Preseason result: Chivas USA 1 D.C. United 0
Defender Shavar Thomas remains stranded in Jamaica with visa problems, Chivas USA still has a dozen or so injured players and yet they looked good going forward in a 1-0 win today against D.C. United at Home Depot Center.
Preki played a lot of youngsters in the second half, yet was pleased with what he saw.
"They stepped on the field in the second half and played pretty good," he said. "We're making progress every day."
Defensive midfielder Jesse Marsch took exception to a tough challenge from Luciano Emilio and left the game in the first half to apply ice to his right ankle (the one he always ices after games), but it's not believed he will add to the Chivas USA ranks of the walking wounded.
Former Galaxy midfielder Quavas Kirk played for D.C.
Incidentally, reality TV show winner Jorge Flores' nick name: Sueño (Dream).
Here are the match details from Chivas USA.
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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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