2008 Chivas USA season

Chivas USA
	2008 season
Owner	Jorge Vergara
Manager	Preki
MLS	Conference: 2nd; Overall: 5th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Conference Semifinal vs Real Salt Lake
U.S. Open Cup	Third round vs Seattle Sounders
CONCACAF Champions League	Preliminary Round vs Tauro
Top goalscorer	League: Three Players (5); All: Sacha Kljestan (6)
Home colors	Away colors
← 2007	2009 →

The 2007 Chivas USA season was the club's third season of existence, and their third in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The club competed in the MLS's Western Conference, where they finished in first place, in their Conference, qualifying for the Playoffs for the second time.

Season review

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Transfers

In

Date	Number	Position	Player	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref

December 20, 2007	24	FW	Atiba Harris	Real Salt Lake	Trade	^[1]
January 18, 2008	7	FW	Alecko Eskandarian	Real Salt Lake	Trade
January 18, 2008	22	MF	Keith Savage		SuperDraft Round four
January 22, 2008	3	DF	Jim Curtin	Chicago Fire	Trade	^[2]
January 24, 2008	37	MF	Kraig Chiles	San Diego State Aztecs	Supplemental Round one
January 24, 2008		FW	Javier Ayala-Hill	University of California	Supplemental Round two
January 24, 2008		MF	El-Hadj Cissé	NC State Wolfpack	Supplemental Round three
January 24, 2008		DF	André Sherard	North Carolina Tar Heels	Supplemental Round four
February 4, 2008	8	MF	Raphaël Wicky	Sion	Free Transfer	^[3]
March 26, 2008	31	MF	Daniel Paladini	San Fernando Valley Quakes
March 27, 2008	34	MF	Gerson Mayen	Chivas USA U-18	Promoted
March 2008	17	FW	Justin Braun	Olympique Montreux
April 9, 2008	1	GK	Dan Kennedy	Deportes Iquique
May 9, 2008	12	DF	Carey Talley	Real Salt Lake	Trade
July 16, 2008	20	FW	Roberto Nurse	Querétaro		^[4]
August 2, 2008	28	GK	Zach Thornton	New York Red Bulls	Trade	^[5]
September 15, 2008	18	MF	Sasha Victorine	Kansas City Wizards	Trade
September 2008	29	MF	Dejair	ABC
	21	GK	Lance Parker	Colorado Rapids U-23
	39	MF	Eric Ebert	Houston Dynamo

Out

Date	Number	Position	Player	New Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
November 21, 2007	21	DF	Jason Hernandez	San Jose Earthquakes	2007 Expansion Draft
November 26, 2007	22	GK	Preston Burpo	San Jose Earthquakes	Trade
March 28, 2008	12	FW	John Cunliffe	San Jose Earthquakes
August 1, 2008	18	GK	Brad Guzan	Aston Villa		^[6]
	41	GK	Justin Myers	Puerto Rico Islanders
	3	DF	Carlos Llamosa		Waived
	5	DF	Desmond Brooks
	27	DF	Eder Robles
	77	DF	Orlando Perez		Waived
	8	MF	Ramón Núñez	Olimpia
	17	MF	Rodrigo López	Ventura County Fusion	Waived
	28	MF	Erasmo Solórzano	Bakersfield Brigade	Waived
	30	MF	Carlos Borja	Tapatio
	31	MF	Rene Corona	Bakersfield Brigade	Waived
	33	MF	Mohammed Sethi
	10	FW	Laurent Merlin	St Patrick's Athletic
	14	FW	David Arvizu		Waived

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Dan Kennedy	GK	(1982-07-22)22 July 1982 (aged 26)	Municipal Iquique	2008	10	0
21	Lance Parker	GK	(1985-08-19)19 August 1985 (aged 23)	Colorado Rapids U-23	2008	0	0
28	Zach Thornton	GK	(1973-10-10)10 October 1973 (aged 35)	New York Red Bulls	2008	10	0
Defenders
2	Claudio Suárez	DF	(1968-12-17)17 December 1968 (aged 39)	Tigres UANL	2006
3	Jim Curtin	DF	(1979-06-23)23 June 1979 (aged 29)	Chicago Fire	2008	21	1
4	Shavar Thomas	DF	(1981-01-29)29 January 1981 (aged 27)	LA Galaxy	2007	48	0
12	Carey Talley	DF	(1976-08-26)26 August 1976 (aged 32)	Real Salt Lake	2008	23	1
13	Jonathan Bornstein	DF	(1984-11-07)7 November 1984 (aged 24)	UCLA Bruin	2006
14	Bobby Burling	DF	(1984-11-07)7 November 1984 (aged 24)	LA Galaxy	2007	22	0
23	Alex Zotincă	DF	(1977-01-22)22 January 1977 (aged 31)	Kansas City Wizards	2007	30	0
25	Lawson Vaughn	DF	(1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 24)	Tulsa Golden	2006
Midfielders
5	Paulo Nagamura	MF	(1983-03-02)2 March 1983 (aged 25)	Toronto	2007	53	4
6	Francisco Mendoza	MF	(1985-04-29)29 April 1985 (aged 23)	Guadalajara	2005
8	Raphaël Wicky	MF	(1977-04-26)26 April 1977 (aged 31)	Sion	2008	6	0
15	Jesse Marsch	MF	(1973-11-08)8 November 1973 (aged 35)	Chicago Fire	2006
16	Sacha Kljestan	MF	(1985-09-09)9 September 1985 (aged 23)	Seton Hall Pirates	2006
18	Sasha Victorine	MF	(1978-02-03)3 February 1978 (aged 30)	Kansas City Wizards	2008	4	2
22	Keith Savage	MF	(1985-08-09)9 August 1985 (aged 23)	Central Florida Kraze	2008	7	0
29	Dejair	MF	(1977-12-14)14 December 1977 (aged 30)	ABC	2008	4	1
31	Daniel Paladini	MF	(1984-11-11)11 November 1984 (aged 23)	San Fernando Valley Quakes	2008	9	1
34	Gerson Mayen	MF	(1989-02-09)9 February 1989 (aged 19)	Chivas USA Academy	2008	0	0
37	Kraig Chiles	MF	(1984-05-14)14 May 1984 (aged 24)	San Diego State Aztecs	2008	5	0
39	Eric Ebert	MF	(1984-08-27)27 August 1984 (aged 24)	Houston Dynamo	2008	8	0
Forwards
7	Alecko Eskandarian	FW	(1982-07-09)9 July 1982 (aged 26)	Real Salt Lake	2008	14	5
9	Ante Razov	FW	(1974-03-02)2 March 1974 (aged 34)	New York Red Bulls	2006
11	Maykel Galindo	FW	(1981-01-28)28 January 1981 (aged 27)	Seattle Sounders	2007	40	13
17	Justin Braun	FW	(1987-03-31)31 March 1987 (aged 21)	Olympique Montreux	2008	28	5
19	Jorge Flores	FW	(1989-09-16)16 September 1989 (aged 19)	Chivas USA Academy	2007	14	3
20	Roberto Nurse	FW	(1983-12-16)16 December 1983 (aged 24)	Querétaro	2008	7	1
24	Atiba Harris	FW	(1985-01-09)9 January 1985 (aged 23)	Real Salt Lake	2008	31	3
32	Anthony Hamilton	FW	(1985-08-26)26 August 1985 (aged 23)	Orange County Blue Star	2007	10	0
Left Chivas USA
18	Brad Guzan	GK	(1984-09-09)9 September 1984 (aged 23)	Generation Adidas	2005
22	Preston Burpo	GK	(1972-09-26)26 September 1972 (aged 35)	Seattle Sounders	2006

North American SuperLiga

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
New England Revolution	7	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2
Pachuca	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Chivas USA	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Santos Laguna	1	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2

July 13, 2008 1	Chivas USA	1 – 2	Pachuca	Carson
19:00 PST	Razov 16' Bornstein 22' Mendoza 22' Nagamura 63' Curtin 87' Paladini 89' Suárez 90+2'	Report	Pinto 8' Marioni 23' Caballero 42'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,508 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

July 16, 2008 2	Chivas USA	1 – 0	Santos Laguna	Carson
19:00 PST	Nagamura 30' Thomas 70' Razov 73' Burling 88' Flores 90+2'	Report	Ortiz 79'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 16,343

July 20, 2008 3	Chivas USA	1 – 1	New England Revolution	Fullerton
17:00 PST	Razov 59'	Report	Ralston 16' Joseph 78' Thompson 90+3'	Stadium: Titan Stadium Attendance: 4,738 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

Competitions

MLS

League table

Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
Western Conference v t e
1	Houston Dynamo	51	30	13	5	12	45	32	+13
2	Chivas USA	43	30	12	11	7	40	41	–1
3	Real Salt Lake	40	30	10	10	10	40	39	+1
4	Colorado Rapids	38	30	11	14	5	44	45	–1
5	FC Dallas	36	30	8	10	12	45	41	+4
6	LA Galaxy	33	30	8	13	9	55	62	–7
7	San Jose Earthquakes	33	30	8	13	9	32	38	–6


	2008 MLS Cup Playoffs
	2008 MLS Cup Playoffs (Wild Card)

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: October 16, 2007
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

March 30, 2008 1	FC Dallas	1 – 1	Chivas USA	Dallas
12:00 PST	Toja 21' Rocha 63'	Report	Nagamura 36' Galindo 59' 84' Thomas 87'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 17,540 Referee: Mauricio Navarro

April 6, 2008 2	Chivas USA	3 – 1	Real Salt Lake	Carson
19:30 PST	Kljestan 32' Harris 45' 55' Eskandarian 90+3'	Report	Kovalenko 9' Deuchar 57' Espíndola 90+1'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 17,251

April 12, 2008 3	Columbus Crew	4 – 3	Chivas USA	Columbus
16:30 PST	Gaven 22' Schelotto 27' (pen.) 90+3' Moreno 36' Moffat 45+4' Rogers 71', 83' Padula 75'	Report	Mendoza 14', 84' Kljestan 34' 84' Bornstein 38' Marsch 68' 73' Nagamura 78'	Stadium: Crew Stadium Attendance: 6,733

April 21, 2008 4	Chivas USA	0 – 2	FC Dallas	Carson
17:00 PST	Galindo 65'	Report	Cooper 5' Saragosa 51' Rocha 71' Thompson 80' Shea 90+1'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 10,237

April 27, 2008 5	LA Galaxy	5 – 2	Chivas USA	Carson
19:30 PST	McDonald 6' Donovan 8' 18', 59', 78' Franchino 45' Gordon 76', 84'	Report	Kljestan 38' Razov 63' Thomas 65'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000

May 4, 2008 6	Houston Dynamo	0 – 0	Chivas USA	Houston
17:30 PST	De Rosario 9' Ianni 13' Holden 36' Boswell 52'	Report	Kljestan 13' Thomas 56' Galindo 71' Bornstein 75' Suárez 82'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 20,058 Referee: Jozef Batko

May 11, 2008 7	Chivas USA	1 – 2	New England Revolution	Carson
12:00 PST	Marsch 19' Harris 71' Paladini 76' Braun 90+3'	Report	Mansally 18' Larentowicz 30' Twellman 59'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 10,927 Referee: Mark Geiger

May 18, 2008 8	Chivas USA	3 – 1	D.C. United	Carson
19:30 PST	Paladini 41' Marsch 73' Kljestan 76' Flores 82'	Report	Burch 21' Gallardo 30' 41' Mediate 48' Quaranta 89'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 13,113 Referee: Michael Kennedy

May 25, 2008 9	Colorado Rapids	1 – 2	Chivas USA	Commerce City
18:30 PST	Clark 28' Ihemelu 71' McManus 80'	Report	Marsch 11' 45' Flores 79' Razov 90+2' Guzan 90+4'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 14,619 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

June 1, 2008 10	Chivas USA	2 – 0	Columbus Crew	Carson
19:30 PST	Flores 20' Marsch 21' Burling 42' Braun 61' Harris 82'	Report	O'Rourke 22' Moffat 49'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 12,388 Referee: Fernando Galvan

June 5, 2008 11	New York Red Bulls	1 – 0	Chivas USA	East Rutherford
16:30 PST	Mike Magee 45' Ángel 75'	Report	Marsch 30' Harris 40' Nagamura 52'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 9,521 Referee: Alex Prus

June 15, 2008 12	Chivas USA	0 – 1	Real Salt Lake	Carson
19:30 PST	Nagamura 26' Kljestan 81'	Report	Deuchar 18' Findley 33' Olave 76' Beckerman 89' Kovalenko 90+3'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 10,573 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

June 20, 2008 13	Chivas USA	2 – 0	Chicago Fire	Carson
19:30 PST	Kljestan 26' Braun 32' Nagamura 33', 45+1'	Report	Thorrington 57' Blanco 63' Gutiérrez 89'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 24,143 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

June 29, 2008 14	Chivas USA	1 – 1	New York Red Bulls	Carson
19:30 PST	Kljestan 12' Bornstein 23' Razov 45+3' 90+1'	Report	van den Bergh 26' Stammler 51' Goldthwaite 62' Sassano 87'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 16,379 Referee: Mauricio Navarro

July 6, 2008 15	Chivas USA	1 – 0	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson
19:30 PST	Harris 50' Razov 88'	Report	Gray 10' O'Brien 86'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 13,561 Referee: Terry Vaughn

July 11, 2008 16	LA Galaxy	1 – 1	Chivas USA	Carson
20:00 PST	Vagenas 6' Jazić 26' Buddle 72' Vanney 79'	Report	Razov 15' Kljestan 78'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Kevin Stott

August 3, 2008 17	Chicago Fire	1 – 0	Chivas USA	Chicago
17:30 PST	Nyarko 16' Pappa 50'	Report	Nagamura 30'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 20,492 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

August 10, 2008 18	Kansas City Wizards	3 – 2	Chivas USA	Kansas City
17:00 PST	Victorine 22' Conrad 32' López 44' Arnaud 58' 74' Jewsbury 59'	Report	Curtin 30' Paladini 53' Mendoza 62' Talley 72' (pen.) Braun 82'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 9,597 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

August 15, 2008 19	Chivas USA	2 – 2	LA Galaxy	Carson
20:00 PST	Harris 50' Marsch 59' Nagamura 63' 85' Talley 90+2'	Report	Donovan 8' Beckham 61' Allen 74' Gordon 90+2'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Alex Prus

August 21, 2008 20	Houston Dynamo	4 – 0	Chivas USA	Houston
18:00 PST	Holden 11' Kamara 22', 35' Jaqua 28' Barrett 68'	Report	Suárez 32' Thomas 39' Ebert 73'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 10,908 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

August 24, 2008 21	Chivas USA	0 – 0	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson
19:30 PST	Thomas 53'	Report	Riley 37' Hernandez 57' O'Brien 90+1'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 13,561 Referee: Terry Vaughn

August 31, 2008 22	Chivas USA	2 – 1	Toronto	Carson
16:30 PST	Kljestan 15' Eskandarian 20' Nagamura 70' Vaughn 79' Harris 80' 90+4'	Report	Brennan 19' Marshall 72'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 12,561 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

September 6, 2008 23	Toronto	1 – 3	Chivas USA	Toronto
13:00 PST	Rosenlund 30' Vélez 45+2'	Report	Paladini 39' 41' Eskandarian 45+2' Bornstein 58' Razov 90+5'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 19,863 Referee: Kevin Scott

September 11, 2008 24	New England Revolution	4 – 0	Chivas USA	Foxborough
16:00 PST	Twellman 53' Larentowicz 83' Smith 90+1' Ralston 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 7,606 Referee: Jair Marrufo

September 21, 2008 25	Real Salt Lake	0 – 1	Chivas USA	Salt Lake City
18:00 PST	Morales 77' Olave 78'	Report	Nagamura 61' Eskandarian 72' Kljestan 84'	Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium Attendance: 26,391 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

September 28, 2008 26	Chivas USA	2 – 1	Kansas City Wizards	Carson
19:30 PST	Eskandarian 26' Kljestan 27' Harris 35' Victorine 45+1' Thomas 86'	Report	Conrad 55' Wolff 70'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,783 Referee: Michael Kennedy

October 4, 2008 27	D.C. United	0 – 3	Chivas USA	Washington, D.C.
16:30 PST	Peralta 66'	Report	Eskandarian 35' Thomas 38' Victorine 56' Dejair 68'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 28,145 Referee: Kevin Stott

October 12, 2008 28	San Jose Earthquakes	0 – 1	Chivas USA	Santa Clara
19:00 PST	Kirovski 78' Lima 81'	Report	Braun 7' Harris 70' Eskandarian 80' Kennedy 90+1'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,502 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

October 19, 2008 29	Chivas USA	1 – 2	Colorado Rapids	Carson
12:00 PST	Burling 16' Braun 35' Bornstein 72' Talley 90+3'	Report	McManus 35' Harvey 40' Clark 67' Casey 85' (pen.)	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 13,427 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

October 26, 2008 30	Chivas USA	1 – 1	Houston Dynamo	Carson
18:30 PST	Kennedy 50' Curtin 90'	Report	Ching 14' De Rosario 52' (pen.)	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 18,165 Referee: Terry Vaughn

MLS Cup Playoffs

November 1, 2008 Conference Semifinal 1st leg	Real Salt Lake	1 – 0	Chivas USA	Sandy
15:00 PST	Williams 29' Beckerman 42' Movsisyan 90'	Report	Razov 66' Thomas 75'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 14,719 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

November 8, 2008 Conference Semifinal 2nd leg	Chivas USA	2 – 2 (2 – 3 agg.)	Real Salt Lake	Carson
19:30 PST	Nagamura 22' Kljestan 30' (pen.) Bornstein 60' Braun 83' Razov 86' Thomas 90+1'	Report	Mathis 10' Borchers 30' Kovalenko 39' 42' Morales 77'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 19,256 Referee: Michael Kennedy

CONCACAF Champions League

August 26, 2008 Preliminary Round 1st leg	Tauro	2 – 0	Chivas USA	Panama City, Panama
17:00 PST	Aguilar 5', 65' Arosemena 62'	Report	Talley 48' Wicky 65'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Panamá Attendance: 500 Referee: Elmar Rodas (Guatemala)

September 2, 2008 Preliminary Round 2nd leg	Chivas USA	1 – 1 (1 – 3 agg.)	Tauro	Carson, United States
19:00 PST	Bornstein 37', 51' Nurse 42' Kljestan 53'	Report	W.Dominguez 19' R.Amador 60' Moreno 62'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 1,821 Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

U.S. Open Cup

July 1, 2008 Third round	Seattle Sounders	2 – 0	Chivas USA	Seattle
10:00 PST	Graham 43' Schmid 64' Le Toux 80' O'Brien 81'	Report	Kljestan 69'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 2,997 Referee: Yader Reyes

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of Match played November 7, 2008

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Dan Kennedy	10	0	8+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF		Claudio Suárez	15	0	13+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF		Jim Curtin	21	1	15+3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF		Shavar Thomas	23	0	18+1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
5	MF		Paulo Nagamura	29	2	24	2	2	0	1	0	2	0
6	MF		Francisco Mendoza	33	0	28	0	2	0	0+1	0	2	0
7	FW		Alecko Eskandarian	14	5	8+3	5	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
8	MF		Raphaël Wicky	6	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW		Ante Razov	26	5	17+5	5	2	0	0	0	1+1	0
11	FW		Maykel Galindo	10	1	5+5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Carey Talley	23	1	18+2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF		Jonathan Bornstein	26	2	19+2	2	2	0	1	0	2	0
14	DF		Bobby Burling	22	0	18+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
15	MF		Jesse Marsch	28	4	24+1	4	2	0	0+1	0	0	0
16	MF		Sacha Kljestan	27	6	21+1	5	2	1	1	0	2	0
17	FW		Justin Braun	28	5	12+12	4	1+1	1	1	0	1	0
18	MF		Sasha Victorine	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Jorge Flores	13	3	6+5	3	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
20	FW		Roberto Nurse	7	1	2+3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	1
22	MF		Keith Savage	7	0	3+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
23	DF		Alex Zotincă	6	0	4	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Atiba Harris	31	3	23+5	3	1	0	1	0	1	0
25	DF		Lawson Vaughn	8	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
28	GK		Zach Thornton	10	0	7+1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Dejair	4	1	1+2	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Daniel Paladini	9	1	5+3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
32	FW		Anthony Hamilton	6	0	0+5	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
37	MF		Kraig Chiles	6	0	2+3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
39	MF		Eric Ebert	8	0	2+5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players away from Chivas USA on loan:
Players who left Chivas USA during the season:
14	FW		David Arvizu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	GK		Brad Guzan	16	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	GK		Preston Burpo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	MLS	MLS Cup Playoffs	Champions League	Total
1	MF	16	Sacha Kljestan	5	1	0	6
2	FW	9	Ante Razov	5	0	0	5
	FW	7	Alecko Eskandarian	5	0	0	5
	FW	17	Justin Braun	4	1	0	5
5	MF	15	Jesse Marsch	4	0	0	4
6	FW	24	Atiba Harris	3	0	0	3
6	FW	19	Jorge Flores	3	0	0	3
8	DF	13	Jonathan Bornstein	2	0	0	2
	MF	18	Sasha Victorine	2	0	0	2
	MF	5	Paulo Nagamura	2	0	0	2
11	MF	29	Dejair	1	0	0	1
	DF	3	Jim Curtin	1	0	0	1
	FW	11	Maykel Galindo	1	0	0	1
	DF	12	Carey Talley	1	0	0	1
	MF	31	Daniel Paladini	1	0	0	1
	FW	20	Roberto Nurse	0	0	1	1
			TOTALS	40	2	1	43

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	MLS		MLS Cup Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		Champions League		Total
1		GK	Dan Kennedy	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2		DF	Claudio Suárez	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
3		DF	Jim Curtin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4		DF	Shavar Thomas	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
5		MF	Paulo Nagamura	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
6		MF	Francisco Mendoza	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
7		FW	Alecko Eskandarian	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
8		MF	Raphaël Wicky	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
9		FW	Ante Razov	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11		FW	Maykel Galindo	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
12		DF	Carey Talley	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
13		DF	Jonathan Bornstein	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	6	1
14		DF	Bobby Burling	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15		MF	Jesse Marsch	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
16		MF	Sacha Kljestan	7	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	1
17		FW	Justin Braun	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18		GK	Brad Guzan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		FW	Atiba Harris	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
25		DF	Lawson Vaughn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31		MF	Daniel Paladini	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
39		MF	Eric Ebert	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	64	6	6	0	1	0	5	1	76	7

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