Half Time: Tauro FC-Chivas USA
Chivas USA ended the half one up courtesy of a Roberto Nurse goal to put the series 2-1 on aggregate, but if they go out of the CONCACAF Champions League they'll be ruing three easy missed chances in the opening 45 minutes.
Sacha Kljestan missed a penalty with a weak shot he sent almost straight at the goalkeeper in the 23rd minute after Nurse ran onto a Panchito Mendoza ball and was brought down by goalkeeper Willington Dominguez.
Justin Braun's short-range header in the 12th minute from a corner kick beat the goalkeeper, but was headed off the line by Tauro defender Leonel Parris.
And Atiba Harris headed off the bar from inside the six-yard box in the 36th minute.
Nurse, who turned and fired home from about 10 yards despite the close attention of a Tauro FC defender, collected his first goal for Chivas USA.
Chivas USA lead the game - but they should be leading the series.
Still, Tauro FC hung back in the first half often playing with nine men behind the ball and with only one goal now separating the two teams can't afford to play so defensively in the second half.
About 100 Percent Soccer
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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