[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Chivas USA was one of nine MLS clubs off this weekend, but it played Chivas de Guadalajara in a friendly Sunday at the Home Depot Center’sTrack and Field Stadium. The Mexican club won, 1-0, on a late goal set up by former U.S. U-20 Eric Avila, whom it is controversially trying to bring […]
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Academy star Calvert scores in Reserve League debut
[CHIVAS USA] Caleb Calvert, who leads the U-15/16 age group with 22 goals scored in Development Academy play in 2012-13,scored in his debut for Chivas USA’s reserve team, a 2-1 win over the Seattle Sounders in Reserve League play Sunday at The Home Depot Center. The 16-year-old Calvert started and playedthe entire and headed the […]
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'El Chelis:' 'I'm paying for my excess of stupidity'
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Juan Luis Sanchez Sola, aka “El Chelis,” the colorful coach appointed to lead new-look (old-look?)Chivas USA this season, was fired on Wednesday evening. “El Chelis” led Chivas USA to a 3-1-1 start, but the Goats are winless in their last seven games and have lost four league games ina row to fall into […]
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Youth coaches sue for discrimination
[CHIVAS USA] Dan Calichman and Ted Chronopoulos, two former members of theChivas USA academy coaching staff, have sued the MLS club in Los Angeles Superior Court, saying they were fired “because they were neither Mexican nor Latino.” (Click here for lawsuit.)
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Garber: Chivas USA staying put
By Paul Kennedy The Chivas USA mess is a story that can’t seem to escape MLS commissioner Don Garber. Even at a press opportunity on Wednesday at P.S. 72 in East Harlem — where Manchester City, majority owner of new MLS club New York City FC, runs a soccer program — Garber was asked aboutthe […]
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Vergara watches young Goats sweep SuperClasico
[CHIVAS USA] Do you think Chivas USA academy players had a little motivation for their regular-season finales against the LA Galaxy at the Home Depot Center?Owner Jorge Vergara, whose plans for the club have been a matter of much speculation, flew into town and watched both the U-15/16s and U-17/18s earned hugewins. Romario Lomeli […]
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Calvert takes over under-15/16 scoring lead
[CHIVAS USA] Caleb Calvert, who leads the Development Academy under-15/16 age group in scoring with 21 goals, scoredtwice for the Chivas USA’s U-17/18 team in a 3-1 win over Real So Cal that moved it into eighth place in the playoff wildcard pool. Chivas USA is fifth in the Southwest Division behindthe LA Galaxy, Real […]
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MLS denies reports of Chivas USA takeover
By Paul Kennedy Reports out of Mexico that Mexican Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world, isnegotiating to buy Chivas de Guadalajara from Jorge Vergara have put in doubt the future of Chivas USA, but MLS denies it is going anywhere. MLSissued the following statement on Friday: “Major League Soccer is aware of recent […]
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Players Union responds to 'Ball boy-gate'
[MLS DISCIPLINE] The MLS Disciplinary Committee had a lot to chew over after an incident-filled week featuring 15 matches. The most-publicizedincident involved Mexican Mario de Luna, who was suspended one game for aggressively retrieving the ball from a ball boy late in Chivas USA’s 3-0 loss atPortland. The suspension drew a response from the MLS […]
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U.S. under-18 men's national team roster
[LISBON INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT] Marco Delgado (Chivas USA) and Amando Moreno(New York Red Bulls), who have both played in MLS this season, are among the players called up for the U.S. under-18 national team’s annual trip to the Lisbon International Tournament. A third MLS player, Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas), was a late scratch. Three players from […]