Listen to post-game audios from:

Head Coach Preki
Midfielder Jesús Padilla

Midfielder Paulo Nagamura

Escuche las declaraciones después del partido de:

Mediocampista Paulo Nagamura

Defensa Yamith Cuesta

Delantero Maykel Galindo 

Chivas USA fell by a 1-0 score to the LA Galaxy in the third and final Honda Super Clásico of 2009 on Saturday night at The Home Depot Center. The win earned the Super Clásico trophy for the Galaxy, who finished with two wins and a draw against Chivas USA this season.

 With the loss, Chivas USA drops to 10-9-3 (W-L-T) on the season, sitting tied for fourth place in the Western Conference with 33 points. The Red-and-White have two games in hand on every team they trail in the division, and with eight games remaining in the season, Chivas USA remains in the middle of the hunt for a playoff spot.

  After a scoreless first half, David Beckham scored the game’s only goal, and his first of the season, in the 80th minute. Off a throw-in, a rebound fell to the Galaxy midfielder just outside the box, and his bouncing shot hit the far post and went into the net. The Red-and-White out-shot the Galaxy 8-3 in the first half, but the Galaxy held a 7-1 advantage in the second half.

 Defender Yamith Cuesta, acquired on loan from Expreso Rojo in Colombia, made his debut for Chivas USA in tonight’s match, playing 90 minutes in central defense.

The Red-and-White have more than two weeks before their next game, when the team hosts the New England Revolution on Sunday, Sept. 13. Chivas USA will be without Maykel Galindo, who received a red card in the 82^nd minute of tonight’s game, as well as midfielder Marcelo Saragosa, who will be suspended due to yellow card accumulation.

Chivas USA Head Coach Preki, on tonight’s match: “There’s not really much to say. I told the guys; sometimes the game is cruel. There is no way we deserved to lose this game. But that’s the way it goes.”

 In addition to its league games, the Red-and-White will also face Chivas de Guadalajara on Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 8:00 p.m. PT at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, Calif. The ‘ChivaClásico’ is part of Guadalajara’s 2009 U.S. tour, and will be the first time the two teams have ever faced off in the United States. For more information, or to buy tickets, please call 1-877-CHIVAS-1, visit cdchivasusa.com or www.ticketmaster.com.

Next home game: vs. the New England Revolution on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 at 12:00 noon PT. For more information, or to purchase tickets, please call 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or visit cdchivasusa.com.

Below are audio files from Chivas USA’s 4-0 loss at Real Salt Lake on Wednesday night in Sandy, Utah. Follow the link to listen to post game reactions from Chivas USA players and coaches:

- Chivas USA Head Coach Preki
- Midfielder Sacha Kljestan
- Delantero Jesus Padilla
- Midfielder Jesse Marsch

Chivas USA presentó al delantero mexicoamericano Jesús Padilla, proveniente de Chivas de Guadalajara, después del entrenamiento de hoy, martes, en El Home Depot Center en Carson, California.

Escuche lo que Padilla le tuvo que decir a los medios aquí.

Chivas USA regresa a casa este sábado, 22 de agosto, en un partido ante Toronto FC a las 7:30 p.m. PT en El Home Depot Center. Para más información, o para comprar boletos, favor de visitar a cdchivasusa.com o llamar a 1-877-CHIVAS-1.

PHOTOS: Juan Miranda/Chivas USA

PHOTO: Juan Miranda/Chivas USA

Chivas USA anunció hoy la adquisición del versátil mediocampista mexicoamericano Jesús Padilla, de 22 años y producto de las Fuerzas Básicas de Chivas de Guadalajara. Padilla ha disputado 24 cotejos con el equipo hermano y se integrará a Chivas USA a condición de préstamo proveniente de Chivas de Guadalajara. Padilla estará elegible para jugar con Chivas USA dependiendo de la llegada de su pase internacional. Por política del club y de la liga, los términos y detalles del acuerdo no fueron revelados.

Escuche las declaraciones que Jesus Padilla dio hoy en Guadalajara. Presione aquí.

Nacido el 3 de marzo de 1987 en San José, California, ‘El Gringo’ Padilla se integró a las Fuerzas Básicas de Chivas de Guadalajara a los 14 años de edad después de ser visto durante un torneo en la Perla Tapatía. Padilla hizo su debut con el Primer Equipo el 6 de agosto de 2006 durante el torneo Apertura 2006 y jugó 24 partidos (2 como titular) con Guadalajara, en los que anotó un tanto. En todos los torneos, el mediocampista ha jugado 34 partidos con el club, y ha anotado cinco tantos.

AUDIOS:

Listen to post-game audios from:

Head Coach Preki

Midfielder Jesse Marsch

Goalkeeper Zach Thornton

Midfielder Sacha Kljestan

Defender Jonathan Bornstein

Forward Eduardo Lillingston

Escuche las reacciones del partido en español de:

Delantero Eduardo Lillingston

Defensa Mariano Trujillo

Delantero Maykel Galindo

Mediocampista Marcelo Saragosa

Chivas USA (9-7-3) defeated the New York Red Bulls (2-16-4) 2-0 tonight at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ before 10,556 fans. It was the last of three consecutive away games for Chivas USA before returning home to host Toronto FC on Saturday, August 22 at The Home Depot Center.

The Red-and-White broke a five-game losing streak and now has 30 points, tied at the moment with Colorado in third place in the Western Conference.

Midfielder and team captain Jesse Marsch played his 100^th game with the Red-and-White and forward Chuckwudi Chijindu scored his first assist in his MLS career. In addition, forward Eduardo Lillingston scored his seventh goal of the season and Gerson Mayén contributed with his fifth assist in the league.

At the 15^th minute of play, Chijindu passed the ball to Maykel Galindo, who blasted a shot past Red Bulls goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul from about eight yards and scored. It was Galindo’s third goal of the season. Just before the final whistle, midfielder Michael Lahoud crossed the ball to Eduardo Lillingston, who just tapped the ball and scored the second goal of the match.

Chivas USA Head Coach Preki, on tonight’s match: “I’m very happy with the result. Things haven’t been going our way in the last couple of months. We haven’t played that many games. It has been very tough for us to get in the rhythm. Now that we don’t have any more breaks until the end of the season, we have to be solid and play better.”

Chivas USA will host Toronto FC on Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 7:30 p.m PT at The Home Depot Center. For more information, or to purchase tickets, please call 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or visit cdchivasusa.com.

AUDIOS:
Listen to post-game audios from:

Head Coach Preki
Midfielder Jesse Marsch
Defender Shavar Thomas
Defender Ante Jazic

Escuche las reacciones en español de:

Delantero Maykel Galindo
Mediocampista Marcelo Saragosa

Chivas USA (8-7-3) fell 4-0 tonight to the Colorado Rapids (8-6-6) at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Denver, Colorado before 13,364 fans.
With the result, Chivas USA remains with 27 points and is fifth in the Western Conference, one point behind the Seattle Sounders, in fourth, and three points behind Colorado, in third place. Both Seattle and Colorado have played two more games than the Red-and-White.

Pablo Mastroeni scored for the home team with barely one minute into the match on a 20-yard shot into the upper right corner of the net. Conor Casey scored Colorado’s second goal three minutes later when he chipped Chivas USA goalkeeper Lance Parker from the right wing. Casey scored his second goal of the night in a run by Omar Cummings, who passed him the ball and Casey put it into the back of the net. Just before halftime, Shavar Thomas picked up a straight red card after he took down a Colorado player in a play very close to the edge of the box. Casey took the penalty and converted his third goal of the match.
Chivas USA goalkeeper Lance Parker made his MLS debut with the Red-and-White, after appearing in SuperLiga games 2008 2009, and the US Open Cup in 2009. Midfielder Marcelo Saragosa played his first game with the Red-and-White after being traded from FC Dallas on July 17, 2009.
Colorado beat Chivas USA at home for the first time since the 2-1 win at Mile High Stadium in the first meeting ever between both teams in Colorado on May 14, 2005.
Post-Game Audio from Chivas USA players including Jesse Marsch, Marcelo Saragosa, Maykel Galindo, Ante
Chivas USA Head Coach Preki, on tonight’s match: “The game was over in the first fifteen minutes of the game. It all came from us. From the kick-off we had the possession. We turned the ball over in our half. Pablo (Mastroeni) was by himself… it was a good shot… that’s how it goes sometimes. Then we give another one in the first five minutes and that was it. Our destiny is in our hands, hopefully we’ll learn from this game. ”
Chivas USA will visit the New York Red Bulls on August 15, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. PT) in the last of three consecutive away games.
Next home game: Chivas USA will host Toronto FC on Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. PT. For more information, or to purchase tickets, please call 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or visit cdchivasusa.com.

El mediocampista brasileño Marcelo Saragosa hizo un trabajo ligero en su primer día de entrenamiento con Chivas USA y habló a su llegada sobre el conjunto rojiblanco.

Escuche las declaraciones de Saragosa en su primer día de entrenamiento aquí.

Saragosa, de 27 años, es originario de Campo Grande, Brasil, donde fue parte de las escuelas de São Paulo FC desde la edad de 13 años. Saragosa jugó con el equipo por 9 años y tuvo entre sus compañeros en ese entonces al actual mediocampista de Chivas USA, Paulo Nagamura, y al seleccionado brasileño Kaká.

Chivas USA fell to the New England Revolution on Sunday evening by a 2-0 score at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass.

Click here to read the match recap in English.

Click below to listen to post-game audio from Chivas USA players, as well as Head Coach Preki:

• Head Coach Preki (English)
• Defender Bobby Burling, on his first start of the 2009 MLS season (English)
• Forward Eduardo Lillingston (Spanish)
• Defender Jonathan Bornstein (English)
• Midfielder Gerson Mayen (Spanish)
• Midfielder Sasha Victorine (English)
• Midfielder Chukwudi Chijindu (English)

Chivas USA now has a layoff before playing the second of three straight road games at the Colorado Rapids on Aug. 8. The Red-and-White’s next home match is on Saturday, Aug. 22, at 7:30 p.m. PT at The Home Depot Center. For more information, or to purchase tickets, call 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or click here.

Ahead of Sunday night’s game between Chivas USA and the New England Revolution, the Red-and-White trained today outside of Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass.

Chivas USA has a pair of players with New England connections; both Shavar Thomas and Chukwudi Chijindu attended the University of Connecticut, about 90 minutes from Foxboro. Chijindu, arriving at the airport, talked about his feelings coming back to the area where he played his college ball.

Click here to listen to audio of Chijindu at the airport.

The team also trained for a little more than an hour at noon on Saturday on a practice field just outside of Gillette Stadium; below are a few photos from the today’s training session.

Sunday match will be broadcast live in Southern California on FS West and W Radio 690 AM at 3:00 p.m. PT (6:00 p.m. ET).

Post-game audios

Head Coach Preki

Defender Jonathan Bornstein

Forward Chukwuki Chijindu

Reacciones del partido

Delantero Maykel Galindo

Mediocampista Paulo Nagamura

Chivas USA (8-5-3, 27 pts) fell 1-0 tonight to the LA Galaxy (5-3-9, 24 pts) in the second Honda Super Clásico of the year at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California before an electric crowd of 23,409 at The Home Depot Center. Both teams will meet again in the third and decisive Honda Super Clásico of the season on August 29.

The LA Galaxy scored the first goal on a cross from A.J. DeLaGarza, headed by Edson Buddle at the 30th minute of play.

With the result, Chivas USA remains on 27 points and is now in third place in the Western Conference, one point behind the Seattle Sounders and four points behind first-place Houston. Galaxy reached the fourth spot in the Western Conference with 24 points, tied with the Colorado Rapids.

Chivas USA defender Ante Jazic and Galaxy forward Alecko Eskandarian joined Chivas USA midfielder Paulo Nagamura as the only three players in history to play in a Super Clásico for both teams.

Chivas USA defender Bobby Burling made his first league appearance for the Red-and-White this season, after undergoing sports hernia surgery on March 5, less than two weeks before Chivas USA’s season opener. Burling subbed defender Ante Jazic at the 59^th minute.

Chivas USA Head Coach Preki, on tonight’s match: “It always hurts to lose, Clásico or no Clásico.  It’s always tough to lose a game.  We’ll be OK.  We still are in a good spot and we still have a lot of games to play. We just got to be better in front of the goal; we got to create some chances.

Next league home game: Chivas USA will host Toronto FC on Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. PT. For more information, or to purchase tickets, please call 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or visit cdchivasusa.com.

PHOTOS: Juan Miranda/Chivas USA