Wizards upset Chivas USA, advance to Western final

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11/04/2007 - Carson, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Wizards advanced to the Major League Soccer Western Conference finals by holding top-seeded Chivas USA to a scoreless draw Saturday night at The Home Depot Center in the second leg of the Western Semifinals Series.

This comes after fourth-seeded Kansas City (12-12-8) topped the Goats 1-0 in their home leg last Saturday, the lone goal in the series.

The absence of second-leading scorer Ante Razov and the abdominal injury that hobbled leading scorer Maykel Galindo were too much for Chivas USA (15-8-9) to overcome after winning the Western Conference regular season title.

Chivas dominated most of the game Saturday, hitting the post twice while out-shooting the Wizards 16-8, but were unable to break through a Wizards' defense that hasn't given up a goal in three-straight games.

Paulo Nagamura had Chivas USA's first shot in the 12th minute, but goalkeeper Kevin Hartman, who now has an MLS record 14 postseason shutouts, easily made the save.

Kansas City didn't have it's first chance at the Goats' goal until after the break when, on a counterattack, forward Eddie Johnson held the ball at the top of the penalty area and fired on goal. Chivas goalkeeper Brad Guzan, who just won the league's Goalkeeper of the Year award this week, made the save.

With the Goats pressing close to the hour mark, Kurt Morsink saved the Wizards by clearing a Shavar Thomas off a corner kick off the goal line.

Ten-minutes later Galindo hit the post as the Wizards started wilting under the Chivas' pressure.

Midfielder Jesse Marsch hit the crossbar in stoppage time, but Chivas was unable to solve Hartman or the Wizards defense as it was held scoreless in the total-goals series.

The Wizards will now travel to defending champions Houston to take on the Dynamo in the Western Conference Championship on Saturday.

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Date Favorite Opponent Point Spread
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Sept 21 GEORGIA TECH Virginia 17
Sept 22 NEVADA Northwestern 6.5
Sept 23 MICHIGAN Wisconsin 14
Sept 23 Minnesota PURDUE 3
Sept 23 SYRACUSE Miami (Ohio) 6.5
Sept 23 MISSOURI Ohio 21.5
Sept 23 Louisville KANSAS STATE 14
Sept 23 TENNESSEE Marshall 22
Sept 23 CLEMSON North Carolina 16.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA Kentucky 24
Sept 23 Iowa ILLINOIS 20.5
Sept 23 FLORIDA STATE Rice 30.5
Sept 23 AUBURN Buffalo 41.5
Sept 23 BOWLING GREEN Kent 7
Sept 23 NAVY Tulsa 4.5
Sept 23 VIRGINIA TECH Cincinnati 27
Sept 23 BYU Utah State 29
Sept 23 OHIO STATE Penn State 16.5
Sept 23 TEXAS Iowa State 25
Sept 23 Washington State STANFORD 10
Sept 23 CALIFORNIA Arizona State 7.5
Sept 23 UCLA WASHINGTON 3
Sept 23 INDIANA Connecticut 1.5
Sept 23 Central Michigan EASTERN MICHIGAN 4
Sept 23 WYOMING Air Force 1
Sept 23 UTEP NEW MEXICO 9.5
Sept 23 West Virginia EAST CAROLINA 21
Sept 23 Boston College NORTH CAROLINA STATE 7
Sept 23 GEORGIA Colorado 27
Sept 23 ARKANSAS Alabama 1.5
Sept 23 BAYLOR Army 11
Sept 23 WESTERN MICHIGAN Temple 28
Sept 23 MISSISSIPPI Wake Forest 2.5
Sept 23 KANSAS South Florida 5.5
Sept 23 TEXAS A&amp;M Louisiana Tech 23.5
Sept 23 UAB Mississippi State 9.5
Sept 23 LSU Tulane 36
Sept 23 Utah SAN DIEGO STATE 6.5
Sept 23 BOISE STATE Hawaii 15
Sept 23 Notre Dame MICHIGAN STATE 3
Sept 23 USC ARIZONA U 22
Sept 23 Oklahoma State HOUSTON 1
Sept 23 OREGON STATE Idaho 23
Sept 23 OKLAHOMA Middle Tennessee State 29
Sept 23 MARYLAND Florida International 18.5
Sept 23 AKRON North Texas 17.5
Sept 23 SOUTH CAROLINA Florida Atlantic 29.5
Sept 23 NEBRASKA Troy 23
Sept 23 SMU Arkansas State 6

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