Houston Dynamo (12-8-9) at Chivas USA (13-10-6)
Galaxy fans will be watching this one as closely as Chivas USA supporters given that the clubs will meet next Sunday should Houston beat or tie the home team.
A half dozen changes for Preki today after Chivas USA's rather meek 1-0 loss to the Chicago Fire last time out.
Carey Talley and Ante Jazic replace Mariano Trujillo and Jonathan Bornstein at full back respectively, with Bornstein sliding into the middle in place of Shavar Thomas who drops to the bench.
In midfield, rookie Michael Lahoud and veteran Pablo Nagamura replace Gerson Mayen and Marcelo Saragosa, while up front it's an all new strike force with Justin Braun and Maicon Santos preferred to Maykel Galindo and Eduardo Lillingston, both largely ineffective against Chicago.
The Chivas USA starting XI then: Thornton, Talley, Bornstein, Cuesta, Jazic, Padilla, Lahoud, Nagamura, Kljestan, Braun, Santos.
Striker Brian Ching is suspended for Houston, which starts the tandem of Luis Angel Landin and Dominic Oduro in attack.
The game is on Prime and TeleFutura.
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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