2011 Los Angeles Blues season

Los Angeles Blues

2011 season

Owners

Ali Mansouri
Maryam Mansouri

Head Coach

Charlie Naimo

Stadium

Titan Stadium

USL Pro

Division: 3rd
Overall: 7th

USL Pro Playoffs

Divisional Semifinals

U.S. Open Cup

Third Round

Top goalscorer

League: Cesar Rivera (6)
All: Cesar Rivera (7)

Highest home attendance

USL Pro: 704 vs Dayton 15 July 2011
USOC: 3,627 vs LA Galaxy 28 June 2011

Lowest home attendance

144 vs Antigua 7 August 2011

Average home attendance

382

Home colors

Away colors

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The 2011 Los Angeles Blues season is the inaugural season of the club. For the 2011 season, the Blues will be playing in the USL Pro, the third tier of the United States soccer pyramid. This season marks the first time in the modern era of American soccer that three professional soccer clubs play in the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area.

Review and events

Match results

Lists of matches, featuring result, attendance (where available) and scorers, grouped by competition (league, cup, other competition). Do not include friendly matches.

Legend

Win	Tie	Loss

USL Pro

1 April 15, 2011	Sevilla FC Puerto Rico	0 – 3	Los Angeles Blues	Juncos, Puerto Rico
17:00 PST	Velez 25' Pacheco 79' Roushandel 90'	Report	13' Garcia 48' 50' Rivera 70' Dastan 79' Griffin 81' Bravo 91+' Gaitan	Stadium: Josue Gonzalez Stadium Attendance: 2,109 Referee: Javier Santos

2 April 17, 2011	Antigua Barracuda	1 – 2	Los Angeles Blues	Saint George Parish, Antigua and Barbuda
16:00 PST		Report		Stadium: Stanford Cricket Ground

3 April 20, 2011	Puerto Rico United	2 – 4	Los Angeles Blues	Aguada, Puerto Rico
17:00 PST		Report		Stadium: Aguada Stadium

4 April 23, 2011	River Plate Puerto Rico	1 – 1	Los Angeles Blues	Carolina, Puerto Rico
17:00 PST		Report		Stadium: Roberto Clemente Stadium

U.S. Open Cup

R1 June 14, 2011	Los Angeles Blues	3 – 1	Hollywood United Hitmen	Riverside, California
19:30 PST	Momeni 37' 55' Bravo 90'	Report	Morales 67'	Stadium: Riverside Community College

R2 June 21, 2011	Ventura County Fusion	0 – 1	Los Angeles Blues	Ventura, California
19:00		Report	45' Sesay	Stadium: Ventura College

R3 June 28, 2011	Los Angeles Blues	1 – 2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Fullerton, California
17:00 PST				Stadium: Titan Stadium

League Standings

American Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orlando City (C)	24	15	6	3	36	16	+20	51	2011 USL Pro Commissioner's Cup, 2011 USL Pro Playoffs
2	Wilmington Hammerheads (A)	24	14	3	7	42	30	+12	45	2011 USL Pro Playoffs
3	Richmond Kickers (A)	24	12	5	7	35	21	+14	41
4	Charleston Battery (A)	24	10	5	9	24	25	−1	35
5	Charlotte Eagles	24	9	6	9	32	29	+3	33
6	Antigua Barracuda	24	9	2	13	32	32	0	29

Source: USL Pro official standings
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(CC) = Commissioner's Cup (best regular season record); (A) = Advances to 2011 USL Pro Playoffs; (D) = Divisional winners.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified for the USL Pro Playoffs, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (E) = Eliminated from playoff-contention.

^Note 1 - The top four clubs in each division are guaranteed spots in the 2011 USL Pro Playoffs.

National Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rochester Rhinos (A)	24	12	4	8	31	23	+8	40	2011 USL PRO Playoffs
2	Harrisburg City Islanders (A)	24	10	7	7	37	30	+7	37
3	Los Angeles Blues (A)	24	8	9	7	34	29	+5	33
4	Pittsburgh Riverhounds (A)	24	7	6	11	23	32	−9	27
5	F.C. New York	24	6	7	11	27	37	−10	25
6	Dayton Dutch Lions	24	2	6	16	21	54	−33	12

^Note 1 - The top four clubs in each division are guaranteed spots in the 2011 USL PRO Playoffs.

Club

Roster

as of May 22, 2011^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Oscar Dautt
2	DF	Erlys García
3	DF	Josh Suggs
4	DF	Cameron Dunn
5	DF	Nelson Akwari
6	MF	Jhonny Bravo
7	MF	Josh Tudela
8	MF	Shahryar Dastan
9	FW	Chukwudi Chijindu (on loan from Chivas USA)
10	MF	Walter Gaitán
11	FW	Akeem Priestley
12	DF	Leonard Griffin (on loan from Orlando City)
14	DF	Mehrshad Momeni
15	MF	Adriano de Lima

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Gerardo Bravo
18	GK	Tony Peiffer
19	MF	Dane Saintus (*)
20	DF	Leon Abravanel (*)
21	DF	Mike Randolph
22	GK	Amir Abedzadeh
23	DF	Justin Valashinas (*)
24	MF	Cesar Rivera
25	FW	Israel Sesay
26	MF	Edwin Miranda
33	MF	Federico Cino (*)
77	FW	Tomislav Colic
—	FW	Peter Byers
—	DF	Luke Chambers (*)

Note: (*) indicates a player on loan to the PDL Los Angeles Blues 23 side

Management and Staff

Charlie Naimo - Head Coach
Shayon Jalayer - Assistant Coach
Agustin Rodriguez - Assistant Coach
Salvador Moran - Assistant Coach
Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh - Goalkeeper Coach
Alyse LaHue - General Manager
Alli D'Amico - Director of Operations

Statistics

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		USL Pro		Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Oscar Dautt	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
2		DF	Erlys García	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
3		DF	Josh Suggs	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
4		DF	Cameron Dunn	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
5		DF	Nelson Akwari	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
6		MF	Jhonny Bravo	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
7		MF	Josh Tudela	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
8		MF	Shahryar Dastan	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
9		FW	Chukwudi Chijindu (on loan from Chivas USA)	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
10		MF	Walter Gaitán	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
11		FW	Akeem Priestley	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
12		DF	Leonard Griffin (on loan from Orlando City)	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
14		DF	Mehrshad Momeni	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
15		MF	Adriano de Lima	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
17		MF	Gerardo Bravo	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
18		GK	Tony Peiffer	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
19		MF	Dane Saintus	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
20		DF	Leon Abravanel	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
21		DF	Mike Randolph	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
22		GK	Amir Abedzadeh	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
23		DF	Justin Valashinas	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
24		MF	Cesar Rivera	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
25		FW	Israel Sesay	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
26		MF	Edwin Miranda	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
33		MF	Federico Cino	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
77		FW	Tomislav Colic	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
—		FW	Peter Byers	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0
—		DF	Luke Chambers	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Out

Loan

In

Player	Pos.	Loaned from	Start	End	Ref
Chukwudi Chijindu	FW	Chivas USA	March 23, 2011	TBD	^[2]
Leonard Griffin	DF	Orlando City	March 23, 2011	TBD	^[2]

Out

Player	Pos.	Loaned to	Start	End	Ref
Ty Shipalane	MF	Richmond Kickers	April 16, 2010	April 20, 2010

Awards

References

^ http://www.labluesprosoccer.com/Roster/index_E.html
^ ^a ^b "Blues Add Two Key Players to Roster". Oursportscentral.com. 23 March 2011. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4170703. Retrieved 21 June 2011.

External links

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