# 2011 Chivas USA season

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

| Date | Player | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes |
| November 24, 2010 | Alan Gordon | FW | Vancouver Whitecaps | Undisclosed Allocation Money and 2011 International Roster Spot |
| November 24, 2010 | Alejandro Moreno | FW | Vancouver Whitecaps | Undisclosed Allocation Money and 2011 International Roster Spot |
| 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

| Date | Player | Position | Destination club | Fee/notes |
| November 24, 2010$^1$ | 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 |
| 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

    As of match played October 22, 2011
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Dan Kennedy | GK | (1982-07-22)July 22, 1982 (aged 29) | Municipal Iquique | 2008 | | | |
| 22 | Zach Thornton | GK | (1973-10-10)October 10, 1973 (aged 38) | New York Red Bulls | 2008 | | | |
| 30 | Sergio Arias | GK | (1988-02-27)February 27, 1988 (aged 23) | loan from Guadalajara | 2011 | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Andrew Boyens | DF | (1983-09-18)September 18, 1983 (aged 28) | New York Red Bulls | 2011 | | 13 | 2 |
| 3 | Heath Pearce | DF | (1984-08-13)August 13, 1984 (aged 27) | FC Dallas | 2011 | | 31 | 0 |
| 4 | Michael Umaña | DF | (1982-07-16)July 16, 1982 (aged 29) | Municipal Liberia | 2010 | | | |
| 13 | Ante Jazić | DF | (1976-02-26)February 26, 1976 (aged 35) | LA Galaxy | 2009 | | | |
| 20 | Zarek Valentin | DF | (1991-08-06)August 6, 1991 (aged 20) | Akron Zips | 2011 | | 24 | 0 |
| 77 | David Lopes | DF | (1982-07-19)July 19, 1982 (aged 29) | Universitatea Craiova | 2011 | | 8 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Paulo Nagamura | MF | (1983-03-02)March 2, 1983 (aged 28) | Tigres UANL | 2010 | | | |
| 7 | Simon Elliott | MF | (1974-06-10)June 10, 1974 (aged 37) | Wellington Phoenix | 2011 | | 26 | 0 |
| 8 | Mariano Trujillo | MF | (1977-05-19)May 19, 1977 (aged 34) | Atlante | 2009 | | | |
| 10 | Nick LaBrocca | MF | (1984-12-04)December 4, 1984 (aged 26) | Toronto | 2011 | | 35 | 8 |
| 11 | Michael Lahoud | MF | (1986-09-15)September 15, 1986 (aged 25) | Carolina Dynamo | 2009 | | | |
| 16 | Laurent Courtois | MF | (1978-09-11)September 11, 1978 (aged 32) | Grenoble Foot 38 | 2011 | | 11 | 1 |
| 18 | Blair Gavin | MF | (1989-01-08)January 8, 1989 (aged 22) | Academy Bradenton | 2010 | | | |
| 19 | Jorge Flores | MF | (1989-09-16)September 16, 1989 (aged 22) | Chivas USA U19 | 2007 | | | |
| 21 | Ben Zemanski | MF | (1988-05-12)May 12, 1988 (aged 23) | Cleveland Internationals | 2010 | | | |
| 59 | Bryan de la Fuente | MF | (1992-07-01)July 1, 1992 (aged 19) | Chivas USA Academy | 2010 | | | |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Juan Pablo Ángel | FW | (1975-10-24)October 24, 1975 (aged 35) | LA Galaxy | 2011 | | 9 | 7 |
| 15 | Alejandro Moreno | FW | (1979-07-08)July 8, 1979 (aged 32) | Philadelphia Union | 2011 | | 24 | 5 |
| 17 | Justin Braun | FW | (1987-03-31)March 31, 1987 (aged 24) | Olympique Montreux | 2008 | | | |
| 23 | Marcos Mondaini | FW | (1985-02-14)February 14, 1985 (aged 26) | loan from Fénix | 2011 | 2011 | 25 | 3 |
| 27 | Chris Cortez | FW | (1988-07-24)July 24, 1988 (aged 23) | California Golden Bears | 2011 | | 9 | 0 |
| 99 | Víctor Estupiñán | FW | (1988-03-05)March 5, 1988 (aged 23) | LDU Quito | 2011 | | 10 | 1 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| 14 | Gerson Mayen | MF | (1989-02-09)February 9, 1989 (aged 22) | Chivas USA Academy | 2008 | | | |
| 77 | Chukwudi Chijindu | FW | (1986-02-20)February 20, 1986 (aged 25) | Connecticut Huskies | 2009 | | | |
| | Tristan Bowen | FW | (1991-01-30)January 30, 1991 (aged 20) | LA Galaxy | 2011 | | 2 | 0 |
| Left Chivas USA ||||||||||
| 6 | Francisco Mendoza | MF | (1985-04-29)April 29, 1985 (aged 26) | loan from Guadalajara | 2011 | 2011 | 12 | 0 |
| 9 | Maykel Galindo | FW | (1981-01-28)January 28, 1981 (aged 30) | Seattle Sounders | 2007 | | | |
| 12 | Jimmy Conrad | DF | (1977-02-12)February 12, 1977 (aged 34) | Sporting Kansas City | 2011 | | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Seth Owusu | DF | (1990-09-20)September 20, 1990 (aged 21) | loan from Medeama | 2011 | 2011 | 1 | 0 |

### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Owner | Jorge Vergara |
| General Manager | Jose Domene |
| Head Coach | Robin Fraser |
| Assistant Coach | Carlos Llamosa |
| Assistant Coach | Greg Vanney |
| Technical Director | Nick Theslof |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Daniel Gonzalez |
| Team Administrator | Kevin Esparza |
| Equipment Manager | Raúl Guerrero |
| Athletic Trainer | Josh Beaumont |
| Strength and Conditioning Coach | Jim Liston |
| Therapist | Miguel Torres |
Last updated: March 30, 2011 Source: Club Deportivo Chivas USA

### Kits

| Home | Home Alt. | Away |
| 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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 67 | MLS Cup Conference Semifinals |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 63 | MLS Cup Conference Semifinals |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 53 | MLS Cup Conference Semifinals |
| 4 | FC Dallas | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 52 | MLS Cup Play-In Round |
| 5 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 49 | MLS Cup Play-In Round |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 42 | |
| 7 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 38 | |
| 8 | Chivas USA | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 36 | |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 35 | 55 | −20 | 28 | |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | LA Galaxy (S, C) | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 67 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 63 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 53 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 4 | FC Dallas | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 52 | |
| 5 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 51 | |
| 6 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 49 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 7 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 49 | |
| 8 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 48 | |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 47 | |
| 10 | New York Red Bulls | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 46 | |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 43 | |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 42 | |
| 13 | D.C. United | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 39 | |
| 14 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 38 | |
| 15 | Chivas USA | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 36 | |
| 16 | Toronto FC | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 33 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 17 | New England Revolution | 34 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 28 | |
| 18 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 35 | 55 | −20 | 28 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: October 22, 2011. Source: Competitive Matches
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Stadium | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | T | T | T | W | W | L | W | L | T | T | W | L | L | L | T | W | T | T | W | L | W | T | T | L | L | L | L | T | W | T | L | L |
| Position | 12 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Results
### U.S. Open Cup
## Statistics

    As of Match played October 22, 2011

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | MLS | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | USA | Dan Kennedy | 33 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NZL | Andrew Boyens | 13 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Heath Pearce | 31 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CRC | Michael Umaña | 22 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Paulo Nagamura | 11 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NZL | Simon Elliott | 26 | 0 | 21+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Mariano Trujillo | 12 | 1 | 0+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | COL | Juan Pablo Ángel | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | USA | Nick LaBrocca | 35 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SLE | Michael Lahoud | 24 | 1 | 17+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | CAN | Ante Jazić | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | VEN | Alejandro Moreno | 24 | 5 | 21+3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | FRA | Laurent Courtois | 11 | 1 | 3+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | USA | Justin Braun | 30 | 8 | 22+7 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | USA | Blair Gavin | 18 | 0 | 11+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | USA | Jorge Flores | 26 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | USA | Zarek Valentin | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | USA | Ben Zemanski | 29 | 2 | 23+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | USA | Zach Thornton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ARG | Marcos Mondaini | 25 | 3 | 21+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | USA | Chris Cortez | 9 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | BRA | David Lopes | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ECU | Víctor Estupiñán | 10 | 1 | 3+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from Chivas USA on loan: ||||||||||
| 14 | MF | USA | Gerson Mayen | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | USA | Tristan Bowen | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who left Chivas USA during the season: ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | MEX | Francisco Mendoza | 12 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | USA | Jimmy Conrad | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GHA | Seth Owusu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Nick LaBrocca | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | FW | 17 | Justin Braun | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Juan Pablo Ángel | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 15 | Alejandro Moreno | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 23 | Marcos Mondaini | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 21 | Ben Zemanski | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 12 | Jimmy Conrad | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Mariano Trujillo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 19 | Jorge Flores | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 2 | Andrew Boyens | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 11 | Michael Lahoud | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 16 | Laurent Courtois | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 99 | Víctor Estupiñán | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 41 | 0 | 41 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | MLS | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Dan Kennedy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Andrew Boyens | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | Heath Pearce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Michael Umaña | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Paulo Nagamura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Simon Elliott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Mariano Trujillo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Juan Pablo Ángel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Nick LaBrocca | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Michael Lahoud | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Jimmy Conrad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Ante Jazić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Justin Braun | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Jorge Flores | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | Zarek Valentin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Ben Zemanski | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Marcos Mondaini | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | Chris Cortez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | David Lopes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | Víctor Estupiñán | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 53 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 57 | 5 |