WIN IS A FIRST FOR CHIVAS USA CUADROS' GOAL IN 39TH MINUTE IS GAME-WINNER CHIVAS USA 1, REAL SALT LK. 0.Byline: Fred J. Robledo Staff Writer CARSON - With two road games following Chivas USA's match against Real Salt Lake on Saturday at Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box Center, the frailty of job security might have started creeping into the back of coach Thomas Rongen's mind if Chivas didn't pull out its first victory against Major League Soccer's other expansion club. And wouldn't that be a waste for Rongen, who has learned Spanish much quicker than Chivas has adapted to MLS See multilevel security. . For now, Rongen can keep taking those Spanish lessons at Cal State Dominguez Hills, because Chivas notched its first win of the season, beating Real Salt Lake 1-0 to become the final team in MLS to record a victory, in front of an announced crowd of 10,893. If Rongen was feeling any pressure with the losses piling up, he certainly wasn't showing it. ``Throughout my career I've always believed you can't go too high or too low,'' Rongen said. ``As you can see in the locker room, we're happy, but champagne is not being uncorked.'' The victory moves Chivas (1-4-1, 4 points) into a fifth-place tie with Colorado (1-3-1, 4 points), and leaves Chivas a point behind Real Salt Lake (1-3-2, 5 points), which sits in the fourth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. The game's only goal came moments after Chivas midfielder Hector Cuadros missed an opportunity at the back post under pressure from RSL RSL - RAISE Specification Language defender Marlon Rojas Marlon Rojas (born November 11, 1979 in Arima) is a Trinidad and Tobago soccer player who recently played for the Atlanta Silverbacks of the USL First Division. Rojas came to the United States to play college soccer, first with the University of Tampa, with whom he won the . Cuadros redeemed himself a short time later. A cross into the penalty area ricocheted off Rojas' arm just inside the penalty area in the 37th minute, giving Chivas a penalty kick. Cuadros took the spot-kick, and after a brief stutter-step, he drove it high into the left corner, beating RSL goalkeeper D.J. Countess for a 1-0 lead in the 39th minute for his second goal of the season. ``I can't give enough credit to the boys for putting out their heart today,'' Chivas defender Ryan Suarez Ryan Suarez (born July 28, 1977 in Sacramento, California) is an American soccer player, who last played in United Soccer Leagues for the California Victory. Suarez played college soccer at San Jose St. from 1997 to 2000, and was named an NCAA All-American his senior season. said. ``Everybody knew that everything was on the line today, and we got that (bleeping bleep n. A brief high-pitched sound, as from an electronic device. v. bleeped, bleep·ing, bleeps v.intr. To emit a bleep or bleeps. v.tr. ) monkey off our backs off our backs (sometimes referred to by its initials, oob) is a radical feminist periodical published in Washington, D.C.. It has been published continuously since it was founded in February 1970, making it the longest-running feminist periodical currently .'' Chivas, with Armando Begines Armando Efren Begines Avalos (born March 26, 1983 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican soccer defender. Begines played for C.D. Chivas USA in Major League Soccer in 2005. and Francisco Mendoza returning from injuries, started five of their seven Mexican players and made several tactical changes. With Douglas Sequeira and Orlando Perez backing Ramon Ramirez in central midfield, Ramirez was free to play a little higher and take on a bigger playmaking role. And Chivas continually utilized the flanks with outside backs Ezra Hendrickson and Begines, with Thiago Martins up front, and Cuadros and Mendoza listed as midfielders but playing more as wide forwards. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Chivas USA's Armando Begines, right, tries to get past Real Salt Lake's Chris Brown. Chris Pizzello/Associated Press |
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