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[egypt man]

chuster the new real madrid coach said that he needs a player like ballack in midfield and that would solve the problem that madrid have in the midfield

[Oscar Cardozo]

Emirates Cup: Wenger Pleased With Van Persie

Wenger used Arsenal's two Emirates Cup matches against Paris Saint Germain and Inter Milan to experiment with his team selection, and was rewarded with two 2-1 victories and a handsome piece of silverware.
The Gunners were inscintillating form against Italian champions Inter, but had to come from behind to clinch a deserved victory, with Robin van Persie scoring a brilliant late winner, dragging the ball back inside his marker with a dazzling sleight of foot before crashing the ball into the net.
"It was a great goal, but it was a great team performance," said Wenger.
"We played well and that's the most important thing.
"We know Robin can score special goals and he did that again, but we created lots of chances, developed good team play, and played in the way we like to play at a good pace.
"In a physical championship like in England, you have to be ready."
Dutch striker Van Persie broke a metatarsal while scoring against Manchester United in January, and had missed the rest of the season.
He still finished as the club's top scorer with 13 goals - one more than departed captain Thierry Henry, who had also been sidelined for much of last season.
Wenger said: "We missed him and Thierry together last season. On the score sheet it was a bit too much."
Talking of their involvement for Arsenal last season in the Premiership alone, Wenger stressed: "Robin played 17 games last year and Thierry 16, 33 games together. Robin scored 11 goals in 17, Thierry 10 in 16. You could multiply that by two."
Wenger is hoping that his summer signing from Dinamo Zagreb, Croatian striker Eduardo da Silva, will be available for the Amsterdam Tournament later this week after an appeal to the Home Office for a work permit.
But the French tactician believes that Van Persie is ready to take on the burden of expectation now that Henry has left.
"The media always pick one or two out [superstars]. Who will it be? " the Arsenal manager reflected.
"The players who are picked out mustn't forget the team-play, the teamwork and that we must play as a team.
"That's not easy to resist when you're picked out as a star. But Robin can handle [the pressure on him to score the goals]."
Wenger also revealed that Arsenal forward Jose Antonio Reyes would not be returning to the Emirates Stadium after his loan period at Real Madrid.
Atletico Madrid are said to be leading the chase for Reyes, and Wenger said: "We will make an announcement shortly, but he will not come back here. I cannot tell you more than that at the moment."
And Wenger also insisted there was "no truth" in a report that he had already lined up former Newcastle and West Ham manager Glenn Roeder for the position of director of football with Arsenal.
"I like Glenn Roeder, but I've not met with him," he said.
"At the moment I've not decided to appoint him. He would feature on a list of candidates, though."
Beaten Inter Milan manager Roberto Mancini said he believed Arsenal have a bright future, although they may not yet be ready to challenge for the Premiership title.
"This team have so many young good players, but I am not sure if they will be able to compete with Chelsea and Manchester United [next season]," said Mancio.
"However, you never know in football because sometimes strange things can happen.
"I am sure, though, that this team has got a bright future."

[Oscar Cardozo]

Emirates Cup: Wenger Pleased With Van Persie

Wenger used Arsenal's two Emirates Cup matches against Paris Saint Germain and Inter Milan to experiment with his team selection, and was rewarded with two 2-1 victories and a handsome piece of silverware.
The Gunners were inscintillating form against Italian champions Inter, but had to come from behind to clinch a deserved victory, with Robin van Persie scoring a brilliant late winner, dragging the ball back inside his marker with a dazzling sleight of foot before crashing the ball into the net.
"It was a great goal, but it was a great team performance," said Wenger.
"We played well and that's the most important thing.
"We know Robin can score special goals and he did that again, but we created lots of chances, developed good team play, and played in the way we like to play at a good pace.
"In a physical championship like in England, you have to be ready."
Dutch striker Van Persie broke a metatarsal while scoring against Manchester United in January, and had missed the rest of the season.
He still finished as the club's top scorer with 13 goals - one more than departed captain Thierry Henry, who had also been sidelined for much of last season.
Wenger said: "We missed him and Thierry together last season. On the score sheet it was a bit too much."
Talking of their involvement for Arsenal last season in the Premiership alone, Wenger stressed: "Robin played 17 games last year and Thierry 16, 33 games together. Robin scored 11 goals in 17, Thierry 10 in 16. You could multiply that by two."
Wenger is hoping that his summer signing from Dinamo Zagreb, Croatian striker Eduardo da Silva, will be available for the Amsterdam Tournament later this week after an appeal to the Home Office for a work permit.
But the French tactician believes that Van Persie is ready to take on the burden of expectation now that Henry has left.
"The media always pick one or two out [superstars]. Who will it be? " the Arsenal manager reflected.
"The players who are picked out mustn't forget the team-play, the teamwork and that we must play as a team.
"That's not easy to resist when you're picked out as a star. But Robin can handle [the pressure on him to score the goals]."
Wenger also revealed that Arsenal forward Jose Antonio Reyes would not be returning to the Emirates Stadium after his loan period at Real Madrid.
Atletico Madrid are said to be leading the chase for Reyes, and Wenger said: "We will make an announcement shortly, but he will not come back here. I cannot tell you more than that at the moment."
And Wenger also insisted there was "no truth" in a report that he had already lined up former Newcastle and West Ham manager Glenn Roeder for the position of director of football with Arsenal.
"I like Glenn Roeder, but I've not met with him," he said.
"At the moment I've not decided to appoint him. He would feature on a list of candidates, though."
Beaten Inter Milan manager Roberto Mancini said he believed Arsenal have a bright future, although they may not yet be ready to challenge for the Premiership title.
"This team have so many young good players, but I am not sure if they will be able to compete with Chelsea and Manchester United [next season]," said Mancio.
"However, you never know in football because sometimes strange things can happen.
"I am sure, though, that this team has got a bright future."

[Oscar Cardozo]

Only "Fantastic" Milan For Pato

Top clubs from England, Italy and Spain have all been chasing Pato, but the promising Brazilian has eyes only for Milan.
"Milan are flying over to Brazil to sign me? That is fantastic," he told the media in Brazil.
"But I won’t be meeting with their emissaries unless Internacional and my agent Gilmar Veloz give me the go ahead.
"All I can do is wait and hope."
Leonardo, Milan's man in Brazil, will fly to Porto Alegre tomorrow to discuss the move, though Ancelotti insisted yet again on Saturday that the player is unlikely to arrive this summer.
"He is a fantastic player, but not one we are interested in at the moment," the Milan coach declared yesterday.
However, the bosses know they need to hurry in the face of competition, and want to arrive at an agreement which would see the player stay in Brazil for 6-12 months before completing a move to Milan.
Real Madrid, Inter and Chelsea are all ready to match or even better the Rossoneri offer, and continue to hover despite the player having publicly indicated his desire to join Milan.

[Oscar Cardozo]

Madrid Still Chasing "Lost Cause" Kaka?


Spanish sports daily Marca has added more fuel to the Kaka flame as it quotes the Brazilian player's economic advisor's speculation over a possible switch to Real Madrid.

Diogo Kotscho, one of Kaka's coterie of trusted aides, seemed to confirm Real Madrid's potential 90 million euro bid - and even encouraged the player to think over the offer carefully.

He was quoted as having said, "Real Madrid is sure that the amount of money can change Milan's mind.

"And I believe that this is an offer Kaka must think about very carefully."

Of course, the player's thoughts may well pale into irrelevance should Silvio Berlusconi stick to his word and reject this bid out of hand.

Should this mammoth transfer ever come to fruition, it will be the biggest signing in football history, outcosting even Zinedine Zidane's unprecented switch of approximately 70 million euro from Juventus to Real Madrid.

[Oscar Cardozo]

Real Madrid
Starters

N°	Name	Role
1	Iker Casillas	Goalkeeper
2	Michel Salgado	Defender
5	Fabio Cannavaro	Defender
4	Sergio Ramos García	Defender
3	Roberto Carlos	Defender
8	Emerson	Midfielder
6	Mahamadou Diarra	Midfielder
23	David Beckham	Midfielder
10	Robinho	Striker
7	Raúl	Striker
17	Ruud Van Nistelrooy	Striker

Bench

N°	Name	Role
13	Diego López	Goalkeeper
11	Cicinho	Defender
22	Paco Pavón	Defender
19	José Antonio Reyes	Striker
16	Fernando Rubén Gago	Midfielder
14	Guti	Midfielder
20	Gonzalo Higuaín	Striker

[Freddy Adu]

Adu por horas
ACORDO DE CINCO ÉPOCAS PARA VAGA DE SIMÃO
O Benfica já tinha sondado Freddy Adu, o negócio estagnou nas últimas semanas mas, depois da saída de Simão para o Atlético de Madrid, as águias voltaram ao ataque pelo internacional Sub-20 dos Estados Unidos, com quem já têm um acordo para um contrato de 5 temporadas. O fecho do negócio, segundo apurámos, estará por horas.

Confirmada a partida do capitão, Fernando Santos perdeu um elemento que podia jogar como avançado. Por isso mesmo, o sector é reforçado. Notícias chegadas da América do Norte nos últimos dias relatam que o Benfica já chegou a acordo com a MLS, a Liga que organiza o campeonato e gere as transferências.

Em cima da mesa estarão certa de 2 milhões de euros pelo passe do jovem (18 anos) futebolista de origem ganesa, que se estreou com 14 anos nos relvados onde agora andam David Beckham e Abel Xavier.

O jogador terá rejeitado uma primeira proposta de contrato apresentada pelas águias mas instruiu o seu empresário no sentido de não fechar a porta ao Benfica. E foi precisamente por aí que as águias, após nova investida, chegaram a um entendimento, batendo emblemas interessados no futebol do atacante, como o Celtic de Glasgow.

[Freddy Adu]

Reforços argentinos chegam hoje
DI MARÍA E ANDRÉS DIAZ INICIAM AVENTURA
Os dois mais recentes reforços do clube da Luz, os argentinos Di María e Andrés Diaz, são esperados, ao início da tarde, em Lisboa, depois de terem deixado o seu país natal na noite de ontem (início da madrugada em Portugal).

Os ex-futebolistas do Rosário Central viajaram até Buenos Aires e, de seguida, iniciaram a longa travessia transatlântica para a Europa, com escala em Madrid.

À partida, os jogadores voltaram a mostrar-se ansiosos com o início da aventura no Velho Continente, nomeadamente por terem a perspectiva de actuar na Liga dos Campeões. Esse factor terá sido, aliás, um dos trunfos do clube português para assegurar o concurso dos dois futebolistas.

[Freddy Adu]

Adu vem assinar
AVANÇADO ESPERADO AMANHÃ EM LISBOAFreddy Adu está, neste momento, a caminho de Lisboa e deve chegar amanhã ao aeroporto da Portela.

O talentoso jogador norte-americano de origem ganesa já não jogou ontem pelo Real Salt Lake no encontro que opôs a equipa do Utah à New England Revolution porque já estava a caminho de Washington onde se ia reunir com a família e preparar a partida para Portugal.

“A MLS e o Real Salt Lake autorizaram Freddy Adu a viajar para Portugal para encetar negociações com o Benfica”, anunciou ontem o treinador do Salt Lake, Jason Kreis, que agradeceu o contributo do jogador nos anos que representou o clube.

Feito

O internacional que brilhou pelos Estados Unidos no Mundial Sub-20 chegará a Lisboa acompanhado pelo seu representante, Richard Motzkin, e sua mãe.

O objectivo da viagem é limar as últimas arestas de um acordo que, segundo uma fonte do Real Salt Lake, está “praticamente feito”.

Negócio

Um acordo que se desenha favorável para todas as partes. Adu deverá assinar um contrato válido por 5 épocas com o Benfica que terá de desembolsar 2 milhões de euros para a MLS, entidade que gere o futebol norte-americano e que depois distribuirá parte da verba ao Real Salt Lake.

Um valor que, caso se confirme o potencial futebolístico de um jogador que se estreou como profissional aos 14 anos e que foi publicitado como “o novo Pelé”, pode revelar-se um excelente negócio para o clube da Luz.

Freddy Adu é um jogador dotado de boa técnica individual, que gosta de actuar atrás dos avançados ou como segundo ponta-de-lança. Nos EUA, todavia, actuava amarrado ao lado esquerdo do meio-campo.

[Freddy Adu]

Lágrimas na despedida
SIMÃO ESTEVE ESTA MANHÃ NO SEIXAL
Simão esteve esta manhã no Seixal para se despedir e na hora do adeus não conseguiu conter a emoção. O extremo reconheceu que foi na Luz que se tornou o "verdadeiro Simão" e promete que um dia irá voltar... para assistir aos jogos e, quem sabe, talvez para jogar.

Não fosse a saída para o Atlético de Madrid e amanhã estaria a celebrar seis anos de águia ao peito. O ex-capitão lembra a sua apresentação aos adeptos encarnados "com a bancada central praticamente cheia". Já sobre os anos seguintes em que representou o clube disse: "Em primeiro lugar quero agradecer ao presidente por ter confiado em mim, por me ter contratado numa altura em que fui uma aquisição cara. Muito obrigado pela confiança que demonstrou nestes seis anos, foram seis anos fantásticos durante os quais conquistámos três títulos. Passámos por momentos complicados, mas agora temos tudo isto, este centro de estágio maravilhoso, deve-se tudo ao presidente e ao seu sonho para o Benfica".

O extremo disparou, então com uma revelação: "Finalmente poderei utilizar as minhas cadeiras no estádio. Sou sócio e vou continuar a torcer pelo Benfica."

Num momento de despedida é preciso lembrar todos os que contribuíram para a sua formação enquanto jogador e homem, algo que Simão também fez. Agradeceu a quem o ajudou desde os tempos da escola Diogo Cão, passando pelo Sporting, adeptos, imprensa e... ao clube do seu coração: o Benfica! "Foi no Benfica que me tornei o verdadeiro Simão foi no Benfica. Foi onde me afirmei!"

Logo depois de ofertar a camisola que utilizou no último desafio, frente ao CLuj a Luís Filipe Vieira revelou o sonho que a partir de agora irá acalentar: "Assinei por quatro anos... Gostaria de voltar."

[egypt man]

metzelder has confessed that it will be difficult playin with real madrid as they r probanly the best team in theworld ( in terms of players)

[Freddy Adu]

Hes going back to Madrid?

[Freddy Adu]

Hes going back to Madrid?

[Freddy Adu]

Benfica move for Barcelona's Belletti
tribalfooball.com - July 29, 2007

Benfica are keen on Barcelona fullback Juliano Belletti. The Brazil international is on the outer at Barca and has expressed frustration over the lack of action he's seen in the last 12 months.
Benfica plan to use the cash raised from Simao's sale to Atletico Madrid to take Belletti to Portugal. The fullback still has over two years left on his current contract.

[Freddy Adu]

Benfica move for Barcelona's Belletti
tribalfooball.com - July 29, 2007

Benfica are keen on Barcelona fullback Juliano Belletti. The Brazil international is on the outer at Barca and has expressed frustration over the lack of action he's seen in the last 12 months.
Benfica plan to use the cash raised from Simao's sale to Atletico Madrid to take Belletti to Portugal. The fullback still has over two years left on his current contract.

[Freddy Adu]

Atletico Madrid president: Simao a world star
tribalfooball.com - July 28, 2007

Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo was delighted to unveil Simao Sabrosa yesterday - the most expensive signing in the club's history.
"In Portugal he is an icon and one of the most important players for his country. And, mainly, for us he is one of the most important players who has given much to Portuguese soccer in these last years and we think that he will be the great reference of Spanish soccer in the coming ones," Cerezo said of the £15 million arrival from Benfica. "He is blessed with a great ability with the ball and extraordinary pace. That indicates that we are in the presence of a great talent of international soccer."
For his part, Simao said: "I must be grateful to Atletico Madrid in their efforts in my signing. I remember when I was with Barcelona, the Atletico fans were always very enthusiastic. And that remained with me.
"I can promise to you that I am going to work to help the club and to take it where it must be: among the top three of the Liga and to win titles. I am going to do everything I can to achieve this."

[Freddy Adu]

Atletico Madrid president: Simao a world star
tribalfooball.com - July 28, 2007

Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo was delighted to unveil Simao Sabrosa yesterday - the most expensive signing in the club's history.
"In Portugal he is an icon and one of the most important players for his country. And, mainly, for us he is one of the most important players who has given much to Portuguese soccer in these last years and we think that he will be the great reference of Spanish soccer in the coming ones," Cerezo said of the £15 million arrival from Benfica. "He is blessed with a great ability with the ball and extraordinary pace. That indicates that we are in the presence of a great talent of international soccer."
For his part, Simao said: "I must be grateful to Atletico Madrid in their efforts in my signing. I remember when I was with Barcelona, the Atletico fans were always very enthusiastic. And that remained with me.
"I can promise to you that I am going to work to help the club and to take it where it must be: among the top three of the Liga and to win titles. I am going to do everything I can to achieve this."

[Freddy Adu]

Adu resists Premiership for Benfica move
tribalfooball.com - July 29, 2007

Freddy Adu is set to resist interest from England to sign with Portuguese giants Benfica. Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis has confirmed teenage midfielder Adu has been granted permission to speak to Benfica over a proposed move to Europe.
Adu was not present for Real Salt Lake's game against the New England Revolution on Saturday night and Kreis acknowledges he does not expect Adu to return to the club.
"Major League Soccer and Real Salt Lake have given permission to Freddy Adu to travel to Europe to continue discussions with Portuguese club Benfica," said Kreis.
"This is certainly a scenario that does not surprise us, and we would like to thank Freddy for his time here and wish him the best of luck."
A native of Ghana, the 18-year-old has been previously linked to several of Europe's top clubs, including Chelsea and Real Madrid while he also spent two weeks on trial with Manchester United last year.
Adu has scored one goal and contributed two assists in 11 games this season with Salt Lake, who acquired the midfielder in a trade from D.C in December last year.
Kreis added: "Really, what we know about it is that Freddy has received a fantastic opportunity to go overseas and play, where he has said he wanted to (play) for a while.
"In my opinion, I have to respect that and allow him the opportunity to do that. If we had forced him to play here, there would be a possibly injury, and that whole deal could be scrapped."

[Oscar Cardozo]

Totti Calls Cicinho To Join Him At Roma

The Italian star is keen to see his club bolster their squad for the new season and thinks that the 27-year-old would be a good addition.

"I think that he would be an excellent addition to the team," Totti explained. "I really hope that he joins.

Totti rang Cicinho a month ago to tell him about Roma and to try and convince him and has been asked to be kept up to date about negotiations.

Cicinho has already confirmed that he would be interested in making the switch after contact was made between the two clubs last month.

Bernd Schuster has chosen to use the former São Paulo player on the left and that is something that could edge the player out of the Bernabéu.

“I am not used to playing on the left, I prefer being on the right, in my natural role," Cicinho said recently.

"If there is no room for me in that position I will have to look for another team because I have no intention of playing a whole season out of position.

”I would like to stay at Madrid, but I have received offers. We’ll see what happens next.”

[Freddy Adu]

2007 Schedule

Printable schedule I All-Time Results - single-game tickets - ticket packages All games will be broadcast on WRTO 1200 AM (Spanish).

date	opponent	time (CT) / result	tickets / highlights	TV, Radio / attendance
April
04/07 - Saturday	New England Revolution	W, 1-0		15,353
04/15 - Sunday	@ Colorado Rapids	T, 1-1		12,110
04/21 - Saturday	Kansas City Wizards	W, 2-1		11,717
04/29 - Sunday	@ Houston Dynamo	W, 1-0		13,392
May
05/06 - Sunday	@ New England Revolution	L, 3-1		9,508
05/12 - Saturday	@ Toronto FC	L, 3-1
05/17 - Thursday	FC Dallas	L, 2-1		12,164
05/24 - Thursday	@ New York Red Bulls	L, 3-0		9,357
05/27 - Sunday	Real Salt Lake	T, 0-0		12,996
June
06/03 - Sunday	Columbus Crew	W, 3-2		10,115
06/09 - Saturday	Chivas USA	L, 1-0		20,407
06/16 - Saturday	@ D.C. United	L, 3-1		20,161
06/22 - Friday	Cracovia &	W, 1-0
July
07/01 - Sunday	Colorado Rapids	T, 0-0		10,626
07/04 - Wednesday	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L, 2-0		24,333
07/07 - Saturday	Toronto FC	T, 1-1		13,080
07/12 - Thursday	Houston Dynamo	L, 4-0		20,034
07/15 - Sunday	@ Carolina Railhawks %	L, 1-0
Thursday, July 19
2007 Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game at Dick's Sporting Goods Park - Commerce City, CO
MLS All-Stars	Celtic FC	MLS 2, CEL 0		18,661
07/22 - Sunday	Celtic FC &	T, 1-1
07/25 - Wednesday	@ Club Santos Laguna &	7:00 p.m.
07/29 - Sunday	@ Toronto FC	W, 3-0		20,322
August
08/04 - Saturday	Columbus Crew	7:30 p.m.		HDNet
08/18 - Saturday	@ Real Salt Lake	8:00 p.m.		DK, CSN, MLSLIVE.tv
08/22 - Wednesday	@ Kansas City Wizards	7:00 p.m.		DK, MLSLIVE.tv
08/25 - Saturday	Kansas City Wizards	7:30 p.m.		HDNet
September
09/01 - Saturday	@ New York Red Bulls	6:30 p.m.		DK, CSN, MLSLIVE.tv
09/08 - Saturday	@ Columbus Crew	6:30 p.m.		DK, MLSLIVE.tv
09/15 - Saturday	New York Red Bulls	7:30 p.m.		FSC, FSE
09/20 - Thursday	@ FC Dallas	7:00 p.m.		ESPN2
09/23 - Sunday	D.C. United	2:00 p.m.		TeleFutura
09/29 - Saturday	@ Chivas USA	9:30 p.m.		DK, CSN, MLSLIVE.tv
October
10/06 - Saturday	New England Revolution	7:30 p.m.		DK, CSN, MLSLIVE.tv
10/13 - Saturday	@ D.C. United	6:30 p.m.		DK, HDNet, MSLIVE.tv
10/21 - Sunday	Los Angeles Galaxy	2:00 p.m.		TeleFutura
Sunday, November 18
MLS Cup 2007 at RFK Stadium - Washington, D.C.		11:00 a.m.	...	ABC, TeleFutura

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Dates and times are subject to change. All times Central (CT).

[Freddy Adu]

2007 Chicago Fire Stats

team-by-team stats Chicago Chivas USA Colorado Columbus D.C. United FC Dallas Houston Kansas City Los Angeles New England New York Real Salt Lake Toronto FC

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Player Stats

UNF	POS	PLAYER	GP	GS	MIN	G	A	SHT	SOG	FC	FS	C	E
9	F	Chad Barrett	17	16	1347	4	1	40	22	16	18	3	0
17	F	Chris Rolfe	6	6	495	4	3	15	9	4	9	0	0
3	F	Calen Carr	15	8	822	2	1	24	10	16	8	4	0
19	D	Jeff Curtin	3	3	248	1	0	2	1	3	1	3	1
31	M	Floyd Franks	5	2	187	1	0	2	1	2	6	0	0
23	M-D	Ivan Guerrero	14	12	1139	1	0	9	3	10	22	0	0
15	F	Jerson Monteiro	5	1	154	1	0	3	3	3	0	0	0
22	M	Willian Oliveira	8	4	381	1	1	7	4	1	6	0	0
7	M	Logan Pause	11	10	884	1	0	2	2	6	9	1	0
14	M	Chris Armas	14	13	1204	0	1	5	2	14	15	0	0
30	M	Mike Banner	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
13	F	Pascal Bedrossian *	6	2	165	0	0	1	1	1	5	0	0
10	F	Cuauhtemoc Blanco	1	1	82	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	D	C.J. Brown	16	16	1395	0	0	3	1	18	12	5	0
5	D	Jim Curtin	11	10	856	0	0	3	2	14	6	2	0
11	M	Thiago	13	5	569	0	1	10	3	4	4	3	0
8	M	Diego Gutierrez	13	13	1092	0	0	7	4	18	14	4	1
21	M	Justin Mapp	10	8	683	0	1	13	6	6	19	0	0
35	M	Bruno Menezes	2	1	118	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
16	M	Brian Plotkin	8	5	460	0	0	8	3	7	9	0	0
32	D	Dasan Robinson	11	10	819	0	0	4	2	18	17	2	0
27	D	Jordan Russolillo	2	1	46	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
25	D	Gonzalo Segares	17	17	1530	0	1	8	3	27	14	4	0
4	M	Bakary Soumare	7	6	544	0	0	3	0	16	11	1	1
34	D	Osei Telesford	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
		Own goals rcvd.	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals			17	17	1530	16	11	170	82	211	224	32	3
Opposition Totals			17	17	1530	26	28	194	93	224	211	28	3

Game Winning Goals	Chris Rolfe (2), Chad Barrett (1)Ivan Guerrero (1)Logan Pause (1)
Game Winning Assists	Cuauhtemoc Blanco (1), Justin Mapp (1), Chris Rolfe (1), Gonzalo Segares (1)
Penalty Kicks Made / Attempted	Chad Barrett (1/1), Chris Rolfe (1/1)

Goalkeeping Stats

UNF	POS	PLAYER	GP	GS	MIN	SHTS	SVS	GA	GAA	PG	PA	W	L	T	SHO
18	GK	Matt Pickens	16	16	1440	85	60	24	1.50	2	2	5	7	4	5
1	GK	Jon Busch	1	1	90	8	6	2	2.00	2	2	0	1	0	0
Totals			17	17	1530	82	66	26	1.53	4	4	5	8	4	5
Opposition Totals			17	17	1530	93	64	16	0.94	2	2	8	5	4	6

* Player no longer with team

[Freddy Adu]

Six-pointer ahead for Chicago, TFC



TORONTO FC v CHICAGO FIRE
BMO FIELD, Toronto, Ont., Canada
3 p.m. ET (TeleFutura; CBC)
July 29, 2007 (WEEK 17) / MLS Game #110
A real six-pointer is ahead at BMO Field on Sunday as two teams looking to pull themselves up the Eastern Conference table come together. Toronto FC is playing their first home game in more than a month, after taking a win and three draws from their extended six-game road swing. The Chicago Fire have won just once in their last 11 games, but hope the addition of Cuauhtémoc Blanco will provide the drive they need to get to the MLS Cup Playoffs. The clubs are separated by just three points at the foot of the East standings, but just 11 points separate first to last in the division.
REFEREE: Tim Weyland. SAR (bench): Rob Fereday; JAR (opposite): George Vergara; 4th: Mark Geiger
MLS Career: 70 games; FC/gm: 30.5; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 19; pens: 18
Games involving Toronto FC: P1 W0 L1 T0; FC/gm: 22.0; Y/gm: 1.0; R: 0; pens: 0
Games involving Fire: P11 W7 L4 T0; FC/gm: 26.5; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 1; pens: 4
INJURY REPORT: TORONTO FC - OUT: GK Greg Sutton (concussion); FW Jeff Cunningham (abdominal); DF Marvell Wynne (hamstring); DOUBTFUL: MF Ronnie O'Brien (knee); PROBABLE: MF Tyler Hemming (knee) ... CHICAGO FIRE - OUT: DF Jim Curtin (R shoulder labral tear); DF Mike Banner (R groin strain); DF Jordan Russolillo (spondylolisthesis [back pain]); DOUBTFUL: MF Bakary Soumare (R ankle sprain); DF Osei Telesford (L groin strain); MF Justin Mapp (L groin strain); PROBABLE: FW Chris Rolfe (L ankle sprain)
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: TOR: Jim Brennan, Maurice Edu, Chris Pozniak ... CHI: Diego Gutierrez
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: TOR: Andrew Boyens, Jeff Cunningham, Danny Dichio, Srdjan Djekanovic ... CHI: Calen Carr, Gonzalo Segares, Thiago
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (2 meetings): Toronto FC 1 win, 4 goals ... Fire 0 wins, 2 goals ... Ties 1
AT TORONTO (1 meeting): Toronto FC 1 win, 3 goals ... Fire 0 wins, 1 goal ... Ties 0
• This is the third and final meeting between the clubs this season, the second of the two set for BMO Field.
• Coaches record: Mo Johnston v CHI: P5 W1 L1 D3 ... Juan Carlos Osorio vs. TOR: first game ...
THIS YEAR (MLS)
5/12: TOR 3, CHI 1 (Dichio 24; Goldthwaite 51; Edu 75 - Rolfe 36)
7/9: CHI 1, TOR 1 (Barrett 70 pen - Edu 78)
• In their first meeting, Toronto FC scored the first goal in club history - and won their first game, defeating the Fire 3-1 at BMO Field on May 12.
• After conceding 10 goals in losing their opening four games, the crowd at Exhibition Place didn't have to wait long before Danny Dichio knifed in to stab home, the goal ending TFC's scoreless run at 383 minutes, the 10th-longest in league history.
• The Fire pulled level 12 minutes later when Chris Rolfe hammered home a long-range drive, then just before the break, both Dichio and Fire midfielder Diego Gutierrez were sent off.
• TFC retook the lead just six minutes after the break when Kevin Goldthwaite ripped a left-footed drive past Matt Pickens for his first professional goal, then an Andrea Lombardo cross found Maurice Edu, and the No. 1 pick from January's SuperDraft also made no mistake for his first professional goal.
• Three weeks ago, the teams traded goals eight minutes apart late in the game before settling for a 1-1 draw.
• The Fire had been shut out in back-to-back games and five of their previous seven, but finally found the back of the net in the 70th minute, after Chad Barrett was bundled over by Tyrone Marshall in the area. Barrett stepped up to take his own penalty, sending the 'keeper the other way for his fourth goal of the year.
• But the two No. 1 overall picks the last two years in the MLS SuperDraft teamed up for the tying goal in the 78th minute. Racing into the area, Marvell Edu received a lofted 35-yard pass from Marvell Wynne, near the midfield stripe. Edu brought it down with his chest before stabbing it past Matt Pickens from about at the penalty spot for his third goal of the season.
• Here's Denis Hamlett's team (4-4-2): Matt Pickens - Logan Pause, C.J. Brown, Diego Gutierrez, Gonzalo Segares - Calen Carr, Chris Armas, Bakary Soumare, Ivan Guerrero - Thiago (Justin Mapp 63), Chad Barrett (Floyd Franks 83). Substitutes Not Used: Jon Busch, Jeff Curtin, Jim Curtin, Willian Oliveira, Brian Plotkin
• Here's Johnston's team (4-4-2): Srdjan Djekanovic - Marvell Wynne, Tyrone Marshall, Jim Brennan, Todd Dunivant - Ronnie O'Brien, Maurice Edu, Carl Robinson, Andy Welsh (Chris Pozniak 65) - Danny Dichio, Collin Samuel. Substitutes Not Used: Andrew Boyens, Adam Braz, Miguel Canizalez, Jeff Cunningham, Boris Pardo, Marco Reda
TORONTO FC
Toronto FC are finally back home, concluding their six-game road trip because of the FIFA U-20 World Cup with a 2-0 loss to the Columbus Crew last weekend, also ending their four-game unbeaten run. TFC sits in sixth place in the Eastern Conference with 19 points from 17 matches, three points ahead of the Chicago Fire and five points in arrears of fifth-place D.C. United.
LAST MATCH
• The Crew were coming off a loss away to Chivas USA that put an end to a six-game winless run, while Toronto FC were completing a six-game road swing that began with a loss, but had since seen a victory and three draws.
• After a quiet first half, Guillermo Barros Schelotto hit for two goals in six minutes to send the Crew on their way. First, in the 50th minute, a lovely buildup saw an overlapping Frankie Hejduk get the ball on the right and float in a cross. It sailed over Alejandro Moreno's head, but Schelotto came in behind to knock it home first-time.
• Then Columbus won a free kick just a bit outside the TFC area. The Argentinean playmaker hooked his curling effort around the wall and while Toronto 'keeper Srdjan Djekanovic was able to get his hands to it, the ball still bobbled into the net for Schelotto's fourth goal on the year, to go with seven assists.
• TFC head coach Mo Johnston made two changes to the team that played to a scoreless draw with Houston Dynamo the weekend before. Chris Pozniak came into the central midfield in place of the suspended Maurice Edu, and Jeff Cunningham returned from injury in place of the hampered Danny Dichio up top - though his appearance didn't last long.
• Here's Johnston's team (4-4-2): Srdjan Djekanovic - Marvell Wynne, Andrew Boyens (Andy Welsh 59), Tyrone Marshall, Todd Dunivant - Ronnie O'Brien, Jim Brennan, Chris Pozniak, Carl Robinson - Collin Samuel, Jeff Cunningham (Andrea Lombardo 7 / Danny Dichio 70). Substitutes Not Used: Adam Braz, Joey Melo, Boris Pardo, Marco Reda
TEAM NEWS
• Toronto is happy to finally return to their BMO Field home, after taking a creditable six points out of 18 possible on their extended road swing.
• "We have to stop using [the road trip] as an excuse," said forward Danny Dichio after the game. "We know we have fantastic fans, and we know we have a fantastic stadium, but we have to be picking up points on the road."
• Still, the Reds know they have to gain maximum points at Exhibition Place if any home-field advantage is going to bear out.
• "We've been on the road for a while now, and we never performed today," said TFC head coach Mo Johnston. "Obviously, we need to win games at home now. We've been on a six-game stretch away from home. Now we can go back to Toronto, which is a difficult place for [opposing] teams to play."
• When Toronto left for their road trip, they hadn't take a point on their travels - a streak that continued with the loss in New England to begin the tour. But after the four-game unbeaten run, they were looking to maintain the streak.
• "We're disappointed. We felt we could have come here and got something. After the first half it was tight -- nil-nil -- they didn't have many chances. In the second half, they had two chances and finished them," Jim Brennan said. "Obviously, we are disappointed with the result today, because it was a long road trip and we've done well on the road trip and we wanted to get something today, but it just didn't go our way."
• The Toronto attack was noticeably hobbled against the Crew. Forward Jeff Cunningham barely made it through the opening minutes of the game before having to leave after re-injuring the same adductor that had him listed as questionable earlier in the day. Twenty-year-old Toronto native Andrea Lombardo filled in up front for most of the game, before a less than 100 percent Danny Dichio took over the reins late in the second half. "With [injuries] it's been very hard, especially when you come against a team that's playing fairly well," said Johnston.
• On Wednesday night, Toronto FC played host to Aston Villa FC of the English Premiership. After going down 2-0 on a pair of goals by Luke Moore, TFC fought back to level the count through Todd Dunivant and Andrea Lombardo. But in the final eight minutes John Carew found the back of the net and Moore completed his hat trick to give Villa the victory.
• "I felt our guys held the ball well, created a bunch of chances," Johnston said. "To be honest with you, if we sat up here at the start of the season and I said we're going to hang in there with Aston Villa ... you'd be looking at me as if I was crazy. Overall if I was assessing the game, especially with the talent we were playing against, I'm very happy."
• However, the match revealed some injury concerns for Johnston. Dichio is battling a sore back and forward Jeff Cunningham might face a long layoff to recover from an injury to his abdominal area. Johnston revealed on Wednesday that Cunningham might miss four to six weeks with the injury that has kept the striker out of three of TFC's last four games. As well, Johnston also said that goalkeeper Greg Sutton may miss the rest of the season due to the after-effects of a concussion suffered in June.
• On Wednesday, defender Tyrone Marshall also left the game due to what Johnston described as the effects of a pregame "stomach bug." Perhaps more seriously, defender Marvell Wynne suffered a hamstring injury in the 75th minute and had to be carried off the field. "I heard a little pop, but it should be fine," Wynne said. "No worries. I should be back by Sunday, we'll see. I'm getting an MRI just to make sure nothing is really bad."
• Here's Johnston's team: David Monsalve, Marvell Wynne, Jim Brennan, Todd Dunivant, Tyrone Marshall (Andrew Boyens 66), Ronnie O'Brien, Maurice Edu (Joey Melo 75), Carl Robinson, Andy Welsh (Chris Pozniak 63), Collin Samuel, Danny Dichio (Andrea Lombardo 49)
CHICAGO FIRE
The Chicago Fire return to league action for the first time in two weeks, seeing their winless streak extended to six games in their last game, a 4-0 loss at home to Houston Dynamo in Juan Carlos Osorio's debut as head coach. The Fire sit in seventh place in the Eastern Conference with 16 points from 16 matches, three behind Toronto FC.
LAST MATCH
• Dynamo hadn't lost since the beginning of June, and hadn't allowed a goal in nearly nine hours, while the Fire had won just once in their last 11 games.
• In the Fire head coaching debut of Juan Carlos Osorio, Dynamo showed their intentions early before finally breaking through in the 31st minute. Ricardo Clark, who earlier hit the crossbar, hooked a ball on the flank to Wade Barrett. Barrett banged in a low cross from the left corner and Stuart Holden reached behind himself on the run to punch the ball past Matt Pickens.
• Dynamo broke the game open with two goals in four minutes around the hour. In the 58th minute, Nate Jaqua came back to haunt the team that dealt him away in the offseason. Joseph Ngwenya was trying to dribble out of a jam in the area, but the ball was poked free right to Jaqua, and he turned a ripped a high blast inside the near post for his first goal with Houston.
• Then Ngwenya scored one of the goals of the season. After Jaqua's industry won the ball, Ngwenya beat Fire defender Jim Curtin with a half-moon, collecting the ball on the other side, then rounded Pickens as he came off his line then went to ground. From almost on the goal line, Ngwenya pushed the ball along the line and off the inside of the far post (62).
• Chris Wondolowski provided the final touch just after the full 90 minutes ticked over. Dwayne De Rosario went on a run through the Fire defense and hit an angled shot that Pickens just got a hand to. Wondolowski came running in at the far post to just touch the ball over the line and into the empty net.
• In his first game in charge, Juan Carlos Osorio brought Bruno Menezes, Jim Curtin and Thiago into the team, with C.J. Brown, Calen Carr and Logan Pause all out.
• Here's Osorio's team (4-1-4-1): Matt Pickens - Bruno Menezes (Calen Carr 73), Jim Curtin, Diego Gutierrez, Gonzalo Segares - Bakary Soumare - Justin Mapp, Chris Armas, Thiago, Ivan Guerrero (Willian Oliveira 64) - Chad Barrett. Substitutes Not Used: Jon Busch, Floyd Franks, Jeff Curtin, Logan Pause, Brian Plotkin
• "They had two good chances on long balls over the top. On the other hand, we had two good chances that we didn't score because the final touch, whether it was a pass or a shot on goal, was very weak. In other words, I thought we had pretty good chances on goal. In the second half, we started taking the ball at them and took some chances defensively speaking," Osorio said. "I can't deny the fact that I think we didn't defend the goals very well. There is a lot of work to do. This is a game that I have learned a lot from and hopefully we can start putting things in place. At the end, we cannot just get into the attacking third and not even have a shot on goal."
TEAM NEWS
• Since that last league loss, the Fire have made a significant addition, as Cuauhtémoc Blanco finally joined the team after playing with Mexico's national team in the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Copa America. He made his debut in the Fire's 1-1 draw with Celtic FC on July 22, three days after the Scottish power lost 2-0 in the MLS All-Star Game.
• "(Blanco) brings something special to the team and those are his vision and his creativity," Osorio said. "If you look back and analyze the game, you'll notice that he was in on 75 percent of the times that we got in the attacking third. It was through him that we created better chances, and to put the icing on the cake, he scored a beautiful goal. Hopefully, he will get fitter and fitter and we'll get more of him in the games to come."
• Blanco scored the Fire's goal in the 30th minute, before being taken off in the 58th minute. Derek Riordan hit for the equalizer 10 minutes from full time.
• "I always try to score and I had an opportunity to score," Blanco said. "The truth is I am very happy I was able to score. The objective of today's game was not met as we did not win. But I think little by little we will keep playing better and better and turn these results into victories."
• Here's Osorio's team on the day: Matt Pickens (Jon Busch 46), Diego Gutierrez, C.J. Brown (Dasan Robinson 65), Gonzalo Segares, Chris Armas (Brian Plotkin 65), Ivan Guerrero, Bakary Soumare (Willian Oliveira 77), Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Thiago 58), Bruno Menezes (Logan Pause 46), Calen Carr, Chad Barrett (Floyd Franks 59)
• "I let my players know that I am very disappointed that we did not win this game," Osorio said. "I think that if we finished 25 percent of our chances we could have and would have won the game by at least a two-goal difference."
• Blanco played in an attacking midfield role behind a front two of Chad Barrett and Calen Carr. "There were good signs," Osorio said. "We had better perception and I think in general we defended quite well but we'll continue improving the team. There is only way to do it and it is to work and to work on the training pitch. That's what we're going to do."
• However, Osorio believes the Fire have great room for improvement as they have scored just 13 goals in 16 MLS contests. "We need to work and have a better mindset," Osorio said. "We cannot have possession just for the sake of having possession but when we have possession we have to have a purpose. We passed too many times in the attacking third (of the field) and if we had that killer instinct, we would attack more."
• After the signing of Blanco, the Fire added another high-profile Central American striker when they announced the acquisition of Costa Rican international Paulo Cesar Wanchope. Wanchope, who played in all three of Costa Rica's games in Germany 2006, has 72 caps and has scored 45 goals for his country. He made one of the biggest moves ever from Costa Rica in 1996, when he signed with Derby County of the English Premiership. In all, the 31-year-old played eight seasons in England, for Derby (to 1999; 72 league appearances, 23 goals), West Ham United (1999-2000; 35 apps, 12 goals) and Manchester City (2000-04; 64 apps, 27 goals). Since leaving Europe, Wanchope has been hit hard by injuries, playing in Spain for Malagá, at Al-Gharrafa in Qatar, Argentina's Rosario Central and Tokyo FC in the J-League.
• The Fire were supposed to face Mexican side Santos Laguna on Wednesday in a friendly in La Joya, Texas, but the game was cancelled after a two-hour thunderstorm flooded La Joya Stadium, leaving the field unplayable.

[Freddy Adu]

Fire feel corner turned with victory

TORONTO -- The Chicago Fire were scheduled to leave Toronto on Sunday evening after their afternoon match with Toronto FC in order to get back to Chicago for Monday's training. Some MLS teams do a post-game sprint out of the locker room when a flight must be caught, but little urgency could be detected amongst the Fire players. Music was blasting from the stereo, players were happily chatting with each other at their lockers and everyone seemed to be savoring the moment. The feeling amongst the team was palpable -- the Fire's season had turned a corner.
In the midst of a six-match winless streak and a 1-8-3 record since the start of May, the Fire recorded their biggest win over the season, a 3-0 decision against Toronto FC at BMO Field. Chicago collected 10 shots on goal to Toronto's three, outshot TFC 14-5 overall and dominated the game from start to finish.
"I think all the hard work has paid off, at least for today's game," said Chicago coach Juan Carlos Osorio. "At both ends of the pitch I think we did very well. I can only be very pleased with our performance today and I hope we can expect these things from now on."
It was the Fire's first victory since a 3-2 win against Columbus on June 3, and it also marked a few other firsts. It was Osorio's first win since taking over as Chicago's head coach July 9 and his first victory overall as a coach in Major League Soccer.
The game was also Chicago's first win against Toronto in three games this season. The Fire had previously tied 1-1 with TFC on July 7 at Toyota Park, and became the first MLS team to ever lose to the first-year side in a 3-1 loss on May 12.
Sunday's match also saw the first regular-season MLS goal for midfielder Ivan Guerrero since June 29, 2005. In the 37th minute, Guerrero collected a pass from Cuauhtemoc Blanco in the Toronto penalty area and then maneuvered past TFC midfielder Chris Pozniak toward the goal. Guerrero sent a perfectly-placed kick over the head of Toronto goalkeeper David Monsalve and into the left-hand corner of the net for what would be the game-winning goal.
Guerrero chuckled and held his head in mock embarrassment when he was told that it was his first regular-season score in 52 games.
"We are happy," Guerrero said. "[It was] a big win. Toronto has got a good team."
The Fire's next two goal involved Calen Carr. Playing in the midfield, the 24-year-old collected an assist and a goal in the second half to cement Chicago's victory. Carr's goal, which put Chicago ahead 2-0 just before the hour mark, came on a somewhat fortunate chip shot that fooled Monsalve.
"I opened up on the right and I saw Blanco making a run through the middle," Carr said. "The last defender on the left side pinched in on Cuauhtemoc and he was smart to leave it for me. Then I saw a defender coming real fast at me and I tried to sidestep him, put it anywhere near the goal and luckily it took a deflection and went our way."
It is perhaps no coincidence that Chicago's biggest win over the season came in Blanco's first league game. The Mexican star didn't have an exceptional game by his standards, but he helped to set up Carr's goal and recorded an assist on his pass to Guerrero.
"He did well today, and I think he will do a lot better," said Osorio. "He knows he might not find the same space or time that he is used to in the Mexican league. As long as our strikers keep making their runs I think he will always find them."
The win moved Chicago ahead of Toronto for sixth in the Eastern Conference with 19 points. In spite of the club's struggles this season, the MLS Cup Playoffs are still a possibility for Osorio's squad.
"[The playoffs] are our main objective now," said the Fire coach. "If we keep doing things the way we do it today, I think it's in our reach."
Carr echoed his coach in using Sunday's win as a template for Chicago's 13 remaining games.
"We've been struggling for a little while and to get a big win on the road like this is going to give us a lot of confidence," Carr said. "I think it was a gusty performance from everybody from back to front.
"The locker room is alive right now," he added. "Everyone feels great."
Mark Polishuk is a contributor to MLSnet.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Soccer or its clubs.

[Freddy Adu]

l Discipline
Updated: July 28, 2007

Suspensions/Fine
Fred
D.C. United
Suspension/Fine: 8/5/07 vs. New England Revolution; $250
Reason: Red Card: 7/22/07 vs. New York Red Bulls
Dwayne De Rosario
Houston Dynamo
Suspension/Fine: 8/4/07 vs. Real Salt Lake; $250
Reason: 5 Cautions
Jose Burciaga Jr.
Kansas City Wizards
Suspension/Fine: 7/29/07 vs. Chivas USA; $250
Reason: Red Card: 7/22/07 vs. Colorado Rapids
Card Suspensions
Red card and caution point accumulation suspensions collected in Regular Season Games shall be served in a Player's next Regular Season Game. Any suspensions for yellow card points earned in a Player's last Regular Season Game will not carry over into the Playoffs, or into the next League Season.
However, the applicable fine will be collected in the current Season. Any Players who receives a red card in his last Game of the Season (Regular Season or Playoffs), will serve the one Game suspension during their next Game (whether it's during the Playoffs, Championship Game, or in the next Regular Season Game of the following season). All red card and caution point suspensions will, if necessary, follow a Player to a new Team. All fines associated with cautions or send-offs will be collected in the current season (before the calendar year expires).

The following players are one caution from suspension
Player -- Team -- Number of Cautions -- Good Behavior Incentive
Diego Gutierrez -- Chicago Fire -- 4 -- 3 more games
Maykel Galindo -- Chivas USA -- 4 -- 3 more games
Claudio Suarez -- Chivas USA -- 4 -- 2 more games
Facundo Erpen -- Colorado Rapids -- 4 -- 1 more game
Herculez Gomez -- Colorado Rapids -- 4 -- NA
Christian Gomez -- D.C. United -- 4 -- 1 more game
Carlos Ruiz -- FC Dallas -- 7 -- 3 more games
Eddie Robinson -- Houston Dynamo -- 7 -- N/A
Davy Arnaud -- Kansas City Wizards -- 4 -- N/A
Jose Burciaga, Jr. -- Kansas City Wizards -- 4 -- N/A
Nick Garcia -- Kansas City Wizards -- 4 -- 1 more game
Kevin Goldthwaite -- New York Red Bulls -- 4 -- 1 more game
Alecko Eskandarian -- Real Salt Lake -- 4 -- N/A
Atiba Harris -- Real Salt Lake -- 4 -- 3 more games
Jim Brennan -- Toronto FC -- 4 -- 1 more game
Maurice Edu -- Toronto FC -- 4 -- N/A
Chris Pozniak -- Toronto FC -- 4 -- 1 more game

The following players are two cautions from suspension
Player -- Team -- Number of Cautions
Calen Carr -- Chicago Fire -- 3
Gonzalo Segares -- Chicago Fire -- 3
Thiago -- Chicago Fire -- 3
Sacha Kljestan -- Chivas USA -- 3
Orlando Perez -- Chivas USA -- 3
Medhi Ballouchy -- Colorado Rapids -- 6
Roberto Brown -- Colorado Rapids -- 3
Bouna Coundoul -- Colorado Rapids --3
Pablo Mastroeni -- Colorado Rapids -- 3
Mike Petke -- Colorado Rapids -- 3
Frankie Hejduk -- Columbus Crew -- 3
Guillermo Barros Schelotto -- Columbus Crew -- 3
Bobby Boswell -- D.C. United -- 3
Brian Carroll -- D.C. United -- 3
Josh Gros -- D.C. United -- 3
Bryan Namoff -- D.C. United -- 3
Greg Vanney -- D.C. United -- 3
Clarence Goodson -- FC Dallas -- 3
Drew Moor -- FC Dallas -- 3
Pablo Ricchetti -- FC Dallas -- 6
Juan Toja -- FC Dallas -- 6
Alex Yi -- FC Dallas -- 3
Ryan Cochrane -- Houston Dynamo -- 3
Nate Jaqua -- Houston Dynamo -- 3
Jack Jewsbury -- Kansas City Wizards -- 3
Eddie Johnson -- Kansas City Wizards -- 3
Kerry Zavagnin -- Kansas City Wizards -- 3
Kevin Harmse -- Los Angeles Galaxy -- 3
Kyle Martino -- Los Angeles Galaxy -- 3
Andy Dorman -- New England Revolution -- 3
Jay Heaps -- New England Revolution -- 3
Avery John -- New England Revolution -- 3
Jeff Larentowicz -- New England Revolution -- 3
James Riley -- New England Revolution -- 3
Wells Thompson -- New England Revolution -- 3
Jozy Altidore -- New York Red Bulls -- 3
Dane Richards -- New York Red Bulls -- 3
Jean-Martial Kipre -- Real Salt Lake -- 3
Carey Talley -- Real Salt Lake -- 3
Andrew Boyens -- Toronto FC -- 3
Jeff Cunningham -- Toronto FC -- 3
Danny Dichio -- Toronto FC -- 3
Srdjan Djekanovic -- Toronto FC -- 3

Regular Season Caution Accumulation
A player who accumulates five (5) yellow cards over the course of the MLS Regular Season shall be suspended from the next Regular Season game in which he is eligible to appear and fined $250. After imposition of the first fine and one-game suspension for accumulating five (5) yellow cards over the course of an MLS Regular Season, a player who accumulates an additional three (3) yellow cards shall be suspended from the next regular season game in which he is eligible to appear and fined $500. After the imposition of the second fine and one-game suspension by virtue of accumulating eight (8) yellow cards over the course of a regular season, that player shall be suspended for one MLS Regular Season game and fined $750 for each accumulation of three (3) yellow cards awarded to him in any remaining MLS Regular Season games.
Good Behavior Incentive
If a player receives a caution during the Regular Season that brings him within one caution of any of the suspension thresholds (e.g., 4 cautions, 7 cautions), he shall be placed on "Warning." If a player is placed on "Warning" and appears in THREE (3) consecutive games without receiving a caution, being sent off or sanctioned by the MLS Disciplinary Committee for an infraction that occurs during one of the THREE (3) consecutive games, that player's personal caution total shall be reduced by ONE (1) caution. A player may only benefit from the Good Behavior Incentive one time per season.

Cautions for dissent
NONE

Cautions for lack of respect for the game
NONE
*MLS teams are assessed a matching team fine for their players' cumulative individual fines for yellow cards issued for either "dissent" or "showing a lack of respect for the game."
League Fair Play Table

rank	team	gp	yellow	red	fouls	clean gp	pts gp	total pts
1	Columbus Crew	18	25	2	232	7	7.3	131.0
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	12	17	2	158	1	12.7	152.0
3	New England Revolution	17	27	1	211	2	11.4	193.5
4	New York Red Bulls	18	22	3	248	2	11.8	212.0
5	Houston Dynamo	19	25	2	247	2	11.2	213.5
6	Real Salt Lake	16	31	3	214	3	13.5	216.0
7	Kansas City Wizards	18	34	1	231	1	13.7	246.5
8	D.C. United	16	35	2	259	2	16.2	259.5
9	Chicago Fire	17	32	3	211	0	15.5	263.5
10	Chivas USA	17	38	2	247	1	16.5	280.5
11	Colorado Rapids	18	38	2	271	1	16.3	292.5
12	FC Dallas	18	43	0	298	0	17.8	321.0
13	Toronto FC	18	40	4	311	1	18.9	340.5

MLS Teams are assessed fair play points and ranked in the fair play table as follows:

• 4 points for each caution point received (e.g. 5 cautions = 20 points)
• 10 points for each red card earned (e.g. 5 red cards in a year = 50 points)
• .5 points for each foul committed (e.g. 400 fouls = 200 points)
• A reduction of 15 points for every game played by a team without their receiving either a yellow or red card, or a member of their team being a recipient of MLS Disciplinary Committee action in conjunction with that game (e.g. 3 "clean" games = -45 points).

The team with the least amount of points at the end of the regular season will be awarded the Kraft Team Fair Play Award.
Fines (season)
April 25: Andy Herron, Columbus Crew; Shalrie Joseph, New England Revolution; Sacha Kljestan, Chivas USA
June 13: Tyrone Marshall, Toronto FC; Marco Ferruzzi, FC Dallas
July 30: Mehdi Ballouchy, Real Salt Lake; Curt Onalfo, Kansas City Wizards; Nick Garcia, Kansas City Wizards

[Freddy Adu]

l Transactions

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2005 | 2006

date	transaction
3/29	SIGNED – M Floyd Franks (2006 Draft pick); D Dasan Robinson (2006 Draft pick); D Jeff Curtin (2006 Draft pick)
3/3	WAIVED - MF Scott Buete
1/26	DRAFTED (Supplemental Draft) - M Floyd Franks (North Carolina -Charlotte); D Dasan Robinson (Dayton); D Ezra Prendergast (Syracuse); D Idris Ughiovhe (Howard); F Richar Mupfudze (Western Kentucky).
1/24	ACQUIRED - Chivas USA's first round pick in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft in exchange for M Jesse Marsch. TRADED - M Jesse Marsch to Chivas USA for their first round pick in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft. DEPARTED - D Samual Caballero; team and player could not agree to terms. Chicago retains Cabellero's MLS rights.
1/20	DRAFTED (SuperDraft) - F Calen Carr (California) - 10th pick, 1st round (10th overall); D Jeff Curtin (Georgetown) - 2nd pick, 2nd round (14th overall); M Brian Plotkin (Indiana) -8th pick, 2nd round (20th overall); D Jordan Russolillo (Southern Connecticut) - 10th pick, 3rd round (34th overall); M Jeremy Ashe (Marshall) -10th pick, 4th round (44th overall).
1/16	DEPARTED - F Lubos Reiter: Team and player could not agree to terms. Chicago retains Reiter's MLS rights.
1/11	ACQUIRED - M Diego Gutierrez from Kansas City for F Will John and 19th overall pick in 2006 SuperDraft. TRADED - F Will John and 19th overall pick in the 2006 SuperDraft to Kansas City for M Diego Gutierrez

[Freddy Adu]

2007 Schedule

Printable schedule I All-Time Results - single-game tickets - ticket packages All games will be broadcast live in Spanish by KTNQ 1020 AM Univision Radio.

date	opponent	time (PT) / result	tickets / highlights	TV, Radio / attendance
April
04/07 - Saturday	Toronto FC	CHV 2-0 TOR		14,351
04/14 - Saturday	@ Houston Dynamo	HOU 1-0 CHV		16,519
04/21 - Saturday	Real Salt Lake	CHV 4-0 RSL		11,253
04/28 - Saturday	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	LA 3-1 CHV		27,000
May
05/06 - Sunday	@ D.C. United	DC 2-1 CHV		14,267
05/12 - Saturday	@ Columbus Crew	CLB 1-1 CHV		12,545
05/20 - Sunday	Los Angeles Galaxy	CHV 1-1 LA		27,000
05/26 - Saturday	FC Dallas	CHV 2-0 DAL		8,756
June
06/02 - Saturday	@ Seattle Sounders %	SEA 1-3 CHV
06/09 - Saturday	@ Chicago Fire	CHI 0-1 CHV		20,407
06/16 - Saturday	Colorado Rapids	CHV 2-0 COL		10,490
06/21 - Thursday	@ Houston Dynamo	HOU 4-0 CHV		14,184
06/30 - Saturday	New England Revolution	CHV 2-0 NE		9,028
July
07/04 - Wednesday	@ FC Dallas	DAL 2-0 CHV		15,773
07/07 - Saturday	@ New England Revolution	NE 1-1 CHV		13,266
07/14 - Saturday	Columbus Crew	CHV 2-1 CLB		10,214
07/18 - Wednesday	@ Seattle Sounders %	SEA 3-1 CHV
Thursday, July 19
2007 Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game at Dick's Sporting Goods Park - Commerce City, CO
MLS All-Stars	Celtic FC	MLS 2, CEL 0		18,661
07/26 - Thursday	@ New York Red Bulls	NY 0-2 CHV		10,732
07/29 - Sunday	@ Kansas City Wizards	KC 3-2 CHV		11,649
August
08/18 - Saturday	@ Toronto FC	12:30 p.m.		DK, FSN-PT, MLSLIVE.tv
08/23 - Thursday	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	7:00 p.m.		ESPN2
08/26 - Sunday	Real Salt Lake	6:00 p.m.		DK, FSN-PT, MLSLIVE.tv
September
09/06 - Thursday	D.C. United	7:00 p.m.		ESPN2
09/09 - Sunday	New York Red Bulls	5:00 p.m.		DK, FSN-PT, MLSLIVE.tv
09/13 - Thursday	Los Angeles Galaxy	8:00 p.m.		ESPN2
09/16 - Sunday	@ Colorado Rapids	12:00 p.m.		TeleFutura, FSN-W
09/22 - Saturday	Kansas City Wizards	7:30 p.m.		DK, FSN-PT, MLSLIVE.tv
09/29 - Saturday	Chicago Fire	7:30 p.m.		DK, FSN-PT, MLSLIVE.tv
October
10/06 - Saturday	@ Real Salt Lake	6:00 p.m.		DK, HDNet, FSN-PT, MLSLIVE.tv
10/11 - Thursday	@ FC Dallas	6:00 p.m.		ESPN2
10/14 - Sunday	Colorado Rapids	12:00 p.m.		TeleFutura, FSN-PT
10/20 - Saturday	Houston Dynamo	7:30 p.m.		FSC, FSE
Sunday, November 18
MLS Cup 2007 at RFK Stadium - Washington, D.C.		9:00 a.m.	...	ABC, TeleFutura

& Friendly
# SuperLiga

TV Key
FSN-W = FSN West
FSN-PT = FSN Prime Ticket
FSC = Fox Soccer Channel
FSE = Fox Sports en Espanol
DK = MLS Direct Kick

Dates and times are subject to change. All times Pacific (PT).

[Freddy Adu]

2007 Chivas USA Stats

team-by-team stats Chicago Chivas USA Colorado Columbus D.C. United FC Dallas Houston Kansas City Los Angeles New England New York Real Salt Lake Toronto FC

Click on column headers to sort player stats. | 2006 stats >
Player Stats

UNF	POS	PLAYER	GP	GS	MIN	G	A	SHT	SOG	FC	FS	C	E
11	F	Maykel Galindo	16	15	1256	7	5	30	17	32	29	4	0
9	F	Ante Razov	17	16	1376	6	4	54	24	24	20	1	0
16	M	Sacha Kljestan	12	12	1016	2	4	15	8	19	15	3	0
2	D	Claudio Suarez	16	16	1406	2	0	8	4	29	6	5	1
13	D	Jonathan Bornstein	11	11	990	1	0	7	5	6	11	0	0
12	F	John Cunliffe	10	2	273	1	1	10	4	3	3	0	0
15	M	Jesse Marsch	17	17	1509	1	3	11	4	27	18	4	0
17	M	Paulo Nagamura	9	9	810	1	1	10	3	14	11	3	0
19	F	Matt Taylor *	11	0	159	1	0	5	5	2	3	0	0
20	M	Amado Guevara *	4	4	326	0	0	9	4	5	3	0	0
32	F	Anthony Hamilton	1	0	11	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
21	D	Jason Hernandez	10	4	390	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0
17	M	Rodrigo Lopez	4	0	44	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
6	M	Francisco Mendoza	17	17	1528	0	2	24	10	19	38	2	0
10	F	Laurent Merlin	13	3	405	0	1	8	3	8	16	1	0
77	D	Orlando Perez	8	7	602	0	1	0	0	6	5	3	0
28	M	Erasmo Solorzano	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	D	Shavar Thomas	11	11	957	0	0	0	0	10	4	1	1
25	D	Lawson Vaughn	13	13	1108	0	0	1	1	16	5	4	0
23	D	Alex Zotinca	13	13	1100	0	3	12	6	22	14	5	0
		Own goals rcvd.	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals			17	17	1530	24	25	206	98	247	229	38	2
Opposition Totals			17	17	1530	19	14	193	87	229	247	27	0

Game Winning Goals	Maykel Galindo (2)Ante Razov (2)Jesse Marsch (1)Paulo Nagamura (1)
Game Winning Assists	Maykel Galindo (3), Ante Razov (2), Sacha Kljestan (1), Alex Zotinca (1)
Penalty Kicks Made / Attempted

Goalkeeping Stats

UNF	POS	PLAYER	GP	GS	MIN	SHTS	SVS	GA	GAA	PG	PA	W	L	T	SHO
18	GK	Brad Guzan	14	14	1260	71	52	16	1.14	2	3	7	5	2	6
22	GK	Preston Burpo	3	3	270	16	13	3	1.00	0	0	1	1	1	1
Totals			17	17	1530	98	65	19	1.12	2	3	8	6	3	7
Opposition Totals			17	17	1530	87	73	24	1.41	0	0	6	8	3	3

* Player no longer with team

[Freddy Adu]

										home						away
team	gp	w	l	t	pts	gf	ga	+/-		w	l	t	gf	ga		w	l	t	gf	ga
Houston	19	10	5	4	34	28	13	15		6	2	2	14	4		4	3	2	14	9
FC Dallas	18	9	6	3	30	24	24	0		4	2	1	10	5		5	4	2	14	19
Chivas USA	17	8	6	3	27	24	19	5		6	0	1	15	2		2	6	2	9	17
Colorado	18	4	8	6	18	16	24	-8		2	3	4	7	9		2	5	2	9	15
Los Angeles	12	3	5	4	13	17	18	-1		3	3	2	15	13		0	2	2	2	5
Real Salt Lake	16	1	9	6	9	13	26	-13		1	4	3	9	13		0	5	3	4	13

[Freddy Adu]

Chivas trip continues in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY WIZARDS v CHIVAS USA
ARROWHEAD STADIUM, Kansas City, Mo.
6 p.m. CT (MetroSports; FSN-PT)
July 29, 2007 (WEEK 17) / MLS Game #111
Chivas USA continue their two-game, four-day trip East with another difficult test, taking on the Kansas City Wizards at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday evening. Chivas started their trip with a rare road victory, defeating the New York Red Bulls 2-0 on MLS Primetime Thursday, beginning a stretch of four away games overall. The Wizards are still just a point out of top spot in the Eastern Conference, behind New York and New England, despite having won just once since early June. They are coming off a bitter 2-2 draw with Colorado last weekend, where Eddie Johnson extended his goal-scoring streak to his last four games - where he's scored nine goals.
REFEREE: Shane Moody. SAR (bench): Paul Scott; JAR (opposite): Corey Rockwell; 4th: Richard Heron
MLS Career: 3 games; FC/gm: 38.7; Y/gm: 5.3; R: 2; pens: 1
Games involving Wizards: P1 W0 L1 T0 FC/gm: 36.0; Y/gm: 4.0; R: 1; pens: 0
Games involving Chivas USA: first game
INJURY REPORT: KANSAS CITY WIZARDS - OUT: MF Ryan McMahen (torn ACL); DOUBTFUL: FW Scott Sealy (hip flexor strain); QUESTIONABLE: FW Eddie Johnson (ankle inversion sprain); MF Sasha Victorine (clavicle contusion); FW Yura Movsisyan (ankle contusion); PROBABLE: DF Aaron Hohlbein (hamstring strain); GK Chris Konopka (ankle sprain); FW Willy Guadarrama (quadriceps strain) ... CHIVAS USA - OUT: DF Carlos Llamosa (L knee ACL surgery); QUESTIONABLE: MF Paulo Nagamura (R knee sprain)
SUSPENDED: KC: Jose Burciaga Jr. (through Aug. 1)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Davy Arnaud, Jose Burciaga Jr., Nick Garcia ... CHV: Maykel Galindo, Claudio Suarez
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Jack Jewsbury, Eddie Johnson, Kerry Zavagnin ... CHV: Sacha Kljestan, Orlando Perez
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (4 meetings): Wizards 2 wins, 7 goals ... Chivas USA 0 wins, 3 goals ... Draws 2
AT KANSAS CITY (2 meetings): Wizards 2 wins, 5 goals ... Chivas USA 0 wins, 1 goal ... Draws 0
• This is the first of two meetings between the clubs this season, the lone encounter set for Arrowhead Stadium. They are scheduled to meet Sept. 22 at The Home Depot Center.
LAST YEAR (MLS):
8/19: CHV 1, KC 1 (Bornstein 83 - Burciaga 42)
10/7: KC 2, CHV 1 (van den Bergh 50; Burciaga 74 - Suarez 71)
• Chivas USA have never defeated the Wizards in the two years of the club's existence. Kansas City has won both previous meetings at Arrowhead Stadium, while the teams have played to draws in both of their meetings in Carson.
• This is the coaching debut of Preki against the team with which he was so identified. The left-footed magician spent nine of his 10 years in MLS with the Wizards, winning an MLS Cup in 2000, scoring championships in 1997 and 2003 and the Honda MVP in 1997 and 2003.
• Coaches record: Curt Onalfo vs. CHV: first meeting ... Preki v KC: first meeting
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS
The Kansas City Wizards went a man down and were unable to hold on to a lead, playing to a 2-2 draw last Saturday with the Colorado Rapids at Arrowhead Stadium. The Wizards are still in third place in the Eastern Conference with 26 points from 17 matches, a point behind joint-leaders New York Red Bulls and New England Revolution, while a point ahead of the Columbus Crew.
LAST MATCH
• The Wizards were coming off a victory against Real Salt Lake that had put an end to a six-game losing streak. But the Rapids had not been as fortunate, still winless since May 26, a span of eight games, and having been shutout in three consecutive matches and five of their last six.
• The Wizards took the lead in the 24th minute as Eddie Johnson continued his rich vein of form. This came from a terrific movement, Sasha Victorine freeing Davy Arnaud on the right, who drove a low cross across the top of the six where Johnson had a step on his defender, and the All-Star turned the cross home inside the near post.
• The Rapids put an end to their 382-minute streak without a goal in the 42nd minute when Jimmy Conrad was ruled to have pushed over Herculez Gomez as they raced into the area after a ball that 'keeper Kevin Hartman was sliding to control. Jovan Kirovski hammered the resulting spot kick right down the center of the goal.
• Yet it took the Wizards not a minute to respond. Arnaud broke down a pair of defenders on the left and lashed a low shot that beat Bouna Coundoul's dive -- but not the left-hand post. But Johnson was there to knock home the rebound into the empty net for his league-leading 12th goal of the season, and his ninth in his last four league appearances.
• The game had been a fractious affair from the start, and it boiled over in the 67th minute, when Jose Burciaga Jr. was sent off after he pushed Coundoul after the two had become tangled in the area.
• Nine minutes later the Rapids took advantage. Terry Cooke swung in a corner from the left and Facundo Erpen got up at the near post to flick home a glancing header for his first goal since joining the Rapids and give his new team a third draw in four games.
• Wizards head coach Curt Onalfo made no changes to the team that defeated Real Salt Lake 1-0 the weekend before. Here's Onalfo's team (4-3-1-2): Kevin Hartman - Jack Jewsbury, Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia, Jose Burciaga Jr. - Sasha Victorine (Kurt Morsink 46), Kerry Zavagnin, Michael Harrington - Carlos Marinelli - Davy Arnaud, Eddie Johnson (Yura Movsisyan 81) (Ryan Pore 89). Substitutes Not Used: Will John, Eric Kronberg, Ryan Raybould, Tyson Wahl
TEAM NEWS
• Johnson's continuing outstanding form is still bringing results for the Wizards. He has scored in the last four games he's played for the club, and it has won three and tied one in that stretch. The Wizards have not lost any of the seven games in which Johnson has scored this season, going 6-0-1.
• "It is always nice to score two goals in a game, but when you don't win it takes that feeling away a little. We always look to push forward and attack as a team. Tonight we did that well even when we were a man down," Johnson said. "This was an emotional game and I am a passionate player, but now we have to learn from this and prepare for the next game. Every game matters and we will continue to work hard and not give up."
• Despite the Rapids' physical approach, despite going down a man, Onalfo was pleased with the Wizards effort throughout the entire 90 minutes.
• "We are a team that doesn't give up. I love these guys; they are a tremendous group of players. Even when we were a man down Davy [Arnaud] had a chance at the end. Everything was against us at the end and we still came out with a point," Onalfo said. "We will not deter from who we are; a team that goes forward, controls the pace of the game and pushes the action. We also will not let outside factors dictate our style of play."
• Arnaud has been the first choice in recent games to partner Eddie Johnson in attack, and even with Johnson's run of goals, nearly came away with the late game-winner.
• "Ten men or not ten men, we're a good enough team that two goals should be good enough to get a win at home," Arnaud said. "Having said that, we had chances that it could have been three or four. It's unfortunate because we played well enough to get a win."
• The next three games could be vital for the Wizards. With the new playoff structure, a team like Chivas - third place in the Western Conference but now a point ahead of Kansas City - could be battling with the Wizards for a spot come October. Then following is a home-and-home series with New England - a pair of definite six-pointers, with the teams just a point apart.
• "I believe we have a team that can compete to win our [conference]. I believe we have a team that can win a championship," Onalfo said. "But this team has not made the playoffs in two years. So getting into the playoffs needs to be the number one priority. Once we're able to do that, God willing, then we start honing in on trying to win the [conference] and position ourselves for home-field advantage."
CHIVAS USA
Chivas USA began their four-game road swing with a quality result, going to Giants Stadium and coming away with a 2-0 victory against Eastern Conference leaders New York Red Bulls on MLS Primetime Thursday. The win moved Chivas to 27 points from 16 matches, now just three points behind FC Dallas for second place and six behind Western Conference leaders Houston Dynamo.
LAST MATCH
• Chivas were beginning a two-game stretch in four days against Eastern Conference opposition having won just once on the road on the season, while the Red Bulls had won twice in their last seven games yet still stayed tied for the lead in the Eastern Conference.
• Chivas USA took the lead in the 38th minute through Ante Razov. Maykel Galindo was given time to run at Seth Stammler on the right, and just as he entered the area he whipped in a quick cross where Razov snuck between two defenders and snapped home a bullet header inside the right-hand post.
• Three minutes from the end, Chivas doubled their lead through local boy Sacha Kljestan. Winning the ball in midfield, Kljestan played quickly to Razov, whose first-team return pass over the Red Bulls back line freed Kljestan. He raced in alone before sliding a shot just under Jon Conway's left side from the top of the area.
• Before that, the Red Bulls had their chances and could have drawn level on a few occasions. Juan Pablo Angel saw a header graze the outside of the post in the first half, and early in the second, Jozy Altidore turned a shot off the bar. Angel nearly grabbed a consolation goal in stoppage time, but his looping header from a corner was headed off the line by Rodrigo Lopez.
• Chivas USA head coach Preki made one change to the team that defeated the Columbus Crew 2-1 at home the weekend before. Alex Zotinca came back from suspension, replacing Orlando Perez in the back four as Preki also readjusted his lines.
• Here's Preki's team (4-4-2): Brad Guzan - Alex Zotinca (Rodrigo Lopez 83), Claudio Suarez, Shavar Thomas, Jonathan Bornstein - Sacha Kljestan, Lawson Vaughn, Jesse Marsch, Francisco Mendoza - Maykel Galindo (Laurent Merlin 73), Ante Razov (Jason Hernandez 92+). Substitutes Not Used: Preston Burpo, Jorge Flores, Anthony Hamilton, Orlando Perez
• "We were disciplined and we were for the most part, in almost every moment of the game ... organized," Preki said. "We knew what we wanted. We knew our chances would come, and when they come, we'll put them away and have some success. Fortunately enough, things worked out tonight in our favor."
TEAM NEWS
• For Razov, it was the 104th goal of his MLS career, putting him just four away from the all-time lead currently held by D.C. United forward Jaime Moreno and Real Salt Lake head coach Jason Kreis. Moreno pulled into the tie earlier this year with his third goal of the season, but has not scored since May 19. Razov's goal was his sixth of the season.
• "I've actually missed a few headers in the past few weeks, and it's something that I've really worked on the past couple days in training, and this time, it paid off, so I'm really happy about that," Razov said. " ... It's nice. Let's hope it will all add up when I'm all said and done, but the most important thing was three points." Said Preki: "With Ante, if he gets a chance in the box he can put it away. I thought today he finished his chance pretty good, and also he had a hand in the second goal, Sacha Kljestan's goal, to put the game away. He had a hand in both goals."
• Chivas didn't have many scoring opportunities, but they capitalized on the ones they did get, which couldn't be said of the Red Bulls, which twice hit the woodwork.
• "I'm not so sure if they had that many chances," Preki said. "If you're talking about long balls and crosses, yeah they had a few of those. They had one good chance in the second half when [Jozy] Altidore got away from us and obviously he hit the crossbar. ... I think when you go on the road and play a quality team like that, you've got to limit their opportunities, and I think we limited them."
• It was just Chivas' fifth ever win away from home - and one came against the Galaxy at The Home Depot Center. "We've been having a tough time on the road," Preki said. "Is it because we're such a young team and we're growing into the whole thing or is it that we don't really feel comfortable playing on the road? I don't know what it is, but I think tonight we played good. We came here and did a professional job, like I expect us to do every time we go on the road."
• Said Razov: "We wanted to start the second half of the season on a positive. A two-game road trip in two very difficult places, to get a win here is big for us. It's well-documented, our struggles on the road. We've won a couple of games on the road now, so it's a good start."
• Kljestan's goal was his first since the opening game of the season, and was even sweeter considering it came near Seton Hall University, from where he rounded out his college career in 2005.
• "Jason (Hernandez) and myself had probably 60 people total between the two of us. It's always exciting to come back and play at Giants Stadium because this is a place when I was in college, I watched Jason play here and I watched the MetroStars play and supported them while I was out here, so it's always a big deal for me to come back and play here," he said.

[Freddy Adu]

l Discipline
Updated: July 28, 2007

Suspensions/Fine
Fred
D.C. United
Suspension/Fine: 8/5/07 vs. New England Revolution; $250
Reason: Red Card: 7/22/07 vs. New York Red Bulls
Dwayne De Rosario
Houston Dynamo
Suspension/Fine: 8/4/07 vs. Real Salt Lake; $250
Reason: 5 Cautions
Jose Burciaga Jr.
Kansas City Wizards
Suspension/Fine: 7/29/07 vs. Chivas USA; $250
Reason: Red Card: 7/22/07 vs. Colorado Rapids
Card Suspensions
Red card and caution point accumulation suspensions collected in Regular Season Games shall be served in a Player's next Regular Season Game. Any suspensions for yellow card points earned in a Player's last Regular Season Game will not carry over into the Playoffs, or into the next League Season.
However, the applicable fine will be collected in the current Season. Any Players who receives a red card in his last Game of the Season (Regular Season or Playoffs), will serve the one Game suspension during their next Game (whether it's during the Playoffs, Championship Game, or in the next Regular Season Game of the following season). All red card and caution point suspensions will, if necessary, follow a Player to a new Team. All fines associated with cautions or send-offs will be collected in the current season (before the calendar year expires).

The following players are one caution from suspension
Player -- Team -- Number of Cautions -- Good Behavior Incentive
Diego Gutierrez -- Chicago Fire -- 4 -- 3 more games
Maykel Galindo -- Chivas USA -- 4 -- 3 more games
Claudio Suarez -- Chivas USA -- 4 -- 2 more games
Facundo Erpen -- Colorado Rapids -- 4 -- 1 more game
Herculez Gomez -- Colorado Rapids -- 4 -- NA
Christian Gomez -- D.C. United -- 4 -- 1 more game
Carlos Ruiz -- FC Dallas -- 7 -- 3 more games
Eddie Robinson -- Houston Dynamo -- 7 -- N/A
Davy Arnaud -- Kansas City Wizards -- 4 -- N/A
Jose Burciaga, Jr. -- Kansas City Wizards -- 4 -- N/A
Nick Garcia -- Kansas City Wizards -- 4 -- 1 more game
Kevin Goldthwaite -- New York Red Bulls -- 4 -- 1 more game
Alecko Eskandarian -- Real Salt Lake -- 4 -- N/A
Atiba Harris -- Real Salt Lake -- 4 -- 3 more games
Jim Brennan -- Toronto FC -- 4 -- 1 more game
Maurice Edu -- Toronto FC -- 4 -- N/A
Chris Pozniak -- Toronto FC -- 4 -- 1 more game

The following players are two cautions from suspension
Player -- Team -- Number of Cautions
Calen Carr -- Chicago Fire -- 3
Gonzalo Segares -- Chicago Fire -- 3
Thiago -- Chicago Fire -- 3
Sacha Kljestan -- Chivas USA -- 3
Orlando Perez -- Chivas USA -- 3
Medhi Ballouchy -- Colorado Rapids -- 6
Roberto Brown -- Colorado Rapids -- 3
Bouna Coundoul -- Colorado Rapids --3
Pablo Mastroeni -- Colorado Rapids -- 3
Mike Petke -- Colorado Rapids -- 3
Frankie Hejduk -- Columbus Crew -- 3
Guillermo Barros Schelotto -- Columbus Crew -- 3
Bobby Boswell -- D.C. United -- 3
Brian Carroll -- D.C. United -- 3
Josh Gros -- D.C. United -- 3
Bryan Namoff -- D.C. United -- 3
Greg Vanney -- D.C. United -- 3
Clarence Goodson -- FC Dallas -- 3
Drew Moor -- FC Dallas -- 3
Pablo Ricchetti -- FC Dallas -- 6
Juan Toja -- FC Dallas -- 6
Alex Yi -- FC Dallas -- 3
Ryan Cochrane -- Houston Dynamo -- 3
Nate Jaqua -- Houston Dynamo -- 3
Jack Jewsbury -- Kansas City Wizards -- 3
Eddie Johnson -- Kansas City Wizards -- 3
Kerry Zavagnin -- Kansas City Wizards -- 3
Kevin Harmse -- Los Angeles Galaxy -- 3
Kyle Martino -- Los Angeles Galaxy -- 3
Andy Dorman -- New England Revolution -- 3
Jay Heaps -- New England Revolution -- 3
Avery John -- New England Revolution -- 3
Jeff Larentowicz -- New England Revolution -- 3
James Riley -- New England Revolution -- 3
Wells Thompson -- New England Revolution -- 3
Jozy Altidore -- New York Red Bulls -- 3
Dane Richards -- New York Red Bulls -- 3
Jean-Martial Kipre -- Real Salt Lake -- 3
Carey Talley -- Real Salt Lake -- 3
Andrew Boyens -- Toronto FC -- 3
Jeff Cunningham -- Toronto FC -- 3
Danny Dichio -- Toronto FC -- 3
Srdjan Djekanovic -- Toronto FC -- 3

Regular Season Caution Accumulation
A player who accumulates five (5) yellow cards over the course of the MLS Regular Season shall be suspended from the next Regular Season game in which he is eligible to appear and fined $250. After imposition of the first fine and one-game suspension for accumulating five (5) yellow cards over the course of an MLS Regular Season, a player who accumulates an additional three (3) yellow cards shall be suspended from the next regular season game in which he is eligible to appear and fined $500. After the imposition of the second fine and one-game suspension by virtue of accumulating eight (8) yellow cards over the course of a regular season, that player shall be suspended for one MLS Regular Season game and fined $750 for each accumulation of three (3) yellow cards awarded to him in any remaining MLS Regular Season games.
Good Behavior Incentive
If a player receives a caution during the Regular Season that brings him within one caution of any of the suspension thresholds (e.g., 4 cautions, 7 cautions), he shall be placed on "Warning." If a player is placed on "Warning" and appears in THREE (3) consecutive games without receiving a caution, being sent off or sanctioned by the MLS Disciplinary Committee for an infraction that occurs during one of the THREE (3) consecutive games, that player's personal caution total shall be reduced by ONE (1) caution. A player may only benefit from the Good Behavior Incentive one time per season.

Cautions for dissent
NONE

Cautions for lack of respect for the game
NONE
*MLS teams are assessed a matching team fine for their players' cumulative individual fines for yellow cards issued for either "dissent" or "showing a lack of respect for the game."
League Fair Play Table

rank	team	gp	yellow	red	fouls	clean gp	pts gp	total pts
1	Columbus Crew	18	25	2	232	7	7.3	131.0
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	12	17	2	158	1	12.7	152.0
3	New England Revolution	17	27	1	211	2	11.4	193.5
4	New York Red Bulls	18	22	3	248	2	11.8	212.0
5	Houston Dynamo	19	25	2	247	2	11.2	213.5
6	Real Salt Lake	16	31	3	214	3	13.5	216.0
7	Kansas City Wizards	18	34	1	231	1	13.7	246.5
8	D.C. United	16	35	2	259	2	16.2	259.5
9	Chicago Fire	17	32	3	211	0	15.5	263.5
10	Chivas USA	17	38	2	247	1	16.5	280.5
11	Colorado Rapids	18	38	2	271	1	16.3	292.5
12	FC Dallas	18	43	0	298	0	17.8	321.0
13	Toronto FC	18	40	4	311	1	18.9	340.5

MLS Teams are assessed fair play points and ranked in the fair play table as follows:

• 4 points for each caution point received (e.g. 5 cautions = 20 points)
• 10 points for each red card earned (e.g. 5 red cards in a year = 50 points)
• .5 points for each foul committed (e.g. 400 fouls = 200 points)
• A reduction of 15 points for every game played by a team without their receiving either a yellow or red card, or a member of their team being a recipient of MLS Disciplinary Committee action in conjunction with that game (e.g. 3 "clean" games = -45 points).

The team with the least amount of points at the end of the regular season will be awarded the Kraft Team Fair Play Award.
Fines (season)
April 25: Andy Herron, Columbus Crew; Shalrie Joseph, New England Revolution; Sacha Kljestan, Chivas USA
June 13: Tyrone Marshall, Toronto FC; Marco Ferruzzi, FC Dallas
July 30: Mehdi Ballouchy, Real Salt Lake; Curt Onalfo, Kansas City Wizards; Nick Garcia, Kansas City Wizards