Chivas USA Notes (0-1 vs. FC Dallas, Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas 8/21/2010)
 
·         Chivas USA fell by a score of 1-0 against FC Dallas on Saturday night at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. It was the eighth time the Red-and-White loses by a margin of one goal during league-play. With the result, Chivas USA (5-11-4) remains with 19 points, while FC Dallas (9-2-9) now has 36 points, good for third place in the Western Conference.
 
·         FC Dallas, a team that has only lost once at Pizza Hut Park in 2010, scored the only goal of the match at the 71st minute when Dallas’ Brek Shea won a header on a perfect cross from Jair Benitez and put it over the head of Chivas USA goalkeeper Zach Thornton and inside the far post. Dallas has an unbeaten streak of 11 games and is 6-1-3 at home this season. 
 
·         The Red-and-White had a total of 12 shots during the match but Dallas goalkeeper Kevin Hartman, who leads the league on saves percentage, was key in maintaining the Red-and-White scoreless with three important saves during the match, two of them on very dangerous headers by defenders Michael Umaña and Darío Delgado during the second half.
 
·         Midfielder Sal Sizzo made his debut with the Red-and-White at the 82nd minute when he substituted Ante Jazic in the match. Chivas USA won the MLS special lottery for the rights to the U.S. midfielder last month.
 
·         Chivas USA Head Coach Martín Vásquez on tonight’s match: “We had a very poor first half, we created chances in the second half but their goalkeeper came big… we finished running and fighting, and creating good chances, we knew we were facing a good team.»   
 
·         Post-Game quotes from Chivas USA player Zach  Thornton as well as Head Coach Martín Vásquez, will be available shortly on Dentro del Rebaño (‘Inside the Flock’), the official blog of Chivas USA.
 
·         The Red-and-White will travel back to Los Angeles on Sunday and will resume training on Monday. Chivas USA will face D.C. United on Sunday, August 29, at 7:00 p.m. PT at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. There will be a Rally Towel giveaway courtesy of State Farm to the first 10,000 fans and a Zach Thornton commemorative poster to the first 5,000 fans. For more information, or to purchase tickets, please call 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or visit cdchivasusa.com.
 
·         CHIVACLÁSICO: Chivas USA will face Chivas de Guadalajara on Tuesday, September 14th at 8:00 p.m. PT at PETCO Park in San Diego, Calif. It will be the second time the Red-and-White faces Guadalajara on U.S. soil. Tickets for this historic event are on sale now at cdchivasusa.com.
 
·         For full statistics on the match, please visit mlssoccer.com.
Chivas USA (5-11-4) vs. FC Dallas (9-2-9)
August 21, 2010 – Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Tx
Scoring Summary:
DAL — Brek Shea 5 (Jair Benitez 2, David Ferreira 8) 71
Misconduct Summary:
DAL — Atiba Harris (caution; Reckless Foul) 34
CHV — Jesus Padilla (caution; Unsporting Behavior) 79
DAL — Daniel Hernandez (caution; Unsporting Behavior) 79
CHV — Paulo Nagamura (caution; Tactical Foul) 89
Chivas USA — Zach Thornton, Jonathan Bornstein, Michael Umana, Dario Delgado, Ante Jazic (Sal Zizzo 82), Justin Braun (Carlos Borja 46), Ben Zemanski (Jesus Padilla 74), Paulo Nagamura, Rodolfo Espinoza, Alan Gordon, Giancarlo Maldonado.
Substitutes Not Used: Michael Lahoud, Osael Romero, Marcelo Saragosa, Kevin Guppy.
FC Dallas — Kevin Hartman, Heath Pearce, George John, Zach Loyd, Jair Benitez, Atiba Harris, Daniel Hernandez, Eric Alexander (Eric Avila 64), Brek Shea (Jackson Goncalves 85), David Ferreira, Milton Rodriguez (Jeff Cunningham 58).
Substitutes Not Used: Marvin Chavez, Edson Edward, Bruno Guarda, Dario Sala.
Referee: Paul Ward
Referee’s Assistants: Daniel Belleau; Greg Boles
4th Official: Jasen Anno
Time of Game: 1:52
Attendance: 10, 309
 
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