| Club: | Chivas USA |
| Season: | 2011 |
| Stadium: | Home Depot Center |
| League: | Major League Soccer |
| League Result: | Conference: 8th Overall: 15th |
| Chrtitle: | Owner |
| Chairman: | Jorge Vergara |
| Mgrtitle: | Coach |
| Manager: | Robin Fraser |
| Cup1: | MLS Cup Playoffs |
| Cup1 Result: | DNQ |
| Cup2: | U.S. Open Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Play-In Round vs Portland Timbers |
| Cup3: | California SuperClásico |
| Cup3 Result: | Loss (0-0-2) |
| Season Topscorer: | Two Players (8) |
| League Topscorer: | Two Players (8) |
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| Prevseason: | 2010 |
| Nextseason: | 2012 |
The 2011 Chivas USA season was the club's seventh year of existence, as well as their seventh season in Major League Soccer, and their seventh consecutive season in the top-flight of American soccer.
Chivas USA signed New Zealand internationals Andrew Boyens and Simon Elliott on February 9. Six days later the club acquired U.S. defender Heath Pearce from FC Dallas in exchange for allocation money.
Chivas USA is in the #1 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.[1]
It is believed that Chivas USA possesses 8 international roster spots. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots, which can be traded. Chivas USA dealt one slot to Vancouver Whitecaps on November 24, 2010, for use in the 2011 season.[2] The club also permanently acquired one spot in a trade with Real Salt Lake on November 24, 2004.[3] There is no limit on the number of international slots on each club's roster. The remaining roster slots must belong to domestic players. For clubs based in the United States, a domestic player is either a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident (green card holder) or the holder of other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status).[1]
See also: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2011.
| Date | Player | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 24, 2010 | FW | Undisclosed Allocation Money and 2011 International Roster Spot | [4] | |||
| FW | ||||||
| December 15, 2010 | DF | [5] | ||||
| December 15, 2010 | FW | Acquired for allocation money | [6] | |||
| January 13, 2011 | DF | SuperDraft, 1st round | [7] | |||
| January 13, 2011 | FW | SuperDraft, 1st round | ||||
| February 9, 2011 | DF | Free | [8] | |||
| February 9, 2011 | MF | Free | ||||
| February 15, 2011 | DF | Acquired for allocation money | [9] | |||
| March 1, 2011 | FW | loan | [10] | |||
| March 9, 2011 | GK | loan | [11] | |||
| March 9, 2011 | MF | Loan terminated September 3, 2011 | [12] | |||
| March 11, 2011 | MF | [13] | ||||
| March 18, 2011 | DF |  Medeama SC[14] | loan, waived June 30, 2011 | [15] [16] | ||
| May 15, 2011 | FW |  Chivas USA Youth Academy | Homegrown Player | [17] | ||
| August 4, 2011 | MF | Undisclosed | [18] | |||
| August 12, 2011 | DF | Undisclosed | [19] | |||
| August 17, 2011 | FW | Acquired for a 2012 Supplemental Draft pick | [20] |
| Date | Player | Position | Destination club | Fee/notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 24, 20101 | DF | [21] | ||||
| November 24, 2010 | FW | Expansion Draft, subsequently reacquired | ||||
| December 3, 2010 | MF | Option declined | [22] | |||
| December 3, 2010 | DF | Option declined | ||||
| December 3, 2010 | FW | Option declined | ||||
| December 16, 2010 | FW | Loan expired, option declined | [23] | |||
| January 10, 2011 | MF | Option declined | [24] | |||
| January 21, 2011 | DF | Option declined | [25] | |||
| January 21, 2011 | MF | Option declined, free transfer | [26] | |||
| February 16, 2011 | MF | Traded for allocation money | [27] | |||
| March 1, 2011 | DF | Waived, free transfer | [28] [29] | |||
| March 11, 2011 | FW | Loan option declined | [30] | |||
| March 11, 2011 | FW | |||||
| March 16, 2011 | MF | Waived | [31] | |||
| March 23, 2011 | DF | Traded for 2012 Supplemental Draft pick | [32] | |||
| March 23, 2011 | FW | loan | [33] | |||
| April 1, 2011 | FW | Traded for 2012 Supplemental Draft pick | [34] | |||
| July 17, 2011 | MF | Loan until the end of the 2011 NASL season | [35] | |||
| August 18, 2011 | DF | None | Retired | [36] | ||
| August 26, 2011 | FW | One year loan | [37] |
1 Bornstein was selected by Portland in the expansion draft. He then moved to 
Tigres on a free transfer when his contract expired on January 1, 2011.[38]
| Acquired | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Draft | Round | Traded from | Ref. |
| Round 4 | ||||
| Round 1 | ||||
| 2012 | Supplemental | Unspecified | ||
| Traded | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Draft | Round | Traded to | Ref. |
| Conditional pick | ||||
| Round 3 | ||||
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Dan Kennedy | | GK | October 22, 2011 | Municipal Iquique | 2008 | ||||
| 22 | Zach Thornton | | GK | October 22, 2011 | New York Red Bulls | 2008 | ||||
| 30 | Sergio Arias | | GK | October 22, 2011 | loan from Guadalajara | 2011 | 2011 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Andrew Boyens |  | DF | October 22, 2011 | New York Red Bulls | 2011 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Heath Pearce | | DF | October 22, 2011 | FC Dallas | 2011 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Michael Umaña | DF | October 22, 2011 | Municipal Liberia | 2010 | |||||
| 13 | Ante Jazić |  | DF | October 22, 2011 | LA Galaxy | 2009 | ||||
| 20 | Zarek Valentin | | DF | October 22, 2011 | Akron Zips | 2011 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 77 | David Lopes |  | DF | October 22, 2011 | Universitatea Craiova | 2011 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 5 | Paulo Nagamura | | MF | October 22, 2011 | Tigres UANL | 2010 | ||||
| 7 | Simon Elliott | | MF | October 22, 2011 | Wellington Phoenix | 2011 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Mariano Trujillo | | MF | October 22, 2011 | Atlante | 2009 | ||||
| 10 | Nick LaBrocca | | MF | October 22, 2011 | Toronto | 2011 | 35 | 8 | ||
| 11 | Michael Lahoud |  | MF | October 22, 2011 | Carolina Dynamo | 2009 | ||||
| 16 | Laurent Courtois |  | MF | October 23, 2010 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 2011 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 18 | Blair Gavin | | MF | October 22, 2011 | Academy Bradenton | 2010 | ||||
| 19 | Jorge Flores | | MF | October 22, 2011 | Chivas USA U19 | 2007 | ||||
| 21 | Ben Zemanski | | MF | October 22, 2011 | Cleveland Internationals | 2010 | ||||
| 59 | Bryan de la Fuente | | MF | October 22, 2011 | Chivas USA Academy | 2010 | ||||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 9 | Juan Pablo Ángel |  | FW | October 22, 2011 | LA Galaxy | 2011 | 9 | 7 | ||
| 15 | Alejandro Moreno |  | FW | October 22, 2011 | Philadelphia Union | 2011 | 24 | 5 | ||
| 17 | Justin Braun | | FW | October 22, 2011 | Olympique Montreux | 2008 | ||||
| 23 | Marcos Mondaini |  | FW | October 22, 2011 | loan from Fénix | 2011 | 2011 | 25 | 3 | |
| 27 | Chris Cortez | | FW | October 22, 2011 | California Golden Bears | 2011 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 99 | Víctor Estupiñán |  | FW | October 22, 2011 | LDU Quito | 2011 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Away on loan | ||||||||||
| 14 | Gerson Mayen | | MF | October 22, 2011 | Chivas USA Academy | 2008 | ||||
| 77 | Chukwudi Chijindu | | FW | October 22, 2011 | Connecticut Huskies | 2009 | ||||
| Tristan Bowen | | FW | October 22, 2011 | LA Galaxy | 2011 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Left Chivas USA | ||||||||||
| 6 | Francisco Mendoza | | MF | October 22, 2011 | loan from Guadalajara | 2011 | 2011 | 12 | 0 | |
| 9 | Maykel Galindo |  | FW | October 22, 2011 | Seattle Sounders | 2007 | ||||
| 12 | Jimmy Conrad | | DF | October 22, 2011 | Sporting Kansas City | 2011 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 33 | Seth Owusu | | DF | October 22, 2011 | loan from Medeama | 2011 | 2011 | 1 | 0 | |
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | First appearance / Info | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Red / White | Navy | Navy | ||
| Home Alt. | Red / White | White | Red | MLS, June 25 against Philadelphia | |
| Away | Navy | White | White | → 2009 Away Shorts |
See main article: 2011 Major League Soccer season.
See main article: 2010 U.S. Open Cup and 2011 U.S. Open Cup qualification.
|-|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 | U.S. Open Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | | 10 | Nick LaBrocca | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||
| FW | | 17 | Justin Braun | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| 3 | FW | | 9 | Juan Pablo Ángel | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| 4 | FW | | 15 | Alejandro Moreno | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| 5 | FW | | 23 | Marcos Mondaini | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 6 | MF | | 21 | Ben Zemanski | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 7 | DF | | 12 | Jimmy Conrad | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| MF | | 8 | Mariano Trujillo | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 19 | Jorge Flores | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 2 | Andrew Boyens | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 11 | Michael Lahoud | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 16 | Laurent Courtois | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | | 99 | Víctor Estupiñán | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| TOTALS | 41 | 0 | 41 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | Total | |||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | GK | Dan Kennedy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | DF | Andrew Boyens | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 3 | | DF | Heath Pearce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 4 | DF | Michael Umaña | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 5 | | MF | Paulo Nagamura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | MF | Simon Elliott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | MF | Mariano Trujillo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | FW | Juan Pablo Ángel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | MF | Nick LaBrocca | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | MF | Michael Lahoud | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | DF | Jimmy Conrad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | DF | Ante Jazić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | FW | Justin Braun | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | MF | Jorge Flores | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 20 | | DF | Zarek Valentin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | MF | Ben Zemanski | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | FW | Marcos Mondaini | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 27 | | FW | Chris Cortez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 77 | | DF | David Lopes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 99 | | FW | Víctor Estupiñán | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TOTALS | 53 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 57 | 5 | |||||