GALAXY RALLIES PAST CHIVAS USA GALAXY 5, CHIVAS USA 2.Byline: - Scott French CARSON - The fourth meeting of Southern California's MLS See multilevel security. clubs was the best yet, but the result was no different. The Galaxy rallied twice from first-half deficits, then got late goals from Landon Donovan Landon Timothy Donovan (born March 4, 1982 in Ontario, California), is an American professional soccer player on the Los Angeles Galaxy, who is the joint all-time leading scorer for the U.S. National Team (along with Eric Wynalda). and Chris Albright Christopher John "Chris" Albright (born January 14, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American international soccer defender for the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer. Albright attended William Penn Charter School. for a 5-2 triumph Wednesday night over Chivas USA in the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is an American soccer competition open to all United States Soccer Federation (USSF) affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams all the way up to the top professional clubs of Major League Soccer. . Cobi Jones Cobi Jones (born June 16, 1970 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American midfielder for Major League Soccer team Los Angeles Galaxy. Jones is currently the all-time leader of the United States men's national team in appearances, with 164 caps as of the end of 2004 (scoring 15 , Joseph Ngwenya Joseph Ngwenya (born March 30, 1981 in Plumtree, Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean soccer player who currently plays forward for the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer. and Herculez Gomez scored first-half goals for the Galaxy, which has beaten its Home Depot Center rival four times, with one more meeting - next Wednesday at the Coliseum - remaining on the schedule. Chivas took leads in the fourth minute on Douglas Sequeira's header and 20th minute on Ramon Ramirez's free kick in front of 5,647 at HDC's Track and Field Stadium. Jones answered Sequeira's score by tucking the ball inside the right post from Troy Roberts' feed in the 12th minute. Ngwenya pulled the Galaxy even again in the 36th, and Gomez netted the winner in the 45th with a blast off goalkeeper Brad Guzan's hands after Armando Begines gave the ball away. Donovan scored in the 89th minute and Albright two minutes into stoppage time. The Galaxy, winner of the 2001 U.S. Open Cup - America's oldest soccer competition, dating to 1914 - advanced to a quarterfinal meeting Aug. 24 at MLS rival San Jose, which won 2-0 over the Portland Timbers of the United Soccer Leagues' First Division, the second tier of U.S. pro soccer. |
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