A win is a win, a win is 3 points
By: Alex | July 7th, 2008Chivas USA defeated the Earthquakes on Saturday at the HDC. Ante Razov curled a world class ball off a set piece past Joe Cannon and the wall late in the game to provide the only goal.
San Jose was a little tougher than expected, but Yallop has the quakes playing aggressive with pressure. Defense seemed impenetrable, with 9 or 10 men were behind the ball at all times.
For the second time in two games, a player of the opposite team went down in the box injured, prohibiting an attack. Last week a Red bull went down in the box, prohibiting arguably the best chance on goal.
I don’t really want to get into the fair play discussion, and I do believe Corrales was injured, but he needs to get off the field. Instead he looked up, saw Chivas USA were in position to do a little damage and went back down. I don’t blame Atiba for playing around him, and at the same time I understand why O’Brien fouled him. I’m just glad Ante is coming into form and converted the penalty.
Chivas USA had a strong first half, creating chances. However, the same problems that have faced Chivas USA continue to haunt them. Injured strikers. Justin Braun has looked dangerous at times, but is still no Galindo or Razov. Atiba Harris will run all 90 minutes but is still missing that little bit. The team still needs something.
The good news is that the reinforcements are coming. Both Galindo and Eskandarian are making progress coming off of successful surgeries. Both will be back around the same time, hopefully in 2-4 weeks.
Is it too late? Nope! After the All Star break, the team will still have 14 regular season games left. It will be interesting to see how the team looks the second half of the season.
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Yo alex, are you heading out? I’m looking for someone to carpool with in my area. Hit me up.
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