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Chivas’ issues make for daunting Apertura, raise long-term questions

Alan Pulido reacts during Chivas’ CONCACAF Champions League match against the New York Red Bulls.

Chivas kick off the 2018 Apertura in very different shape than fans would’ve hoped for and expected 14 months ago, when the Guadalajara club hoisted title No. 12 to make it a league and cup double in the 2017 Clausura.

The championship was supposed to herald a brighter future for the side, closing the book on relegation problems and providing evidence that an all-Mexican squad could compete for titles in an increasingly foreigner-dominated Liga MX.

“It means the end and the beginning,” Chivas…

Chivas face huge risk in replacing Matias Almeyda with Jose Saturnino Cardozo

Jose Saturnino Cardozo was introduced as the next Chivas manager on Tuesday.

New Chivas coach Jose Saturnino Cardozo was presented on Tuesday, ending a tumultuous week for Mexico’s most popular team in which their manager, sporting director and star player all exited.

“Whoever says he’s not excited by coaching Chivas is telling a lie,” said Cardozo, the former Paraguay international who scored more than 250 goals in Liga MX with Toluca. “I’m happy to be here, to have the possibility to coach a big club. We have a great fan base who will be expectant of what we can do.”

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Chivas hire Jose Cardozo as coach to replace Mataas Almeyda

Chivas named Jose Saturnino Cardozo as its new coach on Tuesday to replace to Mataas Almeyda.
Almeyda told ESPN Mexico on May 31 he was stepping down from his post at the Liga MX club and made the move official on Monday. He leaves after winning…

Chivas hire Jose Cardozo as coach to replace Matias Almeyda

Chivas named Jose Saturnino Cardozo as its new coach on Tuesday to replace to Matias Almeyda.
Almeyda told ESPN Mexico on May 31 he was stepping down from his post at the Liga MX club and made the move official on Monday. He leaves after winning five titles in almost three years at the helm.
Cardozo is the 25th different coaching change made at Chivas since Jorge Vergara became owner of the club in late 2002, but the new boss said he’s up to the challenge.
“Any manager who tells you that he doesn’t…

Mexico’s Rodolfo Pizarro joins Monterrey from Chivas

Sebastian Salazar and Herculez Gomez discuss what Rafael Marquez would offer Mexico if he makes Juan Carlos Osorio’s 23-man squad.

Sebastian Salazar and Herculez Gomez reflect on Rafael Marquez’s contributions to El Tri and how he might fit into Juan Carlos Osorio’s World Cup plan.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Chivas forward Rodolfo Pizarro has signed for fellow Liga MX side Monterrey, confirmed Chivas sporting director Francisco Gabriel de Anda on Sunday.
Pizarro, who scored 15 times in 56 appearances for Chivas, missed out on the World Cup with El Tri, but was a key figure in Chivas winning the 2017 Clausura Liga MX title and the CONCACAF Champions League last April and is considered one of the best Mexican players in Liga MX.
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Matias Almeyda won’t return as Chivas manager

ESPN FC’s Sebastian Salazar and Herculez Gomez discuss whether Juan Carlos Osorio will include Giovani dos Santos on his final 23-man roster.

Alejandro Moreno and Herculez Gomez break down everything that went wrong for Toronto against Chivas in the 1st leg of the CCL final. GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Chivas manager Matias Almeyda will not continue with the Liga MX club, the Argentine confirmed to ESPN Mexico’s Jose Maria Garrido on Thursday.
Speculation has been rife about Almeyda’s future, following a tumultuous Chivas offseason without any major signings and with the club announcing a period of “financial consolidation.”
Sporting director Francisco Gabriel de Anda said Almeyda hadn’t been convinced by the club’s offseason plans and various reports have suggested…

Chivas has offers in Europe and Mexico for striker Rodolfo Pizarro – sporting director

Chivas has two offers on the table for Rodolfo Pizarro, according to the club’s sporting director.
Chivas forward Rodolfo Pizarro may not have made Mexico’s World Cup squad, but the 24-year-old looks set to move on from Liga MX this summer.
Pizarro helped Chivas to the 2017 Clausura Liga MX title and the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League and while rumors have swirled about him leaving, there are now two offers on the table that the Guadalajara club appear to be happy with.
“There is an offer from a European club and an offer as well from a Mexican club, offers that I would say are impossible to…

Ajax interested in Mexico and Chivas forward Rodolfo Pizarro

Mexican legend Rafa Marquez sits down with ESPN to discuss his lengthy career and the possibility of playing in a fifth World Cup before retiring.
Dutch giants Ajax are interested in Mexico and Chivas forward Rodolfo Pizarro, according to ESPN Mexico, with the player admitting last week that he has a number of teams in Europe chasing him.
“There are a lot of teams interested, above all in Europe, and I’m analyzing what I’m going to do, what’s best and where I will be happy,” Pizarro, 24, told reporters in Guadalajara.
Pizarro signed for Chivas from Pachuca in December 2016 for a transfer fee reported to be upwards of $15 million, which was…

Chivas set sights on return of Javier Hernandez from West Ham – source

English Premier League: Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez (73′) Chelsea 1-1 West Ham

Herculez Gomez and the FC boys break down Toronto’s CCL final defeat to Chivas, Michael Bradley’s role over the two legs and more.

Alejandro Moreno and Herculez Gomez break down everything that went wrong for Toronto against Chivas in the 1st leg of the CCL final. GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Chivas will attempt to lure West Ham striker Javier “Chicarito” Hernandez back to his first club as it prepares for the Club World Cup in December, a source has confirmed to ESPN FC.
The news was first reported on Friday morning by Cancha, which said Chivas could try to bring Hernandez in on a six-month loan after the World Cup and would be willing to pay 50 percent of the salary he currently earns at West Ham.
Chivas owner Jorge Vergara has given his approval on the potential…

How Matias Almeyda rebuilt downtrodden Chivas from the inside out

Matias Almeyda has restored Chivas among the elite clubs in Liga MX.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Verde Valle, the large sporting complex which serves as headquarters for Chivas and its first team, hasn’t been the same since Matias Almeyda arrived in Guadalajara and the same can be said about the storied Liga MX club. The Argentine manager, who moved to the city in September 2015, has been the architect of an extreme makeover for an organization which was struggling to avoid relegation and now finds itself regularly collecting hardware.

Almeyda has dramatically modified…

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