2014 season | |||
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Owner | MLS | ||
Head coach | Wilmer Cabrera | ||
Stadium | StubHub Center | ||
MLS | Western Conference: 7th Overall: 16th | ||
MLS Cup Playoffs | Did not qualify | ||
U.S. Open Cup | Fourth round | ||
SuperClasico | Runners-up | ||
Desert Diamond Cup | Runners-up (1–3–0) | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Torres (14) All: Torres (16) | ||
Highest home attendance | 15,008 vs. LA Galaxy (April 6 MLS Regular Season) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 3,702 vs. Portland Timbers (May 28 MLS Regular Season) | ||
Average home league attendance | 3,467 | ||
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The 2014 Chivas USA season was Chivas USA's tenth and final season and before move from to Los Angeles FC, in Major League Soccer, the top division for soccer in America.
Finishing seventh in the Western Conference, it was the club's first season since 2009 that they did not finish in last place in the Western Conference. However, the club failed to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs for a fifth-consecutive year. Outside of MLS play, Chivas reached the fourth round proper of the U.S. Open Cup, where they fell in penalties to the Carolina RailHawks of the second-division NASL. In the SuperClasico, Chivas finished as runners-up to inner-city rivals, LA Galaxy. The club's best performance in external competitions came in the preseason Desert Diamond Cup, where Chivas finished in second place.
Despite the poor production on the field, the bright spot on the club was young Mexican international Cubo Torres, who led the club in goals scored during the regular season, with fifteen. He finished seventh in the league in total MLS regular season goals for 2014.