Half Time: D.C. United at Chivas USA
It took Jesse Marsch half an hour to make an impression at sweeper.
A bad one.
Marsch was comprehensively beaten by Marcelo Gallardo just outside the top of the box, who put D.C. one up with a sweet move and shot.
Jaime Moreno almost added to his MLS goal total in first half stoppage time, sending a shot skimming over the bar that looked to have been redirected by Brad Guzan.
And that was largely it for on-field highlights.
Chivas USA finished the half without a shot on target; D.C. had a half dozen total, Chivas USA just one.
Razov had a goal disallowed for offside, by the way.
On a side note, Chivas USA has apparently found one way to fill the stands: invite really big high school bands to the game.
Legion 1908 is boycotting their second consecutive home game tonight.
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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.
If I were Chivas USA management, I would cut all ties to Legion 1908. They're nothing but thugs. Management should encourage a relationship w/Union Ultras and tell Legion 1908 to kiss off.