Audio | Dentro del Rebaño

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 71^st 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 82^nd 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.

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.

AUDIOS:

Listen to Zach Thornton talk about the game

Listen to Head Coach Vásquez talks about loss in Dallas

POST-GAME REACTIONS:
Vásquez talks about the game

Vásquez talks about the remaining of the season:

Aug 14

AUDIO: Reacción de Maldonado después del partido

Escuche la reacción del delantero Giancarlo Maldonado después del partido aquí.

Jul 31

AUDIO & VIDEO: Braun, Blair and Borja lead Red-and-White over Crew

Chivas USA captured a critical home victory over the Eastern Conference leading Columbus Crew on Saturday night, winning 3-1 at The Home Depot Center in Carson. The Red-and-White (5-9-3, 18 points) rode goals from three of its youngest players en route to the team’s fifth victory in the MLS regular season.

Forward Justin Braun opened the scoring for Chivas USA, scoring his team-leading seventh goal of the season in the 37^th minute. Recent acquisition Rodolfo Espinoza floated a cross into the box, and Braun rose above the defense to head home from 10 yards.

Just before halftime, the Red-and-White doubled their lead when rookie midfielder Blair Gavin took advantage of a Crew miscommunication to score his third goal of the year. A Dan Kennedy punt was misplayed by Columbus defenders, and Gavin slipped in to nick the ball past William Hesmer in the Crew goal in the 45^th minute.

In the second half, Chivas USA iced the game when Carlos Borja, who was filling in for Mariano Trujillo (suspended due to yellow card accumulation) at right back, scored his first career goal. After a corner kick was cleared, Ben Zemanski blasted the ball back into the box, and Giancarlo Maldonado chested the ball down for Borja to drive home from 15 yards.

It was a night of firsts for several members of the Red-and-White, as Espinoza, Darío Delgado, Zemanski and Maldonado all notched their first assists in MLS play, while Borja scored his first goal as a professional. All three goalscorers for Chivas USA were 23 years of age or younger.

The win improved Chivas USA’s record to 5-9-3 on the season, and 2-0-2 in the last four MLS regular season matches. In eight games (including U.S. Open Cup and SuperLiga) in the month of July, the Red-and-White had a 4-1-3 record.

Chivas USA Head Coach Martín Vásquez, on tonight’s match: “This has been our biggest win this year. From the first minute until the 90th, we played well. We scored some nice goals. We see some of our younger guys keep stepping up and some of our new players helping. All around, it was a great result for us.” Post-game audio from Vásquez, as well as Ben Zemanski, Paulo Nagamura, Carlos Borja, Blair Gavin and Rodolfo Espinoza, are available on Dentro del Rebaño, the official blog of Chivas USA.

The Red-and-White will take Sunday and Monday off before returning to training on Tuesday at The Home Depot Center. The team will travel on Thursday ahead of Saturday’s match against Toronto FC, the first time Chivas USA will take on former head coach Preki, now at the helm of the Canadian team. The match will kick off at 1:00 p.m. PT and will be broadcast live on Prime Ticket, TeleFutura, and W Radio 690 AM.

Next home game: Following the match in Toronto, Chivas USA takes on the Seattle Sounders on Saturday, August 14 at 8:00 p.m. PT at The Home Depot Center. For more information, or tickets to the match, please call 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or visit cdchivasusa.com.

POST-GAME REACTION FROM:

HEAD COACH MARTIN VASQUEZ