Showing posts with label Vaughn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vaughn. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Earthquake rumbles Chivas USA practice

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Southern California at 11:42 a.m. PT, just as Chivas USA was finishing practice on Field 6 at The Home Depot Center. The players had wrapped up training and were preparing to sign autographs for fans before heading back in to the locker room when the quake, whose epicenter was about 35 miles east of Carson, in Chino Hills, began.

The earthquake lasted for about 20 seconds, and followed with almost a dozen aftershocks measuring up to 3.8 in magnitude. According a report from Reuters, no injuries or major damage have been reported.

Chivas USA players, out on a practice field, were well out of harm’s way.

“I was sitting on the bench when the earthquake happened,” said Chivas USA defender Lawson Vaughn. “When I first felt it, I thought something was wrong with my head - I thought maybe I was dizzy, or exhausted from heat. Then I looked around and everyone was saying ‘Earthquake! Earthquake!’ and I just enjoyed it. I could feel myself rocking back and forth, so I loved it!”

Vaughn is no stranger to powerful natural events: “It was my first earthquake,” he said. “When I was in Tulsa, I actually was not to far from a tornado, so I’ve done the tornado, the earthquake, and now I need a hurricane!”

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Postgame Photo Gallery: Chivas USA at Houston

~After the final whistle, Chivas USA players give thanks to the Legión 1908 Texas for their support (upper right corner of second photo):

Chivas USA, Legion 1908 Texas, fans Chivas USA, Legion 1908 Texas, fans












~ Chivas USA defender Lawson Vaughn is assisted by Head Athletic Trainer Josh Beaumont following the game. Vaughn exited the match in the 13th minute with a broken nose (re-set in the locker room during the first half) and a gash on his right cheek, after being struck in the face by Dynamo midfielder Dwayne De Rosario's thwarted bicycle kick attempt. The cut on Vaughn's cheek (R) required more than a dozen butterfly bandages:

Lawson Vaughn, broken nose, Chivas USA, Josh BeaumontLawson Vaughn, broken nose, Chivas USA














~ Chivas USA Head Coach Preki (L) and midfielder Francisco Mendoza (R) attend to the media during postgame locker room access at Robertson Stadium:
Preki, Chivas USA, press Francisco Mendoza, Chivas USA, press

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Progresan los ausentes…

Los peligrosos atacantes, el cubano Maykel Galindo (jugó hasta el segundo tiempo ante el Crew) y el estadounidense Ante Razov (ausente ante Salt Lake y Columbus), mostraron progreso y entrenaron al parejo de sus compañeros el jueves. También Claudio Suárez, el defensa mexicano ausente de los primeros tres encuentros debido al fallecimiento de su padre y una lesión en la nariz durante un entrenamiento de la semana pasada, se recupera físicamente y espera hacer su gran debut en la temporada 2008 ante el FC Dallas, el próximo domingo, 20 de abril, en el Home Depot Center de Carson a las 5 p.m. Hora del Pacífico.

“Es algo muy especial para mí, ahora debutar en la liga, ya que no lo pude hacer antes. Mucha gente sabe que falleció mi padre y se prolongó ese debut. Lo más seguro sería (debutar) el domingo, ante el FC Dallas. La verdad que (Dallas) me trae muy buenos recuerdos porque cuando vine aquí a jugar en Chivas USA, fui al Mundial y regresando nos tocó jugar contra Dallas, fue un día para mí muy bueno, metí dos goles, ganamos 3-0", recordó Claudio Suárez durante una teleconferencia el jueves.

El defensor Lawson Vaughn, con una lesión de tendón, también entrenó al parejo de sus compañeros, mientras que el mediocampista suizo Raphael Wicky (dolores de espalda) todavía estuvo haciendo trabajo por separado.

Chivas USA y FC Dallas se enfrentaron en la jornada inaugural de la temporada 2008 y empataron 1-1.

Para obtener boletos pueden llamar a 1-877-CHIVAS-1 ó pueden visitar
http://www.cdchivasusa.com/. Los primeros 5,000 aficionados recibirán a la entrada la edición limitada de las camisetas “Ven a Celebrar”.