Sacha Kljestan

Sacha Kljestan missed a penalty kick in second-half injury time, and Chivas USA settled for a 1-all draw with the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night. Chivas (11-9-5) was awarded the penalty kick when Red Bulls defender Andrew Boyens was whistled for a handball in the box by referee Alex Prus. With goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul diving the wrong way, though, Klejstan sent a low shot from the 12-yard spot barely wide of the left post. The draw left Chivas in a tie with Seattle for fourth in the... Read Full Story

Eduardo Lillingston scored in the 38th minute to give Chivas USA a 1-0 victory over Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday night. Zach Thornton made three saves to earn his MLS-leading seventh shutout for Chivas USA (8-2-3), which snapped a three-game winless streak and extended the expansion Sounders' winless streak to six. Seattle dropped to 4-3-5. Lillingston scored after teammate Paulo Nagamura took a 7-yard shot that goalkeeper Kasey Keller blocked while sliding toward the left post. An... Read Full Story

Kljestan hasn't signed a new MLS contract. He hasn't joined Glasgow Celtic. Yet Chivas USA was moved to confirm this evening that the club have "officially announced that midfielder Sacha Kljestan, U.S. Soccer's 2008 Young Male Athlete of the Year and Chivas USA's reigning team MVP, will return to the Red-and-White for the 2009 MLS season, which kicks off on March 21." O.K. That's good. Figured as much. The press release was apparently prompted by inquiries from (apparently worried... Read Full Story

Galaxy 0 Chivas USA 0 The Galaxy have had the better of this game so far and by all rights should be leading. A 25-yard Chris Klein volley from a Landon Donovan cross in the 35th minute was perhaps the best Galaxy chance, requiring as it did an agile punch by Chivas USA goalkeeper Zach Thornton to send it over the bar. David Beckham should have at least got the ball on the frame a minute earlier, but sent his 19-yard shot wastefully over the bar when he was wide open and had plenty of... Read Full Story

By Dylan Butler / MLSnet.com - The answer to the trivia question is Edwin Aguilar. Not only is the Panamanian international the first player to score a goal in the CONCACAF Champions League, he's also the reason why Tauro FC heads to The Home Depot Center with a comfortable two-goal edge in their preliminary round series against Chivas USA. The 23-year-old struck for a brace, lifting the Panamanian side to a 2-0 win against Chivas USA on Tuesday night at Estadio Rod Carew just outside of... Read Full Story

Chivas USA 1 Colorado Rapids 2 Photo by Scott Varley Brilliant save by the hirsute Colorado goalkeeper. Oh wait. Full disclosure: I skipped the game. In all, Chivas USA was without eight players today due to injury. Latest Chivas USA injury: Sasha Victorine suffered an apparent left knee sprain early in the first half and was replaced by Sacha Kljestan in the 25th minute. Victorine, who was acquired by Chivas USA Sept. 15, is scheduled to undergo an MRI Monday to determine... Read Full Story

Suarez' miss from the penalty spot. Photo by Scott Varley Game story. Box score. Here's Claudio Suarez on missing the first half penalty kick: "I feel bad for having missed it because it influenced the result. If I'd put it in it would have changed the game." Preki thought the "silly free kick" in the 23rd minute against Panchito Mendoza (it looked like a dangerous two-footed tackle on replays to me) that resulted in the tying goal was the "changing point" of the game: "They... Read Full Story

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Chicago Fire 1 Chivas USA 0 Game story Another drab, missed opportunity for Chivas USA. They are masters of the bleeding obvious over at Chivas USA public relations, BTW: Chivas USA now owns a record of 13-10-6 (W-L-T), and remains tied atop the Western Conference with the Houston Dynamo and the LA Galaxy with 45 points. All three teams have just one remaining match, with the Red-and-White hosting Houston on Sunday, and the LA Galaxy hosting San Jose on Saturday. Chivas USA can only... Read Full Story

Sacha Kljestan, the lanky Chivas USA midfielder and occasional US Men's National team starter, has wrapped up his trial with Glasgow Celtic and is back in the US Men's National team training camp...and we'll find out soon enough if his play this week impressed Gordon Strachan enough to earn a spot on the SPL's leaders' roster. I think the move would be great experience for Sacha. He's always demonstrated excellent vision and skill, the piece of his game that is lacking in my mind, is his... Read Full Story