2005 Chivas USA season
The 2005 Chivas USA season was the club's first season of existence, and their first in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The club competed in the MLS's Western Conference, where they finished in sixth place, or last place, in the Conference.
| 2005 season | |||
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| Owner | Jorge Vergara | ||
| Manager | Thomas Rongen (until May 2005) Javier Ledesma Interim (May–June 2005) Hans Westerhof (from June 2005) | ||
| MLS | Conference: 6th Overall: 12th | ||
| MLS Cup Playoffs | Did not qualify | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | Fourth round | ||
| SuperClasico | Runners-up | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Héctor Cuadros (4) All: Three players (4) | ||
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Season review
Thomas Rongen was appointed as Chivas USA's head coach in September 2004, and coached the team until May 2005, when he was replaced with Javier Ledesma on an interim basis. At the end of June, Hans Westerhof was appointed as the permanent manager until the end of the season.
Transfers
In
Out
| Date | Number | Position | Player | New Club | Fee/Notes | Ref |
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| November 24, 2004 | DF |  Jeff Stewart |
Real Salt Lake | Trade | ||
| March 8, 2005 | FW | Jamil Walker |
D.C. United | Trade | [2] | |
| June 27, 2005 | 3 | DF | Ryan Suarez |
MetroStars | Waived | |
| August 29, 2005 | 1 | GK |  Martín Zúñiga |
Retired | ||
| 4 | DF | Aaron Lopez |
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| 47 | DF | Alfonso Loera |
CD Tapatio |
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| DF |  Craig Ziadie |
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| MF | Antonio de la Torre |
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Roster
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
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| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 18 | Brad Guzan | |
GK | 9 September 1984 (aged 21) | Generation Adidas | 2005 | ||||
| 21 | Shaun Kalnasy | |
GK | 4 November 1981 (aged 23) | Spokane Shadow | 2005 | ||||
| 59 | Sergio García | |
GK | 19 September 1982 (aged 23) | loan Guadalajara |
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| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Orlando Perez | |
DF | 12 July 1977 (aged 28) | Chicago Fire | 2005 | ||||
| 5 | Ezra Hendrickson |  |
DF | 16 January 1972 (aged 33) | D.C. United | 2005 | ||||
| 20 | Esteban Arias | |
DF | 26 August 1982 (aged 23) | Connecticut Huskies | 2005 | ||||
| 22 | Arturo Torres | |
DF | 11 December 1980 (aged 24) | LA Galaxy | 2005 | ||||
| 23 | Armando Begines | |
DF | 26 March 1983 (aged 22) | Guadalajara |
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| 27 | Douglas Sequeira |  |
DF | 23 August 1977 (aged 28) | Saprissa |
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| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 6 | Francisco Mendoza | |
MF | 29 April 1985 (aged 20) | Guadalajara |
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| 7 | Ramón Ramírez | |
MF | 5 December 1969 (aged 35) | Guadalajara |
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| 8 | Francisco Gomez | |
MF | 25 January 1979 (aged 26) | Kansas City Wizards | 2005 | ||||
| 10 | Héctor Cuadros | |
MF | 20 March 1983 (aged 22) | Guadalajara |
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| 11 | Milton Blanco | |
MF | 27 April 1984 (aged 21) | Fresno Fuego | 2005 | ||||
| 12 | Mike Muñoz | |
MF | 14 September 1983 (aged 22) | California Golden Bears | 2005 | ||||
| 13 | Rodrigo López | |
MF | 10 May 1987 (aged 18) | Guadalajara |
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| 16 | Antonio Martínez | |
MF | 9 July 1977 (aged 28) | Necaxa |
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| 17 | Christian Jimenez | |
MF | 3 November 1986 (aged 18) | South Florida Bulls | 2005 | ||||
| 26 | Jesús Ochoa | |
MF | 12 October 1981 (aged 24) | Lagartos de Tabasco |
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| 44 | Juan Pablo García | |
MF | 24 November 1981 (aged 23) | Atlas |
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| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 9 | Isaac Romo | |
FW | 23 March 1983 (aged 22) | loan from Guadalajara |
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| 15 | Francisco Palencia | |
FW | 28 April 1973 (aged 32) | Guadalajara |
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| 19 | Matt Taylor | |
FW | 17 October 1981 (aged 23) | Kansas City Wizards | 2005 | ||||
| 99 | Thiago Martins |  |
FW | 4 September 1976 (aged 29) | D.C. United | 2005 | ||||
Competitions
Major League Soccer
League table
Western Conference | |||||||||
| Pos | Club | Pts | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Jose Earthquakes | 64 | 32 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 53 | 31 | +22 |
| 2 | FC Dallas | 48 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 44 | +8 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 45 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 40 | 37 | +3 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 45 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 44 | 45 | –1 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 20 | 32 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 30 | 65 | –35 |
| 6 | Chivas USA | 18 | 32 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 31 | 67 | –36 |
| MLS Supporters' Shield, 2005 MLS Cup Playoffs | |
| 2005 MLS Cup Playoffs |
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 32 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 31 | 67 | −36 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 37 | −21 |
Last updated: October 16, 2005
Source: ESPNSoccernet.com
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
Results
| April 2, 2005 1 | Chivas USA | 0–2 | D.C. United | Carson |
| 13:00 PST | Cuadros  18' |
Report | Eskandarian 29' Gros  32' Olsen 44' Gómez 52' 67' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 18,493 |
| April 9, 2005 2 | San Jose Earthquakes | 3–3 | Chivas USA | San Jose |
| 13:00 PST | Ching 17' 90' Davis 45' Mullan 60' Cochrane 71' Dayak 75' |
Report | Martins 3' 33' Ramírez 40' Cuadros 73' Sequeira 90' |
Stadium: Spartan Stadium |
| April 16, 2005 3 | Chivas USA | 1–3 | FC Dallas | Carson |
| 19:00 PST | Ochoa 5' Martins 44' Suarez 78' Hendrickson 90' |
Report | O'Brien 40' 66' Ruiz 85' (pen.) Johnson 90' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
| April 23, 2005 4 | LA Galaxy | 3–1 | Chivas USA | Carson |
| 19:00 PST | Albright 6' Jones 14' Vagenas 24' Kirovski 32' |
Report | Cuadros 19' Lopez 45'  51' Ramírez 49' Romo 49' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
| April 30, 2005 5 | New England Revolution | 1–0 | Chivas USA | Foxborough |
| 16:30 PST | Dempsey 88' |
Report | Cuadros 61' Taylor 72' Martins 73' Suarez 78' Romo 83' |
Stadium: Gillette Stadium |
| May 7, 2005 6 | Chivas USA | 1–0 | Real Salt Lake | Carson |
| 19:00 PST | Cuadros 39' (pen.) Loera 49' Begines 90+4' |
Report | Rojas 57' Whitfield 76' Kreis 85' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
| May 14, 2005 7 | Colorado Rapids | 2–1 | Chivas USA | Denver |
| 18:00 PST | Borchers 18' Henderson 30' (pen.) Pedro 56' Cannon 73' Freeman  73' Cunningham 78' N'Kong 79' Lewis 86' |
Report | Suarez 67' Ramírez 75' |
Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High |
| May 18, 2005 8 | Real Salt Lake | 2–0 | Chivas USA | Salt Lake City |
| 18:30 PST | Akwari 20' Williams 37' Trembly 39' 68' |
Report | Perez 36' Gomez 83' Loera 90+2' 90+2' |
Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium |
| May 22, 2005 9 | Chivas USA | 2–5 | FC Dallas | Carson |
| 18:30 PST | Cuadros 19' (pen.) Romo 53' |
Report | Pitchkolan 1' Goodson 15' Gbandi 31' Ruiz 48' O'Brien 51' Johnson 69' Miña 90+1' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
| May 28, 2005 10 | Chivas USA | 0–2 | LA Galaxy | Carson |
| 19:00 PST | Report | Chinchilla 62' Nagamura 63' Vagenas 76' Gomez 83' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
| June 1, 2005 11 | Chivas USA | 1–1 | Kansas City Wizards | Carson |
| 19:30 PST | Ramírez 38' Martins 58' |
Report | Burciaga 30' Gutiérrez 56' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
| June 4, 2005 12 | Chicago Fire | 5–2 | Chivas USA | Chicago |
| 13:00 PST | Jaqua 2', 60', 74' Marsch 53' Guerrero 57' |
Report | Martínez 5' Hendrickson 42' |
Stadium: Soldier Field |
| June 12, 2005 13 | Chivas USA | 1–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Carson |
| 17:00 PST | Martínez 32' Romo 62' Hendrickson 66' Begines 70' Torres 90+3' |
Report | Clark 15' Moreno 45' Aloisi 63' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
| June 18, 2005 14 | Chivas USA | 1–3 | Colorado Rapids | Carson |
| 19:00 PST | Begines 65' Martins 83' (pen.) |
Report | Cunningham 30', 62', 78' Beckerman 40' Lewis 83' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
| June 22, 2005 15 | FC Dallas | 2–1 | Chivas USA | Dallas |
| 17:30 PST | Miña 18' Pitchkolan 45+1' Thompson 81' Núñez 90+1' |
Report | Hendrickson 39' Taylor 48' Ramírez 64' |
Stadium: Cotton Bowl |
| June 25, 2005 16 | Kansas City Wizards | 3–0 | Chivas USA | Kansas City |
| 14:00 PST | Thomas 17' Conrad 46' Zavagnin 69' Arnaud 70' Victorine 85' |
Report | Arias 9' Martínez 85' |
Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium |
| July 2, 2005 17 | Chivas USA | 0–1 | Chicago Fire | Carson |
| 19:00 PST | Gomez 19' Martínez 45' Cuadros 68' Perez 76' |
Report | Pause 66' Segares 78' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
| July 9, 2005 18 | Chivas USA | 5–1 | Real Salt Lake | Carson |
| 19:00 PST | Kamler 4' (o.g.) Cuadros 16' (pen.) Ramírez 38' Martínez 53' Taylor 55' Martins 57' Romo 83' |
Report | Knowles 16' Mathis 23' Kamler 74' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
| July 16, 2005 19 | LA Galaxy | 2–0 | Chivas USA | Carson |
| 19:00 PST | Kirovski 19' Gomez 64', 90+3' |
Report | Martins 44' Arias 48' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
| July 22, 2005 20 | Chivas USA | 1–0 | New England Revolution | Carson |
| 19:30 PST | Sequeira 38' |
Report | Heaps 81' Franchino 87' Dorman 90+1' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
| August 6, 2005 21 | Real Salt Lake | 2–1 | Chivas USA | Salt Lake City |
| 14:00 PST | Mathis 18' Williams 49' Kreis 74' (pen.) |
Report | Romo 17' Ochoa 19' Arias 21' Torres 27' Sequeira 63' Begines 74' Martínez 90+1' |
Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium |
| August 10, 2005 22 | Chivas USA | 0–1 | LA Galaxy | Carson |
| 19:00 PST | Sequeira 43' Torres 68' Guzan 82' |
Report | Albright 32' Gomez 64' Donovan 83' (pen.) |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
| August 13, 2005 23 | D.C. United | 3–0 | Chivas USA | Washington, D.C. |
| 13:00 PST | Simms 30' Quaranta 41' Walker 43' Kovalenko 64' |
Report | Ramírez 35' |
Stadium: RFK Stadium |
| August 21, 2005 24 | MetroStars | 3–3 | Chivas USA | East Rutherford |
| 15:00 PST | Guevara 5' (pen.), 69' (pen.), 90+4' Bradley 25' Parke 51' Meola 86' |
Report | Palencia 17', 22' 90+1' García 39' 45+1' Mendoza 69' Hendrickson 80' Cuadros 86' |
Stadium: Giants Stadium |
| August 27, 2005 25 | FC Dallas | 2–2 | Chivas USA | Frisco |
| 17:30 PST | Goodson 39' Ruiz 44' Núñez 67' Gbandi 69' Johnson 82' |
Report | Arias 37' Hendrickson 59' Sequeira 82' |
Stadium: Pizza Hut Park |
| September 3, 2005 26 | Chivas USA | 0–3 | Columbus Crew | Carson |
| 19:00 PST | Palencia 45' |
Report | Glen 34' Wolyniec 60', 69' Szetela 76' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
| September 10, 2005 27 | San Jose Earthquakes | 3–0 | Chivas USA | San Jose |
| 19:00 PST | Clark 4' 74' Chung 47' Ching 87' |
Report | Perez 11' Hendrickson 33' Martínez 38' Palencia 59' Mendoza 72' |
Stadium: Spartan Stadium |
| September 17, 2005 28 | Chivas USA | 1–2 | San Jose Earthquakes | Carson |
| 19:00 PST | Mendoza 20' Sequeira 34' Ramírez 52' |
Report | Robinson 67' Califf 81' Moreno 90+3' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
| September 24, 2005 29 | Chivas USA | 1–3 | Colorado Rapids | Carson |
| 19:00 PST | Torres 19' 65' García 36' Ramírez 49' Sequeira 59' Arias 90' |
Report | Pedro 25' Gargan 42' Kirovski 47' (pen.) Foss 89' N'Kong 90' Serna 90+1' Dayan 90+3' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
| October 1, 2005 30 | Columbus Crew | 0–1 | Chivas USA | Columbus |
| 16:30 PST | Wingert 86' |
Report | Palencia 59' 88' |
Stadium: Crew Stadium |
| October 5, 2005 31 | Colorado Rapids | 1–1 | Chivas USA | Denver |
| 18:30 PST | Petke 32' Dayan 33' Denton 62' |
Report | Borchers 35' (o.g.) Arias 70' |
Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High |
| October 16, 2005 32 | Chivas USA | 0–2 | MetroStars | Carson |
| 10:00 PST | Report | Bradley 49' Agoos 65' Guevara 90+4' |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center |
U.S. Open Cup
| July 13, 2005 Third round | Charlotte Eagles | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Chivas USA | Davidson |
| 21:00 PST | Coggins 24' Swinehart 81' |
Arias 3' Martins 84' Romo 120' |
Stadium: Richardson Stadium Referee: Andrew Chapin |
Statistics
- As of Match played October 16, 2005
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | |||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
| 2 | DF | |
Orlando Perez | 27 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | DF | |
Ezra Hendrickson | 31 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | MF | |
Francisco Mendoza | 24 | 0 | 20+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | MF | |
Ramón Ramírez | 31 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | MF | |
Francisco Gomez | 12 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | FW | |
Isaac Romo | 25 | 2 | 11+14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | MF | |
Héctor Cuadros | 26 | 4 | 18+8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | MF | |
Milton Blanco | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | MF | |
Mike Muñoz | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | MF | |
Rodrigo López | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | FW | |
Francisco Palencia | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | MF | |
Antonio Martínez | 25 | 2 | 16+9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | GK | |
Brad Guzan | 24 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | FW | |
Matt Taylor | 21 | 2 | 14+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | DF | |
Esteban Arias | 15 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | DF | |
Arturo Torres | 23 | 2 | 15+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | DF | |
Armando Begines | 22 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | MF | |
Jesús Ochoa | 16 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | DF | |
Douglas Sequeira | 23 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 44 | MF | |
Juan Pablo García | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 59 | GK | |
Sergio García | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 99 | FW | |
Thiago Martins | 22 | 3 | 21+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Players away from Chivas USA on loan: | |||||||||||||
| Players who left Chivas USA during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | |
Martín Zúñiga | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | DF | |
Ryan Suarez | 15 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | DF | |
Aaron Lopez | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 47 | DF | |
Alfonso Loera | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Goal scorers
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
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| 1 | MF | | 10 | Héctor Cuadros | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| FW | | 99 | Thiago Martins | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| MF | | 7 | Ramón Ramírez | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 4 | DF | | 5 | Ezra Hendrickson | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| FW | | 15 | Francisco Palencia | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| DF | | 27 | Douglas Sequeira | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| FW | | 9 | Isaac Romo | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 | MF | | 16 | Antonio Martínez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| FW | | 19 | Matt Taylor | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| DF | | 22 | Arturo Torres | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| DF | | 20 | Esteban Arias | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | DF | | 3 | Ryan Suarez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | | 44 | Juan Pablo García | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| TOTALS | 31 | 5 | 36 | ||||
Disciplinary Record
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | Total | |||
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| 2 | | DF | Orlando Perez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | | DF | Ryan Suarez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Aaron Lopez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | | DF | Ezra Hendrickson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Francisco Mendoza | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Ramón Ramírez | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Francisco Gomez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Isaac Romo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Héctor Cuadros | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | | FW | Francisco Palencia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | | MF | Antonio Martínez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | | GK | Brad Guzan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | | FW | Matt Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | | DF | Esteban Arias | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | | DF | Arturo Torres | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | | DF | Armando Begines | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | | MF | Jesús Ochoa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | | DF | Douglas Sequeira | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 44 | | MF | Juan Pablo García | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | | DF | Alfonso Loera | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 99 | | FW | Thiago Martins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 69 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 4 | |||
References
- "Chivas USA contrató a defensor costarricense Douglas Sequeira". wvw.nacion.com (in Spanish). Nacion. 26 February 2005. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- "D.C. United Signs Nick Van Sicklen and Jamil Walker". www.oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. 8 March 2005. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
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