CARSON, Calif. (Saturday, June 29, 2013) – Chivas USA (3-10-3) played the New England Revolution (5-5-6) to a 1-1 draw Saturday night at the StubHub Center in the sides’ first and only meeting of the season. The Rojiblancos went ahead in the first half on midfielder Laurent Courtois’ first goal of the season, but the Revs responded with a late goal by Chad Barrett. With the tie, Chivas USA Head Coach José Luis Real recorded his first point at home and broke the team’s current losing streak.

The Rojiblancos took the 1-0 advantage in the 18th minute when forward Tristan Bowen controlled a loose ball inside the arc and dished it off to Courtois, who unleashed his left-footed strike from just outside the box and to the right of the arc to find the upper right corner of the net past a diving Bobby Shuttleworth.

Playing a goal up, the Red-and-White continued to push their attack forward and were close to adding a second score, as Courtois tried to return the favor to Bowen in the 34th minute. The midfielder got around a Revs defender with a solo play outside the right side of the box and sent a cross to Bowen, who gathered the ball near the penalty mark with his back to the net, turned and fired, but the shot traveled wide right of the post. The Goats continued to pepper New England’s goal as Courtois got off shots from nearly the same spot just outside the box in the 38th and 39th minute.

In the 48th minute Chivas USA goalkeeper Dan Kennedy made a diving save to his left on a shot that was sent from the left side of the box and on frame to preserve the one-goal advantage. Kennedy again was stout in the 64th minute when Kelyn Rowe worked the ball down the center of the attacking third and dropped it off to Diego Fagundez on his left, who one-timed his shot, but the attempt was denied as Kennedy controlled the shot.

A minute later, the Rojiblancos found themselves on New England’s doorstep off a corner kick. As the ball was played into the short area, midfielder Gabriel Farfan got off a header that was on frame, but a leaping save by Shuttleworth was able to keep the match at one-nil.

The Revs evened the match in the 88th minute when Fagundez sent a long cross from the right seam to the far post where Barrett was able to get a touch on the pass and the ball rattled passed the goal line, as the match ended in a 1-1 draw.

Chivas USA will have a short week as they now hit the road for a three-game road trip that will kick off with a Fourth of July match at FC Dallas beginning at 6 p.m. (PT) at FC Dallas Stadium. The match will be the second of three meetings between the Western Conference opponents this season and can be heard in Spanish on W Radio 690 AM. For more information visit cdchivasusa.com and follow us on Twitter @cdchivasusa and Facebook.com/chivasusa.

Chivas USA 1-1 New England

Scoring Summary

CHV – Laurent Courtois 1 (Tristan Bowen 1) 18’

NE – Chad Barrett 2 (Diego Fagundez 4, Scott Caldwell 1) 88’

Misconduct Summary:

NE – Clyde Simms (yellow, foul) 31’

CHV – Carlos Alvarez (yellow, time wasting) 71’

CHV – Tristan Bowen (yellow, argument) 74’

NE – Lee Nguyen (yellow, foul) 90’

Lineups

Chivas USA

Dan Kennedy, Carlos Borja, Mario de Luna, Walter Vilchez, Josue Soto, Gabriel Farfan (Martin Ponce 70’), Marco Delgado, Carlos Alvarez, Laurent Courtois (Marvin Iraheta 63’), Jorge Villafaña, Tristan Bowen (Jose Manuel Rivera 88’)

HC – Jose Luis Real

Subs not used: Patrick McLain, Bobby Burling, Edgar Mejia, Jose Correa

New England

Bobby Shuttleworth, Ryan Guy (Juan Carlos Toja 74’), Stephen McCarthy, Jose Goncalves, Chris Tierney, Saer Sene, Clyde Simms (Scott Caldwell 61’), Kelyn Rowe, Lee Nguyen, Diego Fagundez, Jerry Bengston (Chad Barrett 83’)

HC – Jay Heaps

Subs not used: Matt Reis, Dimitry Imbongo Boele, A.J. Soares, Darrius Barnes

Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Referee’s Assistants: Jeff Hosking, Colin Arblaster