Chivas USA

The money at Chivas USA: what it pays its players, what it is worth and who owns it, and what it is paid. The club's games, rosters and history are at soccerstats.us.

Pay

Payroll by season

season players total pay highest paid pay
2014 29 $3,306,115 Nigel Reo-Coker $446,500
2013 29 $2,577,421 Carlos Bocanegra $261,333
2012 28 $3,572,342 Juan Pablo Ángel $600,000
2011 29 $3,924,919 Juan Pablo Ángel $1,250,000
2010 28 $2,477,548 Rodolfo Espinoza $218,500
2009 30 $2,449,694 Sasha Kljestan $203,000
2008 32 $2,487,846 Ante Razov $258,750
2007 28 $1,789,646 Ante Razov $248,750

Pay is guaranteed compensation where the source gives it and base salary where it does not. Total pay sums it across every player on record that season.

Value & ownership

Valuations

Forbes Expansion fee Sale $5M $10M $20M $50M $100M 2008 Forbes: $24,000,000 2013 Forbes: $64,000,000 2004 Chivas USA expansion fee: $7,500,000 2014 Chivas USA sale (the whole club sold): club valued at $70,000,000 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996

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Estimated value by year, with any expansion fee and sale, on a logarithmic scale: each gridline step is a doubling or more. A line joins only consecutive years, so a year with no list is a gap.
season publisher rank value revenue operating income sources
2013 Forbes 19 $64,000,000 $15,000,000 -$5,500,000 1 2
2008 Forbes 11 $24,000,000 $10,000,000 -$1,000,000 1

Estimates, not sale prices. Forbes values the team alone, its revenue and operating income are for the season before the list; Sportico includes the team's real estate and related businesses. Every club's valuations.

Ownership

Chivas USA joined MLS in 2005 for an expansion fee of $7,500,000, awarded in 2004. Note: Fun While It Lasted gives $10M, plus a reported $15M to AEG to enter a Los Angeles market it held.

operator from to note sources
Jorge Vergara and Antonio Cué 2004 2012 1 2
Jorge Vergara 2012 2014 1 2
Major League Soccer 2014 2014 folded after the 2014 season 1
year seller buyer stake price club valued at note sources
2014 Jorge Vergara and Angélica Fuentes Major League Soccer 100% $70,000,000 — about $70M as reported, the league folded the club after the 2014 season 1 2

Every club's ownership, sales and expansion fees.