2007 Chivas USA season

Chivas USA
2007 season
Owner	Jorge Vergara
Manager	Preki
MLS	Conference: 1st; Overall: 2nd
MLS Cup Playoffs	Conference Semifinal vs Kansas City Wizards
U.S. Open Cup	Third round vs Seattle Sounders
Top goalscorer	League: Maykel Galindo (12); All: Maykel Galindo (12)
Home colors	Away colors
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Last updated February 03, 2026

The 2007 Chivas USA season was the club's third season of existence, and their third in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The club competed in the MLS's Western Conference, where they finished in first place, in their Conference, qualifying for the Playoffs for the second time.

Season review

On November 23, 2005, Chivas appointed Bob Bradley as their new manager.^{[ citation needed ]} Bradley left the club on January 17, 2007, to become manager of the United States men's national team and was replaced by assistant coach Preki.^[1]

Transfers

In

Date	Number	Position	Player	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
November 27, 2006	20	MF	Amado Guevara	New York Red Bulls	Trade	^[2]^[3]
January 12, 2007	12	FW	John Cunliffe	Fort Lewis Skyhawks	SuperDraft Round one
January 12, 2007		DF	Cameron Dunn	UC Irvine Anteaters	SuperDraft Round one
January 18, 2007	4	DF	Desmond Brooks	Saint Mary's Gaels	Supplemental Round one
January 18, 2007	28	MF	Erasmo Solorzano	UC Riverside Highlanders	Supplemental Round two
January 18, 2007		DF	Raul Batista	San Diego State Aztecs	Supplemental Round two
January 18, 2007	32	FW	Anthony Hamilton	UC Irvine Anteaters	Supplemental Round three
January 18, 2007		DF	Lyle Martin	Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners	Supplemental Round three
April 12, 2007	10	FW	Laurent Merlin	Ajaccio		^[4]
May 3, 2007	4	DF	Shavar Thomas	LA Galaxy	Trade	^[5]
May 2007	26	MF	Paulo Nagamura	Toronto	Trade	^[6]
July 2007	19	FW	Jorge Flores	Chivas USA U19
August 15, 2007	8	MF	Ramón Núñez	FC Dallas	Trade	^[7]
	11	FW	Maykel Galindo	Seattle Sounders
	14	FW	David Arvizu	New York Red Bulls
	23	DF	Alex Zotincă	Kansas City Wizards	Trade
	24	DF	Bobby Burling	LA Galaxy
	41	GK	Justin Myers	San Diego Gauchos

Out

Date	Number	Position	Player	New club	Fee/notes	Ref
November 17, 2006	24	DF	Tim Regan	Toronto FC	Expansion Draft
January 2007	17	FW	Francisco Palencia	Pumas
July 25, 2007	19	FW	Matt Taylor	Portland Timbers		^[8]
	8	DF	Johnny García	Chiapas
	14	DF	Esteban Arias		Waived
	4	MF	Brent Whitfield		Waived
	7	MF	Ramón Ramírez	Retired
	10	MF	Juan Pablo García	Tigres UANL
	11	MF	John O'Brien		Waived
	12	MF	Mike Muñoz	California Victory
	22	FW	Jesús Morales	Guadalajara	Loan Return
	28	FW	Drew Helm	Marinhas
	29	FW	Estuardo Sanchez
	20	MF	Amado Guevara	Motagua	Loan

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
18	Brad Guzan	GK	(1984-09-09)September 9, 1984 (aged 23)	Generation Adidas	2005
22	Preston Burpo	GK	(1972-09-26)September 26, 1972 (aged 35)	Seattle Sounders	2006
41	Justin Myers	GK	(1985-01-15)January 15, 1985 (aged 22)	San Diego Gauchos	2007	0	0
Defenders
2	Claudio Suárez	DF	(1968-12-17)December 17, 1968 (aged 38)	Tigres UANL	2006
3	Carlos Llamosa	DF	(1969-06-30)June 30, 1969 (aged 38)	New England Revolution	2006
4	Shavar Thomas	DF	(1981-01-29)January 29, 1981 (aged 26)	LA Galaxy	2007	25	0
5	Desmond Brooks	DF	(1985-11-27)November 27, 1985 (aged 21)		2007	0	0
13	Jonathan Bornstein	DF	(1984-11-07)November 7, 1984 (aged 22)	UCLA Bruin	2006
21	Jason Hernandez	DF	(1983-08-26)August 26, 1983 (aged 24)	New York Red Bulls	2006
23	Alex Zotincă	DF	(1977-01-22)January 22, 1977 (aged 30)	Kansas City Wizards	2007	24	0
24	Bobby Burling	DF	(1984-10-15)October 15, 1984 (aged 23)	LA Galaxy	2007	0	0
25	Lawson Vaughn	DF	(1984-04-11)April 11, 1984 (aged 23)	Tulsa Golden	2006
27	Eder Robles	DF	(1988-07-07)July 7, 1988 (aged 19)	Chivas USA Academy	2006
77	Orlando Perez	DF	(1977-07-12)July 12, 1977 (aged 30)	Chicago Fire	2005
Midfielders
6	Francisco Mendoza	MF	(1985-04-29)April 29, 1985 (aged 22)	Guadalajara	2005
8	Ramón Núñez	MF	(1985-11-14)November 14, 1985 (aged 21)	FC Dallas	2007	10	0
15	Jesse Marsch	MF	(1973-11-08)November 8, 1973 (aged 33)	Chicago Fire	2006	0	0
16	Sacha Kljestan	MF	(1985-09-09)September 9, 1985 (aged 22)	Seton Hall Pirates	2006	0	0
17	Rodrigo López	MF	(1987-05-10)May 10, 1987 (aged 20)	Guadalajara	2005
26	Paulo Nagamura	MF	(1983-03-02)March 2, 1983 (aged 24)	Toronto	2007	24	2
28	Erasmo Solórzano	MF	(1985-07-20)July 20, 1985 (aged 22)	Los Angeles Storm	2007	1	0
30	Carlos Borja	MF	(1988-01-18)January 18, 1988 (aged 19)	IMG Academy	2006
31	Rene Corona	MF	(1984-08-17)August 17, 1984 (aged 23)	Corona Crew	2006
33	Mohammed Sethi	MF	(1987-12-07)December 7, 1987 (aged 19)		2007	0	0
Forwards
9	Ante Razov	FW	(1974-03-02)March 2, 1974 (aged 33)	New York Red Bulls	2006
10	Laurent Merlin	FW	(1984-10-17)October 17, 1984 (aged 23)	Ajaccio	2007	24	2
11	Maykel Galindo	FW	(1981-01-28)January 28, 1981 (aged 26)	Seattle Sounders	2007	30	12
12	John Cunliffe	FW	(1984-08-08)August 8, 1984 (aged 23)	Boulder Rapids Reserve	2007	18	3
14	David Arvizu	FW	(1988-04-19)April 19, 1988 (aged 19)	New York Red Bulls	2007	0	0
19	Jorge Flores	FW	(1989-09-16)September 16, 1989 (aged 18)	Chivas USA Academy	2007	1	0
32	Anthony Hamilton	FW	(1985-08-26)August 26, 1985 (aged 22)	Orange County Blue Star	2007	2	0
Left Chivas USA
19	Matt Taylor	FW	(1981-10-17)October 17, 1981 (aged 26)	Portland Timbers	2006
20	Amado Guevara	MF	(1976-05-02)May 2, 1976 (aged 31)	loan to Motagua	2007	4	0

Competitions

MLS

League table

Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
Western Conference
1	Chivas USA	53	30	15	7	8	46	28	18
2	Houston Dynamo	52	30	15	8	7	43	23	20
3	FC Dallas	44	30	13	12	5	37	44	-7
4	Colorado Rapids	35	30	9	13	8	29	34	-5
5	LA Galaxy	34	30	9	14	7	38	48	-10
6	Real Salt Lake	27	30	6	15	9	31	45	-14

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: October 16, 2007
Source: ESPNSoccernet.com
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results

April 7, 20071	Chivas USA	2–0	Toronto	Carson
16:30 PST	Razov 35' Zotincă 84' Kljestan 88'	Report	Cañizalez 61' Nagamura 77'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

April 14, 20072	Houston Dynamo	1–0	Chivas USA	Houston
16:30 PST	Mullan 13' Robinson 57' Ching 64'	Report	Razov 30' Suárez 41'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium

April 21, 20073	Chivas USA	4–0	Real Salt Lake	Carson
16:30 PST	Galindo 1', 9' 25' Razov 43' Marsch 68' Kljestan 76' Taylor 89'	Report		Stadium: The Home Depot Center

April 28, 20074	LA Galaxy	3–1	Chivas USA	Carson
16:30 PST	Donovan 8' Harmse 17' 58' Martino 55' Jones 78'	Report	Zotincă 13' Marsch 41' Suárez 63' Mendoza 78'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

May 6, 20075	D.C. United	2–1	Chivas USA	Washington, D.C.
12:00 PST	Moose 21' Gómez 48' Moreno 65' (pen.) Casal 69' Olsen 74' Namoff 83'	Report	Nagamura 52' Galindo 55'73' Mendoza 83' Merlin 88'	Stadium: RFK Stadium

May 12, 20076	Columbus Crew	1–1	Chivas USA	Columbus
16:30 PST	González 1' Grabavoy 18' Hendrickson 54' Pierce 70'	Report	Razov 2' Marsch 13' Kljestan 49' Suárez 75' Vaughn 82' Hernandez 87'	Stadium: Crew Stadium

May 20, 20077	Chivas USA	1–1	LA Galaxy	Carson
13:00 PST	Galindo 35'	Report	Donovan 50' Harden 57'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

May 26, 20078	Chivas USA	2–0	FC Dallas	Carson
16:30 PST	Galindo 50' Suárez 69' Razov 90+2'	Report	Ricchetti 20'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

June 9, 20079	Chicago Fire	0–1	Chivas USA	Chicago
16:30 PST	Soumaré 24' Brown 45+2'	Report	Kljestan 21' Nagamura 79'	Stadium: Toyota Park

June 16, 200710	Chivas USA	2–0	Colorado Rapids	Carson
16:30 PST	Perez 34' Cooke 49' (o.g.) Galindo 63' Zotincă 90+1'	Report	Brown 59'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

June 22, 200711	Houston Dynamo	4–0	Chivas USA	Houston
17:00 PST	Mullan 6' Davis 55', 70', 75' (pen.) Robinson 60'	Report	Nagamura 22' Thomas 66'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium

June 30, 200712	Chivas USA	2–0	New England Revolution	Carson
16:30 PST	Perez 21' Marsch 60' Vaughn 70' Nagamura 80' Suárez 81' Galindo 89' Zotincă 90+2'	Report	Thompson 65'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

July 4, 200713	FC Dallas	2–0	Chivas USA	Dallas
14:30 PST	Núñez 41' Toja 63' Oduro 86'	Report	Perez 17' Vaughn 57' Hernandez 65'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl

July 7, 200714	New England Revolution	1–1	Chivas USA	Foxborough
16:30 PST	John 13' Joseph 57' Dorman 64' Heaps 69' Noonan 90+4'	Report	Suárez 4' 29' Zotincă 25'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium

July 14, 200715	Chivas USA	2–1	Columbus Crew	Carson
16:30 PST	Razov 19' Gaven 69' (o.g.) Galindo 76'	Report	Miglioranzi 23'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

July 26, 200716	New York Red Bulls	0–2	Chivas USA	East Rutherford
16:00 PST	Stammler 12'	Report	Razov 38' Galindo 69' Kljestan 87'	Stadium: Giants Stadium

July 29, 200717	Kansas City Wizards	3–2	Chivas USA	Kansas City
15:00 PST	Jewsbury 5' Zavagnin 37' Arnaud 53' Marinelli 71' Movsisyan 89'	Report	Vaughn 10' Bornstein 17' Thomas 42' Marsch 45' Cunliffe 55' Suárez 90+1'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium

August 18, 200718	Toronto	0–2	Chivas USA	Toronto
12:30 PST		Report	Galindo 56' Hernandez 81' Kljestan 88' Guzan 90+2'	Stadium: BMO Field

August 23, 200719	LA Galaxy	0–3	Chivas USA	Carson
16:00 PST	Xavier 40' Harmse 45+3' Martino 61'	Report	Perez 26' Vaughn 41' Marsch 45+2' Galindo 58', 69' Mendoza 88'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

August 26, 200720	Chivas USA	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Carson
15:00 PST	Marsch 31' Kljestan 89'	Report	Harris 36' Espíndola 59'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

September 6, 200721	Chivas USA	2–2	D.C. United	Carson
16:30 PST	Razov 31' Vaughn 60'	Report	Emílio 3', 26' Namoff 33' Burch 54' Vanney 69'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

September 9, 200722	Chivas USA	3–0	New York Red Bulls	Carson
14:00 PST	Galindo 4', 58' 55' Razov 70' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: The Home Depot Center

September 14, 200723	Chivas USA	3–0	LA Galaxy	Carson
17:00 PST	Marsch 2' Razov 23' Nagamura 83' Mendoza 88' Merlin 90+1'	Report	Donovan 53' Xavier 69' Vagenas 71'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

September 16, 200724	Colorado Rapids	1–1	Chivas USA	Denver
10:00 PST	Erpen 12' Mastroeni 41' Clark 76'	Report	Kljestan 13' (pen.) Marsch 60'	Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High

September 22, 200725	Chivas USA	2–1	Kansas City Wizards	Carson
16:30 PST	Kljestan 64' Vaughn 67' Razov 69', 90+2' 90+3' Núñez 81'	Report	Colombano 72' 73'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

September 29, 200726	Chivas USA	1–1	Chicago Fire	Carson
16:30 PST	Marsch 24' Nagamura 32' Galindo 54' Suárez 82' (pen.)	Report	Blanco 24' 85' Armas 28' Conde 36'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

October 6, 200727	Real Salt Lake	2–3	Chivas USA	Salt Lake City
16:00 PST	Brown 52' Findley 63'	Report	Zotincă 9' Cunliffe 22', 54' Marsch 41' Nagamura 58'	Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium

October 12, 200728	FC Dallas	0–0	Chivas USA	Dallas
17:00 PST	Álvarez 80' Rhine 81'	Report	Mendoza 68'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl

October 14, 200729	Chivas USA	1–2	Colorado Rapids	Carson
09:00 PST	Suárez 31' Thomas 55' Perez 78' Bornstein 84' Perez 88'	Report	Prideaux 46' Ihemelu 64' Clark 65' Cummings 90'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

October 20, 200730	Chivas USA	0–0	Houston Dynamo	Carson
16:30 PST	Vaughn 40'	Report	Barrett 45+1' Ianni 68' Mulrooney 82' Mullan 90'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

MLS Cup Playoffs

October 27, 2007Conference Semifinal 1st leg	Kansas City Wizards	1–0	Chivas USA	Kansas City
17:00 PST	Arnaud 35' Harrington 44' Garcia 54' Zavagnin 88'	Report	Zotincă 45+1'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 12,442 Referee: Alex Prus

November 3, 2007Conference Semifinal 2nd leg	Chivas USA	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Kansas City Wizards	Carson
19:30 PST	Marsch 19' Mendoza 53' Núñez 62' Bornstein 89'	Report	Johnson 65'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 19,711 Referee: Mark Geiger

U.S. Open Cup

July 18, 2007 Third round	Seattle Sounders	3–1	Chivas USA	Seattle
19:30 PST	Le Toux 44', 50' Scott 55' Levesque 81'	Report	Merlin 16'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 3,589 Referee: Richard Heron

Friendlies

June 2, 2007	Seattle Sounders	1–3	Chivas USA	Seattle
19:00 PST	Le Toux 12'	Report	Suárez 14' (pen.) Galindo 27' Cunliffe 57'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 5,599 Referee: Jeff Hosking

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of Match played November 3, 2007

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	MEX	Claudio Suárez	28	3	25	3	2	0	1	0
4	DF	JAM	Shavar Thomas	25	0	23	0	2	0	0	0
6	MF	MEX	Francisco Mendoza	31	2	27+1	2	2	0	1	0
8	MF	HON	Ramón Núñez	10	0	2+6	0	1+1	0	0	0
9	FW	USA	Ante Razov	26	11	24+2	11	0	0	0	0
10	FW	FRA	Laurent Merlin	24	2	7+15	1	1	0	1	1
11	FW	CUB	Maykel Galindo	30	12	24+4	12	1	0	1	0
12	FW	ENG	John Cunliffe	18	3	5+10	3	0+2	0	0+1	0
13	DF	USA	Jonathan Bornstein	25	1	23	1	2	0	0	0
15	MF	USA	Jesse Marsch	31	2	28	2	2	0	1	0
16	MF	USA	Sacha Kljestan	28	4	25	4	2	0	1	0
17	MF	USA	Rodrigo López	6	0	0+5	0	0	0	0+1	0
18	GK	USA	Brad Guzan	29	0	27	0	2	0	0	0
19	FW	USA	Jorge Flores	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	USA	Jason Hernandez	23	0	9+12	0	1	0	1	0
22	GK	USA	Preston Burpo	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
23	DF	ROU	Alex Zotincă	24	0	20+2	0	1	0	1	0
25	DF	USA	Lawson Vaughn	26	1	22+2	1	1	0	1	0
26	MF	BRA	Paulo Nagamura	24	2	20+2	2	2	0	0	0
28	MF	MEX	Erasmo Solórzano	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	USA	Anthony Hamilton	4	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
77	DF	USA	Orlando Perez	16	1	12+3	1	0	0	1	0
Players away from Chivas USA on loan:
20	MF	HON	Amado Guevara	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Chivas USA during the season:
19	FW	USA	Matt Taylor	11	1	0+11	1	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	MLS	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	FW	11	Maykel Galindo	12	0	12
2	FW	9	Ante Razov	11	0	11
3	MF	16	Sacha Kljestan	4	0	4
4	FW	12	John Cunliffe	3	0	3
4	DF	2	Claudio Suárez	3	0	3
6	MF	6	Francisco Mendoza	2	0	2
	MF	15	Jesse Marsch	2	0	2
	MF	26	Paulo Nagamura	2	0	2
			Own goal	2	0	2
	FW	10	Laurent Merlin	1	1	2
11	DF	13	Jonathan Bornstein	1	0	1
	DF	25	Lawson Vaughn	1	0	1
	DF	77	Orlando Perez	1	0	1
	FW	19	Matt Taylor	1	0	1
			TOTALS	46	1	47

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	MLS		MLS Cup Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		Total
2		DF	Claudio Suárez	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
4		DF	Shavar Thomas	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
6		MF	Francisco Mendoza	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
8		MF	Ramón Núñez	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
9		FW	Ante Razov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		FW	Laurent Merlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Maykel Galindo	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
13		DF	Jonathan Bornstein	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
15		MF	Jesse Marsch	9	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
16		MF	Sacha Kljestan	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
18		GK	Brad Guzan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		DF	Jason Hernandez	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
23		DF	Alex Zotincă	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
25		DF	Lawson Vaughn	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
26		MF	Paulo Nagamura	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
77		DF	Orlando Perez	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
			TOTALS	62	3	5	0	0	0	67	3

References

↑ "Chivas USA parts ways with Coach Preki". Los Angeles Times. November 12, 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
↑ "Chivas USA contratará al hondureño Amado Guevara". www.mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). mediotiempo. November 27, 2006. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
↑ "Original text Chivas USA adquiere a Amado Guevara". www.mlssoccer.com/. MLS Soccer. January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
↑ "Chivas USA signs French F Merlin". sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo. April 12, 2007. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
↑ "L.A. Galaxy trade defender Shavar Thomas to Chivas USA". www.mlssoccer.com. MLS. January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
↑ "Chivas USA acquires Brazilian midfielder Paulo Nagamura in trade with Toronto FC". www.mlssoccer.com. MLS Soccer. January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
↑ "Chivas USA acquire Ramon Nunez". www.mlssoccer.com. MLS. January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
↑ "Timbers sign forward Matt Taylor from Chivas USA". Portland Timbers . Portland Timbers. July 25, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2016.

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[1] "Chivas USA parts ways with Coach Preki". Los Angeles Times. November 12, 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2022.

[2] "Chivas USA contratará al hondureño Amado Guevara". www.mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). mediotiempo. November 27, 2006. Retrieved January 15, 2016.

[3] "Original text Chivas USA adquiere a Amado Guevara". www.mlssoccer.com/. MLS Soccer. January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2016.

[4] "Chivas USA signs French F Merlin". sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo. April 12, 2007. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.

[5] "L.A. Galaxy trade defender Shavar Thomas to Chivas USA". www.mlssoccer.com. MLS. January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2016.

[6] "Chivas USA acquires Brazilian midfielder Paulo Nagamura in trade with Toronto FC". www.mlssoccer.com. MLS Soccer. January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2016.

[7] "Chivas USA acquire Ramon Nunez". www.mlssoccer.com. MLS. January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2016.

[8] "Timbers sign forward Matt Taylor from Chivas USA". Portland Timbers . Portland Timbers. July 25, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2016.

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