Saturday Soccer: Galaxy, Chivas USA & 100 Percent Soccer on "The People's Game"
MLS resumed tonight and both Chivas USA and the Galaxy were in action:
Jesus Padilla and Heath Pearce tangle, right, Saturday at Home Depot Center (AP Photo).
*Chivas USA (3-9-1) lost its sixth straight game.
*Notable: Osael Romero scored his first goal for Chivas USA; the team conceded the game-winner one minute later.
*Toronto FC 0 Galaxy 0
Galaxy Coach Bruce Arena fielded the same XI for the third consecutive game: Donovan Ricketts, Sean Franklin, Gregg Berhalter, Omar Gonzalez, Todd Dunivant, Alex Cazumba (Clint Mathis 76), Chris Birchall, Juninho, Michael Stephens, Jovan Kirovski (Alan Gordon 66), Tristan Bowen (Eddie Lewis 84)
Notable: The Galaxy move to 10-1-3.
*Finally, listen to me deconstruct the USMNT World Cup exit against Ghana on "The People's Game."
About 100 Percent Soccer
Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. The blog of the same name began in 2007. A native of England, he began writing about soccer in the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat in the stands for one in the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook and follow him on Twitter.
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