MLS Sunday Wrap: Chivas USA, LA Galaxy are ugly losers

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Landon Donovan, who has singlehandedly won many games for the Galaxy, missed a PK for a second consecutive game and played a major role in a loss for a change.

Staff Writer Scott Wolf has the game story.

There was a controversial moment involving Chivas USA goalkeeper Dan Kennedy in Sunday’s game against Sporting Kansas City, too.

Watch:

Game story here.

I’ll have more on the refereeing decisions in these games in Tuesday’s column.

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Friday Kicks: Chivas USA’s Dan Kennedy gets new contract & more

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  • Old news if you follow me on Twitter @lasoccerblog, but Staff Writer Phil Collin has the story of the cornerstone of Chivas USA sticking by the club.
  • Tickets for the Ventura County Fusion’s May 14 U.S. Open Cup game at Ventura College are now on sale. The opponents will be the winner of the Fresno Fuego Future-FC Hasental clash, a game played three days after the Fusion’s PDL  home opener against the BYU Cougars.
  • Lawndale’s Kei Kamara will attempt to ensure the EPL status of Norwich City at 6:30 a.m. Saturday against former Canaries boss Paul Lambert and Aston Villa on Fox Soccer, while Manchester United and Chelsea clash at 7:30 a.m. Sunday on the same channel.
  • Chivas USA visits Sporting Kansas City Sunday (2 p.m. UniMas), while the Galaxy caps off the weekend with an 8 p.m. game Sunday in Carson that is a rematch of last year’s MLS Cup against the Houston Dynamo (live on ESPN2). More on these games later.

 

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Wednesday Kicks: Lampard, Boxx & more

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*San Jose Earthquakes forward Steven Lenhart was suspended for two games and fined an undisclosed amount by MLS today for his conduct in the above incident that “endangered the safety” of opponent Mario de Luna in the 68th minute of the game against Chivas USA Saturday in Carson.

Lenhart won’t appeal the suspension. He wasn’t give a card of any color for the incident in the game, but coach Frank Yallop yanked the hot-headed Lenhart two minutes later to ensure he didn’t get sent off.

*Torrance’s Shannon Box is out for six weeks after undergoing surgery today.

*Those Frank Lampard to the Galaxy rumors? Not going to happen this summer, according to this report out of England.

*For the first time ever, adult players will participate in AYSO’s National Games next year when the event is held in Torrance and Riverside.

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Palos Verdes Peninsula’s Robbie Rogers talks about Jason Collins, growing up gay on ABC’s “Nightline”

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South Bay soccer player Robbie Rogers, who recently came out as gay, appeared on ABC’s “Nightline” last night to discuss NBA player Jason Collins’ admission that he is homosexual and what it was like to return to his family after making his public admission.

I hesitated blogging about this yet again, but it’s a subject and discussion some still need to hear judging by the response to Collins’ announcement.

Let’s hope we see Rogers back on a soccer field in a competitive game sooner rather than later, although he did make it out to Galaxy training today:

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Wednesday Kicks: LA Galaxy, Herculez Gomez & more

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  • Real Salt Lake, who vanquished Chivas USA last weekend, are now looking to do the same to the Galaxy, who make the trek to Utah for a game Saturday. Sister newspaper The Salt Lake City Tribune has more here.
  • Even though the Galaxy are out of the CONCACAF Champions League there’s still local interest in the form of LA native and former Galaxy striker Herculez Gomez who suits up tonight in the opening leg of the final at 7 p.m. on  Fox Soccer.
  • Give blood Friday at the Cedars-Sinai Rita and Taft Schreiber Blood Donor Facility, 8700 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles and receive a free pair of tickets to an unspecified Galaxy game. Walk-ins are welcome, appointments recommended. Call 310-423-2637. As a bonus, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. the Galaxy’s 2011 and 2012 MLS Cups will be on display there, too.
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