Chivas USA Injury Woes Continue: Midfielder Sasha Victorine Out Two to Four Weeks

Sasha Victorine was smiling after scoring a goal against the Wizards earlier this month - he's not smiling now.

If Chivas USA Coach Preki was wondering who on his injury-ravaged squad was going down next he got the answer Tuesday: newly acquired midfielder Sasha Victorine is out two to four weeks - which means possibly the rest of the season depending on how the playoffs go - after spraining his left knee in Sunday's loss to the Colorado Rapids.

An MRI Monday evening revealed the extent of injury, which forced Victorine out of Sunday's game in the 25th minute.

Spare a thought for former Galaxy midfielder Victorine who had just one goal in 16 games with the Kansas City Wizards this season before being acquired by Chivas USA Sept. 15 in a deadline-day trade. Eying a fresh start after his declining role in Kansas City, Victorine scored two goals and one assist in five games with Chivas USA and was involved in both goals (scoring one) against the Wizards in his first start.

In other Chivas USA injury related news, (there's always more) defender Lawson Vaughn underwent successful surgery on his left ankle today in Baltimore. He's out for up to six months. It's Vaughn's fourth (!) serious injury this season.

Guess Chivas USA is going to have to recalculate that stat from last week that observed they had endured missing an average of 5.67 players per game solely due to injury.

And all this comes after a rare bit of good injury-related news for the club: forward Ante Razov, who had been out two games with a right calf strain, started and played the first 61 minutes of Sunday's match. Defender Carey Talley also returned from a concussion, playing the final 25 minutes. Paulo Nagamura, who was out with a sprained knee, played 45 minutes Sunday for Chivas USA reserves.