Chivas USA beat Irapuato 1-0 on Tuesday in the final preseason day at Guadalajara before departing to LA after a 10-day preseason camp in Mexico. Rookie Michael Lahoud scored his first goal with the Red-and-White, which is scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles in the evening. Chivas USA will play UCLA and Swedish club Hammarby on Saturday at the Home Depot Center.

Chivas USA venció por la mínima diferencia al Irapuato en Guadalajara antes de emprender el viaje de regreso a Los Ángeles. El recién seleccionado en el SuperDraft 2009, Michael Lahoud anotó el gol de la diferencia y su primero con el uniforme rojiblanco. Chivas USA sostuvo un campamento de 10 días en Guadalajara. Chivas USA enfrentará a UCLA y al Hammarby sueco el próximo sábado en El Home Depot Center.

Aquí están las estadísticas no oficiales del partido:
Here are the unofficial stats of today’s game:

Chivas USA 1-0 Irapuato

MLS Preseason Scrimmage, 17 Feb 2009

Partido amistoso, 17 de febrero, 2009

Verde Valle, Cancha #2, Zapopan, Jal.

Goals/Goles:

CHV – Lahoud (Jazic) 65

CHV Lineup/Alineación:

Zach Thornton, Carey Talley (Dan Gargan ’57), Shavar Thomas (Javier Ledesma 57′) , Jim Curtin, Ante Jazic, Sacha Kljestan (Jesse Marsch 5′) (Gilson Tussi 57′), Michael Lahoud, Diego Scotti, Jonathan Bornstein (Jamie Franks 46′), Eduardo Lillingston (Justin Braun 57′) , Román Cuello (Alecko Eskandarian, 52′)

IRP Lineup/Alineación:

Manuel Corona (Edgar Reina 46′), Axel Zumaya, David Hernandez, Esequiel Britiz, Jair Cortes Israel Moreno (Juan Garza 46′), Horacio Franco, Andres Ugalde, Noel Castillo, Adalberto Robles (Arturo Chavez 46′), Sergio ‘Alvin’ Perez (Israel Valadez 46′)

PHOTO: Simon Barber/Club Deportivo Guadalajara

All the sights and sounds from the 2009 ChivaGirls auditions, held Sunday at the velodrome at The Home Depot Center. Hear from returning ChivaGirls Dalila, Jessica, Kelley, and Lauren, and go behind the scenes of the entire audition process with ChivaGirls director Aimee Edmundson.
All in our Official YouTube Channel here:

Las finalistas

Interviews with Jonathan Bornstein and Sacha Kljestan following their arrival in Chivas USA’s preseason camp:

· Sacha Kljestan on returning to Chivas USA and his role as a leader this season (English)
· Jonathan Bornstein on USA-Mexico and his hopes for 2009 with Chivas USA (English)

Also, Dan Kennedy talks with chivascampeon.com, the official website of Chivas de Guadalajara, about his objectives for 2009 (English with Spanish translation)

En tierras mexicanas

Reactions from today’s scrimmage (Click the players’ names to listen to audio):

· Jesse Marsch on the team’s performance and the challenge of integrating new players (English)
· Omar Briceño on his training stint so far with Chivas USA (Spanish)
· Diego Scotti on his first run-out with the Red-and-White (Spanish)
· Eduardo Lillingston on getting back into game shape and his first-half appearance vs. Tapatío (Spanish)

PHOTOS: Omar Sabik/NotiChivas and Chivas USA Communications

Preki answered questions from local media following today’s scrimmage vs. Tapatío at Multigol:

On the scrimmage:

“I thought it was a good game for us at this time of the year. It’s preseason, we’re trying to get fit, and at the same time we’re trying to see some of these new guys. Sometimes that’s not such an easy thing when you throw too many guys into the team.

“But I think it was a good exercise for us. We played a pretty decent team, a young, fit team that is in-season, they gave us a good game. We have to just keep monitoring the guys who are here. We are not going to make any decisions on day two or three, we will give them some time to settle and then we’ll make a decision.”

On the new players training with the squad:

“I don’t like to [single players out]. It’s always about the team and how they fit into the team concept. They’ve all done some good things, and they’ve all done some bad things. So we’ll see how they progress in the coming days, however long they stay with us.”

On the prospect of more Guadalajara players training with Chivas USA:

“We are talking to people from Guadalajara and we’ll see what happens in the next couple days.”