Chivas USA Soccer

Chivas USA has lost it's last three of four games and has looked tired and fatigued in the final minutes in it's last few matches. In it's latest loss against the Columbus Crew the absence of Jonathon Bornstein, who's with the US National team, has really been apparent and the Chivas USA defense has looked really porous at times. There's just been too many deep attacks into the Chivas USA zone lately for Zach Thornton to continue stopping them all and leaving the leagues leading goal scorer wide open in front of the net probably isn't a good idea as Guillermo Barros Scheloto torched Chivas USA for two goals in the second half of the match.

Chivas USA has now been out played by two of the top tier teams in MLS in the Columbus Crew and the Houston Dynamo and now they're headed into SuperLiga against Mexican Teams that weren't allowed to compete in the Copa Libertadores because of the Swine Flu outbreak in Mexico.

I still think Chivas USA has what it takes to compete for the league title but to beat teams the level of the Dynamo and Crew will require a much stronger effort from offensive players who have struggled this year in particular Sacha Kljestan and Maykel Galindo.

Eduardo Lillingston scored his sixth goal of the season to lead Chivas USA and continues to be a good surprise and a prime scoring threat for the goats but he needs help up front and he hasn't been getting much lately...

Ante Jazic played his first few minutes for Chivas USA and while he may be a big pick up for them down the road, he's not yet in game playing shape and he got burned a couple of times on Sunday...

Chivas USA will play Tigres of the Mexican League on 6/20 in the opening round of SuperLiga. Chivas will take three weeks off from MLS play but returns on the 11th of July to a SuperClassico against the LA Galaxy.