# 2014 Chivas USA season

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

| Date | Number | Position | Player | Previous club | Fee/notes |
| 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: | Player | Transferred to | Details | Date |
| DF | Mario de Luna | Guadalajara | Loan return | November 21, 2013 |
| DF | Jaime Frías Jr. | Guadalajara | Loan return | November 21, 2013 |
| DF | Edgar Mejía | Guadalajara | Loan return | November 21, 2013 |
| FW | Julio Morales | Guadalajara | Loan return | November 21, 2013 |
| GK | Patrick McLain | Orange County Blues | Contract option declined | November 21, 2013 |
| DF | Steve Purdy | Free Agent | Contract option declined | November 21, 2013 |
| MF | Daniel Antúnez | Arizona United | Contract option declined | November 21, 2013 |
| MF | Marvin Iraheta | Alianza | Contract option declined | November 21, 2013 |
| MF | Josue Soto | San Antonio Scorpions | Contract option declined | November 21, 2013 |
| MF | José Manuel Rivera | Irapuato | Contract option declined | November 21, 2013 |

## Roster

| 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 32) | Deportes Iquique | 2008 | | | |
| 23 | Trevor Spangenberg | GK | (1991-04-21)April 21, 1991 (aged 23) | Springfield Synergy | 2014 | | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Tim Melia | GK | (1986-05-15)May 15, 1986 (aged 28) | Real Salt Lake | 2012 | | 9 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Bobby Burling | DF | (1984-10-15)October 15, 1984 (aged 30) | Montreal Impact | 2012 | | 75 | 1 |
| 3 | Carlos Bocanegra | DF | (1979-05-25)May 25, 1979 (aged 35) | Rangers | 2013 | | 30 | 0 |
| 4 | Tony Lochhead | DF | (1982-01-12)January 12, 1982 (aged 32) | Wellington Phoenix | 2014 | | 21 | 0 |
| 13 | Michael Nwiloh | DF | (1990-11-10)November 10, 1990 (aged 23) | Georgia State Panthers | 2014 | | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Akira Kaji | DF | (1980-01-13)January 13, 1980 (aged 34) | Gamba Osaka | 2014 | | 15 | 0 |
| 16 | Andrew Jean-Baptiste | DF | (1992-06-16)June 16, 1992 (aged 22) | Portland Timbers | 2014 | | 10 | 0 |
| 22 | Eriq Zavaleta | DF | (1992-08-02)August 2, 1992 (aged 22) | Loan from Seattle Sounders FC | 2014 | 2014 | 18 | 0 |
| 25 | Donny Toia | DF | (1992-05-28)May 28, 1992 (aged 22) | Phoenix FC | 2014 | | 28 | 2 |
| 34 | Jhon Hurtado | DF | (1984-05-16)May 16, 1984 (aged 30) | Chicago Fire | 2014 | | 6 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Martín Rivero | MF | (1989-11-13)November 13, 1989 (aged 24) | Rosario Central | 2014 | | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | Matt Dunn | MF | (1994-01-13)January 13, 1994 (aged 20) | OFK Beograd | 2014 | | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | Nigel Reo-Coker | MF | (1984-05-14)May 14, 1984 (aged 30) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2014 | | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | Agustín Pelletieri | MF | (1982-05-17)May 17, 1982 (aged 32) | Racing Club | 2014 | | 28 | 1 |
| 11 | Leandro Barrera | MF | (1991-02-22)February 22, 1991 (aged 23) | Loan from Argentinos Juniors | 2014 | 2014 | 33 | 1 |
| 12 | Marco Delgado | MF | (1988-06-23)June 23, 1988 (aged 26) | Chivas USA Academy | 2012 | | 38 | 2 |
| 15 | Eric Avila | MF | (1987-11-24)November 24, 1987 (aged 26) | Toronto FC | 2013 | | 59 | 3 |
| 17 | Thomas McNamara | MF | (1991-02-06)February 6, 1991 (aged 23) | Jersey Express | 2014 | | 6 | 1 |
| 18 | Marvin Chávez | MF | (1983-11-03)November 3, 1983 (aged 30) | Colorado Rapids | 2014 | | 14 | 2 |
| 24 | Nathan Sturgis | MF | (1987-07-06)July 6, 1987 (aged 27) | Colorado Rapids | 2014 | | 16 | 0 |
| 30 | Oswaldo Minda | MF | (1983-07-26)July 26, 1983 (aged 30) | Deportivo Quito | 2012 | | 60 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Erick Torres | FW | (1993-01-19)January 19, 1993 (aged 21) | Loan from Guadalajara | 2013 | 2014 | 45 | 22 |
| 19 | Ryan Finley | FW | (1991-03-27)March 27, 1991 (aged 23) | Columbus Crew | 2014 | | 17 | 2 |
| 20 | Félix Borja | FW | (1991-03-27)March 27, 1991 (aged 23) | Loan from Pachuca | 2014 | 2014 | 12 | 3 |
| 21 | Kris Tyrpak | FW | (1992-03-19)March 19, 1992 (aged 22) | Austin Aztex | 2014 | | 10 | 1 |
| 42 | Daniel Perez | FW | (1996-05-30)May 30, 1996 (aged 18) | Chivas USA Academy | 2011 | | 0 | 0 |
| Left Chivas USA ||||||||||
| 6 | Daniel Fragoso | DF | (1982-03-31)March 31, 1982 (aged 32) | Hospitalet | 2014 | | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Mauro Rosales | MF | (1981-02-24)February 24, 1981 (aged 33) | Seattle Sounders FC | 2014 | | 21 | 0 |
| 10 | Adolfo Bautista | FW | (1979-05-15)May 15, 1979 (aged 35) | Atlético San Luis | 2013 | | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | Luis Bolaños | FW | (1985-03-27)March 27, 1985 (aged 29) | Loan from LDU Quito | 2013 | 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Luke Moore | FW | (1986-02-13)February 13, 1986 (aged 28) | Elazığspor | 2014 | | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | Carlos Alvarez | MF | (1990-11-12)November 12, 1990 (aged 23) | Connecticut Huskies | 2013 | | 43 | 3 |
| 26 | Matthew Fondy | FW | (1989-07-28)July 28, 1989 (aged 25) | Los Angeles Blues | 2013 | | 8 | 0 |

### Kits

| Home | Home Alt. | Home Alt. 2 | Away | Away Alt. | Away Alt. 2 |
| 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 |

## Competitions
### MLS
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 65 | 50 | +15 | 64 | MLS Cup Conference Semifinals |
| 2 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 61 | MLS Cup Conference Semifinals |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 56 | MLS Cup Conference Semifinals |
| 4 | FC Dallas | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 54 | MLS Cup Knockout round |
| 5 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 50 | MLS Cup Knockout round |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 49 | |
| 7 | Chivas USA | 34 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 29 | 61 | −32 | 33 | |
| 8 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 32 | |
| 9 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 30 | |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders FC (S) | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 65 | 50 | +15 | 64 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | LA Galaxy (C) | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 61 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 3 | D.C. United | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 59 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 56 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 5 | New England Revolution | 34 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 55 | |
| 6 | FC Dallas | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 54 | |
| 7 | Columbus Crew | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 52 | |
| 8 | New York Red Bulls | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 50 | |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 50 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 10 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 49 | |
| 11 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 49 | |
| 12 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 42 | |
| 13 | Toronto FC | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 41 | |
| 14 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 39 | |
| 15 | Chicago Fire | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 36 | |
| 16 | Chivas USA | 34 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 29 | 61 | −32 | 33 | |
| 17 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 32 | |
| 18 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 30 | |
| 19 | Montreal Impact | 34 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 28 | |

#### Results
### U.S. Open Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played October 26, 2014

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Major League Soccer | Major League Soccer | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | USA | Dan Kennedy | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | GK | USA | Bobby Burling | 23 | 1 | 20+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Carlos Bocanegra | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NZL | Tony Lochhead | 21 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Martín Rivero | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | USA | Matt Dunn | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Nigel Reo-Coker | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Agustín Pelletieri | 28 | 1 | 22+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Erick Torres | 30 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Leandro Barrera | 33 | 1 | 24+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | USA | Marco Delgado | 21 | 2 | 12+8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | JPN | Akira Kaji | 15 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | USA | Eric Avila | 30 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | USA | Andrew Jean-Baptiste | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | USA | Thomas McNamara | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | HON | Marvin Chávez | 14 | 2 | 8+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | USA | Ryan Finley | 17 | 2 | 4+12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ECU | Félix Borja | 12 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | USA | Kris Tyrpak | 10 | 1 | 0+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | USA | Eriq Zavaleta | 18 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | USA | Trevor Spangenberg | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | USA | Nathan Sturgis | 16 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | USA | Donny Toia | 28 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | USA | Tim Melia | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ECU | Oswaldo Minda | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | COL | Jhon Hurtado | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | USA | Daniel Perez | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Chivas USA during the season: ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | ESP | Daniel Fragoso | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Mauro Rosales | 21 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | MEX | Adolfo Bautista | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ECU | Luis Bolaños | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | USA | Luke Moore | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | USA | Carlos Alvarez | 11 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | USA | Matthew Fondy | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Erick Torres | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 20 | Félix Borja | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 12 | Marco Delgado | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 18 | Marvin Chávez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | 19 | Ryan Finley | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 2 | Bobby Burling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 8 | Agustín Pelletieri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 17 | Thomas McNamara | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 11 | Leandro Barrera | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 21 | Kris Tyrpak | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 29 | 1 | 30 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | MLS | MLS | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Dan Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Bobby Burling | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Carlos Bocanegra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Tony Lochhead | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Martín Rivero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Mauro Rosales | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Nigel Reo-Coker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Agustín Pelletieri | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Erick Torres | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Adolfo Bautista | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Leandro Barrera | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Marco Delgado | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Akira Kaji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Eric Avila | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Andrew Jean-Baptiste | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Marvin Chávez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Carlos Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Kris Tyrpak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Eriq Zavaleta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Nathan Sturgis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Donny Toia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | Tim Melia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | Oswaldo Minda | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 71 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 9 |

### Awards
#### MLS Player of the Week

| Week | Player | Opponent | Link |
| 17 | Erick Torres | San Jose Earthquakes and Montreal Impact | Player of the Week Archived July 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine |

#### MLS Goal of the Week

| Week | Player | Opponent | Link |
| 17 | Erick Torres | Montreal Impact | Goal Week 17 Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine |