GAME 6 – April 25, 2009

FC DALLAS 0, CHIVAS USA 2

The Home Depot Center – Carson, CA

Scoring:

CHV -- Atiba Harris 2 (Mariano Trujillo 1, Paulo Nagamura 1) 68

CHV -- Alecko Eskandarian 1 (Gerson Mayen 4) 91+

FC DALLAS: Dario Sala, Marcelo Saragosa, Drew Moor, Daniel Torres, Blake Wagner, Andre Rocha (Jeff Cunningham 82), Pablo Ricchetti, Dax McCarty (Ray Burse 27), Dave van den Bergh, David Ferreira, Kenny Cooper.

Subs Not Used: Alvaro Sanchez, Aaron Pitchkolan, Eric Avila, Peri Marosevic, Bruno Guarda.

Shots – 13; Shots on Goal – 6; Total Saves – 3; Fouls – 8; Offsides – 0; Corner Kicks – 2

CHIVAS USA: Zach Thornton, Mariano Trujillo, Carey Talley, Shavar Thomas, Jonathan Bornstein, Sacha Kljestan (Alecko Eskandarian 64), Jesse Marsch, Paulo Nagamura, Atiba Harris, Justin Braun (Maykel Galindo 58), Chukwudi Chijindu (Gerson Mayen 82).

Subs Not Used: Lance Parker, Jim Curtin, Michael Lahoud, Eduardo Lillingston.

Shots – 13; Shots on Goal – 5; Total Saves – 6; Fouls – 15; Offsides – 1; Corner Kicks – 6

Misconduct Summary:

CHV -- Atiba Harris (caution) 1

DAL -- Dario Sala (ejection) 25

CHV -- Chukwudi Chijindu (caution) 32

DAL -- Marcelo Saragosa (caution) 60

CHV -- Atiba Harris (ejection; second caution) 89

NOTES:

· The loss brings FC Dallas’ record to 1-4-1 (4 pts) on the season, and ends the team’s two-game regular season unbeaten streak.

· Dallas is now 6-5-4 all-time against Chivas USA and 3-3-1 when facing Chivas at The Home Depot Center.

· Chivas USA wins the 2009 regular season series against FC Dallas with identical 2-0 wins. For the second year in a row, the series between FCD and Chivas has concluded in April.

· This was the second of four straight road games for Dallas, beginning with Wednesday night’s U.S. Open Cup play-in game at DC United.

· Goalkeeper Dario Sala tonight made his return to the starting lineup after missing the last five games while recovering from meniscus surgery on his left knee.

· Sala exited the match in the 25th minute after receiving a red card for handling the ball outside of the penalty area. The goalkeeper will be forced to miss Dallas’ upcoming game at DC United.

· Ray Burse replaced Sala in goal and FCD was forced to play with 10 men for the remaining 65 minutes, pulling Dax McCarty off the field as a result of the violation.

· Dallas defender Marcelo Saragosa and midfielder Pablo Ricchetti each received stitches in the locker room following the game for separate head injuries.

· Defender Steve Purdy missed his fourth straight game with a strained right hamstring. Rookie defender George John missed tonight’s game with a strained left hamstring, suffered in Wednesday night’s U.S. Open Cup play-in game at DC.

· FC Dallas next head to RFK Stadium to face DC United on Saturday, May 2 (6:30 p.m. CT live on Fox Soccer Channel). The game comes 10 days after FCD fell 2-0 to United in a U.S. Open Cup play-in game at the same venue.

· Head Coach Schellas Hyndman on the game: “We were very pleased with the way we played. I thought that under this difficult environment, being down a man, that we still had our scoring chances. I thought (Zach) Thornton was exceptional today. He made a save on Dax McCarty from five yards out, he made a brilliant save on Kenny Cooper’s header, and in the first 25 minutes before the red card I thought we really raised our level of play. We played 65 minutes with a man down, so I’m really proud of our guys.”

Notes and statistics provided by FC Dallas Communications