El mediocampista de Chivas USA Jorge Flores nos habla de su ciudad natal, su apodo “Sueño”, su súper héroe?. Conózcalo en esta nueva edición de “Chatting with Chivas USA”.

Chivas USA held a press conference today at The Home Depot Center, in which players Paulo Nagamura and Mariano Trujillo previewed the upcoming tournament between top teams from Major League Soccer and the Mexican First Division.

PHOTO: JUAN MIRANDA/CHIVAS USA

El defensa Claudio Suarez, el defensa Mariano Trujillo y el delantero Eduardo Lillingston hablan sobre el partido de SuperLiga el próximo sábado, 20 de enero, a las 7 p.m. en El Home Depot Center.

Two players have joined Chivas USA for training today at The Home Depot Center:

• Leonardo Gonzalez, a Uruguayan defender, and
• Vladimir Buac, a midfielder from Serbia

The team trains Wednesday through Friday at The Home Depot Center ahead of Saturday night’s SuperLiga 2009 opener against Tigres UANL. For tickets to the match, which kicks off at 7:00 p.m., call 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or click here.

La leyenda del futbol mexicano, Claudio Suárez, el defensa Mariano Trujillo y el delantero Eduardo Lillingston (6 goles en la temporada de la MLS) hablan sobre el enfrentamiento de SuperLiga 2009 entre Chivas USA y Tigres de la UANL este próximo sábado, 20 de junio, a partir de las 7 p.m. en El Home Depot Center en Carson, California.

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Claudio Suárez
Mariano Trujillo
Eduardo Lillingston

Chivas USA estará haciendo su segunda presentación en SuperLiga 2009, un torneo que enfrenta a los mejores equipos de la MLS y del Futbol Mexicano con uno de los premios más codiciados de la región en disputa.

Después de su debut ante Tigres de la UANL el sábado, 20 de junio, Chivas USA enfrentará al Chicago Fire de Cuauhtémoc Blanco el martes, 23 de junio, en el Toyota Park, antes de verse las caras ante San Luis de México el 27 de junio a las 7:00 p.m. en El Home Depot Center.

Midfielder Jesse Marsch and defender Carey Talley look ahead to Chivas USA’s three upcoming SuperLiga matches, starting Saturday at Home Depot Center against Tigres.

Chivas USA fell by a score of 2-1 against the Columbus Crew in front of 12,658 fans on Sunday at Columbus Crew Stadium, just sixth days before the SuperLiga 2009 opener against Mexico’s Tigres UANL on Saturday, June 20th at 7:00 p.m. PT at The Home Depot Center in Carson.
With today’s result, Chivas USA is now tied with the Houston Dynamo in first place in the Western Conference with a record of 8-4-3 (W-L-T) and 27 points. However, the Dynamo (8-2-3) have played two fewer games than the Red-and-White.

Chivas USA forward Eduardo Lillingston scored his sixth goal of the season at the 39th minute when he fought and won the ball to a Crew defender, slid the ball past goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum, and scored Chivas USA’s only goal of the match. Lillingston leads the team in goals with six. However, Crew’s Guillermo Barros Schelotto scored in the 61st and 87th minute to give the home team the victory and stretched the Crew’s undefeated streak to nine games.
Chivas USA defender Ante Jazic played his first game of the season (70 minutes) after recuperating from a concussion he suffered in preseason. Defender Mariano Trujillo also reappeared in the lineup after serving a yellow-card accumulation suspension on Wednesday at Houston.
Chivas USA Head Coach Preki, on today’s match: “We don’t want to make any excuses but for whatever reason, we ran out of gas… I’m surprised in the first goal that they got off a goal kick. It’s the second time we concede a goal off a goal kick… first in Houston, It’s the exact same play. So it’s disappointing… it happens in soccer, it’s a fast game, you got to think fast, react fast, and we certainly didn’t react fast” (For a full quote sheet, please visit cdchivasusa.com.)
The Red-and-White returns to Los Angeles tomorrow morning and will resume training on Wednesday. Chivas USA hosts Tigres UANL of Mexico at 7:00 p.m on Saturday at The Home Depot Center in SuperLiga 2009’s game opener in Group A. For the second consecutive year, Chivas USA takes on top teams from Mexico and MLS in SuperLiga. A full schedule of SuperLiga media activities in Southern California, including team arrivals, press conference and practice times, will be released on Monday. For more information, please call 1-877-CHIVAS-1, visit cdchivasusa.com or call Chivas USA Communications.

AUDIOS

ENGLISH
Listen to post-game audios from:
Head Coach Preki
Defender Carey Talley
Goalkeeper Zach Thornton

ESPAÑOL
Escuche y baje los audios de reacciones en español de:
El delantero Maykel Galindo
El mediocampista Paulo Nagamura

Chivas USA, the top team in Major League Soccer, plays the second leg of a two-match road swing this Sunday in Columbus, ahead of its June 20 debut in SuperLiga 2009 against Mexico’s Tigres UANL at The Home Depot Center. After falling 1-0 at Houston on Wednesday, the Red-and-White look to get back on track against Guillermo Barros Schelotto and the defending MLS Cup champions. The match, which kicks off at 12:00 noon PT (3:00 p.m. ET) will be broadcast live on national television on TeleFutura, and locally on W Radio 690 AM. Chivas USA then comes back to Southern California, where it will train ahead of its SuperLiga opener The Home Depot Center. For more information on SuperLiga, or to purchase tickets, please call 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or visit cdchivasusa.com.

Here are a few pictures taken at today’s practice:

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