Chivas USA earned its biggest road victory in history, taking a 4-0 win on Cinco de Mayo against the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. Jesús Padilla had two goals, and Justin Braun scored once and added two assists as the Red-and-White won for the first time ever in Gillette Stadium.

The 4-0 scoreline matched the largest ever margin of victory for Chivas USA, tying a 5-1 win over Real Salt Lake on July 9, 2005, and a 4-0 victory over RSL on April 22, 2007, both home games. It was the highest goal total for the Red-and-White since the April 22, 2007 match.

The Red-and-White started the scoring in minute 26, when Justin Braun knocked down a long ball from goalkeeper Zach Thornton for Jesús Padilla, who dribbled past New England goalkeeper Preston Burpo to give Chivas USA the 1-0 lead. The Red-and-White went up a man soon after when Revs midfielder Marko Perovic received a red card for an elbow to Ben Zemanski.

Braun scored the second goal of the game in the 33^rd minute, receiving a pass from Mariano Trujillo before running through the Revolution defense and past Burpo to made the game 2-0. Padilla struck again just after halftime for his second goal of the game, and third of the season, with assists going to captain Sacha Kljestan and Braun.

Chivas USA closed the scoring in the 81^st minute when rookie Blair Gavin scored the first goal of his MLS career, winning a ball at the top of the box, turning quickly, and curling a left-footed shot to the far post. On the other end of the field, goalkeeper Zach Thornton made two saves to earn the 72^nd shutout of his career.

 Newly-signed midfielder José Macotelo made his MLS debut, entering the match in the 67^th minute for Jesús Padilla. Macotelo joined the team in Chicago after signing on loan from Puntarenas F.C. in Costa Rica last week.

Chivas USA Head Coach Martín Vasquez, on tonight’s match: “[This game] gives you confidence, and we have to start preparing for Saturday. It’s going to come fast and against one of our biggest opponents, we have to have our top game.”        

The Red-and-White return to Los Angeles on Thursday and will train on Friday morning at 10:00 a.m. before taking on the Houston Dynamo on a special Armed Forces Night celebration this Saturday, May 8 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

POST-GAME REACTION:

Head Coach Martín Vásquez

Midfielder Jesús Padilla

Midfielder Sacha Kljestan

Midfielder Blair Gavin

Forward Justin Braun

REACCIONES DESPUES DEL PARTIDO:

Mediocampista Jesús Padilla

Mediocampista José Macotelo

Chivas USA put together its best 90 minutes of soccer as the team topped the San Jose Earthquakes by a 3-2 score on Saturday night at The Home Depot Center. Sacha Kljestan, Justin Braun and Chukwudi Chijindu scored their first goals of the season for the Red-and-White, who improve to 2-3-0 (W-L-T) in 2010.

The Red-and-White took the 1-0 lead on a great shot from Huntington Park native Sacha Kljestan in the 25^th minute, when the team captain took a pass from Blair Gavin and shot past Earthquakes goalkeeper Joe Cannon from 20 yards. San Jose equalized just before halftime on a hotly contested penalty kick which was converted by Chris Wondolowski.

Nine minutes into the second half, Justin Braun headed home a Mariano Trujillo cross to restore Chivas USA’s lead. The goal was Braun’s fourth all-time against San Jose, which leads the team. Defender and co-captain Jonathan Bornstein also assisted on the play.

In the 87^th minute, second-year midfielder Michael Lahoud played a long ball that found Chukwudi Chijindu behind the San Jose defense, and the forward finished a low shot past Joe Cannon to give the Red-and-White a two-goal cushion. With Chijindu’s goal, Chivas USA scored three goals in a match for the first time since October 4, 2008 at D.C. United.

Late into injury time, the Earthquakes earned a consolation goal when Steven Beitashour struck a hard shot from distance after a clearance to pull San Jose within a goal. The match ended at 3-2, giving Chivas USA its second home win in as many chances.

Rookie midfielders Blair Gavin and Ben Zemanski, both coming out of the University of Akron, manned central midfield for the Red-and-White, and Anaheim’s Carlos Borja made his MLS debut, entering the match in the 79^th minute for Carlos Borja.

Chivas USA Head Coach Martín Vásquez, on tonight’s match: “I think we earned the win, and we got a good result. I think this is going to help our team… if we continue to believe in what we’re doing, we’re going to have a good chance to be successful.” A full series of quotes from Vásquez, as well as soundbytes from Sacha Kljestan, Chukwudi Chijindu, Mariano Trujillo, and Darío Delgado, are available on Dentro del Rebaño (‘Inside the Flock’), the official blog of Chivas USA.

Listen to post-game audios from:

Head Coach Martín Vásquez press conference

Midfielder Sacha Kljestan

Forward Chukwudi Chijindu

Defender Mariano Trujillo

SPANISH

Defensa Darío Delgado

Chivas USA of Major League Soccer has teamed up with the Los Angeles Unified School District and the LA84 Foundation to help preserve high school soccer at 68 local schools. The major donation made by Chivas USA will provide funding for boys and girls soccer programs, at the varsity and junior varsity levels, keeping high school soccer intact for more than 5300 LAUSD students.

Click here to listen to the press conference.

Chivas USA dropped a 2-0 decision to the LA Galaxy at The Home Depot Center on Thursday night, unable to find a goal despite having good possession the game and a number of chances, especially in the final 20 minutes. Blair Gavin, the Red-and-White’s first pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft, made his MLS debut and played 90 minutes in central defense.

The Galaxy took the lead early, scoring on a Buddle header against the run of play in the seventh minute. After the goal, both teams attempted to take control of the match, and both teams fought hard in the midfield but struggled to find chances.

 The match opened up in the second half, and Chivas USA found several opportunities but could not find a way past Donovan Ricketts in the Galaxy net, who picked up his second shutout in two matches. Jesús Padilla, Maicon Santos, and Sacha Kljestan all had chances turned away by the goalkeeper.

After a string of Chivas USA shots, the Galaxy iced the game in the 87th minute on a counter attack, with Landon Donovan getting behind the defense and feeding Buddle in the center of the field for the second goal of the game.

Blair Gavin made his MLS debut for the Red-and-White, playing 90 minutes in central midfield and turning in one of the top performances of the match. Making strong tackles and accurate passes, the rookie from the University of Akron dueled with Galaxy veterans Chris Birchall and Dema Kovalenko for the entire match.

 Chivas USA Head Coach Martín Vásquez, on tonight’s match: “I’m disappointed with the result, but I think we’re on the right track…. We were very unlucky, very unfortunate not to get a goal. It would’ve changed everything, because we would’ve gotten that momentum and who knows, we could’ve had the opportunity to finish it off.”   

Next home game: Chivas USA will host the New York Red Bulls on Saturday, April 10 at 1:00 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.  

 PHOTOS: JUAN MIRANDA/CHIVAS USA

Chivas USA Head Coach talks about the 2-0 lost against the LA Galaxy:

Post game audio

Forward Justin Braun
Midfielder Sacha Kljestan
Midfielder Blair Gavin

Reacción de Martín Vásquez (en español)

Presione aquí para escuchar al salvadoreño Osael Romero hablar sobre su debut en la noche del sábado con Chivas USA.

Click here to listen to Martín Vásquez talk about the game against Colorado.

Escuche el audio de la conferencia de prensa de Chivas USA en Irapuato. El Director Técnico Martín Vásquez y los jugadores Mariano Trujillo y Jesús Padilla hablan sobre el partido amistoso ante los Freseros del Irapuato. Para Vásquez será un partido especial, pues regresa a una ciudad que lo vio nacer como futbolista.

Escuche aquí la conferencia de prensa.

Here’s some addition information on Chivas USA’s late draft picks (audio from Blair Gavin, our first round selection, is here and here).

Second pick (#35 overall): Kevin Tangney, defender, University of Maryland

• Audio on his reaction to being drafted
• A profile on his exceptional experience overcoming injury at Maryland from NCAA.com
• Tangney’s profile from Maryland’s website

Third pick (#42 overall): Isaac Kissi, forward, University of Dayton

• Audio on his surprise at being drafted by Chivas USA
• Press release from Dayton with information on Kissi’s journey from Ghana to Dayton (to Los Angeles!)
• Kissi’s profile from Dayton

Fourth pick (#47 overall): Ben Zemanski, midfielder, University of Akron

• Audio interview from just after the draft
• A nomination for the Lowes Senior CLASS Award, given to top student-athletes
• Zemanski’s profile from Akron

Fifth pick (#58 overall): Chris Ross, midfielder, Colgate University

• Audio from just after the draft
• Ross’ bio from Colgate

ENGLISH

Click here to listen to Chivas USA midfielder Blair Gavin  after being selected in the first round of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft.

Click here to listen to what Chivas USA Head Coach Martín Vásquez has to say about Blair Gavin.

ESPAÑOL

Escuche aquí sobre lo que Martín Vásquez dijo después de seleccionar al mediocampista Blair Gavin en el primer round del SuperDraft de la MLS 2010.

Head Coach Preki

Defender Carey Talley

Defender Ante Jazic

Midfielder Michael Lahoud

Midfielder Sacha Kljestan

Midfielder Paulo Nagamura

Goalkeeper Zach Thornton

Forward Maykel Galindo