Chivas USA was a soccer team based in Carson, California that competed in Major League Soccer (MLS) from 2005 until it folded after the 2014 season. [2] [3] The MLS regular season runs from February to October and the best-performing team is awarded the Supporters' Shield. The top teams from each conference qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs, a postseason tournament that culminates in the MLS Cup. [4] [5]
In addition to league play, Chivas USA participated in the annual U.S. Open Cup tournament organized by the United States Soccer Federation. [6] [7] During the 2008 season, the club participated in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League, an annual international competition between teams in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. [8] The club also appeared in the North American SuperLiga, a former competition between MLS and Liga MX teams that ran from 2007 to 2010. [9]
The club played a total of ten seasons in MLS, with 92 wins, 149 losses, and 79 draws over 320 games. [10] The club's 2014 season set a record-low attendance level for the league, with an average of 7,063 fans attending each game. The club ceased operations immediately after the end of the 2014 season. Less than a month later, the team was replaced by expansion team Los Angeles FC. [1]
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Season | League [6] | Position | Playoffs [6] | USOC [6] | Continental [13] | Average attendance [lower-alpha 1] | Top goalscorer(s) [lower-alpha 2] | |||||||||||
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Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Conf. [14] | Overall [15] | Competition | Result | Name(s) | Goals | ||||
2005 | 32 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 31 | 67 | –36 | 18 | 0.56 | 6th † | 12th † | DNQ | R4 | DNQ | 17,080 [16] | ![]() | 4 [17] | |
2006 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 43 | 1.34 | 3rd | 6th | QF | R3 | 19,840 [18] | ![]() | 14 [19] | ||
2007 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 53 | 1.77 | 1st | 2nd | QF | R3 | 14,305 [20] | ![]() | 12 [21] | ||
2008 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 40 | 41 | –1 | 43 | 1.43 | 2nd | 4th | QF | R3 | CONCACAF Champions League North American SuperLiga | PR GS | 15,114 [22] | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 5 [23] |
2009 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 45 | 1.50 | 4th | 6th | QF | R3 | North American SuperLiga | GS | 15,092 [24] | ![]() | 8 [25] |
2010 | 30 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 28 | 0.93 | 8th † | 15th | DNQ | SF | North American SuperLiga | GS | 14,575 [26] | ![]() | 9 [27] |
2011 | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 36 | 1.06 | 8th | 15th | QR1 | DNQ | 14,830 [28] | ![]() ![]() | 8 [29] | ||
2012 | 34 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 24 | 58 | −34 | 30 | 0.88 | 9th † | 18th | SF | 13,056 [30] | ![]() | 4 [31] | |||
2013 | 34 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 30 | 67 | −37 | 26 | 0.76 | 9th † | 18th | R4 | 8,366 [32] | ![]() | 7 [33] | |||
2014 | 34 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 29 | 61 | −32 | 33 | 0.97 | 7th | 16th | R4 | 7,063 [34] | ![]() | 16 [35] | |||
Total | 320 | 92 | 149 | 79 | 351 | 483 | –132 | 355 | 1.11 | W (1) | RU (1) | QF (4) | SF (2) | – | – | – | ![]() | 30 [36] [37] |
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