Pachuca 1 Galaxy 1 -- SuperLiga goes to OT
Galaxy defender Chris Klein scored a spectacular bicycle kick from seven yards out in the third minute of stoppage time to send the final into overtime. The ball had come out to him via a couple of headers after a Mike Randolph header hit the bar.
Donovan had almost scored four minutes from time when Pachuca goalkeeper Miguel Calero failed to hold his shot from close range and it dribbled agonizingly past the post.
It was a dramatic end to a thrilling 90 minutes of regulation and sent the crowd of 12,500 into rapture.
The Galaxy looked like a different team and never stopped pressing.
It's two 15 minute overtime periods, with no golden goal.
Updated: Beck's is on the bench in his gray Burberry suit for OT.
Hold on.
Updated: It's still 1-1 at the end of the first abbreviated half.
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Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005. The blog of the same name began in 2007. A native of England, he began writing about soccer in the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat in the stands for one in the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook.
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