Foto del Día

Ante un calor muy fuerte, Chivas USA entrenó ayer por última vez de cara al partido de mañana ante el Real Salt Lake a partir de las 7:30 p.m. PT en El Home Depot Center de Carson, California.

Chatting with Chivas USA: Michael Lahoud

Get to know rookie midfielder Michael Lahoud in the latest installment of "Chatting With Chivas USA," including his Hollywood-depicted home country, his favorite soccer player, and the surprise source of his nickname:

Chivas USA faces RSL this Saturday!

Chivas USA has a special Mothers Day celebration planned for this Saturday night, as all Moms get in free to the Red-and-White’s match against Real Salt Lake at The Home Depot Center. First-place Chivas USA (6-1-1, 19 pts) currently sits in first place in MLS, six points ahead second-place Seattle Sounders FC.
Watch defender Shavar Thomas and forward Justin Braun discuss Chivas USA's 1-0 victory over San Jose and look ahead to Saturday's match against Real Salt Lake on our Official YouTube Channel here:

As part of Saturday’s festivities, Chivas USA will also give eleven lucky Moms the opportunity to participate in the ‘Jerseys Off Our Backs’ program after the game, where they will be presented with game-worn jerseys from the players that finish the match. For more details, or to enter to win, please call Chivas USA at 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or visit the ‘Jerseys Off Our Backs’ booth in the ChivaTown fan zone at The Home Depot Center. Tickets to the match can also be purchased by visiting cdchivasusa.com.

Chivas USA enfrenta el Real Salt Lake este sábado!

Chivas USA festejará el Día de las Madres con una promoción especial este fin de semana, la cual consiste en que todas las mamás entran gratis al partido de Chivas USA ante el Real Salt Lake este sábado, 9 de mayo, a las 7:30 p.m. PT en El Home Depot Center. Chivas USA se ubica en primer lugar en la Conferencia Oeste y en primer lugar en la MLS, seis unidades por arriba de los Sounders de Seattle.
Escuche los comentarios previos de Mariano Trujillo y Eduardo Lillingston acerca del partido:

Después del partido, once afortunadas madres de familia ganarán la camiseta de cada uno de los jugadores que finalicen el cotejo, como parte del programa único del mejor equipo de la MLS, ‘Jerseys Off Our Backs’. Para más información, llame a Chivas USA a 1-877-CHIVAS-1 o visite la carpa de ‘Jerseys Off Our Backs’ en ChivaTown el día del partido en El Home Depot Center. Para información sobre el encuentro o para comprar boletos, favor de visitar cdchivasusa.com.

Chivas USA at San Jose Earthquakes - Recap

Watch Preki, Sacha Kljestan, Jesse Marsch and goalscorer Justin Braun react to Chivas USA's 1-0 victory over San Jose.

Chivas extends league lead with win at San Jose / Chivas gana en San José y sigue líder

Chivas USA captured its sixth win in the first eight games of the season, and extended its lead at the top of Major League Soccer with a 1-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Justin Braun scored the only goal of the game in the 53rd minute, taking advantage of a defensive miscommunication to poke home a Jonathan Bornstein cross.
With the win, the Red-and-White are now 6-1-1 with 19 points, clear at the top of the league by six points, ahead of second-place Seattle Sounders FC. Chivas USA plays its next game this Saturday, May 9, against Real Salt Lake at The Home Depot Center; for more information, or to purchase tickets, visit cdchivasusa.com or call 1-877-CHIVAS-1.
Goalkeeper Zach Thornton earned his league-leading fifth shutout of the season, making six saves to preserve the clean sheet. His first and finest save of the night came less than two minutes into the game, extending to tip a low shot from Shea Salinas off the post before it was cleared by the Red-and-White defense. Thornton leads the league in saves and lowered his goals against average to .38, having given up just three goals this season.
Tonight’s match was the second consecutive game at San Jose that Chivas USA has won by a 1-0 score, with the last road win against the Earthquakes coming on October 11, 2008. In both matches, Justin Braun scored the only goal; tonight’s was his first of the 2009 season. Bornstein’s assist was also his first of the season; midfielder Gerson Mayén played the final 11 minutes of the game and still leads MLS in assists, with four.
Chivas USA midfielder Sasha Victorine entered the match as a 74th minute sub for Eduardo Lillingston, making his 2009 debut, returning from microfracture surgery on his left knee on Nov. 12, 2008 to play the final 16 minutes of the match.
The team has Sunday and Monday off before resuming training on Tuesday morning at 10:00 a.m. at The Home Depot Center; a full schedule of the team’s activities will be released Monday.
Chivas USA Head Coach Preki, on tonight’s match: “We scrambled in the first 20 minutes then were able to settle down and control the game. We played the ball well and created many chances to score again, but we are happy with the win tonight.” (For a full quote sheet, please visit cdchivasusa.com.)
Chivas USA returns home on Saturday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. PT for a grudge match against fellow 2005 expansion club Real Salt Lake. The Red-and-White, which currently own a four-match winning streak at home to start the season, are offering a special Mothers Day promotion, as all Moms get in free to the match. For more information, or to purchase tickets, please call 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or visit cdchivasusa.com.

Chivas USA arrives in San Jose

Chivas USA players (left to right) Sasha Victorine, Jesse Marsch, Jonathan Bornstein, and Zach Thornton joke around while waiting for the team's bags in the San Jose airport.

Chivas USA arrived Friday evening in San Jose ahead of Saturday night’s match against the Earthquakes at Buck Shaw Stadium. The match kicks off at 7:30 p.m., and will be broadcast live in Southern California on W Radio 690 AM, and tape-delayed on FS West at 10:00 p.m. (pre-game show starts at 7:00 p.m. on W Radio and 9:30 p.m. on FS West).

One player who is traveling with the team for the first time in 2009 is midfielder Sasha Victorine, who has not yet played this season due to a knee surgery he underwent last October. The UCLA grad and SoCal native arrived at Chivas USA in a mid-season trade last year, and had 2 goals and 1 assist in just 5 games (4 starts) before suffering the knee injury that ended his season.

Victorine is excited to have the chance to be back on the road with his teammates.

“You definitely forget what it’s like traveling when you haven’t been there for a while, but it’s good,” he said after the team landed in San Jose. “It’s nice to get out and feel the camaraderie with your teammates when you’re on the road. I’m excited no matter what, just to be out, and hopefully get the chance to play.”

As for the opportunity to potentially play in tomorrow’s match, Victorine knows that it will take some time for him to adjust from practicing with his teammates, which he has been doing since March, to an MLS match.

“It’s a different experience,” he said. “Practice is practice, but you can’t get the same atmosphere as a game, just because of the speed. I think that’s the key, why it’s taken a little bit longer [to return from injury], just getting back up to speed and quickness and the rhythm. I feel pretty good. I think it’s going to be a little while until I’m all the way back, feeling 100% comfortable, where I think I should be, but it’s a process.”

After Saturday night’s match in San Jose, Chivas USA will face Real Salt Lake at The Home Depot Center on May 9 at 7:30 p.m. PT. For more information on either game, or to purchase tickets to the Red-and-White’s next home game, please call 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or visit cdchivasusa.com.