Back نادي شيفاز يو إس أي Arabic نادى شيڤاز يو اس اى ARZ چیواس یواسای فوتبال کولوبو AZB Club Deportivo Chivas USA Catalan CD Chivas USA Czech CD Chivas USA Danish CD Chivas USA German Τσίβας ΗΠΑ Greek Chivas USA Esperanto Club Deportivo Chivas USA Spanish
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Chivas USA | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Goats, Los Rojiblancos (The Red-and-White) | ||
| Founded | August 2, 2004 | ||
| Dissolved | October 27, 2014 | ||
| Stadium | StubHub Center Carson, California | ||
| Capacity | 27,000 (2005–11) 18,800 (2011–12)[1] | ||
| League | Major League Soccer | ||
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Chivas USA (pronounced CHEE-vahs) were an American professional soccer club based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The club competed in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. The team played from 2005 to 2014. It was a subsidiary of Mexican club C.D. Guadalajara, sharing common ownership and branding. The team played its home games at StubHub Center in Carson, California.
The club was the eleventh MLS team upon its entry into the league in 2004. Chivas USA was intended to be seen as a "little brother" to its parent club C.D. Guadalajara, one of the most widely supported and successful teams in Mexico. Chiva is Latin American Spanish for "goat", seen as a tough and resilient animal in Mexico, and is the nickname of C.D. Guadalajara.
The club was originally owned by Antonio Cue and Jorge Vergara, who also owned C.D. Guadalajara. In 2014, MLS purchased the club from Vergara with plans to sell to new owners.[2]
The club ceased operations after the 2014 regular season and played their final match on October 26, 2014.[3] That same year, MLS awarded a new expansion team in the Los Angeles area under a new ownership group. They began play as Los Angeles FC in 2018. [4][5][6]
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- ^ "Chivas USA to suspend operations after MLS season, sources say". ESPNFC.com. September 29, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
- ^ Maurer, Pablo; Stejskal, Sam (October 27, 2020). "The short life and long death of Chivas USA". The Athletic. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ^ Baxter, Kevin (April 27, 2018). "How LAFC rose from the ashes of Chivas USA and aims to be the team of Los Angeles". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ^ LAFC. "History | LAFC.com". LAFC. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
- ^ LAFC. "Records | LAFC.com". LAFC. Retrieved May 29, 2024.