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.
The CCL title is Chivas' fifth trophy in the last three years under Matias Almeyda.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- It was Miguel Basulto who lifted the CONCACAF Champions League trophy for Chivas on Wednesday.
The 26-year-old didn't enter the field against Toronto and only featured once in the tournament this season. But after Basulto's father passed away suddenly on Sunday evening, the Chivas squad came together in support of a player that came through the all-Mexican team's youth system.
On hearing the news of his death on Sunday, the squad boarded the team bus after training and made...
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.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Chivas defeated Toronto 4-2 on penalties to lift the CONCACAF Champions League trophy on Wednesday in Estadio Akron.
Toronto won the second leg 2-1, equalling the aggregate score 3-3, to take the game to penalties, with U.S. international Michael Bradley missing the final spot kick to hand Chivas the title.
Here are three takes from a tense night in Guadalajara:
1. Chivas scrape by as the MLS wait goes on
Twelve long years have passed since a non-Mexican team has won the CONCACAF...
Editor's Note: These pieces originally appeared on ESPN Deportes and was translated for ESPN FC.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- The Chivas roster, a club on the verge of winning a CONCACAF Champions League title, needs to strengthen its ranks for the second half of 2018 given what awaits them after this season -- including a possible trip to the FIFA Club World Cup this December in the United Arab Emirates.
The first priority on Chivas' list must be to define Rodolfo Cota's status at the club. The goalie...
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 -- There has been nothing but silence from Chivas and Toronto in the buildup to the CONCACAF Champions League final second leg in Estadio Akron, at least up until Tuesday's news conference.
Chivas' training sessions at Verde Valle have been behind closed doors, while the core of Toronto's squad has been staying at a hotel next to Guadalajara's plushest shopping mall since this past Friday, adapting to the hot conditions in the western Mexico city and training at Atlas' facilities....
Alejandro Moreno and Herculez Gomez break down everything that went wrong for Toronto against Chivas in the 1st leg of the CCL final.
TORONTO -- For the past 16 years, CONCACAF's continental club championship has been an unforgiving tournament for MLS sides. At the most critical junctures of the competition, there was a mistake made -- perhaps two -- that was ruthlessly punished. Maybe it was a loss of discipline, a missed chance, a defensive miscue or even a bad call. But ultimately, MLS sides would succumb.
That history is what makes Toronto FC's run to the final this year so compelling. The Reds have been the ones to do...
