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The sale would mean that Chivas USA would fold completely, with the second Los Angeles team to take the field as a new expansion team with a new stadium in Downtown Los Angeles. [17] Chivas USA ceased operations on October 27, 2014, with its player development academy continuing to be operated by MLS until June 2015. [18]
The Chivas USA Academy (U-16 and U-18) did play a season at Santa Ana Stadium then left the stadium to settle in Bell Gardens. In 2013, Sueño MLS Winner and Chivas USA player Jorge Villafaña, who grew up playing soccer in Santa Ana, started a branch of the Chivas USA Academy that played at Santa Ana Stadium until the demise of the first team.
The sale meant that Chivas USA would fold, on the condition that a new Los Angeles team would take the field as an expansion team in 2017 with a new stadium in Downtown Los Angeles. [15] Chivas USA ceased operations on October 27, 2014, with its player development academy continuing to be operated by MLS until June 2015. [16]
In 2011, Delgado had established himself in the Southern California youth soccer scene and faced a difficult decision decided which Los Angeles–based MLS academy to join – Chivas USA or the LA Galaxy, ultimately deciding to join Chivas. [5]
The 2011 Chivas USA season was the club's seventh year of existence, ... Chivas USA Youth Academy: Homegrown Player [18] August 4, 2011: Laurent Courtois: MF: Grenoble:
He played club soccer for Pateadores, and played one year of college soccer at the University of California, Berkeley, before signing with Chivas USA's youth academy. [2] He went on to trial with Mexican side Pachuca in late 2010, before returning to the United States in early 2011 to train with Chivas USA's senior team.
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]
Chivas USA is in the #5 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking.The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee.