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2013 Chivas USA Season
The 2013 Chivas USA season was the club's ninth season of existence, and their ninth season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid, American and Canadian soccer pyramids. Chivas USA looked to rebound off a disappointing season, which saw the club finish at the bottom of the Western Conference table. Background Transfers In Out Roster Kits Friendlies Competitions MLS League table Results summary Results by round Results U.S. Open Cup Squad 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 Disciplinary record References {{2013 in American soccer Chivas USA seasons 2013 Major League Soccer season, Chivas USA American soccer clubs 2013 season, Chivas USA 2013 in sports in Los Angeles County, California, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chivas USA
Chivas USA (pronounced ''CHEE-vahs'') was an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The club competed in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The team played from 2005 to 2014. It was a subsidiary of Mexican club C.D. Guadalajara, sharing common ownership and branding. The team played its home games at StubHub Center in Carson, California. The club was the eleventh MLS team upon its entry into the league in 2004. Chivas USA was intended to be seen as a "little brother" to its parent club C.D. Guadalajara, one of the most widely supported and successful teams in Mexico. ''Chiva'' is Latin American Spanish for "goat", seen as a tough and resilient animal in Mexico, and is the nickname of C.D. Guadalajara. The club was originally owned by Antonio Cue and Jorge Vergara, who also owned C.D. Guadalajara. In 2014, MLS purchased the club from Vergara with plans to sell to new o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Avila
Eric Humberto Avila (born November 24, 1987) is an American professional soccer player who has played as a midfielder and defender. Early life and education Avila who is of Mexican descent, was born on November 24, 1987, in San Diego, California, to Julio and Maria Avila. Avila was raised in the Carlsbad and Encinitas area and started playing soccer with an American Youth Soccer Organization team. He later played club soccer for the San Diego Crusaders and La Jolla Nomads. With the Nomads, he helped the team to the 2002 US Club Soccer national championship. He attended La Costa Canyon High School for two years and played for their boys' soccer program. He was named the CIF San Diego Section's Avocado League MVP as a sophomore for the Mavericks. He finished his last two years of high school with the United States U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida. Upon his return to California, Avila was briefly a member of Chivas USA's U-19 club. Prior to enrolling in colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigres UANL
Club Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, abbreviated as Tigres UANL and simply known as Tigres or internationally as Tigres de México, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León, Mexico. Founded in 1960 as Club Deportivo Universitario de Nuevo León and then changed to its current name in 1967. The club has spent 60 years in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. They had their first major success in the 1975–76 season, becoming the first team from Nuevo León to win a trophy by conquering the Copa MX against Club América. Tigres have been league champions eight times, and have won the Copa MX three times. In international competitions, Tigres won a CONCACAF Champions League title in 2020 CONCACAF Champions League, 2020 (finishing as runners-up three times), and was the 2015 Copa Libertadores Finals runner-up to Club Atlético River Plate, River Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilio Orozco
Emilio Orozco Plascencia (born April 29, 1992) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Oxnard Guerreros FC in the National Premier Soccer League. Career Club After graduating from High School, Orozco joined Mexican Primera División side Tigres de la UANL. On March 19, 2012, Orozco joined NASL side Fort Lauderdale Strikers on a season-long loan. On April 21, Orozco made his debut for the club, coming on as a 71st minute sub in a 2–2 draw on the road against San Antonio Scorpions FC. On February 27, 2013, Chivas USA announced that Orozco and Josue Soto had joined the club after impressing during a pre-season trial. On March 24, 2015, Orozco signed with Real Monarchs. International Orozco has represented the United States at the Under 17 and Under 20 level. Honors Real Monarchs * USL Championship Regular Season Title: 2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sporting Cristal
Club Sporting Cristal S.A., shortened to Sporting Cristal, is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its association football, soccer team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the RÃmac District, RÃmac district by engineer Richard BentÃn Mujica and his wife Esther Grande de BentÃn, stockholders of the Peruvian brewery Backus and Johnston. The club and the brewery have been closely linked since its inception, and it is for this reason that it is popularly known as ''los Cerveceros'' ("the brewers"). The team has played in the Peruvian Primera División since 1956 Peruvian Primera División, 1956, where it obtained the title that year. Due to this achievement, Cristal is often referred to as "El club que nació campeón". Since their first participation, they have won the league title 19 times and are one of the few teams in Peru to have never been relegated from the top division. Sporting Cristal is also the first Peruvian team to have been crowned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter VÃlchez
Walter Ricardo VÃlchez Soto (born 20 February 1982) is a Peruvian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back He made 64 appearances for the Peru national team. He is the older brother of Óscar VÃlchez. Club career VÃlchez made his league debut in the Torneo Descentralizado in the 2000 season playing for Deportivo Wanka. In the following two seasons he played for, successively, smaller clubs Unión Minas and Sport Coopsol Trujillo. In 2003, he joined top Peruvian club Alianza Lima, who were national champions in 2003 and 2004. In the first half of 2005 Vilchez played with Club Olimpo de BahÃa Blanca (Argentina). In the second half of 2005 he returned to Peru to play for Sporting Cristal and won the 2005 league title. In 2007, he went to Mexico to play for Club Deportivo Cruz Azul. He then went to Puebla F.C. on loan and became an important player for the club, remaining there until 2009. At the start of the following year, it became official, according ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JoaquÃn Velázquez
Oscar JoaquÃn Velazquez Elvira (born 11 September 1975) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defender. Early life He was born in Veracruz, Mexico on 8 November 1975, his father JoaquÃn Velázquez senior was a massage therapist, for Veracruz. He would join Veracruz youth system as a child and would later go on to join the Puebla FC youth system in 1992 where he finished his development. Career He made his professional debut with Puebla on 27 August 1995 in a 2–1 loss against Toros Neza. He spent two years with the club before being sent out on loan to Santos Laguna where he played 14 games before returning to Puebla where he played from 1998 to 2004. In 1999 with Puebla he experienced relegation for the first time and is still remembered by the clubs' fans for an emotional moment right after the referee ended the match that sealed the clubs' first relegation in more than 60 years. In 2004, he was sent on loan to the club's second division side BUAP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Édgar MejÃa
Édgar Eduardo MejÃa Viruete (born 27 July 1988) also known as ''El Chore'', is a Mexican former professional Association football, footballer and former Manager (association football), manager of Liga MX Femenil club C.D. Guadalajara (women), Guadalajara (women). Club career Guadalajara MejÃa made his professional debut during the first week of the Clausura 2006 tournament against Club Toluca, Toluca. From then on, MejÃa became a regular with Chivas de Guadalajara, Chivas. During the Clausura 2007, he earned a starting position over Patricio Araujo. On June 1, 2012, he was transferred on loan for 1 year to Club León. However, he did not make any appearances for Leon during his time at the club. The versatile midfielder made 115 appearances for Chivas. Loan at Chivas USA On February 21, 2013, sister club Chivas USA announced they had acquired MejÃa and teammates Giovani Casillas and Mario de Luna on loan from CD Guadalajara. Honours Guadalajara *Liga MX, Mexican Primera Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario De Luna
Mario Humberto De Luna Saucedo (born 5 January 1988) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. Club career C.D. Guadalajara A product of Chivas youth team, CD Tapatio, de Luna made his professional debut on November 9, 2008, against Puebla F.C. in the 2008 Apertura. At the 2009 Interliga de Luna replaced the injured Jonny Magallón performing brilliantly in the tournament, although he suffered an injury in the final. On September 6, 2009, he scored his first goal in the Primera División de México helping Chivas to a 2–2 draw against Puebla. CD Chivas USA On February 21, 2013, sister club Chivas USA announced they had acquired Mario de Luna and teammates Giovani Casillas and Edgar Mejia on loan from CD Guadalajara. After pushing and verbally abusing a ball boy during a game against the Portland Timbers on May 12, 2013, de Luna earned a yellow card for "Foul and abusive language" directed towards a child. Honours Guadalajara *Copa Libertadore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovani Casillas
Giovani Daniel Casillas Chávez (born 4 January 1994) is a former Mexican professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Real Zamora. Casillas won the U17 World Cup in Mexico 2011. Club career Growing up in the Club Deportivo Guadalajara youth system, Giovani Casillas made his first team debut during the 2011 World Football Challenge in a friendly against FC Barcelona, where he scored the third goal in a 4–1 win. He made his professional debut at the age of 17 on August 6, 2011, in a 0-0 Pumas-Chivas, entering in the 82nd minute for Jesús Sánchez. However, a knee injury sidelined him for the rest of the season. In 2012, he rejoined the first team, and made six appearances, including two as a starter. He also appeared in four Copa Libertadores 2012 matches. On February 21, 2013, sister club Chivas USA announced they had acquired Giovani Casillas and teammates Mario de Luna and Edgar Mejia on loan from CD Guadalajara. He scored his first professional goal ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland Timbers
The Portland Timbers are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The Timbers have played their home matches at Providence Park since 2011, when the team began play as an expansion team in the league. The club was founded in 2009, when the city of Portland was awarded an expansion berth to Major League Soccer. The team operating rights are owned by Peregrine Sports under the majority ownership of Merritt Paulson, whose companies had acquired the then-USL Pro team in 2007 and later established the Portland Thorns FC, Portland Thorns women's team in 2012 (all MLS franchises are centrally owned by the league itself, which grants operating rights and privileges to the individual club "owners," who are also shareholders in MLS). The team is a Phoenix club (sports), phoenix club, and the fourth soccer franchise based in Portlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Purdy
Steven Francis Purdy Ramos (born February 5, 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in the United States, he represented El Salvador national team at international level, appearing for them at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2011 and 2013. Club career College Steven Purdy was born in Bakersfield, California to an American father and Salvadoran mother. Purdy attended Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California, played college soccer for the University of California, Berkeley, and with the San Francisco Seals in the USL Premier Development League. Professional He signed his first professional contract with German side 1860 Munich in 2007, and spent two years as a member of the team's reserve squad, but never played a competitive first team game. He was signed by FC Dallas on January 14, 2009 Purdy made his Major League Soccer career debut and first start in FC Dallas' season opener on March 21, 2009, against the Chicago Fire in a 3–1 hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
