Sisterhood of the Traveleing Sacha Kljestan Cleats

The Past Week in Photos

2010-06-05T15:01:00.000-07:00

Ok, so they didn't upload in the order I wanted. They're backwards, so go to the bottom to start with the USMNT. You know, except for Clint Dempsey, who is above. Gah, I suck at uploading. Justin Braun. Just kills your heart don't it?

Ben Zemanksi. He looks a little like Sacha...

The Captain, Carlos Bocanegra.

Wow, he's just beautifull, ain't he?

Stuart Holden and his highlights and Louis Vuitton man purse.

Headed straight for me. Aw, what a guy!

Skinny Little Rico!! You run to much.

Did I mention Harry Keough and Walter Bahr flipped the coin? LEGENDS!! This gave me chills...

Warmups. And there's Timmy's bald head!

MNT, World Cup, Chivas

2010-06-05T13:31:00.001-07:00

So obviously there's been a lot going on, and I've been too lazy to post anything.
I attended the U.S.A. versus Turkey match in Philly last weekend and honestly it was pretty amazing. The atmosphere was insane; over 55,000 fans made the trip to cheer the Yanks on in their last friendly on American soil before the WC. Sam's Army was wicked loud and raucous and fantastic. Turkey had an impressive showing of fans as well. Our boys played well enough, especially in the second half, which I attribute to my new favorite player Jose Francisco Torres. Play in the first half was shaky defensively, and live it was kinda blah offensively. It didn't look like the Americans were stringing together quality passes, and on the off chance they did, flow was disrupted by the Turkish entirely too easily. After re watching the match on ESPN3, I have to take back some of that; viewing play from the 30th row up can apparently hinder the vision a bit :) Those close up shots revealed what I missed though, and I have to say the Americans moved the ball pretty effectively, but still definitely not up to the standard set by previous performances. We were bolstered on defense in the 2nd half by the addition of Cherundolo and the experience that comes with him. Torres was for sure the man of the match; he played with a fire that was unmatched by any other player. His touch and distribution were brilliant. You know how Adidas does those "the spark" commercials? Well, the Americans have found their spark in Jose Torres, the kid from small town Texas. I guess I won't go into the detail I had originally planned about the match, but I must mention: Stuart Holden, Clint Dempsey and Carlos Bocanegra are really class acts. They were the only players who signed autographs outside the stadium after the match. The others just boarded the bus and left us all disappointed. My man Feilhaber was the first one out and all he did was wave... granted, they had just played a match, and I can understand most would just want to sit back, relax, and crank the tunes because that's what I do after all. Big shout outs to Stu, Demps and Los anyways. They were extremely nice. I like to think I started the mini-wave of players signing stuff... Stu came out and I yelled that I had his number. This was completely true, but notice how I didn't say I had his jersey? I totally had a U.S.A. number 22 home jersey. It just said Feilhaber on the back. I mean who cares right? I bet Holden was flattered, and I got a signature so whatever. He'll never know ;) Anyways right after I yelled that he came over to the fans, and God bless him he signed my jersey first. What a nice guy. Dempsey and Carlos "Mr. GorgeousSexyBeautifull" Bocanegra were also friendly.

So after the U.S. got the result, and I got my autographs, we booked it down to D.C. to catch the 2nd half of the Chivas game. As you all know, it was tied at the half on an athletic goal by Justin Braun. Galindo scores in the 2nd half to tie it up at 2-2. I honestly couldn't tell you who scored DC's goals... but I do know it was Santino Quaranta who got Big Zach ejected in stoppage time. Jerk. I mean for realls, that was the worst, most unluckiest thing that could happen to a team in the entire history and future of forever! Chivas is scoring great goals, and have been playing super well and never giving up, but those late goals by the opponent are really getting to them. Play has been slowly declining the past few games. They haven't thrown in the towel yet, but after seeing Sacha's face after that game... he just seemed close to the edge, you know? And it wasn't just him, because if it was, you could just chalk it up to not making the WC final 23. Saragosa looked on the verge of a breakdown. The rooks were down too, especially Zemanski. His face echoed Sacha's. Braun looked blank and exhausted and beaten. He's keeping his head up though; boy likes to Twitter and he is definitely not giving up. I'm expecting a win tonight, boys!

Ok. U.S. versus Australia. Nice win, but honestly, how many games do you expect us to win in the WC playing like that? Carlos, Junior and Cherundolo had solid performances, and Buddle showed his nose for the goal. Clint was feisty and tenacious and played great. But come on! The cohesiveness was off, and other than Buddle, (and Gomez there at the end) the final touch was non-existent. Yah, I know the pitch was shoddy. And yes, I know it was a narrow space to work with and the sun was in Hahnemann's eyes when he came off his line and completely misjudged those crosses in the second half that I'm sure Wayne Rooney would have had no trouble finishing. They're big boys. World Cup is right around the corner. They should NOT be playing like that.
Alright, so maybe I'm a little bitter. I mean, I'm really curious, Bob. Sincerely curious. Why in the world would you not start Torres, let alone not sub him in? He is our freaking SPARK Bob! Geez. Ugh, fine, I take it back that they played bad. They didn't necessarily play bad, there was just a lack of meshing of the components. Defensively, we're still shaky, but good play individually I guess to only let through one goal. Mids were not spectacular, but solid and creative enough going forward. Rico stepped it up a bit from last match against Turkey, where he was anonymous, and made good tackles and found outlets well. Mikey is obviously our strongest mid; he was all over the field trying to create. Most of our attack went through the wings. Donovan has been getting a little lost out there. He still plays well, (I mean, how can he not? He's Landon Donovan for crying out loud. And yeah, I did just roll my eyes) good touches, lotsa speed and all that jazz, but he just hasn't been that over-the-top amazing player you expect him to be. I guess that's my problem right? Expectations? Yah they may be a little high, but they should be. This is the World Cup, after all.

Alright fine. I'm done whining. But COME ON BOB!! Give Torres the respect he deserves!
Yah. Now I'm done.
Late,
hannah

2010/2011 jerseys

2010-05-11T14:22:00.000-07:00

We probably should have mentioned this a long time ago...but what do you think about these new Chivas 2010/2011 jerseys? It's rather fetching, I must admit...and there's a lot going on but it all works out nicely. A lot more catchy than Galaxy's, in any case. Tell us what you think!

Home jersey

Away jerseyThe shorts are red, too!

Stay very fresh
- Ariel.

Superclasico Uno 2010

2010-04-01T22:02:00.000-07:00

Edson Buddle and Landon Donovan need to just die. Drop dead. Get shot up. Drown. Suffocate. Get run over.

Chivas looks good this season. Nice touches and phenomenal ball controll all around. The boys look slightly more like a team than last year, but still no finishing touch. Like, at all. Way I see it, they need to get back to '07. We need the style of soccer that we had Preki's first years (you know, the speed of play, the attacking-minded one touch passing) and the discipline + new talent that Vasquez seems to hav brought with him. I just wished he hadn't cleaned house all this much... Atiba Harris and Carey Talley oughta still be here. Dunno if those were Vasquez decisions or not but still. It doesn't feel like Chivas anymore. The root of that lies in the loss of Panchito, Suarez, Marsch, Razov, and Nagamura over the recent years. Honestly, I teared up a bit when I heard Paulo was gone. Man, he was a rock in the midfield... Anyways, I really hope Chivas can get it together. Soon. I can't take much more of this, and I bet my boys can't either.

Speaking of my boys, Sacha played well; more so in the 2nd half but the effort was there throughout. I think Jonny is out of his element in the center... He's got no freedom to get up field and unlike Michael Parkhurst, he doesn't seem to be able to play the "brainy" defender and survive as a small dude in the middle. Jonny's a scrapper and he needs to be out wide to utilize his speed and willingness to run from endline to endline. Justin Braun is still in the lineup, much to my pleasure. I love him, but he seriously needs to raise his confidence level. And/or just play quicker into feet. He unfrotunatly tends toward the "dribble straight at the defender" side of play. Baby boy needs to learn some tricks. Perhaps from Galindo? Speaking of the Cuban, I soooooo love it when he's fit! Dude has one of the best touches out there. Plus great speed, which he suspiciously didn't show in tonight's Superclasico. You know who else has wicked ball skills, plus speed that he did show? Mariano Trujillo. I just LOVE him!! He may be little and look kinda like Mexican mafia with that slicked back hair but he's just so quick! Vasquez really needs to utilize that more. Maybe in place of one of those Brazilian stikers with shotty aim?

Ok, well I'm done complaining for the night. Oh, and here's a little love note for Landycakes:

Dear Landon,
I hope you read blogs regularly and happen to come across this one, because I wanted to let you know that I hate you. Really, it's nothing personal, I just really hate balding, self righteous, nasally, prancing, whining jerks.

Stay chill
hannah

New Website

2010-01-01T09:34:00.000-08:00

Hey, everyone!

This is Ariel, making sure to inform you about our new website:

http://chivasmeansgoats.webs.com/

It is currently a work in progress so don't expect much right now.
It's generally the same thing as our blog. But give us some slack; we're just trying to extend our enthusiasm as far as possible (just so as long as it's free). ;]

Also, we wish you guys a very amazing 2010! Cheers!
Ariel.

We're baaack!!

2009-12-31T11:12:00.000-08:00

So. Haven't posted in a while... How ya been? We been good... yup, pretty darn good.

Anyways.
I know this is old news, but Preki's gone! I almost cried when I heard. Stupid Toronto... stealing our coach... alrighty I really don't want to talk about this anymore.

Three of my favorite Chiva boys got called up for the MNT January camp. I'm super happy for Braun; the kid's a workhorse and he for sure deserves this callup. Jonny and Sach will also be gracing the HDC's practice fields once again in nat'l team practice jerseys.

Soooooo... well I really got nothing else...

Oh, except for a eensy weensy lil story about how I completley humiliated myself in front of the entire U.S. U20 Men's National Team. Yup. Ariel and I trekked down to San Diego to watch the young boys train. Their training facility, by the way is FANTABULOUS. They get to train at the U.S. Olympic Taining Center in Chula Vista... so nice... Anyways, we get there and it's freezing and I'm in shorts and we're not allowed to go down to the actual field where they are training but we do anyways and I feel like a criminal and keep thinking we are going to get arrested and I'm so caught up with this that I don't even snap a picture. Then we walk to the other side of the field up on this hill and the walkway is between the field and the player's quarters, so obviously that's where the team will walk. So they end practice and come moseying on up the steps and they pass us and I'm just completley frozen because I mean WOW they are so cute like I never thought they would be and down the drain go my plans for a picture or autograph or a teeny interview because what am I doing? Hyperventilating, that's what. Hyperventilating because oh my gosh that's Jack McInerney walking right in front of me and sigh he is too adorable! And I just hadled it sooo well, standing there muttering "Omigod omigod omigod it's Jack McInerney, omigod omigod squeal!" and fully staring these boys down with big eyes and an open mouth because DUDE they did NOT look this tall and hott on tv.
And yah. That's how I humiliated myself in front of the entire U.S. U20 Men's National Team. Possibly the funniest part was Ariel refusing to look at the soccer players, instead gazing up at the sky and commenting to me on the weather.

WELL Happy New Year folks. Stay chill
Hannah

The Beckham Experiment

2009-09-16T20:17:00.000-07:00

Read this book folks. Do it now! Seriously though, It's a great read, even for those who are not exclusively Galaxy fans (like moi). I have learned so much about the relatively small world of pro footballers... I now fully appreciate these guys coming out of that tunnel to possibly hostile fans week in and week out for an often outrageously small salary. Most have to get second jobs. Alan Gordon, who as recently as a month ago I was ready to hang in effigie, has totally won me over with his genuine, cool-guy demeanor that I read about in this book. Dude coached girls soccer for like 3 years on the side to pay his rent! Gee, what I wouldn't give to have played for Alan Gordon... he is so cute!!

I'll post more goodies about the book later. Before I go, here's a little nightcap: It looks as though Sacha "Hollywood" Kljestan is back folks, and he's back with a vengeance. That should go for Chivas USA as well. Disregarding the potentially dangerous suspension of rock solid center back Carey Talley, Chivas looks to be heading straight for a playoff spot ^_^

stay chill
hannah

Coming Up... Chivas USA at Colorado

2009-08-03T16:48:00.000-07:00

The All-Star break has been way to long for my liking. I haven't seen my boys for almost 2 weeks, and won't see them for another whole week! Bad scheduling... bad, bad scheduling...

Alrighty then. Down to business, gents. I'm thinking Sacha just oughta be benched for a while... put in Flores or something and just let Sach sit there and sulk for a while.

Now don't get me wrong; I love the guy... absolutely hate having to bash him so much. But I mean for realls, dude seriously needs to get outa this funk he's in. I would say it's the hair's fault, but I love those cute spiky locks way too much... Sacha, m'boy, get your rear in gear and start scoring again because good gosh we sure need it.

Enough about the Great American Wankster (ha, I just made that up right this second aren't I CLEVAH!?!) Just watch Chivas this Saturday. 6:30 Pacific Time kickoff. DO IT!

By the way, I was just wondering if anyone knows what kind of boots Mike Magee wears? Assuming anybody reads this blog, of course... ah, wishfull thinking. Maybe If I keep acting like people read the blog, more people will read the blog...

Bit crazy, aren't I?
Stay chill,
hannah

ESPYS

2009-07-17T21:18:00.000-07:00

Check out our boys Jonny and Sacha at the ESPY Awards... teehee.

OMG Jonathan Spector is wearing a 3 piece suit... awwww he's too cute!!! Rico looks like a pimp.
And wow I guess Sacha really likes the whole plaid thing. I swear he was wearing that same shirt after the game last Saturday :] Geez, Clint, baby... you clean up niiiice... I suppose I should also comment on Carlos Bocanegra: dude looks fantabulous. Only one left is Jozy, who looks very suave in grey.

Anyways, congrats to the boys for getting the nod for best upset.

Superclasico Pictures

2009-07-16T17:21:00.000-07:00

Paulo Nagamura is SEXY

Superclasico

2009-07-13T14:51:00.000-07:00

Well, obviously the game didn't go as we had hoped. Stupid Galaxy... stupid Landon Donovan... UGH just when I thought I could finally tolerate the guy he goes and has that "I'm so much better than you" attitude with me! When we went under the stadium to see the players, I swear he smirked at me. Freak, I hate him.

Anyways.

The match seemed to be going well at first; possession was leaning toward Chivas, and we were mostly on the Galaxy end of the pitch. But then the goal happened (by the way, it was an extremely scrappy, ugly, and undeserved goal) and everything kinda went downhill. I wanted to cry. I mean, there was still competition; like Chivas didn't just lay down and give LA the game. But there just didn't seem to be any magic. Chances at the equalizer abounded, but the final touch just wasn't there. I'm bitter, so I blame Sacha. I know that's bad (like, this blog started because of him) but I mean COME ON. Every game he's played in the past few months he's been completely anonymous. Can't even tell he's on the field half the time.

...but I digress.

Jonny B. had this one terrific chance that had me on my feet jumping and screaming "Go Jonny go!!!" but then he didn't score. And I was sad. Very sad. I love Jonny... :]

It feels boring to just chat about the match. Ariel pretty much said all that happened when we met the players. All I gotta add is that OMG I SHARED THE SAME AIR-SPACE AS MIKE MAGEE!!!!!! Yes, I know he's a Galaxy player and yes, I know he's short and has kinda a funny looking nose (still not as funny looking as Sacha's though) but still... OMG HE'S SO HOTT!!!!!

sigh... Oh don't look at me like that. Hottness is my weakness. We also saw Dan Kennedy again. Dude was on a crutch for his injury. Wow, I miss him so much! He's so gorgeous! And also the next Brad Guzan, but whatever.

Bye fer now. Stay chill ya'll.
Hannah

Chivas USA vs LA Galaxy, July 11, and other usless crap

2009-07-12T22:55:00.000-07:00

Hullo

All right, so Hannah and I attended the game on Friday. These jams just get better and better! We started our evening at the HDC by making our way to Lot 6 to chill will the Union Ultras before being escorted together into the stadium (gasp!)

I love tailgating with the Union. Just a crazy bunch of Mexicans (and some asians???) downing shots of sweetly strong Patrone just to get them in the mood we all know and love. My dad was in this one too =) He's a big guy. He can handle it.
Not to mention free tacos!

Back to the game. They lost. Galaxy - 1, Chivas - a disappointing zilch. Too bad, because it put some of the players in the dumps. It was clearly shown in Sacha Kljestan as he Totally Ignored us! when we were screaming for autographs! I'll talk about that later.

About the game again...in about twenty minutes into the game I began to realize Chivas wasn't doing their best out there. They looked lazy. No wonder Galaxy made a goool. That was shocking; I only heard frantic screams from the crowd. It wasn't until the later half of the game that it finally registered to me that Galaxy had scored --- Whaaat??? And since when had actually occurred?

I honestly tried to focus on the game this time, but as usual, I was distracted by the Mexicans behind me :\

Now, back to the autographs...I gotta give my admirably deepest thanks to Carlos for setting us up with The Underground tickets. That was some nasty negotiating with the lady, man! Jerad (or Gered) Alexander, you should be proud of your pottymouthed father. Thank you again, man, for choosing us to go down there and even remembering us! It's an honour. Muchos Gracias.

We had to leave five minutes before the game ended to go down to The Underground, desperately urging to see the players finish the game. But it was all good because we got to see TONS of players. Which means that I got my jersey loaded up with signatures! Got Carey Talley over spring break, and now, like ten more over the summer.

Sacha, like I said before, was a major dickhead that time. He looked so disgusted. We eventually got his autograph, and tried to humour him, too. Hannah commented, "I like your haircut, Sacha." And what did he do? He Grunted! I don't think he said an actual word...Just saying.

Something totally embarrassing: okay there were tons of people sharing my Famous Person Sharpie so I couldn't keep track of it. So...after Sacha signed Hannah's jersey, I thought that Sacha had accidentally walked off with my Sharpie, so I called after him, "Hey, Sacha, you forgot my pen!" He turned around, staring at me blankly, didn't know what to do, then suddenly Hannah tells me, "Ariel, it's right here!" grabbing the Sharpie from the last random person next to her. It was pretty embaressing and everyone was laughing and I was like "AW SHNAP!" "Yeah, I'm stupid," I told everyone. Ha ha.

And NOW, ladies and gents, we come to the FATEFUL ELEVATOR RIDE!!! This is how it goes:
We were getting to go back to the stadium to leave because the lady was yaking at us that we'd better get going. I was excited because I got lots of handshakes, because I couldn't get hugs on account the players were on the other side of the gate. Shivering with delight, I walked to the elevators, waiting for our turn.
While we were waiting, Eduardo Lillingston, #99 makes his way through the small crowd to wait for the elevator too, his girlfriend getting totally All Over Him. She was hanging onto him, smooching, while he, not really paying attention, holding on to her, just trying to make sure she doesn't fall over. I was pushing against the wall because Lill and his girl were passing by and they stopped directly right in front off me, beginning to make out like crazy. She was really gorgeous, and just saying...Lillingston's button-down shirt was popped open at the chest. =D They both were tall-ish, fer the record.
Okay, THEN, here's the best part, the ELEVATOR FLIPS OPEN, and here I am, hesitant, because there's tons of people crowding into it and I don't know if we'll all make it in. But my dad says just go in, and we do. The guard operating the elevator barks at one employee lady; she has to go to the industrial elevator, or whatever. I get nervous, but whatever. I move into the back. People start pushing me into this one guy, who JUST HAPPENED TO BE OMAR GONZALES, #4!!! I turned, my eyes leading up to his face above me. I said, "I'm sorry!" And guess what he said? He says, "It's okay!" In this sensitive, sweet voice that actually MEANT it!!! I was in love!
Still dazed, I look around the elevator for some thrills, when I see face-to-face OMG - KOBI JONES!!! I wanted to say something, maybe give him a friendship bracelet...if I had one...but he was probably trying his best to ignore us, so I left him alone. I heard a outburst of laughing at the left corner - it was Lillingston's crazy chick, still smooching and clinging onto him helplessly. Oh Em Jee. Eduardo was also in the house. No waaayyy!!! I was fainting.
Okay, last words, people, promise. The door swung open and everyone bustled out. I was dying because I wanted to ask Omar Gonzales for a hug since I couldn't approach stingy Kobi or Eduardo with the clingly, giggly girlfriend. And somehow, I don't even know how, I asked him for a hug and I got one. YES!!! And it wasn't just those awkward, quick, get-away-from-me kind of hugs. It was supprisingly affectionate and on the longish side as we were about to back off.

SO SORRY FOR ALL THE CRAP I WAS JUST DYING TO REPORT!!!
LAYTAH AND PEACE!!! - Ariel, in and out.

Updates

2009-07-12T22:40:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! It's the Sisterhood together at last! Were just here kickin' it at Hideaway together after a long school year of being apart. So much has happened since, it's INSANE! Here's a quick update:

Ariel - Working on a special drawing for a good friend's debut.

Janessa - Busy with her "Future Husband."

Hannah - Happy it's summer again to practice her Soccer-Stalking ways...

Jazel - Waiting anxiously on job interview calls, and dealing with "the usual."

We hope you enjoy our posts and we're SUPER sorry for the lags, but we promise to post more often over the summer. Keep following =)

USA vs Honduras

2009-06-06T18:34:00.000-07:00

Watching the second half right now... Benny's in!!!! Gah, he is so gorgeous. Sacha's on the bench and Jonny got the nod as starting left back. I'm really liking the Bornstein-Spector combo on the outside back spots.

Great 1st half PK by Donovan... even if I do think PK's are soft, sissy ways to score. Haha.

53rd minute. Casey is stopped going up the left side. Got called for the foul. Eh, I don't really like Casey. Seems all brawn to me...

54th minute. Absolute ROCKET from Dempsey. Over the crossbar. Gee I love him so much :]

Around the 54th, 55th minute, great speed of play by the U.S. Good, fast passes and such.

OHMAGOODNESSGRACIOUS Dempsey nearly scored! Great ball in Benny! Diving in on the back post... completly open! Just nicked his shin SO CLOSE!!! Oh, uh, that was like the 59th minute?

63rd minute. Honduras free kick, save by Timmy.

68th minute. GOOOOOAAAALLLLL!!!!!!!!!!! USA!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!! OH MY GAHD CARLOS BOCANEGRA IS MY HERO!!!!!! WOW that was a great ball in, Donovan! Dempsey with the assist, heading it back into the center of the box. Man, diving header...

71st minute. Jay DeMerit comes in for the injured Carlos. Poor baby...

Gosh. My throat is sore. Cheering hurts.

79th minute. Beasley draws the foul and Nunez comes out for Honduras.

82nd minute. Jonny's down with the cramps in his leg.

84th minute. Honduras had some scary chances... spectacular defending by the U.S.

85th. Just noticed Jonny's up front and Beasley's at left back. Score Jonny score!!

4 minutes stoppage time added. C'mon boys, keep it up!! Wow I'm really bad at minute by minute blogging. Dude, I'm like super caught up in this game!

WOOO! USA!!! Aw, Benny got interviewed! Ok, well, I'm done for now. Chivas is getting ready to play! Dang it I just realized I should've done this for the Chivas game instead of the U.S. game. I mean, this is a Chivas blog...

Be chill.
Hannah

Qualifier

2009-03-28T13:00:00.000-07:00

USA vs El Salvador tonight ya'll. Tune in for what I expect to be some super fly soccer. Sacha'll probably be starting... with that adorable pre-fame hairdo. It's so much cuter now.

Be chill.
hannah

FIFA World Cup Qualifyer

2009-02-24T17:17:00.000-08:00

Boy, Mexico must be really mad with us now. We took over their spotlight. I dunno...it's kinda weird that the Mexicans in the U.S. are against the real Mexicans now...I'm sorry if that kind of sounded wrong!! I just realized that when I watched the game. It's kind of ironic. Yeah, I'm weird.
Sacha didn't score no hat tricks today but Michael Bradley was AH-MAH-ZING!!! Scored two goals, don't ya know. Love 'em.
Well, like before I need to get my facts straight later... [=

Peace,
Ariel.

U.S. Mens National vs. Sweden

2009-02-24T16:38:00.000-08:00

U.S. Mens National against Sweden?
I went to the one last year. Yeah, I know this is real late to extend about this particular...but, I really should be saying more about this. I know Hannah commented about it before but I just wanna expand a l'il bit. Come on you guys, Sacha scored a frigin hat trick! Why are we not expanding about this?
Yeah, three goals. I'm serious you guys. I even cut out an article in the L.A. Times about this. They interviewed Sacha. When he heard that the only other American to achieve this feat was back in May 24, 1934 when Aldo "Buff" Donelli scored four goals. He took America 4-2 qualifying victory against Mexico at the United States 1934 FIFA World Cup in Rome. CONGRATS.

http://images.ussoccer.com/Images/Gallery/809_330572_600_md_USMNT012409_DZ16.jpg

I can't believe I missed this game. I was supposed to attend, actually, but me parents wouldn't let me. Dang it. How come every time something amazing happens I always miss it? And when I was originally supposed to go to...oh, luck where'd you go...
And just for the record...this all happened at the now historic HOME DEPOT CENTER !!! Whoo! My home...My home...
I'll talk about all the details of the the game later when I've gathered all the information I need. [=

Check out this website the L.A. Times wrote about the event!
http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-soccer-sweden-us-home-dep-2009jan25,0,7683990.story

...And what US Soccer wrote about it too...
http://72.14.235.132/search?q=cache:Jv_c5U2Vm-wJ:www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_12386304.html+world+cup+qualifing+mens+national+swededn+hat+trick&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a

Peace,
Ariel.

FINALLY!!!

2009-02-02T16:44:00.000-08:00

So Sacha cut his hair.

His too-long, greasy, hobo-ish, in the way hair is finally gone.

YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

Ahem. Exuse me.

Ok so I gotta admit, the whole shaved head wasn't exactly what I had in mind, but hey; at least now it can grow back into that cute semi short and spikey pre-fame do that we all know and love... sigh, I really love that hair...

Who knows? Possibly this drastic change comes from the fact that Sach will not be going to the Hoops just yet. Perhaps our boy's deppressed.

Or maybe he's finally seen the truth that thin, shoulderlength, split-end riddled, sweaty hair does NOT look good on anybody. Well, except Frankie Hejduk (and Sasha Vujacic). But his isn't greasy with split ends. Just cute and wavy :]

Anyways.

Sorry to have bashed Sacha's hair so terribly, lol. Dude, I'm just glad it's gone.

Here's a picture. Have fun!

Hannah

A Great Start to a New Year

2009-01-26T16:06:00.000-08:00

The boys played great this past Saturday, beating Sweden 3-0. I screamed so loud when Sacha scored that last goal. I mean, scoring your first international goal is fantastical enough, but a HAT-TRICK??? WHOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Cheers, Kljestan ; )
I was glad that Parkhurst got the callup at the last minute. The Revs (and me) are going to miss him this season. Jonny B. had a great second half, according to the match commentators. In MY opinion I think he played superb the entire time.
Pancho has gone to Guadalajara, never to come back again... well, I don't know that for sure, but he's definitely gonna be there for a while.

I wanted to make a recall on some things I said in my last post: for one, it was rude of me to so openly bash the Columbus Crew and the New York Red Bulls. In all honesty, I really don't care much for the Crew, but I still have respect for them, and I apologize if I offended anyone. I was still a little bitter about them beating out Chicago (my 2nd fave team at the moment) for the Cup spot.

So anyways... We here at ChivasMeansGoats are super psyched for February 11. In exactly 2 weeks and 2 days, the United States of America will face Mexico in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier. HOW COULD WE NOT BE SUPER PSYCHED?!!?!?!?!? So tune in Wednesday, February 11 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2 to watch the USMNT thrash Mexico : )

later ya'll
hannah

Most Boring MLS Cup Ever... for a Chivas fan that is.

2008-11-23T21:49:00.001-08:00

I mean seriously dudes. Crew and the Red Bulls??? Good gosh.

The actual game was craaaazy boring. Ariel and I were probably in our seats for a grand total of 20 minutes at the MOST. I've already forgot who scored the first Crew goal... and also who netted the lone NY goal. But Frankie Hejduk scored the second for the Columbus. We weren't in our seats for the last goal of the game so sorry. Can't tell you who scored that! Overall, it was a snoozer of a match for us Chivas fans.

There were several MLS players in attendance. They hung out in suites 108 and 103, if i recall correctly. Matt Reis came all the way from New England to check out the scene. Nick Rimando, Nick Garcia, Ben Olsen, Eddie Pope, Chris Klein, Jimmy Conrad, John Conway, Sean Franklin, Zach Wells, John Busch, Kevin Hartman and Alan Gordon also showed up. Special mentions include Logan Pause and John Thorington of Chicago Fire. Dudes are seriously HOTT. For our fashion section we must note that Logan Pause wore a STUNNING leather jacket ;)

Some of our Chivas boys also made an appearance. Alex Zotinca, Jim Curtin, Dan Kennedy, Sacha Kljestan, and Jonny Bornstein were all the ones that we spotted. Unfortunately, Sach was being a little wankster again and was all, "I'm too cool for you". Jonny on the other hand was crazy nice.Here's Dan Kennedy chillen at the MLS Cup. He was so sweet...
K, well, I'm tired. See ya'lls later.

Hannah

MLS CUP 2008

2008-11-23T21:36:00.000-08:00

It's me, Ariel.

Today, my siblings, my aunt, Hannah, and myself attended the MLS Cup on Nov. 23. We wanted to get there two hours earlier, but as fate would have it, we didn't. Ah, well, it didn't really matter, I think. The crowd was so sparse in the stadium that it didn't really matter how early we didn't think we were. Of course, by the time pre-game had begun and things began pumping up, the seats were jam-packed with dedicated followers.
I said before in my last write-up that it would be Columbus Crew and New York Red Bulls to compete for the championship. I just wanna say, that, yes, I did wear my Chivas USA jersey. Of course I did. Even if I did have doubts. The rest of my group were ecstatic about showing off their passion. My younger sister even donned a homemade Chivas USA jersey made especially be moi. Well, everyone loved it. Even Jonny Bornstein, who's name graced her backside.
It's kind of funny. All these native Columbus and NY fans had to travel all the way over here. I bet it was hosted here for the sole reason that Chivas would defeat.
But that's just that. Hannah will go further into detail what happened at the game, even though...well, we weren't really paying attention.

Peace,
Ariel

MLS Cup, November 23

2008-11-21T22:13:00.000-08:00

Hi, all.

As you can see from the title, the famous, amazing MLS Cup is at our bedroom, the Home Depot Center. It would have been more amazing if Chivas USA had beaten Real Salt Lake (They lost 0 - 1). Of all the times, the Cup is being hosted at HDC. Chivas had certainly put in a lot of effort, but there were so many they could have scored.
Even, though, we will continue to support them, and we wait eagerly for the beginning of the 2009 season. They have so much time to practice for the next Cup.
In the end, Columbus Crew won for the eastern conference and New York Red Bulls qualified for the western conference. They will play each other at the finals.

Peace,
Ariel

Chivas USA vs. Houstan Dynamo, October 25

2008-11-21T20:11:00.000-08:00

Hola, everyone! It's meh, Ariel. As you can see, Hannah has already written most of the bulk here. I don't know futbol as much as she but I did go to the game vs. Houstan Dynamo on October 25th. I was fortunate to be able to sit with the craziest bunch of people in the stadium, the Union Ultras, in Section 101. While there, I made friends with a little boy named Carlos, son of some Ultras leader guy. He offered to give me his sweatshirt, labeled with the official Union Ultras logo! Unfortunately, he said his dad would get mad at him, so I am at home Ultra-less. :(
On the up side, there was singing and dancing all day. Plus, I got to heave up the humongous vinyl poster sign that had the Ultras logo on it. It was freaking asombrarrrrr!!! Three Chiva's even took their jerseys off after the game and threw it to us! I didn't catch one though. :( But it's all good. At least I got two free Chivas footballs and caps.
So, anyway I'm pretty sure I got a good spot on TELEVISHUN.
On the down side, the crazy ref sent off Dan Kennedy, goalkeeper, and gave him a red card because he SUPPOSEDLY slided into Dynamo striker, Nate Jaqua. The score ended to be a draw - 1 to 1.
So, like I said, I'm not an expert on futbol, but I love the game and its passion. As far as I'm concerned, you don't have to suck to bomb. Especially when it comes to a sport as great as this. I LOOOOVE FUTBOL!!!

Peace,
Ariel

MNT Set for Next Round

2008-10-12T19:29:00.000-07:00

Wow.
That game was amazing.
Not only did the boys net 6 purely amazing goals, but wow; the atmosphere was incredible. I've never had a chance to see Sam's Army in person before last night, but let me just tell you: those guys plus the D.C. Screaming Eagles make for one heck of a fan section!
We had a mini-fan section sitting by us for a while but they got the boot about 20 minutes in when the people who actually had tickets for those seats showed up. Props to Jeff (or whatever his name was) for being nice and helping us get some autographs and almost get on ESPN Classic.
I got to talk to Sacha before the game and I'm pretty sure he remembered me from this summer. Well, I hope he did, anyways... We also got to meet and get autographs from Mo Edu, Freddy Adu, Orozco, Heath Pierce, Jozy, Charlie Davies, Jose Francisco Torres, and maybe one or two more that I just can't recall right now.

Oh my goodess. How glad are you that Bob called up Torres??? I am ECSTATIC. He is so fiiiiiiine!!! Oh, and he likes rap music. Dude was listnening to it to get hyped for the game.
I may have to go over to the dark side and buy a Pachuca jersey...
Anyways, Torres played really well; he had a great shot that sailed just over the crossbar. Speaking of great plays; our boy Sacha had 2 BEAUTIFULL assists! I actually count the second one as a goal on his part, but whatever... I love Chingy so no hard feelings.
I still can't believe I got to see the full national team in action! This is a big deal for me obviously. One of the best parts was seeing Clint Dempsey. Dude is for sure my fave international player. Oh, and I got to see Brad again! I'm like, UBER happy right now...

Later ya'll,
Hannah

Chivas Suffering, MNT Get the Result

2008-08-22T21:13:00.000-07:00

I wish I could have been in Houston to support my team on Wednesday. As a player myself i for sure know how hard a loss like that is to swallow. I'd give anything to be there with Ariel, Jazel, and Janessa to pump up the team for a win versus San Jose...

I'll bet anything Eddie Lewis had a super headache Wed. night. Dude just got sold to Galaxy; I'd have a headache too. Haha, just kidding. Well not really.

Anyways, Eddie's all stitched up and probably rearin' to go for L.A.

He played very well in the Qualifier on Wednesday, as did the whole team. I was just glad to be able to watch Clint in action once again. I swear, everything that guy does makes me laugh! Dude wasn't to happy about being subbed out. That little pouty face on the bench about did me in I was laughing so hard.

Anyways.

Sach'll probably play versus S.J. and I totally can't wait to FINALLY see him back in a Chivas USA kit. Ariel will most likely be @ the game...

P.S.

We are aiming to have an interview with Sacha up soon; we havn't actually done the interview yet, but we're hoping :].

Later y'all,
Hannah

Chivas and the National Team

2008-08-15T15:04:00.000-07:00

Paulo Nagamura has great timing. I mean come on; that was a great goal! And great assist by Atiba. Chivas did really well last night. They were quick on the ball and didn't give the Galaxy a whole lot.

Sacha arrived back in L.A. last night; he got called up to the men's qualifier versus Guatemala. So I totally hope he gets some minutes because he for sure deserves it. He and all the Olympic team played their hearts out this past week.

Jonny, Jorge, Ante, and Claudio were not on the bench for the Galaxy game. Still injured but don't know about Wednesday; I hope they're on the bench! Though Chivas looks good even without a lot of their starters. Which is like 10 kinds of awesome because we soooo have depth now.

Well I'm tired now. Check ya'll later,
Hannah

Updates and Whatnot

2008-08-10T20:43:00.000-07:00

Olympics are going pretty well; our boy Sacha netted one to temporarily put the U.S. even with the Netherlands. Though they didn't win, a well played game on the USA's part, don't you think? Stuart Holden might be feeling a little guilty right about now. Or maybe not... i hope not 'cause he played smashingly. The tie was a bit of a let down after the 2 lovely goals and that whole rally of intense play. Ah, well. Nigeria up on Wednesday!

Is anyone else exited for the SuperClasico?! Man, I know we are. I won't be in attendance, but the other 3 are planning on showing; they'll likely be sitting with the Union Ultras (shoutout to those guys; you rock!) Not quite sure if Jonny or Jorge will be starting. They're injured, but listed as probable so it anyone's game. Same for Ante and Galindo... Chivas really seem to be hurting for their core starters i.e. Kljestan, Razov, and Suarez. The team seemed slightly lacking Sat. night versus the Wizards. Second half was good though; Chivas was quicker on the ball and were more creative than in the first half. Totally amazing header by Justin Braun BTW. The kid's getting better and better.

Later y'all,
Hannah

Mouth Off

2008-08-06T15:03:00.000-07:00

Had an amazing experience with Chivas USA that you wish to tell the world? Email us at ChivasMeansGoats@gmail.com. We want your stories! - Ariel

Launching Our Blog

2008-07-22T21:40:00.000-07:00

Why, hello there! Here at ChivasMeansGoats, we believe that Club Deportivo Chivas USA is the most superior of all MLS teams. We also believe that Sacha Kljestan, Jonathan (Jonny) Bornstein, Jorge Flores, Ante Razov, Panchito (Pancho) Mendoza, and all the Chivas dudes are AWESOME. be warned: this blog is written by 4 total teenage soccer stalkers. We're going to dish all the information possible about Chivas USA. And again, since this blog is typed by INSANE GIRLS, please don't expect to read much of anything substantial or newsworthy. Mostly it's about the players. We'll be aiming to start regular blogging soon; once we get all our affairs in order, we hope that we will write entries almost every day, as we find things exciting to post. Thanks for visiting the Sisterhood of the Traveling Sacha Kljestan Cleats! Drop by again soon!

BTW: We have recently acquired a pair of authentic cleats (adiPURE, size 11) worn by Sacha Kljestan, hence the name of the blog. Click on the picture bellow to see a larger view of our snapshot of him running toward us to give us the cleats. Enjoy!