- Ante Razov
Ante Razov (born March 2, 1974 in Whittier, California) is an American soccer striker, who currently plays for C.D. Chivas USA where he is their all time top-scorer in Major League Soccer. Razov, who was born in a family of Croatian immigrants, played college soccer at UCLA and was drafted by the Los Angeles Galaxy in the third round of the 1996 MLS College Draft. He played two seasons in LA, but did not get much playing time, scoring just one goal, … - Preki
Predrag Radosavljević, known simply as Preki, is a Serbian-American soccer player. He is currently the head coach at C.D. Chivas USA. Preki's career with league football clubs began in 1983 with Red Star Belgrade, with whom he spent 2 years, winning one championship. Preki moved to the United States in 1985 to play indoor soccer in the original MISL, first with the Tacoma Stars then with the St. Louis Storm. - Bob Bradley
Bob Bradley (born March 3, 1958 in Montclair, New Jersey) is the current manager of the United States men's national football team and the manager of the United States U-23 men's national soccer team. He is the manager with the most victories in Major League Soccer history, managing the Chicago Fire, MetroStars and Chivas USA over nine seasons. Bradley played in high school at West Essex High School in Essex County, New Jersey. - Amado Guevara
Amado Guevara (born May 2, 1976 in Tegucigalpa) is a Honduran football (soccer) midfielder, who most recently played in Major League Soccer for C.D. Chivas USA. He is the all-time cap leader for the Honduran national team. Guevara is nicknamed "El Lobo". He was named the tournament MVP after leading Honduras to a surprise third place finish in the 2001 Copa America, the Honduran team (a last minute call-up when Argentina dropped out a day before kickoff on 11 July, … - Brad Guzan
Brad Guzan (born September 9, 1984 in Evergreen Park, Illinois) is an American soccer goalkeeper, who currently plays for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. Guzan played two seasons of college soccer at the University of South Carolina, and was a second-team All-America in his sophomore season. After spending two years with the Chicago Fire Reserves in the USL Premier Development League he chose to forgo the rest of his college years, … - Claudio Suárez
Claudio Suárez Sánchez (born December 17, 1968 in Texcoco, México) is a Mexican international football player currently playing for Chivas USA as a defender, in the MLS since 2006. He is considered one of the best defenders of Mexico's history, and has the record for most caps with the Mexican national team. - Sacha Kljestan
Sacha Kljestan (born September 9, 1985 in Anaheim, California) is an American soccer midfielder, who currently plays for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. Kljestan played for the Region IV Olympic Development Program team. He then played three years college soccer at Seton Hall University. He was named first team All-American in 2004 and earned third team honors in 2005. - Jesse Marsch
Jesse Marsch (born November 8, 1973 in Racine, Wisconsin) is an American soccer defensive midfielder, the first player to win three MLS Cup championships. He currently plays for C.D. Chivas USA in Major League Soccer. Marsch played college soccer at Princeton University, where he was an All-American in 1995, after scoring 16 goals as a midfielder/forward. He was drafted by D.C. United (their assistant coach was his coach at Princeton, … - Francisco Mendoza
Francisco Juan Mendoza Martínez is a Mexican football midfielder, who currently plays for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. Mendoza came to CD Chivas USA as one of imports from parent club CD Guadalajara. He has been a part of the Chivas system since 1999. He has represented Mexico on the Under-17 level. - Alex Zotinca
Alex Zotinca (born January 22, 1977 in Sibiu, Romania) is a Romanian soccer defender, who currently plays for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer in the United States. Zotinca began his career with FC Inter Sibiu, where he played from 1995 to 1998. In 1998 he moved to F.C. Steaua Bucharest, where he would play from 1998 to 2000, and with whom he would appear in the UEFA Cup. In 2000, Zotinca won a United States Green Card in an immigration lottery, … - Ramón Ramírez
Jesús Ramón Ramírez Ceceña is a Mexican football (soccer) player and one of the all-time capped players for the Mexican national football team, who last played as a midfielder for Chivas USA in the Major League Soccer (USA). Ramirez was meant to be one of the best Mexican players since Hugo Sánchez, but various injuries threatened and stopped his career several times. He was one of the top world footballers in the 1990s, … - Jorge Vergara
Jorge Vergara is a Mexican businessman and film producer. He owns three football (soccer) clubs: Chivas de Guadalajara of Mexico, Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica and C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. He also produces international movies like Y tu mama tambien. He also is an owner of Omnilife. Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Vergara has been the director of Omnilife de Mexico since 1991, a company owned by his brother in-law, Genaro Borrego. - Thomas Rongen
Thomas Rongen (born October 31, 1956 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch soccer coach, currently the Sporting Director of Major League Soccer club C.D. Chivas USA and the coach of the U.S. U-20 team. Rongen began his playing career with Ajax Amsterdam, with whom he played defensive midfielder and defender from 1975 to 1979 (Though he never played for the first team). Rongen moved to America in 1979, joining the Los Angeles Aztecs of the North American Soccer League. - John O'Brien
John Patrick O'Brien (born on August 29, 1977 in Los Angeles, California) is an American soccer player, one of the first Americans to earn a starting spot with a major European team, which he did with Ajax Amsterdam. United States teammate Landon Donovan called O'Brien the "best soccer player in the USA." He was released by C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer following the 2006 season, making him eligible to play overseas without a transfer fee. - Jason Hernandez
Jason Hernandez (born August 26, 1983 in New York, New York) is an American soccer defender of Puerto Rican descent, who currently plays for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. Hernandez played college soccer at Seton Hall University from 2001 to 2004, and captained the team in his final two seasons. - Carlos Llamosa
Carlos Llamosa is a Colombian-American soccer player, who currently plays defender for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. Llamosa began his professional football career in 1986 with Colombian third division club Colmena. In 1990, he moved to Colombian first division side Huila. In 1991, Llamosa emigrated to the United States to join the rest of his family, which was at the time living in Queens, New York City. Llamosa found a job at the World Trade Center, … - Lawson Vaughn
Lawson Vaughn (born April 11, 1984 in Marietta, Georgia) is an American soccer player, who currently plays defender for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. Vaughn began his college soccer career at the University of South Carolina from 2002 to 2003. Appearing in 34 matches in two seasons, he notched one goal and 3 assists. In 2004 he transferred to the University of Tulsa. At Tulsa he appeared in 43 matches in two seasons and managed 3 goals and 7 assists. - Orlando Perez
Orlando Perez (born July 12, 1977 in Pomona, California) is an American soccer defender, who currently plays for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer. Perez never played college soccer, but he was drafted twice in MLS, both times by coach Octavio Zambrano. The first came in the first round of the 1999 MLS Supplemental Draft, when Zambrano was with the Los Angeles Galaxy. Perez failed to make the team and played with A-League's Orange County Zodiac. - Preston Burpo
Preston Burpo (born September 26, 1972 in Bethesda, Maryland) is an American soccer player, who currently plays goalkeeper for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. Burpo played collegiate soccer at Southern New Hampshire University from 1992 to 1995. During his career there he earned a goals against average of 1.19 and recorded 38 shutouts. He was the first Penman to earn All-Region honors in 1992. - Matt Taylor
Matt Taylor (born October 17, 1981 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American soccer player, who currently plays striker for the C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. Taylor played college soccer at UCLA from 2000 to 2003. Taylor was mostly a substitute his first year, but earned a larger role as a sophomore, finishing the season with seven goals and two assists. As a junior he bettered that, registering 12 goals and eight assists, … - Douglas Sequeira
Douglas Sequeira Solano is a Costa Rican soccer defender, who currently plays for Norwegian team Tromsø I.L. Sequeira played for Deportivo Saprissa, and has also spent some time in Europe with Feyenoord Rotterdam and Karlsruher SC. He was originally acquired by Major League Soccer and Real Salt Lake from Saprissa in exchange for Pablo Brenes, and was immediately sent to Chivas USA for a draft pick, and spent a year with the team. - Michael Bradley
Michael Bradley (born July 31, 1987) is an American soccer player, who currently plays as a midfielder for SC Heerenveen of the Dutch Eredivisie. Bradley was born in Princeton, New Jersey. With his father, Bob Bradley, in charge of the Chicago Fire, Bradley lived in Palatine, Illinois as a teenager. He then moved to the Bradenton Academy, the United States's dedicated facility in Florida for the training of its Under-17 national team for four semesters, … - Hans Westerhof
Hans Westerhof (born November 24, 1948 in Terborg) is a Dutch soccer coach. As a player, Westerhof played for BV Veendam and BVO Cambuur of the Dutch First Division. He began his coaching career in 1986, and has managed Groningen (1988-92 and 1994-96), PSV Eindhoven (1992-1994), the Dutch U-21 national team (1996-97), Ajax Amsterdam (2000), Willem II Tilburg (2000-03)and Chivas de Guadalajara (2003-04), … - Juan Pablo García
Juan Pablo García is a Mexican soccer player who, played for UANL Tigres. He is nicknamed "loquito". Garcia was trained in the Atlas youth system and made his debut in the Verano 2000 season against Pachuca. He played for Mexican national team at the 2004 Olympics. He signed with Chivas USA in July 2005 and received his first cap for the senior national team on July 10th in a 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Guatemala. - Seth Stammler
Seth Stammler (born September 29, 1981 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American soccer player, who currently plays for Red Bull New York of Major League Soccer. Stammler played four years of college soccer for the University of Maryland, where he captained one of the best teams in the nation in his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons. Prior to attending the University of Maryland, he attended Lincoln High School for his high school years, where he played soccer. - Esteban Arias
Esteban Arias (born August 26, 1982 in Bakersfield, California) is a Mexican-American soccer player, who played defender for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. Arias began his college soccer career at Albert Magnus College in 2001. After one year there he transferred to the University of Connecticut. At UConn he played in 54 games in three seasons and managed 1 goal and 7 assists. He was selected in the fourth round, 38th overall, … - Brent Whitfield
Brent Whitfield (born January 8, 1981 in Long Beach, California) is an American soccer player, who currently plays midfielder for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. Whitfield played college soccer at California State University, Fullerton, in four seasons there he scored 23 goals and registered 9 assists. Upon graduating he joined the Southern California Seahorses of the Premier Development League for the 2004 season. - Mike Munoz
Mike Muñoz (born September 14, 1983 in Bellflower, California) is an American soccer player who currently plays midfielder for California Victory of the USL First Division. Muñoz played college soccer at the University of California, Berkeley, in his first three seasons he started 60 out of 63 matches. However, four games into his senior season he tore his right MCL and was out for the rest of the year. He was selected in the first round, 3rd overall, … - Martín Zúñiga
Martín Zúñiga was a Mexican soccer goalkeeper, who last played for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. Prior to coming to MLS, Zúñiga played for Mexican clubs Tigres, Chivas, Celaya, Puebla, and Veracruz. He backstopped Chivas to the Mexican championship in 1997. Nicknamed "El Pulpo" ("The Octopus"), Zúñiga has also been capped for the Mexican national team. Zúñiga was supposed to be the primary goalkeeper for Chivas USA, … - Christian Jimenez
Christian Jimenez (born November 3, 1986 in San Dimas, California) is an American soccer player, who currently plays for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer. Jimenez trained with the United States Under-17 national team at the USSF's Bradenton Academy from the Fall 2002 to Spring 2004, but because of an awkward birth date did not compete in a World Championship. Upon graduating from Bradenton, Jimenez moved to the University of South Florida along with Rodrigo Hidalgo. - Jamil Walker
Jamil Walker (born April 21, 1981 in Rochester, New York) is an American soccer forward and midfielder, who currently plays for D.C. United of Major League Soccer. Walker played his first year of college soccer at the United States Air Force Academy, where he played 10 games, starting 7, and scored three goals and one assist. As a sophomore, Walker transferred to Santa Clara University. - David Arvizu
David Arvizu (born April 19, 1988 in Santa Ana, California) is an American soccer forward who currently plays for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. Arvizu spent one year at Foothill High School in Santa Ana, the same high school that produced New York Yankees prospect Philip Hughes and Rice University pitcher Cole St.Clair. In 2004, Arvizu joined U.S. Soccer's under-17 residency program in Bradenton, Florida. Like former Red Bull New York teammate Josmer Altidore, … - Martin Vasquez
Martin Vasquez (born December 24, 1963 in Jalisco, Mexico) is a former soccer midfielder from the United States. He played for the national teams of the United States and Mexico, the only player to do so. Vasquez moved to Los Angeles area at the age of 12, but he returned to Mexico to play for the B side of UAG Tecos. He then played college soccer at California State University, … - Ryan Suarez
Ryan Suarez (born July 28, 1977 in Sacramento, California) is an American soccer player, who currently plays in United Soccer Leagues for the California Victory. Suarez played college soccer at San Jose St. from 1997 to 2000, and was named an NCAA All-American his senior season. Upon graduating, Suarez was drafted 7th overall by the Dallas Burn in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft. Suarez showed very well in his debut season, starting 19 games while scoring 2 goals and 3 assists, … - Arturo Torres
Arturo Torres (born December 11, 1980 in Harbor City, California) is an American soccer player, the first player in the history of Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. Torres played college soccer at Loyola Marymount University from 1999 to 2002. As a freshman, although he only started 13 of 18 games, Torres scored 16 goals and 4 assists, and was a first-team All-WCC selection. Torres had continued success in 2000, registering 11 goals and 10 assists, … - Francisco Gomez
Francisco Gomez (born January 25, 1979 in Watsonville, California) is an American soccer player, who is currently the player-coach of Bakersfield Brigade of the USL Premier Development League. Gomez joined the Kansas City Wizards in 1999, after playing briefly with the California Jaguars of the A-League. He saw little playing time in his first two years, however - as a rookie, he appeared in only seven games, scoring one goal, … - Antonio Martínez
Antonio "Chivas" Martínez is a Mexican-American soccer player who played midfielder for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. Nicknamed "Chivas" for his devotion to Chivas de Guadalajara, Martínez played college soccer at Cal State Fullerton and was drafted by the then-Dallas Burn in the second round of the 2000 MLS SuperDraft. Martínez played three and a half seasons for Dallas, … - Pablo Brenes
Pablo Andres Brenes Quesada is a Costa Rican soccer player, who currently plays for Deportivo Saprissa. Brenes' first team in MLS was the MetroStars, whom he joined from Municipal Pérez Zeledón in Costa Rica, signing with the team on June 4, 2004. He finished the year with no goals or assists in 14 games. Brenes was then taken by Real Salt Lake in the 2004 MLS Expansion Draft, but never played a game with the team. - Estuardo Sanchez
Estuardo Sanchez (born January 16, 1988 in Los Angeles, California) is an American soccer player, who currently plays forward for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. Sanchez signed with Chivas USA on March 17, 2006 after spendig time with their U-19 squad. - Isaac Romo
Isaac Romo (born March 23, 1983 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican soccer striker, who played for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. Romo came to Chivas USA as one of imports from parent club Chivas de Guadalajara, and also played for their other child club, La Piedad. He played for the Mexican Under-20 team at the 2003 World Youth Championship in the United Arab Emirates. Romo was released by C.D. Chivas USA following the 2005 season.
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