dailybreeze.com - 8/24/2008
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For two seconds, everything was golden. For two seconds, Chivas USA had erased its five-game winless streak. For two seconds, the team's offseason acquisition of Alecko Eskandarian made all the sense in the world. But of course in soccer, two seconds might as well be two years. That's all it took for an offsides call to shatter the joy after Eskandarian's would-be game-winning goal in the ...
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San Jose Earthquakes-Chivas USA Post-Game
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... I love that."
Notable:
*Chivas USA goalkeeper Zach Thornton got his first shutout in his fifth appearance for the club.
*Jonathan Bornstein played on the right side of defense for the first time since last season.
*Chivas USA departs LAX at 8 a.m. Sunday for Panama City, where they play the first match of their home and away CONCACAF Champions League qualifying series against Panamanian club Tauro F.C. at 5 p.m. Tuesday live on Galavision.
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... the Deseret News. Post game notes by Mitchell. Kansas City 1-1 Dallas - KCW goal by Jimmy Conrad. FCD goal by Andre Rocha. Attendance: 9,825 Venue: CommunityAmerica Ballpark, Kansas City KS Match report by Bob Luder the Kansas City Star. Match report from the Dallas Morning News. Match report from the Fort Worth Star Telegram. Chivas USA 0-0 San Jose Attendance: 12,209 Venue: Home Depot Center, Carson CA Match report from the Daily Breeze. Match report by Grahame Jones of the LA ...
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