 | ||||||||
| 13 | Rodrigo López | USA | MF | MEX Guadalajara | 2005 | ||||||||
| 16 | Antonio Martínez | MEX | MF | MEX Necaxa | 2005 | ||||||||
| 17 | Christian Jimenez | USA | MF | South Florida Bulls | 2005 | ||||||||
| 26 | Jesús Ochoa | MEX | MF | MEX Lagartos de Tabasco | 2005 | ||||||||
| 44 | Juan Pablo García | MEX | MF | MEX Atlas | 2005 | ||||||||
| 9 | Isaac Romo | MEX | FW | loan from MEX Guadalajara | 2005 | 2006 | |||||||
| 15 | Francisco Palencia | MEX | FW | MEX Guadalajara | 2005 | ||||||||
| 19 | Matt Taylor | USA | FW | Kansas City Wizards | 2005 | ||||||||
| 99 | Thiago Martins | BRA | FW | D.C. United | 2005 |
- 14 USA Victor Arbelaez
- 24 USA Javier Barragan
- 28 MEX Héctor Castro
Competitions
Major League Soccer
Main article: 2005 Major League Soccer season
League table
Results summary
Results
Gros
Olsen
Gómez
Davis
Mullan
Cochrane
Dayak
Ramírez
Cuadros
Sequeira
Martins
Suarez
Hendrickson
Ruiz
Johnson
Jones
Vagenas
Kirovski
Lopez
Ramírez
Romo
Taylor
Martins
Suarez
Romo
Loera
Begines
Whitfield
Kreis
Henderson
Pedro
Cannon
Freeman
Cunningham
N'Kong
Lewis
Ramírez
Williams
Trembly
Gomez
Loera
Romo
Goodson
Gbandi
Ruiz
O'Brien
Johnson
Miña
Nagamura
Vagenas
Gomez
Martins
Gutiérrez
Marsch
Guerrero
Hendrickson
Romo
Hendrickson
Begines
Torres
Moreno
Aloisi
Martins
Beckerman
Lewis
Pitchkolan
Thompson
Núñez
Taylor
Ramírez
Conrad
Zavagnin
Arnaud
Victorine
Martínez
Martínez
Cuadros
Perez
Segares
Cuadros
Ramírez
Martínez
Taylor
Martins
Romo
Mathis
Kamler
Gomez
Arias
Franchino
Dorman
Williams
Kreis
Ochoa
Arias
Torres
Sequeira
Begines
Martínez
Torres
Guzan
Gomez
Donovan
Quaranta
Walker
Kovalenko
Bradley
Parke
Meola
García
Mendoza
Hendrickson
Cuadros
Ruiz
Núñez
Gbandi
Johnson
Hendrickson
Sequeira
Wolyniec
Szetela
Chung
Ching
Hendrickson
Martínez
Palencia
Mendoza
Sequeira
Ramírez
Califf
Moreno
García
Ramírez
Sequeira
Arias
Gargan
Kirovski
Foss
N'Kong
Serna
Dayan
Dayan
Denton
Arias
Agoos
Guevara
U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2005 U.S. Open Cup
Swinehart
Martins
Romo
Ngwenya
Gomez
Donovan
Nagamura
Ramírez
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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Goal scorers
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | MEX | 10 | Héctor Cuadros | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| FW | BRA | 99 | Thiago Martins | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| MF | MEX | 7 | Ramón Ramírez | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | DF | VIN | 5 | Ezra Hendrickson | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| FW | MEX | 15 | Francisco Palencia | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| DF | CRC | 27 | Douglas Sequeira | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| FW | MEX | 9 | Isaac Romo | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | MF | MEX | 16 | Antonio Martínez | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| FW | USA | 19 | Matt Taylor | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| DF | USA | 22 | Arturo Torres | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| DF | USA | 20 | Esteban Arias | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13 | DF | USA | 3 | Ryan Suarez | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| MF | MEX | 44 | Juan Pablo García | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| TOTALS | 31 | 5 | 36 |
Disciplinary record
| TOTALS | 69 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 4 |
|---|
References
References
- (February 26, 2005). "Chivas USA contrató a defensor costarricense Douglas Sequeira". Nacion.
- (March 8, 2005). "D.C. United Signs Nick Van Sicklen and Jamil Walker". Our Sports Central.
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