United falls to Chivas 1-0

Chivas de Guadalajara used their home-field advantage to its full extent, defeating D.C. United 1-0 in the second leg of their Copa Sudamericana series on Tuesday night at Estadio Jalisco to advance on away goals.

In last Wednesday's first leg at RFK Stadium, D.C. United played a man down for more than a half, and despite taking a 2-0 lead, saw Sergio Santana pull one back for Chivas heading into the second leg. That goal proved to be the decider, after the teams finished the series 2-2 on aggregate.

The lads played a good game, but just couldn't come up with a goal in the closing moments.

For the United that's it for the tournament competitions. The only two things they can win are the Supporters Shield (which they have a really good chance at) and MLS Cup.

Mexican National Team player to MLS?

According the the Los Angeles Times, Chivas USA is deciding whether it will pursue current Mexico international Adolfo "Bofo" Bautista. Bautista has been told by Chivas de Guadalajara, where he won a Mexican league title in 2006, that he is no longer needed after falling out with Coach Jose Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre. Jorge Vergara, who owns Chivas de Guadalajara and is co-owner of Chivas USA, has said Chivas USA would have first choice in signing Bautista, but the player's agent is trying to find him a European team.

Adolfo "Bofo" Bautista's career stats:

Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-2002 2002-2003 2003 2004-	UAG Tecos Morelia CF Pachuca Chivas de Guadalajara	70 (15) 45 (19) 20 (2) 131 (42)
National team
2003-	Mexico	24 (8)

Copa Sudamericana Draw

As reported earlier DC United has been invited to join Copa Sudamericana tournament. As promised here is update on the draw. DC United will be playing Chivas de Guadalajara home and away first during what amounts to be the round of 16.

The list of Participating Teams by country is:

Argentina	Boca Juniors, River Plate, San Lorenzo and Estudiantes de La Plata
Bolivia	Jorge Wilstermann and Real Potosí
Brazil	São Paulo FC, Vasco da Gama, Figueirense, Goiás, Corinthians, Cruzeiro, Botafogo, Atlético Paranaense
Colombia	Atlético Nacional, and Millonarios
Ecuador	El Nacional
Mexico	Pachuca, América, and Chivas Guadalajara
Paraguay	Libertad and Tacuary
Peru	Coronel Bolognesi and Universitario
Venezuela	Zamora FC, and Carabobo FC
CONCACAF	DC United (USA)