but only as far as Donovan, standing on the edge of the area. He settled and drove a low shot inside the left-hand post past an unsighted Guzan.
• In stoppage time, a Santino Quaranta chip found Kyle Martino, and he headed the ball on to the back post, where Donovan came in seemingly certain to once again give the Galaxy a win against their in-stadium rivals. But Guzan quickly came off his line to block the effort with his legs. Chivas USA has won just one of the 10 league meetings between the teams; Guzan's stop secured just the second draw.
• Here's Preki's team (4-4-2): Brad Guzan - Lawson Vaughn, Claudio Suarez, Shavar Thomas, Jonathan Bornstein - Sacha Kljestan, Jesse Marsch, Paulo Nagamura, Francisco Mendoza (Orlando Perez 88) - Maykel Galindo (Laurent Merlin 85), Ante Razov (Matt Taylor 80). Substitutes Not Used: Jorge Barrera, Preston Burpo, Anthony Hamilton, Jason Hernandez
• Here's Yallop's team (4-2-3-1): Joe Cannon - Chris Albright (Nathan Sturgis 15), Ty Harden, Tyrone Marshall, Ante Jazic - Kevin Harmse, Peter Vagenas - Cobi Jones (Robbie Findley 63), Landon Donovan, Kyle Martino - Nate Jaqua (Santino Quaranta 81). Substitutes Not Used: Steve Cronin, Mike Randolph, Ian Russell, Kyle Veris
LOS ANGELES GALAXY
The Los Angeles Galaxy scored a league season-high four goals and took part in one of the great MLS games all-time, but still suffered a third consecutive defeat, falling 5-4 to the New York Red Bulls on Saturday evening at a packed Giants Stadium. The Galaxy now have 14 points from 16 matches, fifth place in the Western Conference, still 12 points behind the Columbus Crew who currently hold the last available place in the MLS Cup Playoffs.
LAST MATCH
• The Galaxy were heading back on the road after a quick trip home to win their SuperLiga semifinal against D.C. United, though they were winless in four games and held without a goal in their last three. The Red Bulls were coming off their first game in nearly three weeks, a 3-0 rout of Toronto FC.
• Before a crowd of 66,237, the eighth-largest crowd in MLS annals, the game got off to an amazing start, with three goals in the opening eight minutes. Juan Pablo Angel opened the scoring for the Red Bulls after just four minutes, sending a free kick from just outside the box under the wall as it jumped into the air in unison, Galaxy 'keeper Joe Cannon just unable to keep it out at his right-hand post.
• But two set-piece services from David Beckham within three minutes put the Galaxy in front. In the sixth minute, he drove in a corner from the left and Carlos Pavon got up at the near post to send home a snap header for his first MLS goal. Then in the eighth minute, the pair teamed up again. Beckham whipped in a free kick from the right side and Pavon laid out for a diving header beyond the far post.
• The Red Bulls leveled the game in first-half stoppage time. Dane Richards got around the corner on the left and sent in a cross that was deflected, falling in the center of the area. Clint Mathis came on and sent a piledriver of a volley into the back of the net.
• Mathis then took his turn on center stage four minutes after the restart. From a perfect ball he sent over the Galaxy back line, Jozy Altidore raced onto it and lashed a low shot past Cannon to give New York the lead. Then, the 17-year-old sensation played his part, doubling the Red Bulls lead when he skipped around a pair of LA defenders in the area and pulled back a low shot across his body that nestled inside the left-hand post.
• Yet the Galaxy weren't done, and there was still time for more stars to shine. Almost straight from the kickoff, Landon Donovan took the ball, skated through nearly the entire Red Bulls defense and ripped a low shot from the right side of the area inside the far post. And in the 82nd minute they pulled level. Beckham hooked in another corner, Kyle Veris saw his header crash off the face of the crossbar, but Edson Buddle was there to poke home the rebound from inside the six.
• There was one final coda, and it came from Mathis, Angel and the Red Bulls. Mathis hammered a drive from outside the area that Cannon did well to stop with a dive to his left. But he couldn't hold the rebound, and Angel followed up, hooking home the rebound from a near impossible angle on the right for his 12th goal on the year and the late winner.
• Galaxy head coach Frank Yallop made three changes to the team that played to a scoreless draw against the New England Revolution the previous weekend. David Beckham and Kyle Martino came into the midfield for the injured Quavas Kirk and Peter Vagenas, while Alan Gordon started up top for Edson Buddle.
• Here's Yallop's team (4-4-2): Joe Cannon - Chris Klein, Ty Harden, Ante Jazic (Gavin Glinton 17 / Edson Buddle 76), Mike Randolph - Landon Donovan, David Beckham, Kevin Harmse, Kyle Martino - Carlos Pavon, Alan Gordon (Kyle Veris 60). Substitutes Not Used: Steve Cronin, Cobi Jones, Josh Tudela, Peter Vagenas
• "It was a great game - obviously, a bit diappointed to not get the win after getting back in the game tying it at four. I'm proud of my team and the way they performed," Yallop said. "We had a lot of different guys play at the back and I felt they tried their best to get something out of the game. We just didn't manage it tonight."
TEAM NEWS
• The injury to Ante Jazic after just the opening quarter-hour had a number of effects, not least of which that David Beckham played the entire match.
• "Kevin Harmse had to drop back into the back and David had to play 90 minutes. We hadn't planned on that, but it was a huge part of our ability," Yallop said. "Once David gets fully healthy and him and Landon continue to work together, you will see some good stuff from both those guys. David was outstanding tonight."
• While the Galaxy had picked up a huge win at midweek, defeating D.C. United 2-0 to reach the Aug. 29 SuperLiga final against Mexico's Pachuca, they still failed to pick up points in the league, seeing their winless stretch in league play reach five games.
• "If anybody can understand the schedule we have just had, it shows that at times we can't maintain the type of pressure and the type of play we would like to for 90 minutes. It's nobody's fault, it is out there and we have to deal with it," said Yallop.
• On the heels of the heavy travel - a week-long Eastern Conference road trip, followed by the trip back home for the SuperLiga match, followed by a trip back across the country for the Red Bulls match, Beckham and Donovan now will come into the Chivas game following a trip to Europe for friendlies with their respective national teams on Wednesday.
• "I think David came through well, he was sore at the end. Whether he's ready to play the game on Thursday against Chivas will depend on what he does with the England squad. The same with Landon, both of those guys want to come back and be a part of our team. It shows their determination and their will to play for us," said Yallop.
• In his sixth league appearance with the Galaxy, his third as a starter, Carlos Pavon scored his first two MLS goals (he had scored a goal in the Galaxy's 6-5 win against FC Dallas in SuperLiga).
• "I dedicate today's goals to my family and my wife, and to everyone who has supported me. The game was good and bad at the same time because the goals were worthless, it's a shame because the team was playing really well and we lost the game in the last minutes," Pavon said.
• Still, in the last two games that Beckham has played, the Galaxy have scored six goals, and Beckham has been a part of five of them.
• "I think that when I can put a ball in a position where a player is, then I'll do it. And lucky tonight, Carlos was in the right position twice and we could have had a couple more," Beckham said. "The other day with Landon, when you've got players that can play and understand the game like that it makes it fun to play with them."
• Since Beckham has come into the team, the Galaxy have scored 15 goals in eight goals in all competitions, and have hit for six on one occasion and five on another.
• "I think it's about confidence. When new players come to the team, it can go one way or the other and it's gone the way I hoped it would. I think tonight we're a little disappointed because we lost the game but there's a lot we can take from the game because we showed a lot of character tonight. To go one-nil down, then 2-1 up, then 2-2 and down 4-2, then come back, it's a learning curve. Sometimes you've just got to accept that you're only going to get a point tonight, but we've got the mentality that we want more and I don't see that as a bad thing I see it as a good thing. It might be bad when you don't end up with a point but on the other side we've got a team that wants to win and that's a positive."
CHIVAS USA
Chivas USA continued their good form away from home, concluding a three-game road swing over a month with a 2-0 victory against Toronto FC on Saturday afternoon at BMO Field. Chivas now have 30 points from 18 matches, still sitting in third place in the Western Conference, but more importantly, well situated in sixth place in the MLS overall table.
LAST MATCH
• Chivas USA were coming off a three-week break, still playing their five away game in their last six. Toronto FC were riding a six-game winless streak and hadn't scored a goal in more than 6-1/2 hours, reaching near-record proportions.
• TFC came close on a couple of occasions to ending their goal drought, but it was Chivas who took the lead in the 56th minute. An inch-perfect ball from behind the center line by Jesse Marsch found Maykel Galindo in stride behind the Toronto defense, and from the left side of the area he ripped home a rising blast inside the near post for his eighth goal.
• Two minutes from the end, another tremendous long pass sealed TFC's fate. This time it was the newly acquired Ramon Nunez who unlocked the Reds with his long ball, finding Paulo Nagamura on the left flank. Nagamura controlled and rolled a perfect pass to Sacha Kljestan, who strolled in to side-foot home from close range.
• Toronto has now gone 552 minutes without a goal, and are on the verge of breaking the MLS record for scoring futility set by Real Salt Lake (557 minutes) in 2005. For Chivas USA, it was their second road win in their last three games away from home, after just one in their first eight this year, and their third overall this season after recording just four in their first two years.
• Chivas USA head coach Preki made three changes to the team that lost 3-2 to the Kansas City Wizards on July 29. Jason Hernandez came into central defense for the suspended Claudio Suarez, while Orlando Perez came in at left back as Jonathan Bornstein moved forward and Francisco Mendoza went to the bench, and Maykel Galindo came back into the first XI for Laurent Merlin.
• Here's Preki's team (4-4-2): Brad Guzan - Alex Zotinca, Jason Hernandez, Shavar Thomas, Orlando Perez (Francisco Mendoza 46) - Sacha Kljestan, Jesse Marsch, Lawson Vaughn, Jonathan Bornstein - Maykel Galindo (Paulo Nagamura 81), Ante Razov (Ramon Nunez 86). Substitutes Not Used: Desmond Brooks, Preston Burpo, John Cunliffe, Laurent Merlin
• "I thought we played really good, especially in the second half we were disciplined for most part of the game, they are hard to play against," Preki said. "We didn't give them too many good looks and I thought we deserved to win today."
TEAM NEWS
• The win in Toronto gave Chivas two wins in three games on their four-game road swing, though their final road game will be on familiar surroundings. Chivas returns to Carson to play as the away team against stadium-mates Los Angeles Galaxy, then remain at the Home Depot Center to face Real Salt Lake on Sunday.
• "The thing is we had a great performance and a great result, but now we can't be taking it too high, losing our mentality and all that kind of stuff," Preki said. "We have to be ready for Thursday -- we know we have a tough customer in the Galaxy, a team that is going to give us problems, and then we know we have Salt Lake on Sunday. So we have a long week ahead of us and hopefully the men in our locker room will enjoy the win tonight and starting tomorrow will be thinking about the game against the Galaxy."
• Galindo now has eight goals to lead Chivas USA in his first season with the club, more than half the way to Ante Razov's club record of 14 set a year ago, With his two seasons played with the USL First Division (second tier) Seattle Sounders, Galindo is not eligible for the league's rookie of the year award.
• "No, I've never really set a goal for myself in terms of number of goals. Right now my goal is to do well in my first year in Major League Soccer and not see me as the Cuban guy that deserted but rather as a guy that's doing well in Major League Soccer right now," Galindo said.
• While it took Chivas USA a while to overcome their lack of live game action after the long break, they started to turn it around late in the first half and then got the goals they needed after the break.
• "We need to keep our mentality right in training. The past couple of weeks we've been working really hard trying to instill this mentality in the team that any where we go we can win and we'll just take care of every team," Jonathan Bornstein said. "So we've got to keep that up and within the next week before the Galaxy game we've got to prepare ourselves and get ready to play them in another good stadium with a big crowd."
• On Wednesday, Bornstein - last year's MLS Rookie of the Year - will be one of just three Major League Soccer players in Bob Bradley's U.S. team for its friendly against Sweden in Goteborg. Just like the Galaxy's Landon Donovan (and David Beckham, who is in England's team for a Wednesday friendly against Germany), Bornstein will fly back from Sweden on Thursday morning in time to join up with his team for the SuperClasíco.
