Chivas narrowly defeats D.C. United, 1-0, at the Home Depot Center

Chivas USA striker Justin Braun got his eighth goal of the season to give his club a 1-0 lead and barely scrape by D.C. United at the Home Depot Center Sunday night.

United (4-15-3) had several close opportunities in the game, including an unlucky bounce for Santino Quaranta, who drilled a shot from 25 yards out that bounced first off the crossbar, off Chivas GK Zach Thornton\'s leg and out of bounds.

Black-and-Red legend Jaime Moreno also had the potential equalizer after a header on a United corner kick. Chivas GK Mariano Trujillo cleared the ball off the line at the last second, denying the league\'s all-time leading scorer his 133rd goal.

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Scoring Summary:
CHV -- Justin Braun 8 (Ante Jazic 1) 13

Lineups:

D.C. United -- Troy Perkins, Jed Zayner (Chris Pontius 78), Barry Rice (Julius James 46), Dejan Jakovic, Jordan Graye, Santino Quaranta, Stephen King, Kurt Morsink, Branko Boskovic, Adam Cristman (Andy Najar 57), Jaime Moreno.

Chivas USA -- Zach Thornton, Mariano Trujillo, Dario Delgado, Michael Umana, Ante Jazic, Rodolfo Espinoza (Michael Lahoud 71), Marcelo Saragosa, Paulo Nagamura, Jonathan Bornstein, Justin Braun (Ben Zemanski 89), Giancarlo Maldonado (Alan Gordon 46).

Misconduct Summary:
DC -- Kurt Morsink (caution; Reckless Tackle) 31
CHV -- Marcelo Saragosa (caution; Reckless Tackle) 72
CHV -- Justin Braun (caution; Reckless Foul) 73
DC -- Andy Najar (caution; Reckless Tackle) 84

Referee: Kevin Stott

Referee\'s Assistants: Ian Anderson; Chris Strickland

4th Official: Ricardo Salazar

Attendance: 12,517

Time of Game: 1:53

Weather: Clear-and-67-degrees