The Seattle Sounders FC will go for their third straight win when they face Chivas USA on Aug. 13. After suffering an embarrassing 3-1 loss to the Houston Dynamo on July 30, the Sounders came back strong, winning the second leg of their CONCACAF Champions League series against Panama's San Francisco FC (advancing to the group stage for the first time in team history), and then pulling off the miraculous comeback-victory over Sporting Kansas City on Aug. 6.
"You can tell that our effort is always there," Sounders midfielder Lamar Neagle told reporters. "At the end of the game we're still striving to get that win no matter what the score is, even though we're down one or whatever it is, we still come back."
Sounders head coach Sigi Schmid couldn't have been happier with his team's amazing comeback, which gave him his 150th career win.
"It just means that I've coached a lot of good players," Schmid told reporters after the game. "I've had the good fortune of having a lot of good players play for me. They work hard and they put forth the effort together. It's been successful more times than it hasn't, so I'm very proud of that fact that I've won that amount of games, but it's a tribute to the players I've coached."
The Sounders have been solid at CenturyLink Field all season long, losing only two of their 13 home games. Chivas USA, on the other hand, have struggled on the road, going 3-4-4. With the group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League kicking off Aug. 16, the Sounders will try to build some momentum with Chivas USA.
Even though Chivas USA has struggled at times during the 2011 MLS season, the sixth-ranked team in the Western Conference looked better in their past several performances, losing only one match in their past seven outings.
With the Sounders FC currently trailing Dallas FC by a point for the second spot in the MLS Western Conference table, a win over Chivas USA can get the Sounders back where they were.
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Sources:
Matt Gaschk, "Sigi Schmid reached the landmark 150th win in his MLS coaching -- " MLSSoccer.com
Joshua Mayers, "Sounders FC 2, Sporting Kansas City 1, quotes and stats" SeattleTimes.com
Player and game information from ESPN.com
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