Final: Fire-Chivas USA
Chicago Fire 1 Chivas USA 0
Another drab, missed opportunity for Chivas USA.
They are masters of the bleeding obvious over at Chivas USA public relations, BTW:
Chivas USA now owns a record of 13-10-6 (W-L-T), and remains tied atop the Western Conference with the Houston Dynamo and the LA Galaxy with 45 points. All three teams have just one remaining match, with the Red-and-White hosting Houston on Sunday, and the LA Galaxy hosting San Jose on Saturday. Chivas USA can only finish first in the division if it does better than both Houston and LA this weekend.
No kidding.
Highlights (such as they are):
Chivas USA lineup: Zach Thornton, Jonathan Bornstein, Yamith Cuesta, Shavar Thomas, Mariano Trujillo (Paulo Nagamura 46), Sacha Kljestan, Gerson Mayen (Maicon Santos 62), Marcelo Saragosa, Jesus Padilla, Eduardo Lillingston, Maykel Galindo (Justin Braun 54).
Sacha Kljestan summed it up on Twitter: "Bummed we lost tonight... last game of the regular season on Sunday in LA"
Those of you near Redondo Beach might want to check out this event later today, BTW:
The mall is at 1815 Hawthorne Blvd., BTW.
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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