Preview: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/San-Jose-Earthquakes-c40434 vs. CD Chivas USA (Major League Soccer—week 6)
Major League Soccer franchise San Jose Earthquakes host fellow league club, CD Chivas USA at Buck Shaw Stadium on Saturday, April 23. The California-based teams lock horns in Santa Clara for a better league position. Chivas USA are at the bottom of the Western
Conference while the hosts, though, not at the bottom, have fared little better.
Occupying seventh spot in the Western Conference, San Jose played their last match at the Red Bull Arena where http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thierry-Henry-c34918 finally returned to form. The player returned from a chronic Achilles injury and played a vital part in the 3-0 victory over the
Quakes.
On the other side, Chivas USA are sinking deeper into trouble. Robin Fraser seems to have taken a liking to draws, rather winning the games. Even though the team has conceded goals aplenty, their shortcomings in the attacking third are the primary reason
behind their scoreless run since the start of the 2011 season.
San Jose Earthquakes
Yallop would be relying heavily on the reigning Golden Boot winner, Chris Wondolowski. Even though the player leads his club’s goal-scorers list, the player is yet to show his goal-poaching prowess in the league. He needs to improve on his form for the Quakes
to qualify for the playoffs.
Sam Cronin would return from injury for this game but he will have to be careful with his tackling as he has already accumulated two yellow cards. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramiro-Corrales-c30527 and Simon Dawkins will accompany him in the midfield.
Jason Hernandez and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chris-Leitch-c9023 would be anticipating an easy outing at the back as the Goats’ offense is already misfiring on all cylinders. The players would look to defend Jon Busch, who will be keeping the gloves.
CD http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chivas-USA-c38798
The team coach needs to weave his motivational wand during pre-game pep talks for his team to move away from the bottom of the league. The team had a rather impressive preseason, where they also beat the Quakes. A repeat of the result, in spite of the Rojiblanos’s
poor form, remains a possibility.
Fraser, a former US International, was hired this year in place of Martin Vasquez to reinforce the tactical aspects of the game, but things have gone from bad to worse with the former Stars and Stripes defender struggling to implement his style of play.
Alejandro Moreno, with the weight of expectations on his shoulders, has scored only one goal since the start of the season. Should things fail to improve in the upcoming weeks, the team will have to forget the possibility of featuring in the playoffs.
Following are the expected line-ups for both Yallop and Fraser.
San Jose Earthquakes
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chris-Wondolowski-c9038
CD Chivas USA
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alejandro-Moreno-c4424
Prediction
San Jose Earthquakes are playing at home and are also in better shape. Wodolowski and company will find it hard breaking through the home defence. The predicted score is 3—1 in favour of the Quakes.
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