Match Recap: CHIVAS USA v EARTHQUAKES

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Saturday night soccer — Both LA teams now lead the West
Published 7/6/2008 by Ric at The World's Beautiful Game
While so many have been focused on the Western Conference leaders LA Galaxy for most of this season - while they have led the West for most of the past two months, the other tenant of the Home Depot Center was busy building and improving its performance after a very poor start in the spring.  Now, as of late Saturday night, both teams share the lead of the Western Conference table with identical 6-6-3 records, each with 21 points… Saturday night at the HDC, Chivas USA eeked out a 1-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes, thanks to a magnificent, perfectly placed kick in the 88th minute by Ante Razov.  Razov is the second all-time leading MLS ...

Cheat-us USA
Published 7/6/2008 at Center Line Soccer
Cheat-us USA If the only thing you knew about last night’s 1-0 Chivas USA win over the Earthquakes was gleaned from the match reports in the Mercury News , L.A. Times , or the L.A. Daily News , you’d think that the game was decided solely by a brilliant free kick by Ante Razov. There’s little mention of what led to the free kick in any of those stories, despite what will be recognized by any soccer fan as a controversial breach of the game’s unwritten rules of fair play. If you missed it, here’s what a description of the situation from Jeff Carlisle’s match report here on CLS : (T)he buildup to Razov’s strike will certainly offer plenty of grist for ...

Saturday night soccer — Both LA teams lead now lead the West
Published 7/7/2008 by Ric at The World's Beautiful Game
While so many have been focused on the Western Conference leaders LA Galaxy for most of this season - while they have led the West for most of the past two months, the other tenant of the Home Depot Center was busy building and improving its performance after a very poor start in the spring. Now, as of late Saturday night, both teams share the lead of the Western Conference table with identical 6-6-3 records, each with 21 points… Saturday night at the HDC, Chivas USA eeked out a 1-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes, thanks to a magnificent, perfectly placed kick in the 88th minute by Ante Razov. Razov is the second all-time leading MLS ...