[CHIVAS USA SALE: Reaction] Forgotten in recent years, as Chivas USA has faded, is that Chivas USA did have support in the early years. The Chivas-LA Galaxyrivalry was the Super Clasico for a reason, as Steve Sampson, the Galaxy coach at the time, explains. “When I was the [Galaxy] coach in 2005– and we played […]
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Chivas USA experiment is over
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] About to begin its 10th season, the Chivas USA experiment is over. MLS has bought out owners Jorge Vergara and Angelica Fuentes for what Commissioner Don Garber described as”market value.” The league will operate the club until new owners are found in the Los Angeles market.
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New coaches have lots to sort out in Tucson
[MLS PRESEASON: Desert Diamond Cup] Three of the five MLS teams in the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup, Chicago, Chivas USA and Real Salt Lake, have new head coaches,and a fourth, Colorado, still hasn’t named a head coach for the 2014 season, so there’s a lot new about the teams in the Arizona tournament that […]
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Bofo gets first goal for Chivas USA
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] Mexican forward Adolfo Bautista’s first goal on a free kick was enough for Chivas USA to beatWestern Conference champion Real Salt Lake, 1-0, and keep the Rojiblancos unbeaten through their first stage of preseason. Chivas USA has two wins and a tie heading on the road to LasVegas (Sunday’s ProSoccer Challenge) and […]
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Chivas USA picks up first preseason win
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] Chivas USA picked up its first win of the MLS preseason on Monday morning when it beat the USL PRO Orange County (formerly LA) Blues,2-0, on goals by rookie midfielder Thomas McNamara out of Clemson and Matthew Fondy, who joined Chivas USA late in the2013 season from the Blues. MLS: 2014 […]
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Gabriel Farfan joins twin brother in Mexico
[AMERICANS ABROAD] After his twin brother Michael, whom Philadelphia sold to Cruz Azul, Gabriel Farfan is headed to Mexico. Chivas USA sent him to Chiapas on a six-month loan with an option to purchase. The 25-year-old Farfan was acquired from the Union in May2013. He made 10 starts in 14 appearances after coming over to […]
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Sporting KC opens preseason with narrow win in Tucson
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] Defending champion Sporting Kansas City opened the MLS preseason with a 1-0 win over the PDL’s FC Tucson thanks to an early goal by C.J. Sapong set up by Claudo Bieler. Sporting KC was without its five national team players — Matt Besler, Benny Feilhaber and Grahm Zusi, who are preparing for […]
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Chivas USA lands Bofo, better late than never
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] For much of its existence, Chivas USA had been discussed as the eventual home for striker Adolfo “Bofo”Bautista, and now the possibility has become reality. The club announced Tuesday that Bautista, 34, has been signed as discovery player. He’s moved to MLS on a free transferfrom Mexican club Atletico San Luis. Though […]
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Cabrera takes over at Chivas USA
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] Somebody has been hired for the job nobody would seem to want. That somebody is Wilmer Cabrera, and the job is head coach of Chivas USA, which employed two head coaches in 2013 while winning just six of 34 matches and has gone through nearly adozen, counting interim appointees, heading into its […]
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Portland, D.C. United and Chivas USA make big moves
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] There was lots of MLS activity Thursday with Stage 1 of the Re-Entry Process, plus moves before and afterthe draft. The biggest moves resulted in Portland dealing with Chivas USA to obtain Seattle’s Steve Zakuani, who is reunited with his former Akron coach, Caleb Porter, and D.C. United’s pickup of 2008 Rookie […]