Final: Chivas USA at Columbus Crew
Crew 2 Chivas USA 1
Chivas USA (8-4-3) have one MLS win in six games going into SuperLiga; surging Columbus now haven't lost in nine games.
Notable: Chivas USA are tied with the Dyanmo for the lead in the Western Conference; Houston has two games in hand.
Quotable:
"We don't want to make any excuses but for whatever reason, we ran out of gas," said Chivas USA Coach Preki. "I'm surprised in the first goal that they got off a goal kick. It's the second time we concede a goal off a goal kick ... first in Houston. It's the exact same play. So it's disappointing ... It happens in soccer, it's a fast game, you got to think fast, react fast, and we certainly didn't react fast"
Chivas USA now has three consecutive Super Liga games beginning Saturday against Tigres.
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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