Chivas USA is mired in a nasty slump going 1-4-2 in their last 7 league games and losing 7 of their last 9 matches in all competition.
They're still scrappy up the middle with Paulo Nagamura and Jesse Marsch typically defending the mid-field and their defense was better against the Galaxy most recently with the return of Jonathan Bornstein and Zach Thornton has been stellar in goal all season so what's been the problem?
Scoring.
Maykel Galindo has to shoulder some of the blame at some point. He has 2 goals in 11 games he's played in and he doesn't seem to be creating any seperation on the pitch this season which was a trademark of his a few seasons ago in his breakout year.
Sacha Kljestan is another player who has been largely ineffective this year and his ineffectiveness has been particularly hard because there was such high hopes for him this year. Hea was to supposed to break out this season and instead he has 0 goals and 1 assist.
Ante Razov hasn't played all season but he's in his mid-thirties and Chivas USA would be foolish to depend on this guy as a consistent scorer this late in his career. He's been injury plaqued the past few seasons...
Eduardo Lillingston is the guy who started off really hot for the red and white and who has also really cooled off as of late. He currently has 6 goals but lately really seems to have a problem holding onto the ball.
Attiba Harris has been nice at times scoring 2 goals and dishing out 2 assists... Michael Lahoud has shown flashes... but Chivas USA lacks a play maker up front and they desparately need one.
Chivas USA lacks a guy that can both finish off crisp passes and create his own shots on the perimeter. Maykel Galindo was that guy a couple of years ago but it seems like we haven't seen that Galindo in ages. You can't count on Razov anymore and Kljestan has been a disappointment.
It almost seems like Lillingston and Paulo Nagamura, who has already scored un uncharacteristic 4 goals this season, hid this big gaping hole in the Chivas USA team early in the season by carrying the team offensively.
They're having all kinds of trouble scoring goals right now and at times they're just looking out of sorts offensively. They need a playmaker that can pull everything together because there is some talent on this team.
They need to acquire a playmaker and somebody needs to wake Sacha Kljestan the hell up because that's guy's been sleep walking for I don't know how long now...