Chivas USA-San Jose Earthquakes Highlights
Notable:
*It's six wins in eight games for the metronomic Chivas USA who continue to win despite their now trademark slew of injuries (tonight's magic number of absentees was seven).
*Chivas USA midfielder Sasha Victorine entered the match as a 74th minute sub for Eduardo Lillingston, making his 2009 debut, returning from microfracture surgery on his left knee on Nov. 12, 2008 to play the final 16 minutes of the match.
*The Earthquakes were without the injured Darren Huckerby.
Quotable:
"We scrambled in the first 20 minutes then were able to settle down and control the game," said Chivas USA Coach Preki. "We played the ball well and created many chances to score again, but we are happy with the win tonight."
Lineup
Zach Thornton, Mariano Trujillo, Carey Talley, Shavar Thomas, Jonathan Bornstein, Sacha Kljestan, Jesse Marsch, Paulo Nagamura, Bojan Stepanovic (Gerson Mayen 79), Justin Braun (Maykel Galindo 60), Eduardo Lillingston (Sasha Victorine 74).
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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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