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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.
Loera began his career with Chivas de Guadalajara in 2000 after impressing the team's coaching staff at an open tryout. He played for one of Chivas's farm teams, La Piedad, and then spent part of the 2005 Major League Soccer season with C.D. Chivas USA before being released by the end of the 2005 season.
In Mexican football, the Big Four (Spanish: Los Cuatro Grandes) refers to a group of four clubs, Club América, Guadalajara (popularly known by their nickname Chivas), Cruz Azul and Pumas UNAM, which are considered by the local press to be the most popular and successful sides in the country.
In addition to league play, Chivas USA participated in the annual U.S. Open Cup tournament organized by the United States Soccer Federation. [6] [7] During the 2008 season, the club participated in the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League, an annual international competition between teams in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. [8]
Club Deportivo Guadalajara S.A de C.V. (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ ðepoɾˈtiβo ɣwaðalaˈxaɾa]; [a]), nicknamed "Chivas" (English: Goats) and simply known as Guadalajara or internationally as Chivas de Guadalajara, is a Mexican professional football club based in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, Jalisco.
After several years playing for Guadalajara's youth and reserve teams, Frías joined Chivas USA on loan on July 18, 2013. [2]After spending the entire 2014 preseason training with Indy Eleven, Frias joined the Indianapolis-based NASL side for a season-long loan on April 8, 2014.
Chivas winger Roberto Alvarado's firecracker prank at the club's press conference backfired, with Mexican media deeming the action inappropriate and walking out in protest. Alvarado threw the ...
Palencia was originally slated to join C.D. Chivas USA for the start of their inaugural season, but he enjoyed so much success with Guadalajara that his arrival to the United States team was delayed until August 19, 2005. In his American debut, he promptly displayed his fine form and scored two goals.