2013 Chivas USA season

Chivas USA
2013 season
Owner	Jorge Vergara
Coach	José Luis Real
Stadium	Home Depot Center
Major League Soccer	Conference: 9th; Overall: 18th
MLS Cup Playoffs	DNQ
U.S. Open Cup	Fourth round vs Carolina RailHawks
California SuperClásico	Lost (0–2–1)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Erick Torres (7 goals); All: ; Erick Torres (7 goals)
Highest home attendance	9,732 vs. San Jose Earthquakes on April 27, 2013
Lowest home attendance	6,810 vs. FC Dallas on March 10, 2013
Average home league attendance	League: 8,366; All: 8,366
Home colors	Away colors
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OwnerJorge Vergara

CoachJosé Luis Real

StadiumHome Depot Center

Major League SoccerConference: 9th
Overall: 18th

The 2013 Chivas USA season was the club's ninth season of existence, and their ninth season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American and Canadian soccer pyramids. Chivas USA looked to rebound off a disappointing season, which saw the club finish at the bottom of the Western Conference table.

Date	Number	Position	Player	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
January 22, 2013	15	MF	Eric Avila	Colorado Rapids	Trade	^[1]
February 14, 2013	5	DF	Carlos Borja	Los Angeles Blues	Free
February 14, 2013	25	DF	Steve Purdy	Portland Timbers	Free
February 22, 2013	14	MF	Giovani Casillas	Guadalajara	Loan	^[2]
February 22, 2013	3	DF	Mario de Luna	Guadalajara	Loan	^[2]
February 22, 2013	8	MF	Édgar Mejía	Guadalajara	Loan	^[2]
February 26, 2013	23	DF	Joaquín Velázquez	Guadalajara	Loan
February 26, 2013	4	DF	Walter Vílchez	Sporting Cristal	Undisclosed
February 27, 2013	26	DF	Emilio Orozco	Tigres UANL	Free	^[3]
February 27, 2013	13	MF	Josue Soto	Houston Dynamo	Free	^[3]
March 1, 2013	22	MF	Daniel Antúnez	Inter Turku	Free	^[4]
March 1, 2013	9	FW	Julio Morales	Guadalajara	Loan	^[4]
March 1, 2013	6	FW	José Rivera	RoPS	Free	^[4]
May 10, 2013	18	MF	Martín Ponce	Guadalajara	Loan
May 14, 2013	11	MF	Gabriel Farfan	Philadelphia Union	Trade
July 1, 2013	4	DF	Carlos Bocanegra	Rangers	Allocation	^[5]
July 10, 2013	10	FW	Erick Torres	Guadalajara	Loan	^[6]
July 18, 2013	17	DF	Jaime Frías	Guadalajara	Loan	^[7]
August 20, 2013	14	MF	Bryan de la Fuente		Free
August 27, 2013	21	MF	Carlo Chueca		Free
August 30, 2013	26	FW	Matthew Fondy	Los Angeles Blues	Free

Date	Number	Position	Player	New club	Fee/notes	Ref
December 3, 2012	9	FW	Juan Pablo Ángel	Atlético Nacional	Free
December 3, 2012	6	MF	Peter Vagenas		Re-Entry Draft
December 3, 2012	23	DF	Danny Califf	Toronto	Re-Entry Draft
December 3, 2012	15	FW	Alejandro Moreno		Re-Entry Draft
December 29, 2012	22	FW	Ryan Smith	Skoda Xanthi	Undisclosed
January 22, 2013	10	MF	Nick LaBrocca	Colorado Rapids	Trade	^[1]
January 25, 2013	14	FW	Casey Townsend	D.C. United	Trade	^[8]
February 13, 2013	21	MF	Ben Zemanski	Portland Timbers	Trade
February 14, 2013	7	DF	James Riley	D.C. United	Trade	^[9]
February 14, 2013	5	DF	John Alexander Valencia	Deportes Tolima	Free
February 14, 2013	30	MF	Paolo Cardozo	Cartaginés	Free
February 14, 2013	58	FW	César Romero		Waived
February 19, 2013	18	MF	Shalrie Joseph	Seattle Sounders FC	Trade	^[10]
February 22, 2013	4	DF	Rauwshan McKenzie	Portland Timbers	Free
April 15, 2013	24	GK	Patrick McLain	Los Angeles Blues	Loan
May 7, 2013	11	FW	Juan Agudelo	New England Revolution	Trade	^[11]
August 16, 2013	27	FW	José Correa	Gimnasia	Loan	^[12]
	13	DF	Ante Jazić

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Dan Kennedy	GK	(1982-07-22)July 22, 1982 (aged 31)	Deportes Iquique	2008
24	Patrick McLain	GK	(1988-08-22)August 22, 1988 (aged 25)	Cal Poly Mustangs	2012		0	0
28	Tim Melia	GK	(1986-05-15)May 15, 1986 (aged 27)	Real Salt Lake	2012		8	0
Defenders
2	Bobby Burling	DF	(1984-10-15)October 15, 1984 (aged 29)	Montreal Impact	2012		52	0
3	Mario de Luna	DF	(1988-01-05)January 5, 1988 (aged 25)	Loan from Guadalajara	2013	2013	32	1
4	Carlos Bocanegra	DF	(1979-05-25)May 25, 1979 (aged 34)	Rangers	2013		12	0
5	Carlos Borja	DF	(1988-01-18)January 18, 1988 (aged 25)	Los Angeles Blues	2013
17	Jaime Frías	DF	(1993-02-18)February 18, 1993 (aged 20)	Loan from Guadalajara	2013	2013	4	0
23	Joaquín Velázquez	DF	(1975-09-11)September 11, 1975 (aged 38)		2013		12	1
25	Steve Purdy	DF	(1985-02-05)February 5, 1985 (aged 28)	Portland Timbers	2013		8	0
26	Emilio Orozco	DF	(1992-04-29)April 29, 1992 (aged 21)	Tigres UANL	2013		0	0
Midfielders
8	Édgar Mejía	MF	(1988-07-27)July 27, 1988 (aged 25)	Loan from Guadalajara	2013	2013	28	1
11	Gabriel Farfan	MF	(1988-06-23)June 23, 1988 (aged 25)	Philadelphia Union	2013		16	0
12	Marco Delgado	MF	(1988-06-23)June 23, 1988 (aged 25)	Chivas USA Academy	2012		17	0
13	Josue Soto	MF	(1989-01-03)January 3, 1989 (aged 24)	Houston Dynamo	2013		19	0
14	Bryan de la Fuente	MF	(1992-07-01)July 1, 1992 (aged 21)		2013
15	Eric Avila	MF	(1987-11-24)November 24, 1987 (aged 25)	Toronto FC	2013		29	3
18	Martín Ponce	MF	(1992-06-30)June 30, 1992 (aged 21)	Loan from Guadalajara	2013	2013	6	0
19	Jorge Villafaña	MF	(1989-09-16)September 16, 1989 (aged 24)	Chivas USA Academy	2007
20	Carlos Alvarez	MF	(1990-11-12)November 12, 1990 (aged 22)	Connecticut Huskies	2013		31	3
21	Carlo Chueca	MF	(1993-03-23)March 23, 1993 (aged 20)		2013		5	0
22	Daniel Antúnez	MF	(1986-02-10)February 10, 1986 (aged 27)	Inter Turku	2013		3	0
30	Oswaldo Minda	MF	(1983-07-26)July 26, 1983 (aged 30)	Deportivo Quito	2012		40	2
31	Marvin Iraheta	MF	(1992-05-31)May 31, 1992 (aged 21)	New York Cosmos U-23	2012		15	0
Forwards
6	José Rivera	FW	(1986-06-16)June 16, 1986 (aged 27)	RoPS	2013		10	0
7	Tristan Bowen	FW	(1991-01-30)January 30, 1991 (aged 22)	LA Galaxy	2011		31	2
9	Julio Morales	FW	(1993-12-19)December 19, 1993 (aged 19)	Loan from Guadalajara	2013	2013	17	2
10	Erick Torres	FW	(1993-01-19)January 19, 1993 (aged 20)	Loan from Guadalajara	2013		15	7
26	Matthew Fondy	FW	(1989-07-28)July 28, 1989 (aged 24)	Los Angeles Blues	2013		7	0
Away on loan
27	José Correa	FW	(1992-07-20)July 20, 1992 (aged 20)	Boyacá Chicó	2012		36	5
	Caleb Calvert	FW	(1996-10-22)October 22, 1996 (aged 17)	Chivas USA Academy	2013		0	0
Left Chivas USA
4	Walter Vílchez	DF	(1982-02-20)February 20, 1982 (aged 31)	Sporting Cristal	2013		12	1
10	Miler Bolaños	MF	(1990-06-01)June 1, 1990 (aged 23)	Loan from LDU Quito	2012	2013	31	3
11	Juan Agudelo	FW	(1992-11-23)November 23, 1992 (aged 20)	New York Red Bulls	2012		29	4
13	Ante Jazić	DF	(1976-02-26)February 26, 1976 (aged 37)	LA Galaxy	2009
14	Giovani Casillas	MF	(1994-01-04)January 4, 1994 (aged 19)	Loan from Guadalajara	2013	2013	6	1
16	Laurent Courtois	MF	(1978-09-11)September 11, 1978 (aged 35)	Grenoble	2011		36	3

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Red / White	Navy	Navy
Home Alt.	Red / White	Navy	Red	MLS, March 2 against Columbus
Home Alt. 2	Red / White	Navy	White	MLS, May 25 against Colorado → 2011 Away Socks
Away	Navy	Red	Navy

January 26, 2013	Chivas USA	4–1	UC Irvine	Carson, California, US
	Correa 10' Bowen 68' López 71' Zemanski 77'	Report	Iwasa 29'	Stadium: Home Depot Center

2013 Chivas USA season

Transfers

In

Out

Roster

Kits

Friendlies

Competitions

MLS

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Results

U.S. Open Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

Disciplinary record

References

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January 30, 2013	Chivas USA	4–1	FC Santa Clarita	Carson, California, US
	Bolaños 18, 35' Correa 31' Rivera 39'	Report	Ibarra 33'	Stadium: Home Depot Center

February 5, 2013	Chivas USA	1–1	Chicago Fire	Carson, California, US
	Bolaños 39'	Report	Atouba 52'	Stadium: Home Depot Center

February 9, 2013	Chivas USA	7–3	Gangwon FC	Carson, California, US
	Bolaños 39, 68' Bowen 56, 71' Correa 94, 110' Morales 127'	Report	Zicu 10' J. Kim 19' E. Kim 39'	Stadium: Home Depot Center

February 15, 2013	Chivas USA	3–0	Colorado Rapids	Whitney, Nevada, US
	Avila 3' Agudelo 56' Correa 60'	Report		Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium

February 19, 2013	Chivas USA	0–0	Gangwon FC	Fullerton, California, US
		Report		Stadium: Titan Stadium

February 23, 2013	Chivas USA	5–1	Los Angeles Blues	Carson, California, US
	Casillas 47, 51' Rivera 53' Avila 56' Bowen 86'	Report	Davis 34'	Stadium: Home Depot Center

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Timbers	34	14	5	15	54	33	+21	57	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Real Salt Lake	34	16	10	8	57	41	+16	56
3	LA Galaxy	34	15	11	8	53	38	+15	53
4	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	12	7	42	42	0	52	MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Colorado Rapids	34	14	11	9	45	38	+7	51	MLS Cup Knockout Round
6	San Jose Earthquakes	34	14	11	9	35	42	−7	51
7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	13	12	9	53	45	+8	48
8	FC Dallas	34	11	12	11	48	52	−4	44
9	Chivas USA	34	6	20	8	30	67	−37	26

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Red Bulls (S)	34	17	9	8	58	41	+17	59	CONCACAF Champions League
2	Sporting Kansas City (C)	34	17	10	7	47	30	+17	58
3	Portland Timbers	34	14	5	15	54	33	+21	57
4	Real Salt Lake	34	16	10	8	57	41	+16	56
5	LA Galaxy	34	15	11	8	53	38	+15	53
6	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	12	7	42	42	0	52
7	New England Revolution	34	14	11	9	49	38	+11	51
8	Colorado Rapids	34	14	11	9	45	38	+7	51
9	Houston Dynamo	34	14	11	9	41	41	0	51
10	San Jose Earthquakes	34	14	11	9	35	42	−7	51
11	Montreal Impact	34	14	13	7	50	49	+1	49	CONCACAF Champions League
12	Chicago Fire	34	14	13	7	47	52	−5	49
13	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	13	12	9	53	45	+8	48
14	Philadelphia Union	34	12	12	10	42	44	−2	46
15	FC Dallas	34	11	12	11	48	52	−4	44
16	Columbus Crew	34	12	17	5	42	46	−4	41
17	Toronto FC	34	6	17	11	30	47	−17	29
18	Chivas USA	34	6	20	8	30	67	−37	26
19	D.C. United	34	3	24	7	22	59	−37	16	CONCACAF Champions League

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
34	26	6	20	8	30	67	−37	5	8	4	17	29	−12	1	12	4	13	38	−25

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
Stadium	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L

March 2, 2013 1	Chivas USA	0–3	Columbus Crew	Carson
19:30 PST	Morales 8' Avila 28' Bowen 75' Iraheta 79' Burling 90+1'	Report	Higuaín 51' Williams 88' Oduro 90+4'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 7,121 Referee: Chris Penso

March 17, 2013 3 SuperClasico	LA Galaxy	1–1	Chivas USA	Carson
14:00 PST	Franklin 28' Sarvas 33' McBean 83' Keane 90+4'	Report	Iraheta 23' Velázquez 40' Alvarez 89'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 19,117 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

March 24, 2013 4	Chicago Fire	1–4	Chivas USA	Bridgeview
14:00 PST	Paladini 22' Nyarko 64'	Report	Burling 26' Bowen 41' Mejía 57' Velázquez 73' Agudelo 75' Anibaba 88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 9,723 Referee: Sorin Stoica

March 30, 2013 5	Chivas USA	2–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Carson
19:30 PST	Davidson 12' (o.g.) Avila 55'	Report	Reo-Coker 54' Miller 64'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 8,354 Referee: Ismail Elfath

March 10, 2013 2	Chivas USA	3–1	FC Dallas	Carson
14:00 PST	Burling 23' Minda 55' 76' Luna 67' Agudelo 68' Casillas 90'	Report	Ferreira 57'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 6,810 Referee: Armando Villareal

April 13, 2013 6	Chivas USA	0–1	Colorado Rapids	Carson
19:30 PST	Villafaña 33' Burling 45+1' Velázquez 52' de Luna 86'	Report	Brown 7' (pen.) Wynne 84'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 8,219 Referee: Kevin Stott

April 20, 2013 7	Real Salt Lake	1–0	Chivas USA	Sandy
18:00 PST	Morales 53' Grabavoy 76' Palmer 90'	Report	de Luna 18' Burling 59' Velázquez 87' Mejía 90+2'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 14,900 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

April 27, 2013 8	Chivas USA	2–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson
19:30 PST	Bowen 41' 51' de Luna 47' 73'	Report	Wondolowski 40' Chávez 43' Cato 76' Salinas 83'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 9,732 Referee: Mark Geiger

May 5, 2013 9	Sporting Kansas City	4–0	Chivas USA	Kansas City
12:00 PST	Bieler 41', 57' (pen.) Nagamura 58' Zusi 65' Sapong 87'	Report	Velázquez 1' Morales 26' Kennedy 55' Alvarez 74'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 18,811 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

May 12, 2013 10	Portland Timbers	3–0	Chivas USA	Portland
14:00 PST	Wallace 34' Valeri 70' Johnson 90+2'	Report	Borja 73' de Luna 86'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,674 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

May 19, 2013 11	Chivas USA	1–4	Real Salt Lake	Carson
19:30 PST	Ponce 33' Vilchez 34' Villafaña 55'	Report	Grabavoy 4', 90+1' Plata 48' Findley 78'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 8,125 Referee: Sorin Stoica

May 25, 2013 12	Colorado Rapids	2–0	Chivas USA	Commerce City
18:00 PST	Harris 11' Sturgis 78'	Report	Alvarez 41' Burling 45'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 18,204 Referee: Allen Chapman

June 1, 2013 13	Chivas USA	0–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Carson
19:30 PST		Report	Martins 22' de Luna 33' (o.g.)	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 9,053 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

June 19, 2013 14	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3–1	Chivas USA	Vancouver
19:00 PST	Harvey 45+2' Sanvezzo 45+4', 81'	Report	Bowen 7' 53' Alvarez 40'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 16,130 Referee: Ismail Elfath

June 23, 2013 15 SuperClasico	Chivas USA	0–1	LA Galaxy	Carson
20:00 PST	Vílchez 82'	Report	Zardes 44' Dunivant 90+1'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,575 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

June 29, 2013 16	Chivas USA	1–1	New England Revolution	Carson
19:30 PST	Courtois 18' Alvarez 71' Bowen 74'	Report	Simms 31' Barrett 88' Nguyen 90'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 7,319 Referee: Elias Bazakos

July 4, 2013 17	FC Dallas	0–0	Chivas USA	Frisco
18:00 PST	Loyd 70' Castillo 89'	Report	Villafaña 45' Farfan 55' Rivera 84'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 22,035 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

July 7, 2013 18	Montreal Impact	1–1	Chivas USA	Montreal
16:00 PST	Bernier 80' (pen.) 84'	Report	Borja 39' Avila 55'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 18,932 Referee: Allen Chapman

July 12, 2013 19	Philadelphia Union	3–1	Chivas USA	Chester
16:30 PST	Okugo 56' Carroll 58' Farfan 82' Casey 89'	Report	Correa 14' Soto 21' 79' Vilchez 35' Delgado 42'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 15,172 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

July 17, 2013 20	Chivas USA	1–0	Toronto FC	Carson
19:30 PST	Bocanegra 17' Avila 25' Torres 79'	Report	Agbossoumonde 44' Braun 55'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 7,851 Referee: Sorin Stoica

July 28, 2013 21	Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	Chivas USA	Seattle
20:00 PST	Traoré 14' Evans 23' Neagle 57' Ianni 71'	Report	Torres 16' Bowen 69'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 38,463 Referee: Kevin Stott

August 4, 2013 22	San Jose Earthquakes	2–0	Chivas USA	Santa Clara
20:00 PST	Goodson 43' Wondolowski 45', 87'	Report	Bocanegra 62' Kennedy 63' Torres 74' Soto 77'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Armando Villarreal

August 11, 2013 23	Chivas USA	1–1	Colorado Rapids	Carson
20:00 PST	Alvarez 5' Purdy 28' Farfan 34' Bowen 63' Delgado 90+2'	Report	Cascio 40' 49' Rivero 80' Sturgis 90+3'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 8,221 Referee: Chris Penso

August 21, 2013 24	Chivas USA	1–3	FC Dallas	Carson
19:30 PST	de la Fuente 43'	Report	Jackson 58' 81' Benítez 60' Pérez 71' Ferreira 86' Núñez 90'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 7,071 Referee: Juan Guzman