The Los Angeles 'Super Clasico' will determine a playoff winner for the first time as the LA
Galaxy play host to Chivas USA at Home Depot Center in Game Two of their Western Conference playoff
series.
The teams tied, 2-2, in Game One, and tonight the Galaxy will be the home team.
The biggest rivalry in Major League Soccer will have its first playoff installment today when
the Los Angeles Galaxy faces Chivas USA in the first game of their Western Conference playoff
series (5:30pm, ESPN2).
The Galaxy enters as the No. 1 seed in the West, and this series will feature David Beckham's
debut in the MLS playoffs, while also signaling Landon Donovan's first appearance in the playoffs
since he helped lead LA to the 2005 MLS Cup title.
Whatever happens tonight it's the last game of the season at Home Depot Center with a trip to
MLS Cup 2009 in Seattle against either the Chicago Fire or Real Salt Lake in the offing for the
winner.
Looks like another good playoff crowd gradually filling in with the temperature about 60 degrees
and excellent for football.
Well, my laptop just died so I'm depending on the kindness of coworkers here to blog
(sporadically).
Here's the scenario: if the Galaxy win they'll face the Houston Dynamo at home 8 o'clock Friday;
if Chivas USA wins they'll travel to Houston for a Sunday game.
There's just one change for the Galaxy today: Chris Birchall has fallen ill (nothing serious I'm
told), so Chris Klein replaces him in midfield.
The Los Angeles Galaxy will be going for its third MLS Cup title tonight against Real Salt Lake
(8:50pm, ESPN/Galavision/Telefutura), which is appearing in its first MLS Cup Final.
The Galaxy, led by MLS MVP Landon Donovan and David Beckham, will look to build on a season that
saw LA go from one of the worst teams in MLS to Western Conference champions.