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.
Overview
February 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.
Allocation ranking 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.
International roster spots 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. The club also permanently acquired one spot in a trade with Real Salt Lake on November 24, 2004. 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).
Transfers
In DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubFee/notesRef November 24, 2010 Alan Gordon FW Vancouver Whitecaps Undisclosed Allocation Money and 2011 International Roster Spot Alejandro Moreno FW December 15, 2010 Jimmy Conrad DF Sporting Kansas City Re-Entry Draft December 15, 2010 Tristan Bowen FW Los Angeles Galaxy Acquired for allocation money January 13, 2011 Zarek Valentin DF University of Akron SuperDraft, 1st round January 13, 2011 Víctor Estupiñán FW LDU Quito SuperDraft, 1st round February 9, 2011 Andrew Boyens DF New York Red Bulls Free February 9, 2011 Simon Elliott MF Wellington Phoenix FC Free February 15, 2011 Heath Pearce DF FC Dallas Acquired for allocation money March 1, 2011 Marcos Mondaini FW Fénix loan March 9, 2011 Sergio Arias GK Guadalajara loan March 9, 2011 Francisco Mendoza MF Guadalajara Loan terminated September 3, 2011 March 11, 2011 Nick LaBrocca MF Toronto FC Acquired for Alan Gordon March 18, 2011 Seth Owusu DF Medeama SC loan, waived June 30, 2011 May 15, 2011 Chris Cortez FW Chivas USA Youth Academy Homegrown Player August 4, 2011 Laurent Courtois MF Grenoble Undisclosed August 12, 2011 David Júnior Lopes DF Universitatea Craiova Undisclosed August 17, 2011 Juan Pablo Ángel FW Los Angeles Galaxy Acquired for a 2012 Supplemental Draft pick
Out DatePlayerPositionDestination clubFee/notesRef November 24, 20101 Jonathan Bornstein DF Portland Timbers Expansion Draft November 24, 2010 Alan Gordon FW Vancouver Whitecaps Expansion Draft, subsequently reacquired December 3, 2010 Marcelo Saragosa MF Option declined December 3, 2010 Alexandru Zotincă DF Option declined December 3, 2010 Eduardo Lillingston FW Tecos Option declined December 16, 2010 Giancarlo Maldonado FW Atlante Loan expired, option declined January 10, 2011 Osael Romero MF C.D. Águila Option declined January 21, 2011 Darío Delgado DF Puntarenas F.C. Option declined January 21, 2011 Rodolfo Espinoza MF Sporting Cristal Option declined, free transfer February 16, 2011 Sal Zizzo MF Portland Timbers Traded for allocation money March 1, 2011 Carlos Borja DF Los Angeles Blues Waived, free transfer March 11, 2011 Jesús Padilla FW C.D. Guadalajara Loan option declined March 11, 2011 Alan Gordon FW Toronto FC Traded for Nick LaBrocca March 16, 2011 César Zamora MF Waived March 23, 2011 Yamith Cuesta DF Chicago Fire Traded for 2012 Supplemental Draft pick March 23, 2011 Chukwudi Chijindu FW Los Angeles Blues loan April 1, 2011 Maykel Galindo FW FC Dallas Traded for 2012 Supplemental Draft pick July 17, 2011 Gerson Mayen MF Fort Lauderdale Strikers Loan until the end of the 2011 NASL season August 18, 2011 Jimmy Conrad DF None Retired August 26, 2011 Tristan Bowen FW K.S.V. Roeselare One year loan
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.
Future draft pick trades
Acquired Year Draft Round Traded from Ref. 2012 SuperDraft Round 4 Houston Dynamo 2012 Supplemental Round 1 FC Dallas 2012 Supplemental Unspecified Chicago Fire
Traded Year Draft Round Traded to Ref. 2012 SuperDraft Conditional pick Real Salt Lake 2012 Supplemental Round 3 Los Angeles Galaxy
Roster
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 1 Dan Kennedy GK Municipal Iquique 2008 22 Zach Thornton GK New York Red Bulls 2008 30 Sergio Arias GK loan from Guadalajara 2011 2011 0 0 Defenders 2 Andrew Boyens DF New York Red Bulls 2011 13 2 3 Heath Pearce DF FC Dallas 2011 31 0 4 Michael Umaña DF Municipal Liberia 2010 13 Ante Jazić DF LA Galaxy 2009 20 Zarek Valentin DF Akron Zips 2011 24 0 77 David Lopes DF Universitatea Craiova 2011 8 0 Midfielders 5 Paulo Nagamura MF Tigres UANL 2010 7 Simon Elliott MF Wellington Phoenix 2011 26 0 8 Mariano Trujillo MF Atlante 2009 10 Nick LaBrocca MF Toronto 2011 35 8 11 Michael Lahoud MF Carolina Dynamo 2009 16 Laurent Courtois MF Grenoble Foot 38 2011 11 1 18 Blair Gavin MF Academy Bradenton 2010 19 Jorge Flores MF Chivas USA U19 2007 21 Ben Zemanski MF Cleveland Internationals 2010 59 Bryan de la Fuente MF Chivas USA Academy 2010 Forwards 9 Juan Pablo Ángel FW LA Galaxy 2011 9 7 15 Alejandro Moreno FW Philadelphia Union 2011 24 5 17 Justin Braun FW Olympique Montreux 2008 23 Marcos Mondaini FW loan from Fénix 2011 2011 25 3 27 Chris Cortez FW California Golden Bears 2011 9 0 99 Víctor Estupiñán FW LDU Quito 2011 10 1 Away on loan 14 Gerson Mayen MF Chivas USA Academy 2008 77 Chukwudi Chijindu FW Connecticut Huskies 2009 Tristan Bowen FW LA Galaxy 2011 2 0 Left Chivas USA 6 Francisco Mendoza MF loan from Guadalajara 2011 2011 12 0 9 Maykel Galindo FW Seattle Sounders 2007 12 Jimmy Conrad DF Sporting Kansas City 2011 2 1 33 Seth Owusu DF loan from Medeama 2011 2011 1 0
Management
Kits
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
Competitions
MLS
League table
Results summary
Results
U.S. Open Cup
Statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players away from Chivas USA on loan:
|colspan="14"|Players who left Chivas USA during the season:
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameMLSU.S. Open CupTotal1 MF10Nick LaBrocca808FW17Justin Braun8083 FW9 Juan Pablo Ángel7074 FW15Alejandro Moreno5055 FW23Marcos Mondaini3036 MF21Ben Zemanski2027 DF12Jimmy Conrad101MF8 Mariano Trujillo101MF19Jorge Flores101DF2 Andrew Boyens101MF11Michael Lahoud101MF16Laurent Courtois101FW99Víctor Estupiñán101TOTALS41041
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameMLSU.S. Open CupTotal1 GKDan Kennedy2000202 DFAndrew Boyens2121423 DFHeath Pearce2000204 DFMichael Umaña3000305 MFPaulo Nagamura2000207 MFSimon Elliott3000308 MFMariano Trujillo2000209 FWJuan Pablo Ángel20002010MFNick LaBrocca40004011MFMichael Lahoud40004012DFJimmy Conrad10001013DFAnte Jazić30003017FWJustin Braun40105019MFJorge Flores31003120DFZarek Valentin50005021MFBen Zemanski60006023FWMarcos Mondaini11102127FWChris Cortez10001077DFDavid Lopes21002199FWVíctor Estupiñán100010TOTALS53441575
References