CHIVAS USA AT SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Starfire Sports Stadium, Tukwila.
Videocast at www.soundersfc.com. No TV or radio.
HEAD TO HEAD: Chivas leads, 2-0-2, and Seattle has never scored against the Goats. The clubs played to a scoreless draw Aug. 14 in Carson, Calif. Chivas returns for the final Sounders home game of this regular season on Oct. 15 at Qwest Field.
SIGI SCHMID SCOUTING REPORT: “It’s a different Chivas under (last season’s coach) Preki versus a Chivas under Martin Vasquez. … Against Preki’s team — just like Preki’s teams

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At a rainy Starfire Sports Stadium this morning, Sounders FC concluded training for its U.S. Open Cup semifinal match tomorrow night against Chivas USA.

No big news out of training, but here is some of what coach Sigi Schmid had to say:

On previous results against Chivas USA: “It’s a different Chivas under Preki versus a Chivas under Martin Vasquez. We have played against Martin Vasquez’s team once and that’s the team we are preparing for. I thought we possessed the ball alright in the game down in L.A. We didn’t get a goal and neither did they. So …

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This just in from the Sounders:

Seattle Sounders FC has announced that Wednesday night’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinal match with Chivas USA is sold out. First kick at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila is 7:30 p.m. PT.

The game will be broadcast via live videocast on the team website at www.SoundersFC.com.

Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Seating is general admission and fans are highly encouraged to arrive early to avoid congestion and get the best possible seats.

Should Sounders FC defeat Chivas USA, it will face the winner of Wednesday night’s Columbus Crew-D.C. United match

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This just in from the Sounders:

The Seattle Sounders FC announced today that the Gambia National Team has called in midfielder Sanna Nyassi for Saturday’s African Cup of Nations qualifier with Namibia in Banjul, Gambia.

Nyassi will miss Seattle’s U.S. Open Cup semifinal versus Chivas USA and the MLS match on Saturday at New England. He will return to Seattle on September 6.

Nyassi has started the last six MLS matches and eight altogether this season. He has three assists in 17 appearances.

Seattle Sounders FC forward Fredy Montero was voted MLS player of the week for scoring both goals in Seattle’s 2-1 win over Chicago on Saturday.

The honor is voted on each week by the North American Soccer Reporters. (Montero got my vote, btw, with my second choice going to Colorado’s Conor Casey.)

More information on Montero’s selection at MLSsoccer.com.

The Sounders held camper appreciation day Monday at Starfire. Youth soccer camp participants watched the club practice, received a brief greeting from each player and then received autographed player cards from each Sounder.

“The fans have been great for us, so it’s good to go out and talk to them a little bit,” forward Nate Jaqua said. “It’s a little bit of a whirwind because it’s a lot of guys coming through fast, but it’s fun.”

Get used to seeing those three strikes across the shoulders of everyone’s jerseys.

Here’s the (exceptionally flowery) release from the league. Less breathless and more useful is this piece from the Sports Business Journal.

Update:West over East again, as Chivas USA beats DC United, 1-0.

Pregame: One straggler MLS game tonight on ESPN2: D.C. United at Chivas USA at 7 p.m.

Here’s a preview from MLSsoccer.com. Bit of a dog game, actually, but potential scouting on the Sounders’ U.S. Open Cup semifinal (Chivas) and potential final opponents.

That’s the best I can come up with.