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For a third match in a row, Chivas USA got to the 90th minute with less men than when they started, courtesy of a straight red card to midfielder Marcelo Saragosa at the 71st minute. Fortunately for the red-and-whites, Seattle was unable to capitalize and the teams played to a 0 - 0 draw in the Emerald City yesterday afternoon. Later in the day, the Galaxy blanked Toronto FC behind a goal and an assist by David Beckham.

MLS action is reaching a boiling point and both L.A. teams are right in the thick of it.

Galaxy forward Alan Gordon led the blue-and-gold to a 2 - 1 victory over Toronto FC yesterday afternoon, while in the evening, Chivas USA forward Eduardo Lillingston scored his fifth goal of the year to give the red-and-whites a 1 - 0 victory over Seattle.

Summer is almost upon us and that means two things: warm weather and the race to the MLS playoffs is about to start. Entering the 12th week of the 2009 campaign, a couple of interesting and familiar trends are starting to surface.

Former UCLA and L.A. Galaxy coach, Sigi Schmid, has been formally introduced by Seattle Sounders FC as their first head coach. Schmid, a two time MLS Cup winner, has a track record for creating championship caliber teams and will be looking to do the same for the expansion Seattle side when they begin MLS play in 2009.