Final: FC Dallas at Chivas USA
Chivas USA 2 FC Dallas 0
Chivas USA moves to 5-1-1 and remains atop MLS; Dallas falls to 1-4-1 and is tied with the Galaxy in the Western Conference basement.
Chivas USA scored a second in second half stoppage time when Alecko Eskandarian ran on to a long Gerson Mayen ball.
Chivas USA were down to 10 men at the time; Atiba Harris was sent off in the 89th minute after receiving a second yellow to add to the one he received in the first minute of the game.
Dallas, who played with 10 men for about 65 minutes of the game after starting goalkeeper Dario Sala was sent off, were unable to break down the Chivas USA defense.
Their best chance was a Pablo Richetti shot that whistled past the post in the 82nd minute.
Chivas USA could have scored more: a 55th minute Harris header from a corner kick was saved by Ray Burse on the goal line. And Justin Braun saw a 56th minute cross almost catch Burse out and head to the top corner of the goal until the Dallas goalkeeper got his fingertips to it.
More later.
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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