Chivas USA 2, FC Dallas 0

by PegNews wire

GAME 2 – March 29, 2009

FC DALLAS 0, CHIVAS USA 2

Pizza Hut Park – Frisco, Texas

Scoring:

CHV -- Eduardo Lillingston 1 (Gerson Mayen 1) 56

CHV -- Bojan Stepanovic 1 (unassisted) 75

FC DALLAS: Ray Burse, Drew Moor, Steve Purdy, Daniel Torres, Blake Wagner (Aaron Pitchkolan 46), Dax McCarty (Andre Rocha 65), Pablo Ricchetti, David Ferreira, Dave van den Bergh, Jeff Cunningham (Peri Marosevic 80), Kenny Cooper.

Subs Not Used: Josh Lambo, Brek Shea, Bruno Guarda, Eric Avila.

Shots – 13; Shots on Goal – 6; Total Saves – 1; Fouls – 13; Offsides – 4; Corner Kicks – 5

CHIVAS USA: Zach Thornton, Mariano Trujillo, Carey Talley, Shavar Thomas, Jonathan Bornstein, Atiba Harris, Jesse Marsch, Paulo Nagamura, Gerson Mayen (Jorge Flores 82), Justin Braun, Eduardo Lillingston (Bojan Stepanovic 69).

Subs Not Used: Lance Parker, Jim Curtin, Maykel Galindo, Michael Lahoud.

Shots – 8; Shots on Goal – 3; Total Saves – 6; Fouls – 13; Offsides – 5; Corner Kicks – 3

Misconduct Summary:

DAL -- Aaron Pitchkolan (caution) 68

CHV -- Mariano Trujillo (caution) 70

NOTES:

· FC Dallas is now 6-4-4 all-time against Chivas USA and 3-2-3 at home.

· The loss ends a four-game Dallas unbeaten streak against Chivas.

· FCD and Chivas USA will conclude the 2009 two-game series one month from now, when the teams face off at The Home Depot Center on Saturday, April 25.

· Dallas is now winless in its last six games dating back to the 2008 season. The team’s last win came on Sept. 28, 2008 versus DC United.

· Team captain Pablo Ricchetti returned to the starting lineup after sitting out the season-opener due to a two-game suspension dating back to last year.

· Ray Burse today got his first start of the season in goal, the ninth start of his career. Burse started two games last year with the last coming on June 6, 2008 at New England.

· Defender Aaron Pitchkolan also made his first appearance of the season as a halftime substitute after missing last week’s game with a red card suspension.

· Rookie forward Peri Marosevic made his Major League Soccer debut in the 80th minute, replacing Jeff Cunningham.

· Goalkeeper Dario Sala missed the game after undergoing surgery on Tuesday to remove part of a torn meniscus in his left knee. Defender Marcelo Saragosa missed his second straight match after undergoing the same surgery on his right knee in early March.

· Today’s attendance was 6,524.

· A full recap can be found at www.FCDallas.com .

· FC Dallas will play its first away game of the season next Saturday, April 4 when the team visits the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium (6:30 p.m. CT live on KFWD-52).

· Head Coach Schellas Hyndman on the game: “(It was) a frustrating game. Disappointing, but I think the first half we created enough opportunities to score a goal. Second half, we were supposed to come out and play a little bit harder, try to take the game to them, and we make a mistake, and all I see is the ball in the back of the net. Just a very frustrating, disappointing result. I think we’re a better team than what we showed.”

Source: FC Dallas Communications