2012 Chivas USA season explained

Club:	Chivas USA
Season:	2012
Stadium:	Home Depot Center
League:	Major League Soccer
League Result:	Conference: 9th Overall: 18th
Chrtitle:	Owner
Chairman:	Jorge Vergara
Mgrtitle:	Coach
Manager:	Robin Fraser
Highest Attendance:	18,800 vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (May 19 MLS Regular Season)
Lowest Attendance:	7,723 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps (March 17 MLS Regular Season)
Average Attendance:	League: 13,436 All: 13,436
Cup1:	MLS Cup Playoffs
Cup1 Result:	Did not qualify
Cup2:	U.S. Open Cup
Cup2 Result:	Semi-finalist
Cup3:	California SuperClásico
Cup3 Result:	Lost (1–2–0)
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Prevseason:	2011
Nextseason:	2013

The 2012 Chivas USA season was the club's eighth year of existence. It was the club's eighth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top division in American soccer. Chivas USA competed in Major League Soccer's Western Conference.

Overview

Allocation ranking

Chivas USA is in the #5 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]

International roster spots

Chivas USA has 9 MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots and Chivas USA acquired a permanent additional spot from Real Salt Lake in 2004.

Future draft pick trades

Future picks acquired: None.
Future picks traded: *2013 MLS SuperDraft Round 2 pick to New England Revolution.

Transfers

See also: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2012.

In

Date	Number	Position	Player	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
November 23, 2011	7	DF	James Riley	Montreal Impact	Traded for Justin Braun and Gerson Mayen	^[2]
November 27, 2011	22	MF	Ryan Smith	Sporting Kansas City	Traded for 1st and 3rd round selections in the Supplemental Draft	^[3]
December 21, 2011	8	MF	Oswaldo Minda	Deportivo Quito	Undiscolsed	^[4]
January 11, 2012	17	FW	Miler Bolaños	LDU Quito	Loan	^[5]
January 12, 2012	14	FW	Casey Townsend	Maryland Terrapins	2012 MLS SuperDraft	^[6]
January 17, 2012	28	GK	Tim Melia		Free	^[7]
January 24, 2012	5	DF	John Alexander Valencia	Junior	Undisclosed	^[8]
January 24, 2012	26	MF	Marvin Iraheta	New York Cosmos U-23	Free
February 22, 2012	4	DF	Rauwshan McKenzie	Real Salt Lake	Free	^[9]
February 22, 2012	6	MF	Peter Vagenas	Real Salt Lake	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
February 22, 2012	58	FW	Cesar Romero	Murciélagos	Free
March 10, 2012	24	GK	Patrick McLain	Cal Poly Mustangs	Free	^[10]
March 16, 2012	2	DF	Scott Gordon	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Free	^[11]
April 2, 2012	25	MF	Marco Delgado	Chivas USA Academy	Promoted	^[12]
April 10, 2012	30	MF	Paolo Cardozo	LA Galaxy	Traded for David Lopes	^[13]
April 16, 2012	27	FW	José Correa	Boyacá Chicó	Undisclosed	^[14]
May 17, 2012	11	FW	Juan Agudelo	New York Red Bulls	Traded for Heath Pearce and allocation money	^[15]
May 17, 2012	23	DF	Danny Califf	Philadelphia Union	Traded for Michael Lahoud and allocation money	^[16]
July 6, 2012	2	DF	Bobby Burling	Montreal Impact	Traded for an international roster slot	^[17]
August 1, 2012	18	MF	Shalrie Joseph	New England Revolution	Traded for Blair Gavin, a SuperDraft pick and allocation money	^[18]

Trial

Date In	Date Out	Position	Player	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
January 16, 2012	February 6, 2012	DF	Fabian Kling	Fort Lewis College	Supplemental Draft	^[19]
January 16, 2012	March 15, 2012	MF	Pablo Sandoval			^[20] ^[21]
January 16, 2012	May 21, 2012	DF	Mario Ledezma	Guadalajara	Free Agent	^[22]
January 17, 2012	March 15, 2012	DF	R. J. Allen	Monmouth Hawks	Supplemental Draft
February 22, 2012	March 15, 2012	MF	Alan	AEK Larnaca	Free Agent
February 22, 2012	March 15, 2012	MF	José Manuel Nájera	Real Cartagena	Free Agent
February 22, 2012	March 15, 2012	FW	Karo Okiomah	High Point Panthers	Supplemental Draft	^[23]
March 9, 2012	March 23, 2012	FW	John Owoeri	Ismaily	Free Agent	^[24] ^[25]
March 9, 2012	May 21, 2012	MF	Ernesto Hutchinson		Free Agent
March 15, 2012	March 20, 2012	MF	Kevin Huezo	Pachuca	Free Agent
March 16, 2012	March 28, 2012	DF	Patrick Kanyuka	Tamworth	Free Agent	^[26] ^[27]
March 16, 2012	March 28, 212	MF	Rodrigo López	Portland Timbers	Free Agent
March 16, 2012	May 21, 2012	MF	Cameron Artigliere	Rheydt SV
March 16, 2012	May 21, 2012	MF	Matthew Dallman	Sportfreunde Siegen	Free Agernt
March 28, 2012	May 21, 2012	DF	Gerardo Daniel Torres	Sensifut Academy	Partnership
March 28, 2012	May 21, 2012	DF	Javier Mena	Sensifut Academy	Partnership
March 28, 2012	May 21, 2012	MF	Victor Manuel Chavez	Sensifut Academy	Partnership
March 28, 2012	May 21, 2012	FW	Jorge Márquez	Sensifut Academy	Partnership
May 28, 2012		MF	Scott Morrison	Ross County	Free Agent
June 14, 2012		FW	Sebastian Stachnik	Helmond Sport	Free Agent	^[28]
June 14, 2012		MF	Tiago Luzardi		Free Agent

Out

Date	Number	Position	Player	New club	Fee/notes	Ref
November 23, 2011	17	FW		Montreal Impact	Traded for James Riley
November 23, 2011		DF		Montreal Impact	Traded for James Riley
November 23, 2011	20	DF	Zarek Valentin	Montreal Impact	MLS Expansion Draft	^[29]
November 29, 2011	5	MF	Paulo Nagamura	Sporting Kansas City	Traded for MLS Supplemental Draft 1st round pick	^[30]
December 12, 2011	2	DF	Andrew Boyens	LA Galaxy	Re-Entry Draft
December 12, 2011		FW	Chukwudi Chijindu	Wilmington Hammerheads	Option Declined
December 12, 2011	7	MF	Simon Elliott		Contract Expired
December 12, 2011	22	GK	Zach Thornton		Option Declined
December 12, 2011	8	DF	Mariano Trujillo		Option Declined
January 1, 2012	4	DF	Michael Umaña	Comunicaciones	Free
January 4, 2012	23	FW	Marcos Mondaini	Fénix	Loan Return
January 4, 2012	30	GK	Sergio Arias	Guadalajara	Loan Return
January 4, 2012	99	FW	Víctor Estupiñán	Universidad Católica	Option Declined
February 26, 2012	27	FW	Chris Cortez	Topos de Reynosa	Free	^[31]
April 10, 2012	77	DF	David Lopes	LA Galaxy	Traded for Paolo Cardozo
May 17, 2012	3	DF	Heath Pearce	New York Red Bulls	Traded for Juan Agudelo and allocation money
May 17, 2012	11	MF	Michael Lahoud	Philadelphia Union	Traded for Danny Califf and allocation money
July 6, 2012	2	DF	Scott Gordon	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Waived	^[32]
August 1, 2012	18	MF	Blair Gavin	New England Revolution	Traded for Shalrie Joseph, a SuperDraft pick and allocation money

Roster

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Dan Kennedy		GK	October 27, 2012	Deportes Iquique	2008
24	Patrick McLain		GK	October 27, 2012	Cal Poly Mustangs	2012		0	0
28	Tim Melia		GK	October 27, 2012	Real Salt Lake	2012		5	0
Defenders
2	Bobby Burling		CB	October 27, 2012	Montreal Impact	2012		29	0
4	Rauwshan McKenzie		CB	October 27, 2012	Real Salt Lake	2012		25	0
5	John Alexander Valencia		CB	October 27, 2012	Atlético Junior	2012		14	0
7	James Riley		RB	October 27, 2012	Seattle Sounders FC	2012		35	0
13			LB	October 27, 2012	LA Galaxy	2009
23	Danny Califf		CB	October 27, 2012	Philadelphia Union	2012		23	1
Midfielders
6	Peter Vagenas		CM / DM	October 27, 2012	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2012		16	0
8	Oswaldo Minda		DM / CM	October 27, 2012	Deportivo Quito	2012		23	1
10	Nick LaBrocca		CM / AM	October 27, 2012	Toronto FC	2011		64	10
12	Marco Delgado		CM / RM / RB	October 27, 2012	Chivas USA Academy	2012		1	0
16	Laurent Courtois		LM / CM	October 27, 2012	Grenoble	2011		31	2
17	Miler Bolaños		AM / RM / CM	October 27, 2012	LDU Quito (on loan)	2012		25	3
18	Shalrie Joseph		CDM	October 27, 2012	New England Revolution	2012		12	2
19	Jorge Villafaña		RM / CM / RB	October 27, 2012	Chivas USA Academy	2007
21	Ben Zemanski		RM / CM	October 27, 2012	Cleveland Internationals	2010
26	Marvin Iraheta		CM / AM	October 27, 2012	New York Cosmos U-23	2012		0	0
30	Paolo Cardozo		AM / LW / RW	October 27, 2012	LA Galaxy	2012		11	1
Forwards
9	Juan Pablo Ángel		ST	October 27, 2012	LA Galaxy	2011		31	12
11	Juan Agudelo		ST / LW / RW	October 27, 2012	New York Red Bulls	2012		23	4
14	Casey Townsend		ST	October 27, 2012	Maryland Terrapins	2012		17	1
15	Alejandro Moreno		CF / AM	October 27, 2012	Philadelphia Union	2011		49	7
20	Tristan Bowen		ST	October 27, 2012	LA Galaxy	2011		7	0
22	Ryan Smith		AM / RW / LW	October 27, 2012	Sporting Kansas City	2012		24	0
27	José Erick Correa		ST	October 27, 2012	Boyacá Chicó	2012		19	4
58	Cesar Romero		ST / RW / LW	October 27, 2012	Murciélagos	2012		14	2
Away on loan
Left Chivas USA
2	Scott Gordon		CB	October 27, 2012	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2012		5	0
3	Heath Pearce		CB	October 27, 2012	Philadelphia Union	2011		41	0
11	Michael Lahoud		MF	October 27, 2012	Carolina Dynamo	2009
18	Blair Gavin		CB	October 27, 2012	Academy Bradenton	2010

Management

Position	Staff
Head coach	Robin Fraser
Assistant coaches	Greg Vanney, Carlos Llamosa
Goalkeepers Coach	Daniel Gonzalez
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Jim Liston
Team Administrator and Assistant Coach	Kevin Esparza

Kits

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Red / White	Navy	Navy
Home Alt.	Red / White	Navy	Red	Pre-season, February 22 against Club Tijuana
Away	Navy	White	White

Official sponsors

• Corona
• Adidas
• Home Depot
• General Mills
• Volaris

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20120304081935/http://www.cdchivasusa.com/sponsors

Competitions

MLS

Results

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2012 U.S. Open Cup.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1	FW		9	Juan Pablo Ángel	4	1	5
2	FW		11	Juan Agudelo	3	1	4
	FW		27	José Correa	2	2	4
4	FW		17	Miler Bolaños	3	0	3
5	MF		18	Shalrie Joseph	2	0	2
	FW		15	Alejandro Moreno	2	0	2
	MF		10	Nick LaBrocca	2	0	2
	FW		58	César Romero	0	2	2
9	FW		14	Casey Townsend	1	0	1
	MF		8	Oswaldo Minda	1	0	1
	MF		30	Paolo Cardozo	1	0	1
	DF		23	Danny Califf	1	0	1
	MF		19	Jorge Villafaña	1	0	1
	MF		16	Laurent Courtois	1	0	1
				TOTALS	24	6	30

Goalkeeper stats

No.	Nat.	Player	Total			Major League Soccer			U.S. Open Cup
			MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA
1		Dan Kennedy	2970	58	1.75	2880	54	1.6875	90	4	4.00
28		Tim Melia	450	6	1.2	180	4	2.00	270	2	0.50
24		Patrick McLain	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
TOTALS			3420	64	1.68	3060	58	1.70	360	6	1.50 Disciplinary record Number Nation Position Name MLS U.S. Open Cup Total width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" width=60 style="background: #FF8888" width=60 style="background: #FF8888" width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" width=60 style="background: #FF8888" width=60 style="background: #FF8888" width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" width=60 style="background: #FF8888" width=60 style="background: #FF8888" 1 GK Dan Kennedy 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 DF Scott Gordon 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 DF Bobby Burling 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 DF Rauwshan McKenzie 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 DF John Alexander Valencia 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 MF Peter Vagenas 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 DF James Riley 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 8 MF Oswaldo Minda 13 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 0 9 FW Juan Pablo Ángel 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 MF Nick LaBrocca 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 FW Juan Agudelo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 FW Casey Townsend 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 FW Alejandro Moreno 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 MF Miler Bolaños 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 18 MF Blair Gavin 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 MF Shalrie Joseph 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 19 MF Jorge Villafaña 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 MF Ben Zemanski 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 22 FW Ryan Smith 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 23 DF Danny Califf 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 27 FW José Correa 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 58 FW César Romero 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 TOTALS 54 0 0 6 0 0 60 0 0 Awards MLS All-Star MLS Player of the Week MLS Team of the Week Week Player Opponent Link 3 Dan Kennedy Rauwshan McKenzie Real Salt Lake Team of the Week 6 Dan Kennedy Toronto FC Team of the Week 10 Heath Pearce San Jose Earthquakes Team of the Week 11 Danny Califf Los Angeles Galaxy Team of the Week 12 James Riley Seattle Sounders FC Team of the Week Reserves MLS Reserves League – Western Conference Match results References

Notes and References

1. http://www.mlssoccer.com/2011-mls-roster-rules 2011 MLS Roster Rules Major League Soccer
2. Web site: Montreal take Riley, ship him to Chivas for Braun, Mayen. March 6, 2012. February 25, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120225190752/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/11/23/montreal-take-riley-ship-him-chivas-braun-mayen. dead.
3. Web site: Sporting deal Smith to Chivas USA for supplemental picks. March 6, 2012. February 23, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120223193227/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/11/21/sporting-trade-smith-chivas-usa-supplemental-picks. dead.
4. Web site: Chivas USA sign Ecuador midfielder Oswaldo Minda. March 6, 2012. March 9, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309155002/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/12/21/chivas-usa-sign-ecuador-midfielder-oswaldo-minda. dead.
5. Web site: Chivas USA sign Ecuadorian sensation Miller Bolanos. March 6, 2012.
6. Web site: Chivas USA draft Casey Townsend. March 6, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120127171118/http://www.cdchivasusa.com/news/2012/01/chivas-usa-draft-casey-townsend. January 27, 2012. dead.
7. Web site: Angel, Smith among faces at Chivas training camp . March 6, 2012.
8. Web site: Chivas USA announce Valencia and Iraheta signings. March 6, 2012. May 2, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140502091727/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/01/24/chivas-usa-announce-valencia-and-iraheta-signings. dead.
9. Web site: Center back McKenzie hopes to finally stick at Chivas . March 6, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120226065613/http://www.cdchivasusa.com/news/2012/02/center-back-mckenzie-hopes-finally-stick-chivas . February 26, 2012 .
10. Web site: CHIVAS USA 2012: Roster . March 11, 2012 . March 19, 2012.
11. Web site: What's right? What's wrong? . March 18, 2012 . March 19, 2012.
12. Web site: Chivas USA sign touted Homegrown midfielder Delgado . April 3, 2012 . April 6, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120406025833/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/04/02/chivas-usa-sign-touted-homegrown-midfielder-delgado . dead .
13. Web site: Galaxy get Brazilian defender in trade . April 10, 2012 . April 11, 2012.
14. Web site: CHIVAS USA: Price was right for Correa . April 17, 2012 . April 17, 2012.
15. Web site: Chivas USA acquires New York Red Bulls forward Juan Agudelo . May 17, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120520034845/http://www.cdchivasusa.com/news/2012/05/chivas-usa-acquires-new-york-red-bulls-forward-juan-agudelo . May 20, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
16. Web site: Chivas USA acquires Philadelphia Union defender Danny Califf . May 17, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120520051859/http://www.cdchivasusa.com/news/2012/05/chivas-usa-acquires-philadelphia-union-defender-danny-califf . May 20, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
17. Web site: Chivas USA acquires defender Bobby Burling . July 6, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140101015601/http://www.cdchivasusa.com/news/2012/07/chivas-usa-acquires-defender-bobby-burling . January 1, 2014 .
18. Web site: Chivas USA acquires Shalrie Joseph . August 1, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120808142151/http://www.cdchivasusa.com/news/2012/08/chivas-usa-acquires-shalrie-joseph . August 8, 2012 . dead .
19. Web site: Trialist decisions? Not yet. March 20, 2012 . March 21, 2012.
20. Web site: Goats start with local signing. January 17, 2012 .
21. Web site: Angel out with head issue?. March 15, 2012 .
22. Web site: OPEN CUP: Fusion want to impress Goats. March 29, 2012 . May 29, 2012.
23. Web site: Chivas welcome three new trialists to preseason camp. March 6, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120226070145/http://www.cdchivasusa.com/news/2012/02/chivas-welcome-three-new-trialists-preseason-camp. February 26, 2012. dead.
24. Web site: CHIVAS USA: A more intimate HDC. March 6, 2012.
25. Web site: CHIVAS USA: RSL is Goats' model, foe. March 23, 2012 . March 24, 2012.
26. Web site: Two hat tricks lead Goats. March 19, 2012 . March 19, 2012.
27. Web site: CHIVAS USA: Lahoud is getting 'close'. March 29, 2012 . March 29, 2012.
28. Web site: CHIVAS: Fullerton home for Open Cup . June 15, 2012 . June 19, 2012.
29. Web site: Ching, Mapp headline Montreal expansion draft picks. March 6, 2012. November 30, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111130224326/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/11/23/ching-mapp-headline-montreal-expansion-draft-picks. dead.
30. Web site: Chivas USA deal Nagamura to SKC for supplemental pick. March 6, 2012. December 1, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111201230645/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/11/29/chivas-usa-deal-nagamura-skc-supplemental-pick. dead.
31. Web site: CHIVAS USA: Goats release Cortez. February 26, 2012 . March 6, 2012.
32. Web site: CHIVAS: Goats acquire Burling's rights. July 6, 2012 . July 6, 2012.