2006 Chivas USA season

Chivas USA
2006 season
Owner	Jorge Vergara
Manager	Bob Bradley
MLS	Conference: 3rd; Overall: 6th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Conference Semifinal vs Houston Dynamo
U.S. Open Cup	Third round vs Dallas Roma
Top goalscorer	League: Ante Razov (14); All: Ante Razov (15)
Home colors	Away colors
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OwnerJorge Vergara

ManagerBob Bradley

MLSConference: 3rd
Overall: 6th

MLS Cup PlayoffsConference Semifinal vs Houston Dynamo

The 2006 Chivas USA season was the club's second season of existence, and their second in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The club competed in the MLS's Western Conference, where they finished in third place, in their Conference, qualifying for the Playoffs for the first time.

Date	Number	Position	Player	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
January 20, 2006	16	MF	Sacha Kljestan	Seton Hall Pirates	SuperDraft Round one	^[1]
January 20, 2006	13	MF	Jonathan Bornstein	UCLA Bruins	SuperDraft Round four	^[1]
January 24, 2006	11	MF	Jesse Marsch	Chicago Fire	Trade	^[1]
January 26, 2006	25	DF	Lawson Vaughn	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	Supplemental Draft Round three	^[1]
January 26, 2006	28	FW	Drew Helm	Florida Atlantic Owls	Supplemental Draft Round one	^[1]^[2]
January 26, 2006		MF	Darren Spicer	Princeton Tigers	Supplemental Draft Round two	^[1]
January 30, 2006	9	FW	Ante Razov	New York Red Bulls	Trade	^[1]
March 17, 2006	23	GK	Preston Burpo	Seattle Sounders
March 17, 2006	29	FW	Estuardo Sanchez	Chivas USA U19	Promoted	^[1]
March 17, 2006	3	DF	Carlos Llamosa	New England Revolution		^[1]
March 17, 2006	4	FW	Brent Whitfield	Seattle Sounders		^[1]
March 31, 2006	24	DF	Tim Regan	New York Red Bulls		^[2]
July 19, 2006	30	MF	Carlos Borja	Chivas USA U19	Promoted	^[1]
Summer, 2006	11	MF	John O'Brien	ADO Den Haag
September 2006	27	DF	Eder Robles	Chivas USA U19	Promoted	^[1]
	2	DF	Claudio Suárez	Tigres UANL
	8	DF	Johnny García	Guadalajara
	21	DF	Jason Hernandez	New York Red Bulls
	31	MF	Rene Corona	Corona Crew

Date	Number	Position	Player	New club	Fee/notes	Ref
January 30, 2006	99	FW	Thiago Martins	New York Red Bulls	Trade
March 31, 2006	16	MF	Antonio Martínez		Waived	^[2]
April 1, 2006	27	DF	Douglas Sequeira	Real Salt Lake		^[3]
Mid 2006	8	MF	Francisco Gomez	Miami F.C.	Released
	9	FW	Isaac Romo	Guadalajara	Loan return
	59	GK	Sergio García	Guadalajara	Loan return
	5	DF	Ezra Hendrickson	Columbus Crew
	10	MF	Héctor Cuadros	Delfines
	11	MF	Milton Blanco	Puerto Rico Islanders
	17	MF	Christian Jimenez	Real Salt Lake
	21	GK	Shaun Kalnasy	Atlanta Silverbacks
	22	DF	Arturo Torres
	23	DF	Armando Begines	Querétaro
	26	MF	Jesús Ochoa

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends
Goalkeepers
18	Brad Guzan	GK	(1984-09-09)September 9, 1984 (aged 22)	Generation Adidas	2005
23	Preston Burpo	GK	(1972-09-26)September 26, 1972 (aged 34)	Seattle Sounders	2006
Defenders
2	Claudio Suárez	DF	(1968-12-17)December 17, 1968 (aged 37)	Tigres UANL	2006
3	Carlos Llamosa	DF	(1969-06-30)June 30, 1969 (aged 37)	New England Revolution	2006
8	Johnny García	DF	(1978-07-19)July 19, 1978 (aged 28)	Guadalajara	2006
13	Jonathan Bornstein	DF	(1984-11-07)November 7, 1984 (aged 21)	UCLA Bruin	2006
14	Esteban Arias	DF	(1982-08-26)August 26, 1982 (aged 24)	Connecticut Huskies	2005
20	Orlando Perez	DF	(1977-07-12)July 12, 1977 (aged 29)	Chicago Fire	2005
21	Jason Hernandez	DF	(1983-08-26)August 26, 1983 (aged 23)	New York Red Bulls	2006
24	Tim Regan	DF	(1981-06-27)June 27, 1981 (aged 25)	New York Red Bulls	2006
25	Lawson Vaughn	DF	(1984-04-11)April 11, 1984 (aged 22)	Tulsa Golden	2006
27	Eder Robles	DF	(1988-07-07)July 7, 1988 (aged 18)	Chivas USA Academy	2006
Midfielders
4	Brent Whitfield	MF	(1981-01-08)January 8, 1981 (aged 25)	Seattle Sounders	2006
6	Francisco Mendoza	MF	(1985-04-29)April 29, 1985 (aged 21)	Guadalajara	2005
7	Ramón Ramírez	MF	(1969-12-05)December 5, 1969 (aged 36)	Guadalajara	2005
10	Juan Pablo García	MF	(1981-11-24)November 24, 1981 (aged 24)	Atlas	2005
11	John O'Brien	MF	(1977-08-29)August 29, 1977 (aged 29)	ADO Den Haag	2006
12	Mike Muñoz	MF	(1983-09-14)September 14, 1983 (aged 23)	California Golden Bears	2005
15	Jesse Marsch	MF	(1973-11-08)November 8, 1973 (aged 32)	Chicago Fire	2006
16	Sacha Kljestan	MF	(1985-09-09)September 9, 1985 (aged 21)	Seton Hall Pirates	2006
30	Carlos Borja	MF	(1988-01-18)January 18, 1988 (aged 18)	IMG Academy	2006
31	Rene Corona	MF	(1984-08-17)August 17, 1984 (aged 22)	Corona Crew	2006
88	Rodrigo López	MF	(1987-05-10)May 10, 1987 (aged 19)	Guadalajara	2005
Forwards
9	Ante Razov	FW	(1974-03-02)March 2, 1974 (aged 32)	New York Red Bulls	2006
17	Francisco Palencia	FW	(1973-04-28)April 28, 1973 (aged 33)	Guadalajara	2005
19	Matt Taylor	FW	(1981-10-17)October 17, 1981 (aged 25)	Kansas City Wizards	2005
22	Jesús Morales	FW	(1985-12-18)December 18, 1985 (aged 20)	loan from Guadalajara	2006	2006
28	Drew Helm	FW	(1984-11-09)November 9, 1984 (aged 21)	Florida Atlantic Owls	2006
29	Estuardo Sanchez	FW	(1988-01-16)January 16, 1988 (aged 18)		2006

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Dallas	32	16	12	4	48	44	+4	52	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Houston Dynamo	32	11	8	13	44	40	+4	46
3	Chivas USA	32	10	9	13	45	42	+3	43
4	Colorado Rapids	32	11	13	8	36	49	−13	41
5	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	11	15	6	37	37	0	39
6	Real Salt Lake	32	10	13	9	45	49	−4	39

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2006 Chivas USA season

Transfers

In

Out

Roster

Competitions

MLS

League table

Results summary

Results

MLS Cup Playoffs

U.S. Open Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

Disciplinary record

References

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April 2, 2006 1	Chivas USA	3–0	Real Salt Lake	Carson
13:00 PST	Razov 21', 65' García 25' Bornstein 40'	Report	Pope 17'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

April 8, 2006 2	D.C. United	2–0	Chivas USA	Washington, D.C.
13:00 PST	Boswell 20' Olsen 35' Moreno 59', 90+1'	Report	Vaughn 4' Marsch 45+1' Razov 89'	Stadium: RFK Stadium

April 16, 2006 3	Chivas USA	1–2	LA Galaxy	Carson
17:00 PST	Mendoza 39' Razov 46' Regan 58' García 60' Marsch 90+6'	Report	Albright 37' Glen 84', 90+3' 90+9'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

April 29, 2006 4	Chivas USA	0–0	New York Red Bulls	Carson
16:00 PST	Razov 75'	Report		Stadium: The Home Depot Center

May 13, 2006 5	New England Revolution	3–1	Chivas USA	Foxborough
16:00 PST	Lochhead 22' Dorman 23' Joseph 43' 53' Twellman 59' 86'	Report	Mendoza 19' 76' Llamosa 39' Razov 82' García 90+3'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium

May 20, 2006 6	New York Red Bulls	5–4	Chivas USA	East Rutherford
16:30 PST		Report	Marsch 32' Razov 51' 59', 77' Palencia 64', 90+5' (pen.) Hernandez 64'	Stadium: Giants Stadium

May 28, 2006 7	Chivas USA	1–0	Chicago Fire	Carson
17:00 PST	García 2' Marsch 56' Regan 76' Bornstein 90+3'	Report	Griffin 45'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

June 3, 2006 8	Chivas USA	4–1	Colorado Rapids	Carson
16:00 PST	Petke 6' (o.g.) Razov 24' Mendoza 76' Llamosa 83' Palencia 85'	Report	Dayan 31' Coundoul 85' Hernández 88'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

June 8, 2006 9	LA Galaxy	1–2	Chivas USA	Carson
16:00 PST	Gomez 27' Ihemelu 70'	Report	Razov 15', 21' Bornstein 41' Regan 44' Vaughn 52'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

June 11, 2006 10	FC Dallas	2–1	Chivas USA	Dallas
14:00 PST	Ruiz 28' Miña 66' 82'	Report	Vaughn 14' Llamosa 73' Razov 83'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl

June 18, 2006 11	Chivas USA	2–0	Columbus Crew	Carson
16:00 PST	Razov 5' Hernandez 45' García 85'	Report	Kotschau 34'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

June 21, 2006 12	Colorado Rapids	1–1	Chivas USA	Denver
16:30 PST	Dayan 58' Kirovski 70'	Report	García 10' 77' Llamosa 31'	Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High

June 24, 2006 13	Columbus Crew	1–1	Chivas USA	Columbus
16:30 PST	Retiz 12' González 33' Kotschau 43'	Report	Kljestan 26' Razov 37' Regan 41' García 54'	Stadium: Crew Stadium

June 28, 2006 14	Chivas USA	1–1	Houston Dynamo	Carson
16:30 PST	Llamosa 32' Marsch 75' Hernandez 90+1'	Report	De Rosario 55'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

July 1, 2006 15	Chivas USA	3–0	FC Dallas	Carson
16:00 PST	Suárez 20', 24' Bornstein 43' Perez 45'	Report		Stadium: The Home Depot Center

July 5, 2006 16	Real Salt Lake	0–0	Chivas USA	Salt Lake City
17:00 PST	Cunningham 86'	Report		Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium

July 8, 2006 17	Houston Dynamo	3–1	Chivas USA	Houston
13:00 PST	Ching 19' Waibel 60' Mullan 64' Moreno 84'	Report	Razov 8' Kljestan 66' Mendoza 68'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium

July 15, 2006 18	Chivas USA	0–0	LA Galaxy	Carson
14:00 PST	Razov 25' Marsch 29'	Report	Marshall 43' Albright 53' Roberts 84'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

July 21, 2006 19	Colorado Rapids	3–3	Chivas USA	Denver
17:00 PST	Dayan 10' Petke 31' 68' Mastroeni 62' Mathis 64' Martins 80' Gargan 88' Peterson 90+3'	Report	Palencia 9' Bornstein 74', 90+1'	Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High

July 26, 2006 20	Real Salt Lake	3–3	Chivas USA	Salt Lake City
16:00 PST	, Cunningham 33' Talley 55' Novak 63' Williams 74'	Report	Razov 2' Bornstein 59' Kljestan 81' Suárez 90+4'	Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium

August 6, 2006 21	Chivas USA	1–1	New England Revolution	Los Angeles
15:30 PST	Marsch 22'	Report	Twellman 16'	Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 92,650

August 12, 2006 22	Chicago Fire	1–2	Chivas USA	Chicago
16:30 PST	Rolfe 82'	Report	García 77' Suárez 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Toyota Park

August 19, 2006 23	Chivas USA	1–1	Kansas City Wizards	Carson
16:00 PST	Mendoza 38' García 48' Bornstein 83' Perez 86'	Report	Burciaga 42' Watson 76'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

August 27, 2006 24	Chivas USA	3–2	Houston Dynamo	Carson
17:00 PST	Bornstein 8' Razov 45', 57' Arias 84'	Report	De Rosario 28' (pen.), 67' Clark 31'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

September 3, 2006 25	Chivas USA	1–2	D.C. United	Carson
13:00 PST	Suárez 32' (pen.) Hernandez 90+2' Mendoza 90+3'	Report	Gómez 3', 33' 30' Boswell 18' Eskandarian 23' Carroll 75'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

September 9, 2006 26	Chivas USA	1–1	FC Dallas	Carson
16:00 PST	García 81'	Report	Cooper 55' 55' Gbandi 72'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

September 13, 2006 27	FC Dallas	0–1	Chivas USA	Dallas
16:30 PST	Valakari 45'	Report	García 13' Llamosa 59' Morales 72' 76'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl

September 17, 2006 28	Houston Dynamo	0–0	Chivas USA	Houston
16:30 PST	Dalglish 47' Gray 57'	Report	Suárez 23' Regan 33' 59'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium

September 23, 2006 29	Chivas USA	1–0	Colorado Rapids	Carson
16:00 PST	Mendoza 34'	Report		Stadium: The Home Depot Center

September 30, 2006 30	LA Galaxy	3–0	Chivas USA	Carson
16:30 PST	Vagenas 29' Quaranta 39' Donovan 67' Gordon 80'	Report	Morales 25' Marsch 40'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center