Club: | Chivas USA |
Season: | 2006 |
League: | MLS |
League Result: | Conference: 3rd Overall: 6th |
Chrtitle: | Owner |
Mgrtitle: | Manager |
Manager: | Bob Bradley |
Cup1: | MLS Cup Playoffs |
Cup1 Result: | Conference Semifinal vs Houston Dynamo |
Cup2: | U.S. Open Cup |
Cup2 Result: | Third round vs Dallas Roma |
Season Topscorer: | Ante Razov (15) |
League Topscorer: | Ante Razov (14) |
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Prevseason: | 2005 |
Nextseason: | 2007 |
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.
On November 23, 2005, Chivas appointed Bob Bradley as their new manager.
See main article: 2006 MLS SuperDraft and 2006 MLS Supplemental Draft.
Date | Number | Position | Player | New club | Fee/notes | Ref | |
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January 30, 2006 | 99 | FW | Thiago Martins | New York Red Bulls | Trade | ||
March 31, 2006 | 16 | MF | Antonio Martínez | Waived | |||
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 | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
18 | Brad Guzan | GK | October 29, 2006 | Generation Adidas | 2005 | |||||
23 | Preston Burpo | GK | October 29, 2006 | Seattle Sounders | 2006 | |||||
Defenders | ||||||||||
2 | Claudio Suárez | DF | October 29, 2006 | Tigres UANL | 2006 | |||||
3 | Carlos Llamosa | DF | October 29, 2006 | New England Revolution | 2006 | |||||
8 | Johnny García | DF | October 29, 2006 | Guadalajara | 2006 | |||||
13 | Jonathan Bornstein | DF | October 29, 2006 | UCLA Bruin | 2006 | |||||
14 | Esteban Arias | DF | October 29, 2006 | Connecticut Huskies | 2005 | |||||
20 | Orlando Perez | DF | October 29, 2006 | Chicago Fire | 2005 | |||||
21 | Jason Hernandez | DF | October 29, 2006 | New York Red Bulls | 2006 | |||||
24 | Tim Regan | DF | October 29, 2006 | New York Red Bulls | 2006 | |||||
25 | Lawson Vaughn | DF | October 29, 2006 | Tulsa Golden | 2006 | |||||
27 | Eder Robles | DF | October 29, 2006 | Chivas USA Academy | 2006 | |||||
Midfielders | ||||||||||
4 | Brent Whitfield | MF | October 29, 2006 | Seattle Sounders | 2006 | |||||
6 | Francisco Mendoza | MF | October 29, 2006 | Guadalajara | 2005 | |||||
7 | Ramón Ramírez | MF | October 29, 2006 | Guadalajara | 2005 | |||||
10 | Juan Pablo García | MF | October 29, 2006 | Atlas | 2005 | |||||
11 | John O'Brien | MF | October 29, 2006 | ADO Den Haag | 2006 | |||||
12 | Mike Muñoz | MF | October 29, 2006 | California Golden Bears | 2005 | |||||
15 | Jesse Marsch | MF | October 29, 2006 | Chicago Fire | 2006 | |||||
16 | Sacha Kljestan | MF | October 29, 2006 | Seton Hall Pirates | 2006 | |||||
30 | Carlos Borja | MF | October 29, 2006 | IMG Academy | 2006 | |||||
31 | Rene Corona | MF | October 29, 2006 | Corona Crew | 2006 | |||||
88 | Rodrigo López | MF | October 29, 2006 | Guadalajara | 2005 | |||||
Forwards | ||||||||||
9 | Ante Razov | FW | October 29, 2006 | New York Red Bulls | 2006 | |||||
17 | Francisco Palencia | FW | October 29, 2006 | Guadalajara | 2005 | |||||
19 | Matt Taylor | FW | October 29, 2006 | Kansas City Wizards | 2005 | |||||
22 | Jesús Morales | FW | October 29, 2006 | loan from Guadalajara | 2006 | 2006 | ||||
28 | Drew Helm | FW | October 29, 2006 | Florida Atlantic Owls | 2006 | |||||
29 | Estuardo Sanchez | FW | October 29, 2006 | 2006 |
See main article: 2006 Major League Soccer season.
See main article: 2006 U.S. Open Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players away from Chivas USA on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Chivas USA during the season:|}
width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | MLS | width=150 | MLS Cup Playoffs | width=150 | U.S. Open Cup | width=80 | Total |
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1 | FW | 9 | Ante Razov | 14 | 1 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
2 | MF | 10 | Juan Pablo García | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
3 | DF | 13 | Jonathan Bornstein | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
DF | 2 | Claudio Suárez | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||
5 | FW | 17 | Francisco Palencia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
6 | MF | 6 | Francisco Mendoza | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
7 | MF | 15 | Jesse Marsch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
8 | MF | 4 | Brent Whitfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
TOTALS | 45 | 2 | 0 | 47 |
Number | Nation | Position | Name | MLS | MLS Cup Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total | ||||||||
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2 | DF | Claudio Suárez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
3 | DF | Carlos Llamosa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
6 | MF | Francisco Mendoza | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
9 | FW | Ante Razov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||
10 | MF | Juan Pablo García | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
13 | DF | Jonathan Bornstein | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
14 | DF | Esteban Arias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
15 | MF | Jesse Marsch | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
16 | MF | Sacha Kljestan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
17 | FW | Francisco Palencia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
20 | DF | Orlando Perez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
21 | DF | Jason Hernandez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
22 | FW | Jesús Morales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
24 | DF | Tim Regan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||||
25 | DF | Lawson Vaughn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
TOTALS | 50 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 4 |