The 2014 Chivas USA season was Chivas USA's tenth and final season in Major League Soccer, the top division for soccer in America.
Finishing seventh in the Western Conference, it was the club's first season since 2009 that they did not finish in last place in the Western Conference. However, the club failed to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs for a fifth-consecutive year. Outside of MLS play, Chivas reached the fourth round proper of the U.S. Open Cup, where they fell in penalties to the Carolina RailHawks of the second-division NASL. In the SuperClasico, Chivas finished as runners-up to inner-city rivals, LA Galaxy. The club's best performance in external competitions came in the preseason Desert Diamond Cup, where Chivas finished in second place.
Despite the poor production on the field, the bright spot on the club was young Mexican international Cubo Torres, who led the club in goals scored during the regular season, with fifteen. He finished seventh in the league in total MLS regular season goals for 2014.
Transfers
In DateNumberPositionPlayerPrevious clubFee/notesRef. December 11, 2013 7 MF Mauro Rosales Seattle Sounders FC Trade with Tristan Bowen December 12, 2013 16 DF Andrew Jean-Baptiste Portland Timbers Trade with Jorge Villafaña and Re-Entry pick January 21, 2014 17 MF Thomas McNamara Clemson Tigers SuperDraft 2nd round January 21, 2014 21 FW Kris Tyrpak Houston Baptist Huskies SuperDraft 3rd round January 21, 2014 13 DF Michael Nwiloh Georgia State Panthers SuperDraft 4th round January 22, 2014 4 DF Tony Lochhead Wellington Phoenix January 27, 2014 25 DF Donny Toia Phoenix FC February 19, 2014 8 MF Agustín Pelletieri Racing Club February 24, 2014 19 FW Luke Moore Elazığspor February 28, 2014 22 DF Eriq Zavaleta Seattle Sounders FC Loan March 3, 2014 6 DF Daniel Fragoso Hospitalet March 9, 2014 23 GK Trevor Spangenberg Springfield Synergy April 10, 2014 5 MF Martín Rivero Rosario Central April 17, 2014 6 MF Matt Dunn UMFK Bengals Waiver Draft May 8, 2014 18 MF Marvin Chávez Colorado Rapids Trade with Luke Moore May 8, 2014 19 FW Ryan Finley Columbus Crew Trade for 2016 MLS SuperDraft pick June 24, 2014 14 DF Akira Kaji Gamba Osaka July 1, 2014 24 MF Nathan Sturgis Colorado Rapids Trade with Carlos Alvarez August 14, 2014 20 FW Félix Borja Pachuca Loan August 21, 2014 7 MF Nigel Reo-Coker Vancouver Whitecaps FC Trade with Mauro Rosales August 22, 2014 34 DF Jhon Hurtado Chicago Fire Trade for allocation money
Out Position:PlayerTransferred toDetailsDateSource GuadalajaraLoan return GuadalajaraLoan return GuadalajaraLoan return GuadalajaraLoan return Orange County BluesContract option declinedFree AgentContract option declined Arizona UnitedContract option declined AlianzaContract option declined San Antonio ScorpionsContract option declined IrapuatoContract option declined
Roster No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 1 Dan Kennedy GK Deportes Iquique 2008 23 Trevor Spangenberg GK Springfield Synergy 2014 1 0 28 Tim Melia GK Real Salt Lake 2012 9 0 Defenders 2 Bobby Burling DF Montreal Impact 2012 75 1 3 Carlos Bocanegra DF Rangers 2013 30 0 4 Tony Lochhead DF Wellington Phoenix 2014 21 0 13 Michael Nwiloh DF Georgia State Panthers 2014 0 0 14 Akira Kaji DF Gamba Osaka 2014 15 0 16 Andrew Jean-Baptiste DF Portland Timbers 2014 10 0 22 Eriq Zavaleta DF Loan from Seattle Sounders FC 2014 2014 18 0 25 Donny Toia DF Phoenix FC 2014 28 2 34 Jhon Hurtado DF Chicago Fire 2014 6 0 Midfielders 5 Martín Rivero MF Rosario Central 2014 7 0 6 Matt Dunn MF OFK Beograd 2014 7 0 7 Nigel Reo-Coker MF Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2014 9 0 8 Agustín Pelletieri MF Racing Club 2014 28 1 11 Leandro Barrera MF Loan from Argentinos Juniors 2014 2014 33 1 12 Marco Delgado MF Chivas USA Academy 2012 38 2 15 Eric Avila MF Toronto FC 2013 59 3 17 Thomas McNamara MF Jersey Express 2014 6 1 18 Marvin Chávez MF Colorado Rapids 2014 14 2 24 Nathan Sturgis MF Colorado Rapids 2014 16 0 30 Oswaldo Minda MF Deportivo Quito 2012 60 2 Forwards 9 Erick Torres FW Loan from Guadalajara 2013 2014 45 22 19 Ryan Finley FW Columbus Crew 2014 17 2 20 Félix Borja FW Loan from Pachuca 2014 2014 12 3 21 Kris Tyrpak FW Austin Aztex 2014 10 1 42 Daniel Perez FW Chivas USA Academy 2011 0 0 Left Chivas USA 6 Daniel Fragoso DF Hospitalet 2014 2 0 7 Mauro Rosales MF Seattle Sounders FC 2014 21 0 10 Adolfo Bautista FW Atlético San Luis 2013 7 0 10 Luis Bolaños FW Loan from LDU Quito 2013 2013 3 0 19 Luke Moore FW Elazığspor 2014 6 0 20 Carlos Alvarez MF Connecticut Huskies 2013 43 3 26 Matthew Fondy FW Los Angeles Blues 2013 8 0
Kits
Type Shirt Shorts Socks First appearance / Info Home Red / White Navy Red Home Alt. Red / White White White U.S. Open Cup, Fourth Round, June 15 against Carolina Home Alt. 2 Red / White White Red MLS, May 17 against Dallas Away Navy Red Navy Away Alt. Navy White Navy MLS, March 22 against Dallas Away Alt. 2 Navy White White MLS, September 7 against Columbus
Friendlies
Competitions
MLS
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Results
U.S. Open Cup
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan=14|Players who left Chivas USA during the season:
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameMLSU.S. Open CupTotal1 FW9 Erick Torres150152 FW20Félix Borja3033 MF12Marco Delgado202MF18Marvin Chávez202FW19Ryan Finley1126 DF2 Bobby Burling101MF8 Agustín Pelletieri101MF17Thomas McNamara101MF11Leandro Barrera101FW21Kris Tyrpak101 Own goal101TOTALS29130
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameMLSU.S. Open CupTotal1 GKDan Kennedy1010001012 DFBobby Burling7010007013 DFCarlos Bocanegra1000001004 DFTony Lochhead6000006005 MFMartín Rivero1000001007 MFMauro Rosales4000004007 MFNigel Reo-Coker1010001018 MFAgustín Pelletieri4010004019 FWErick Torres30100030110FWAdolfo Bautista10000010011MFLeandro Barrera30000030012MFMarco Delgado50100050114DFAkira Kaji10000010015MFEric Avila20000020016DFAndrew Jean-Baptiste20000020018MFMarvin Chávez20100020120MFCarlos Alvarez40000040021FWKris Tyrpak10000010022DFEriq Zavaleta10000010024MFNathan Sturgis40000040025DFDonny Toia50000050028GKTim Melia00100000130MFOswaldo Minda12010001201TOTALS71090007109
Awards
MLS Player of the Week WeekPlayerOpponentLink17 Erick TorresSan Jose Earthquakes and Montreal ImpactPlayer of the Week
MLS Goal of the Week WeekPlayerOpponentLink17 Erick TorresMontreal ImpactGoal Week 17
See also 2014 in American soccer
References