{"id":462,"date":"2010-09-08T20:53:30","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T00:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=462"},"modified":"2010-09-08T20:57:14","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T00:57:14","slug":"scouting-the-opposition-a-look-at-chivas-usa-with-john-santos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=462","title":{"rendered":"Scouting the Opposition: A Look at Chivas USA With John Santos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prior to\u00a0each match, New England Soccer Today will invite a reporter from the other side to provide insight\u00a0regarding the Revolution\u2019s next opponent.<\/p>\n<p>This week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/chivas-usa-in-los-angeles\/john-santos\" target=\"_blank\">Chivas USA Examiner<strong> John Santos<\/strong><\/a> shared his thoughts on the state of Chivas and what the Revs\u00a0can expect on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Chivas USA&#8217;s current form? How have they been at home lately?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_467\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-467\" href=\"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?attachment_id=467\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-467\" data-attachment-id=\"467\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?attachment_id=467\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/chivasusa.jpg?fit=345%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"345,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chivas USA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Revs are set to take on Chivas USA Friday night at 10:30PM.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/chivasusa.jpg?fit=258%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/chivasusa.jpg?fit=345%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-467\" title=\"Chivas USA\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/chivasusa.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/chivasusa.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/chivasusa.jpg?resize=36%2C36&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/chivasusa.jpg?resize=115%2C115&amp;ssl=1 115w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/chivasusa.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Revs are set to take on Chivas USA Friday night at 10:30PM.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Their current form has been pretty bad.\u00a0 Aside from a 1-0 victory\u00a0against DC United on August 29th, they have been pretty dismal at home.\u00a0\u00a0It had been nearly a month since their\u00a0previous home victory against the Crew.\u00a0 They haven&#8217;t won back to back home\u00a0fixtures since April.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is their likely starting eleven on Saturday? Any key injuries?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After the last losses, I would hope that there would be a shake up in the line up.<\/p>\n<p>Starting line up would have to include Thornton at goal<\/p>\n<p>(from right to left)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Trujillo-Delgado-Uma\u00f1a-Bornstein<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Zizzo-Zemanski-Gavin-Espinoza<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Braun-Maldonado&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you feel are Chivas&#8217; weaknesses that opponents have been able to exploit?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The defense is the weakest.\u00a0\u00a0Just look at at how Omar Cummings juked Ante Jazic not once but\u00a0twice in the lead up to one of his goals last week vs Colorado.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What seem to be Chivas&#8217; strengths this season?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Strengths would include the attacking (when they can get the ball to the attackers).\u00a0 Case in point <a title=\"Video of Justin Braun's 8\/29 goal vs. D.C. United\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/videos?catid=1916&amp;id=8250\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Braun&#8217;s goal vs. DC<\/a> a few weeks back.\u00a0 He is a Brian McBride type.\u00a0 If you can get him the ball, he can work wonders (10 goals this year counting those scored in the Open Cup).\u00a0 The only problem is that he needs service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What players should fans keep an eye on Friday?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Braun again for the same reasons stated above.\u00a0\u00a0If the Revs can take him out of the equation, then they should have a good chance at keeping the Goats off the scoreboard.\u00a0 Also, when played at left back, Bornstein can really fend off attackers.\u00a0 For some reason he&#8217;s bee playing in the midfield lately where I think his talents are being wasted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>John Santos&#8217; writing can be found at <a title=\"Chivas USA Examiner\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/chivas-usa-in-los-angeles\/john-santos\" target=\"_self\">http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/chivas-usa-in-los-angeles\/john-santos<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>John earned a B.A. from Cal State-Long Beach where he majored in history and minored in journalism. During his final year at CSLB, he was awarded an internship with the Chivas USA sales department and he eventually served as the team&#8217;s Customer Account Manager for the 2008 season.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chivas USA Examiner John Santos shares his thoughts on the Goats&#8217; season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/chivasusafeature.jpg?fit=490%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=462"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions\/495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}