Final Result: Chivas USA at Toronto FC
Chivas USA beat a severely depleted Toronto FC 3-1 Saturday afternoon.
Daniel Paladini, briefly a Galaxy player, scored his first-ever MLS goal for Chivas USA just before half time and Los Alamitos' Jonathan Bornstein added the second half winner. Ante Razov got the third in stoppage time. Goalkeeper Zach Thornton was carted off injured.
Notable:
*The win was Chivas USA's second victory in two weeks over Toronto; it was the club's first-ever come-from-behind victory on the road.
*The win improves the team's record to 8-9-6 and ties Chivas USA for second place in the Western Conference with Real Salt Lake, which plays the Galaxy later tonight.
* Next for Chivas USA - A game against the New England Revolution Thursday on ESPN2; the team will stay on the East Coast between games. Sacha Kljestan is suspended for the game.
Quotable:
*"[The result] is incredibly important," Coach Preki said. "I think right now we put ourselves in a really good spot to push in last seven games for a playoff spot."
*Dan Paladini on his first goal as a pro:
"Unbelievable feeling. ... I didn't even see it go in. I turned, shot, it went in and my teammates crowded around me, it was fun."
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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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