THE HOME DEPOT CENTER, Carson, Calif.
9:30 p.m. CT (FSSW)
June 18, 2011 (WEEK 14; MLS Game 137)
Two clubs aiming to get back to winning ways face off at The Home Depot
Center when Chivas USA play host to FC Dallas on Saturday evening.
Chivas lost for the first time in four games in their last outing, a 2-1
defeat by the Houston Dynamo on the road. FC Dallas saw their nine-game
unbeaten streak come to a sudden end, falling 4-1 to Sporting Kansas
City at home.
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REFEREE:
Edvin Jurisevic. SAR (bench): James Conlee; JAR (opposite): Colin Arblaster; 4th: Sorin Stoica
MLS Career: 31 games; FC/gm: 21.9; Y/gm: 3.9; R: 3; pens: 4
INJURY REPORT: CHIVAS USA —
DOUBTFUL: DF Jimmy Conrad (concussion) ...
FC DALLAS —
OUT: DF
Edson Edward
(R knee ACL tear); MF
David Ferreira
(R ankle); PROBABLE: MF
Bryan Leyva
(R ankle)
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES:
CHV: Alejandro Moreno (Venezuela)
SUSPENDED:
none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: CHV: Zarek Valentin
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: CHV: Nick LaBrocca ... DAL:
George John
,
Andrew Jacobson
,
Zach Loyd
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (17 meetings): Chivas USA 5 wins, 20 goals ... FC Dallas 8 wins, 23 goals ... Ties 4
AT CHIVAS USA (8 meetings): Chivas USA 3 wins, 12 goals ... FC Dallas 4 wins, 13 goals ... Ties 1
RETURN MATCH: 7/31: FC Dallas vs. Chivas USA, 6 p.m. CT (Galavision)
LAST YEAR (MLS):
6/26: CHV 1, DAL 2 (Romero 59 —own goal 45; Ferreira 61)
8/21: DAL 1, CHV 0 (Shea 71)
• FC Dallas won both meetings in 2010, 2-1 at The Home Depot Center
and 1-0 at Pizza Hut Park, a year after Chivas USA won both meetings
(each by a 2-0 scoreline).
• Nine of the last 11 meetings between the teams have ended with a team being shut out (one scoreless draw).
• Coaches record: Schellas Hyndman vs. CHV: P4 W2 L2 D0 ... Robin Fraser vs. DAL: first game
CHIVAS USA
Chivas USA once again couldn't come away from Robertson Stadium with a
victory, falling 2-1 to the Houston Dynamo on the road on Saturday
evening. Chivas USA have 17 points from 14 games on the season, in a tie
for seventh place in the Western Conference.
LAST MATCH (vs. Houston)
• Chivas scored after just seven minutes. Marcos Mondaini poached a
botched Hunter Freeman back pass and pushed the ball around an
on-rushing Tally Hall, slotting home from a tight angle.
• Geoff Cameron scored the equalizer in the 29th minute, heading
home from the penalty spot on a Brad Davis free kick swung in from out
on the right touchline.
• The winner came in the 55th minute. A Davis corner kick was
knocked back out from the goalmouth by Michael Lahoud, but the ball
ricocheted off Heath Pearce's leg and back past Chivas goalkeeper Dan
Kennedy.
• Chivas USA head coach Robin Fraser made two changes to the team
that defeated the Portland Timbers 1-0 at The Home Depot Center. Ante
Jazic came in for Zarek Valentin in the back, and Alejandro Moreno
returned from international duty, starting for Justin Braun.
• CHIVAS USA (4-1-3-2): Dan Kennedy - Michael Lahoud, Heath Pearce,
Michael Umana, Ante Jazic - Paulo Nagamura - Ben Zemanski (Blair Gavin
77), Nick LaBrocca, Jorge Flores (Simon Elliott 46) - Marcos Mondaini
(Justin Braun 61), Alejandro Moreno.
TEAM NEWS
• Chivas USA have now gone nine league games against the Dynamo
without a victory, though the goal scored by Mondaini ended a streak of
719 goalless minutes.
• "A big part of it is controlling the game with the ball, and I
thought that at times we did quite well with that and at times, with too
many stretched, we didn't do quite well with that," Chivas coach Robin
Fraser said. "We weren't as good in execution as we needed to be, which
led to turnovers, which led to opportunities for them, which led to
corner kicks and free kicks."
• Since returning from his four-game suspension, Marcos Mondaini has
scored in back-to-back games, netting the opener in the 2-1 loss at
Houston. Mondaini has three goals in his last four appearances.
• Chivas USA are the only team in MLS below .500 at home, with a
2-3-2 mark at The Home Depot Center. Five teams (Toronto, Kansas City,
D.C., Chicago and Vancouver) are .500 on their home grounds.
• "When we decided to play, we were quite good, and we were able to
play through them, which was a difficult thing to do here with this team
and the kind of pressure they put on," Fraser said. "I thought that at
times when we played confidently, we were able to possess our way pretty
well up the field."
• After missing two matches while with the Venezuelan national team,
Alejandro Moreno was released to play in Houston, starting and playing
the full 90 minutes. He will now rejoin the vinotinto in their
preparations for the 2011 Copa America.
• Ante Jazic returned to the back line after missing one match,
preferred to Zarek Valentin. It was the first match the rookie had not
played in since April 2.
FC DALLAS
FC Dallas saw their nine-game unbeaten streak come to a halt,
falling 4-1 to Sporting Kansas City on Sunday evening at Pizza Hut Park.
FCD has 25 points from 13 games on the season, in second place in the
Western Conference.
WATCH: Bobby Rhine previews FCD's match against Chivas USA
LAST MATCH (vs. Kansas City)
• Sporting took the lead after 28 minutes when Graham Zusi fired a
low shot from just outside the left corner of the box that beat Kevin
Hartman inside the far post. But Brek Shea pulled FCD level just four
minutes later, setting off on a powerful dribbling run through four SKC
defenders before slotting home from inside the area.
• Yet Sporting exploded after the break. A long corner from Zusi was
volleyed back into the mix by C.J. Sapong, and Aurelien Collin
swooped in to turn it home in the 49th minute. Zusi then made it 3-1 on a
remarkable free kick from just short of the center circle, which dipped
and dove as it sailed over Hartman's head.
• SKC were reduced to 10 men when Milos Stojcev was shown a second
yellow card, but it was the visitors who completed the scoring when Luke
Sassano ran onto a high ball out of midfield and looped it over Hartman
as he came rushing off his line.
• FC Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman made no changes to the team
that claimed a 1-0 win against the New England Revolution at Pizza Hut
Park
• FC DALLAS (4-4-2): Kevin Hartman - Zach Loyd (Jackson Goncalves
46), George John, Ugo Ihemelu, Jair Benitez (Ruben Luna 74) - Eric
Alexander (Milton Rodriguez 46), Andrew Jacobson, Daniel Hernandez, Brek
Shea - Marvin Chavez, Fabian Castillo.
WATCH: Carlos Alvarado previews FCD's match against Chivas USA (SPANISH)
TEAM NEWS
• FC Dallas allowed their most goals in a game since a 4-2 loss at Real Salt Lake, July 24, 2009.
• "It was a very disappointing performance on our part," FCD coach
Schellas Hyndman said. "The whole complete attitude -- they wanted the
game more than us, and I can't say that's occurred very often here. We
looked very tired. We looked tired before the game started. If they all
went to the same restaurant, I could say maybe it was the food. It's
just something was missing today."
• The trip to Chivas USA is the only road game in a five-game
stretch from June 4-July 2. FCD returns to Pizza Hut Park for games
against Portland and Columbus.
• "We're going to take this loss as an opportunity. An opportunity
to find out a little more about this team, and an opportunity to realize
that we're better when we play as a team and fight for every ball,"
said Hyndman.
• Brek Shea scored his FCD-leading fifth goal, his second in four games.
• "(Last year) he'd have hit that as hard as he could right at the
goalkeeper or missed the frame," Hyndman said. "But he showed so much
composure just slotting it into the far post and it was a great
opportunity for us to get back into the game."
• FC Dallas hadn't trailed in a game since April 23, when Vancouver
Whitecaps FC took a lead in the 25th minute, which they held for 28
minutes.
• "It was a poor representation of who we are as a group. It's one
of those games you have to move on quickly from," said goalkeeper Kevin
Hartman. "They really kind of handed it to us today, to be honest. It's
humbling, it's frustrating, it's embarrassing. All you can do is get
back to work."
• While he had made just one league appearance —18 minutes as a
substitute on April 17 —Maykel Galindo impressed with a goal for the FCD Reserves against the Venezuelan National Team.
• "I was really pleased with Maykel Galindo. I thought he had a very
good game. It's the reason we brought him. He's an experienced player
and a skillful player that can read the game well," Hyndman said.