Club
Deportivo Chivas USA is a Major League Soccer franchise, due to begin
operation in the 2005 MLS season. The club is owned by Jorge Vergara, also
the owner of the Mexican club Chivas de Guadalajara and Deportivo Saprissa
of Costa Rica. The team will play its home games at the Home Depot Center,
sharing it with the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Chivas USA has announced that their head coach will be Thomas Rongen, former
coach of MLS clubs Tampa Bay Mutiny, New England Revolution, and D.C. United.
The team is targeting the Latin, or more specifically Mexican, fanbase that,
although living in the United States, has largely ignored MLS while ardently
following the Primera División de México. Vergara has promised that,
although the team may not be composed entirely of Latin players, the team's
main language will be Spanish. |
