Half Time: Galaxy-D.C. United
Bad defending by Sean Franklin forced Dema Kovalenko to bring down D.C. United's Christian Gomez in the box just before half time. Gomez converted the spot kick.
This is not a classic by any means; until then Galaxy rookie Omar Gonzalez had perhaps gone closest for the home team with a header that went wide off a Landon Donovan corner.
Press box crowd estimates are 16,000-20,000 or about what Chivas USA drew last night. That's perhaps the first time the Galaxy haven't claimed a sell out for a home opener since their 2003 move to Home Depot Center.
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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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