Almodóvar's El Deseo and del Toro's Tequila Gang. Anhelo also produced Sebastián Cordero's Crónicas. In 2002, Variety named Vergara one of its Ten Producers to Watch. For the 2004 edition of the Guadalajara International Film Festival, Vergara created the JVC Award for Best Director, which was given to Fernando Eimbcke for his feature debut Temporada de patos. Chivas Vergara gained ownership of the football team C.D. Guadalajara (popularly known as Chivas) in 2002. Shortly after he took ownership in Mexico, while attending the 2004 U.S. Major League Soccer All-Star Game, he announced intentions to expand Chivas to MLS. Vergara and MLS inaugurated Chivas USA in 2004, and the team played its first official season in 2005 with Dignity Health Sports Park in the Los Angeles area as its home stadium. Chivas USA was initially successful; in its first five seasons of operation, the team recorded four straight MLS playoff appearances. Both performance and attendance declined sharply after 2009. On 20 February 2014, Major League Soccer purchased Chivas USA from Vergara. They announced plans to sell to a buyer dedicated to keeping the club in Los Angeles, as well as a plan to rebrand the club. After being unable to find a buyer, the club folded following the 2014 season. A new club, Los Angeles FC, was founded in 2018, but with no connection to the former Chivas USA club. Personal life Vergara had six children. Vergara and Rossana Lerdo de Tejada were married 10 June 2017 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Lerdo de Tejada is his widow. Death Vergara died on 15 November 2019 at the age of 64 in New York City as a result of a cardiac arrest. References External links "Jorge", the biographical book Sitio oficial de OMNILIFE De qué falleció Jorge Vergara, dueño de Chivas y fundador de Omnilife? 1955 births 2019 deaths Mexican football chairmen and investors Mexican businesspeople People from Guadalajara, Jalisco Major League Soccer executives C.D. Guadalajara Chivas USA