For the second time in four months, a former employee of Major League Soccer team Chivas USA has filed suit against the club, accusing team officials of flouting employment laws, temporarily hiring undocumented coaches and discriminating against non-Latino employees.

Former human resources and administrative manager Cynthia Craig, who is black, said in court papers that she was harassed by team owner Jorge Vergara and team President Jose David because she was not Latino and could not speak Spanish. Craig left the team in July after a period of prolonged harassment, the complaint states.

Her suit also charges that, starting in January, Chivas hired four coaches from Mexico even though they were not authorized to work in the United States. According to the suit, Craig was told to add the coaches to the payroll but she refused, and team executives instead routed them money through other means. (The complaint states the coaches received visas in April.)

Officials with Chivas USA, which is based in Carson, did not return several phone calls Wednesday afternoon.

According to the complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, the practice of discrimination began when Vergara, a former part owner, gained full control of the team in November 2012 and began harassing non-Latino employees. Vergara also owns a Mexican team called Chivas de Guadalajara, which is famous in part because it will not sign non-Mexican players.

“Plaintiff repeatedly complained about these and many other unlawful practices after Vergara acquired exclusive control of Chivas,” said the complaint, filed by Los Angeles attorney Lisa Maki. “In response, Chivas engaged in a pattern and practice of wanton retaliation against plaintiff.”

Craig is connected to another lawsuit against the team. In May, two former assistant coaches in the Chivas youth program, who primarily worked with players under age 18, filed suit, claiming they were let go because they were not Latino and did not speak Spanish. In that complaint, the two coaches — Daniel Calichman and Theothoros Chronopoulos — said they brought concerns about the new Chivas policies to Craig, but that she did not take effective action.

Both suits allege Chivas officials were adamant in their desire to hire Spanish-speaking employees.

In her suit, Craig said Vergara began one of his first staff meetings speaking in Spanish and then said, in English, “If you didn’t understand what I just said, then it is time for you to get a job down the hall.” (Chivas shares the StubHub Center in Carson with the Los Angeles Galaxy, another professional soccer team.)

In her capacity as human resources manager, Craig said she attempted to ask team executives to clarify Vergara’s statements for employees, the complaint states.

“Plaintiff again told (team president) David, this time in front of the entire management team, that the staff was shocked and offended by Vergara’s discriminatory statements,” the complaint states. “David asserted that the statements were just ‘black humor,’ and that if people wanted to resign, that would be fine with him.”

In the complaint, Craig also alleges that, after November 2012, employees were regularly dismissed, and that human resources managers were not consulted. “Plaintiff repeatedly objected to the terminations, asking for cause, but David merely instructed plaintiff, ‘Just get it done,’ ” the complaint states. The complaint also alleges that the new hires were all Latino.

“Plaintiff complained to David regarding the discriminatory termination and hiring process, and requested that David allow her to coordinate open recruitments,” the complaint states. “David refused, and continued to hire only employees from Mexico or persons who were recommended by Chivas Guadalajara.”