Monday's Weekend Wrap
Here's how the UCLA, Cal State Northridge and Pepperdine women did in Sunday's games.
Meanwhile in Westchester, late goals from freshman Gabby Parisella and junior Michelle Kanama lifted Loyola Marymount to a eighth consecutive victory, a 2-0 win over Sacramento State.
Next: The 8-3-1 Lions play Pepperdine at 1 p.m. Sunday in Malibu.
Also, Long Beach State (9-4-0, 2-0-0 Big West) defeated host UC Davis 1-0 Sunday.
Next: The 49ers play noon Sunday at Cal State Northridge.
Chivas USA's reserve team lost 2-1 Sunday to their Real Salt Lake counterparts. Sueño MLS Winner Jorge Flores of Anaheim scored for Chivas USA in a game that also featured former UCLA striker Matt Taylor, who has returned after being waived by the Goats earlier this season.
The loss snapped a five-game winning streak for Chivas USA, who finished their year with a 7-2-3 record.
The Colorado Rapids clinched the MLS Reserve Division title for the second straight year Sunday with a 3-0 victory over Toronto FC.
Also noted: The U.S. Under-17 '91 Men’s National Team beat the Chivas USA Under-18 team 3-0 over the weekend at Home Depot Center as part of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Fall Showcase, which concludes today in Carson.
Updated 11:25 a.m. The Times (of London) chatted with Huntington Beach resident Jurgen Klinsmann about why he didn't take the Chelsea job and his next career move.
Not a word is mentioned about the U.S. national team or MLS, in case you're wondering.
The story is here.
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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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