Chivas USA Notes (1-1 vs. Chicago Fire, Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL 5/1/2010)

 

• Forward Maicon Santos scored his first goal of the season and Chivas USA (2-3-1) tied 1-1 the Chicago Fire (2-2-2) on Saturday night at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, IL in front of 13,224 fans. Santos came in as a sub at the 69 minute and scored the tying goal seven minutes later. It was the first match between two Mexican Head Coaches in MLS history.

• Chivas USA now has 7 points in the Western Conference and a two-game unbeaten streak. The Red-and-White heads to New England to face the Revolution on Wednesday, May 5, at 4:30 p.m. PT (Prime Ticket, KWHY, W Radio 690 AM).

• After a very hard-fought first half in which Chivas USA and Chicago had only one shot on goal each, the Fire scored first at the 52 minute when Marco Pappa found Patrick Nyarko on the back post and Nyarko passed the ball to Baggio Husidic for the goal right in front of the net.

• After entering the game at the 69 minute, Santos scored the tying goal off a corner kick from Sacha Kljestan, with a header to the the upper-left corner at the 76 minute.

• Chivas USA midfielder Ben Zemanski made his second straight MLS start playing alongside fellow college teammate Blair Gavin, from Akron.

• Post-Game audio/video from Midfielder Blair Gavin will be available shortly on Dentro del Rebaño (‘Inside the Flock’), the official blog of Chivas USA.

• Chivas USA Head Coach Martín Vásquez on tonight’s match: «It was a well played game from both teams.  There are a lot of similarities in our style of play and it was well played.  There was a lot of good combination plays, a lot of possession, some key players having good performances.  We’re happy with the result.”

• Chivas USA will travel to New England on Monday ahead of its game against the Revolution on Wednesday.

• Next home game: Chivas USA will host the Houston Dynamo on Saturday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. PT at the Home Depot Center in Carson. For more information, or to purchase tickets, please call 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or visit cdchivasusa.com.

 

Chicago Fire 1 : 1 Chivas USA

Chicago Fire Match # 6 MLS Game # 40

May 1, 2010 – TOYOTA PARK – Bridgeview, IL  

Chicago Fire: Andrew Dykstra; Tim Ward, Wilman Conde, CJ Brown, Deris Umanzor; Patrick Nyarko, Peter Lowry, Baggio Husidic, Marco Pappa, Justin Mapp (Mike Banner, 22’ (Julio Martinez, 81’); Brian McBride (c) (Stefan Dimitrov, 88’) 

Substitutes Not Used: Sean Johnson, Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Corben Bone

Chivas USA: Zach Thornton; Mariano Trujillo, Michael Umana, Dario Delgado, Jonathan Bornstein; Michael Lahoud (Maicon Santos, 69’), Ben Zemanski, Blair Gavin, Jesus Padilla (Marcelo Saragosa, 91’+), Sacha Klejstan (c); Justin Braun (Chukwudi Chjindu, 79’)

 

Substitutes Not Used: Kevin Guppy, Carlos Borja, Ymith Cuesta, Gerson Mayen

Scoring Summary:

CHI – Baggio Husidic (Patrick Nyarko, Marco Pappa) 52’ 

CHI – Maicon Santos (Sacha Kljestan) 76’

Discipline Summary:

CHV – Dario Delgado (caution) 68’

Referee: Jasen Anno  

Referee’s Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Cameron Blair

4th Referee: Geoff Gamble  

Attendance: 13,224

 

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