Colorado Rapids 0 Chivas USA 0 (Half Time)
Chivas USA had eight shots to Colorado's two during the opening 45 minutes, but failed to capitalize on several scoring opportunities.
A wide open Jonathan Bornstein should have done better when the ball fell to him in the box on the 25th minute mark, but his shot from 10 yards was blocked by a defender.
And Sacha Kljestan sent a shot whistling by the far post after nice approach work by Chivas USA about five minutes before half time.
Colorado's best chance was halted in the 31st minute after Claudio Suarez brought down Kosuke Kimura just outside the box with a professional foul when the Rapids defender had burst through the back four courtesy of a fortunate deflection off a Chivas USA player. Suarez was booked, but the free kick came to nothing.
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Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. 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 and follow him on Twitter.
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