RUIZ DOES IT AGAIN GALAXY 2, CHICAGO 1.Byline: Fred J. Robledo Staff Writer PASADENA - Chicago contained Carlos Ruiz for the most part Saturday, knocking the newest Galaxy acquisition around most of the match while limiting his chances in front of the net. But as D.C. United D.C. United is a professional soccer club located in Washington, D.C. that participates in Major League Soccer. The club's official nickname is the "Black-and-Red" and home uniforms are black and white with accents of red. The team's name refers to Washington, D.C. learned two weeks earlier, it only takes a momentary lapse in coverage for the Guatemalan striker to make you pay. In almost a carbon-copy showing of his performance two weeks earlier, Ruiz scored two goals, including the game-winner in the second minute of sudden-death overtime, as the Galaxy defeated the Fire 2-1 in front of 13,887 at the Rose Bowl. The Major League Soccer scoring leader also scored a pair of goals in a 2-1 season-opening victory over United on March 23. ``When you have somebody that the team knows is going to be there and score goals and figure out a way to get two or three good quality chances, you start to have great faith in that player,'' Galaxy coach Sigi Schmid Siegfried "Sigi" Schmid (born March 20 1953 in Tübingen, West Germany) is a soccer coach who currently heads the Columbus Crew. Schmid moved from Germany to Torrance, California in 1962. He received a B.S. in economics from UCLA in 1976, and an M. said of Ruiz. ``What will happen now is that opponents have to view him with a different eye then they have up until now. As he gets more attention, it will open up space for the others and that will make it easier for them to play.'' In the season-opening victory, Schmid called rookie Gavin Glinton's performance the best minute in MLS See multilevel security. history. He came on in sudden death and was fouled in the first minute, setting up Ruiz's game-winning penalty kick. On Saturday, it was newcomer Tyrone Marshall Tyrone Marshall (born November 12, 1974 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican footballer, who plays center back for Toronto FC of Major League Soccer. Marshall was drafted by the Colorado Rapids out of Florida International University with the 11th overall pick of the 1998 , whom the team picked up from Miami in January's dispersal draft A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. , that did the most with his two minutes of action. Just like Glinton, Marshall replaced Sasha Victorine Sasha Caleb Victorine (born February 2, 1978 in Santa Ana, California) is an American soccer midfielder, who currently plays for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer. in overtime and quickly raced down the right side. He dribbled around a defender to free himself off the end line. Marshall then poked a pass in front of the goal for Ruiz, who one-touched it off the roof of the goal. Marshall barely had got warm but didn't hesitate to send the ball to the Galaxy's new scoring weapon. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Chicago forward Josh Wolff Joshua David "Josh" Wolff (born February 25, 1977 in Stone Mountain, Georgia) is an American soccer player, who currently plays forward for the TSV 1860 München of Germany's Second Bundesliga. (16) collides with Galaxy goalkeeper Matt Reis during the first half Saturday at the Rose Bowl. Kevork Djansezian/Associated Press |
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