Chivas USA post-game
Chivas USA 2 New England Revolution 0
Chivas USA midfielder Paulo Nagamura shoots just wide Friday against the New England Revolution. (AP Photo).
Chivas USA (7-12-4) had the Revs pinned down in their own half for the vast majority of the first 45 minutes. They scored two goals. Game over.
Quotable: "Offensively, defensively, I thought everybody was solid, and it's a good win for us," said Chivas USA Coach Martin Vasquez. "It comes at a very good moment, a very good time."
But probably way too late to save their season.
You have to say that the Revs made Chivas look good. New England were barely capable of getting out of their own half especially during the initial 45 minutes.
But still, Chivas USA played a fairly tidy passing game and took advantage of what they were given.
Notable: Justin Braun plus Alan Gordon (two assists tonight): a productive front line. Who woulda thunk?
Chias USA XI: Zach Thornton, Ante Jazic, Darío Delgado, Michael Umaña, Mariano Trujillo, Michael Lahoud, Ben Zemanski, Paulo Nagamura (Marcelo Saragosa 88), Rodolfo Espinoza , Alan Gordon (Sal Zizzo 68), Justin Braun (Giancarlo Maldonado 80)
Next for Chivas USA: Against CD Guadalajara Tuesday in San Diego.
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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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