Chivas USA hopes to regroup against red-hot Sounders

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08/13/2010 - Carson, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - One of Major League Soccer's hottest teams, Seattle Sounders FC, travels to take on Chivas USA in a Western Conference clash on Saturday night.

The Sounders have rattled off four straight wins to get back into the playoff picture after a sluggish first three-and-a-half months of the season.

The catalyst of the recent surge has been forward Fredy Montero, who has earned either a goal or an assist in each of the Sounders last nine matches. Seattle (8-8-4) is coming off a 2-0 win over the Houston Dynamo on Sunday in which Montero scored a goal and an assist.

"Fredy is on fire," Sounders FC goalkeeper Kasey Keller told mlssoccer.com. "He's working extremely hard. He is doing some great stuff. What I like so much about his game right now is that he has got a ton of assists as well. He is really turning into a complete player and I'm proud of him."

Montero has eight goals and nine assists this season.

"Today was a good result, especially against Houston," Sounders FC coach Sigi Schmid told mlssoccer.com after the game. "Last year and in the past when we've played teams that are more physical or robust, [they] are teams that have given us a hard time. We were able to match that and came out ahead at the end of the day, so I was very pleased."

Chivas USA (8-8-4), on the other hand, is just hoping to regroup after suffering its 10th loss of the season at Toronto FC in its last MLS fixture.

"We have to make sure that we focus on those little things, especially our concentration and being hard to play against in defense," Chivas USA coach Martin Vasquez said. "I felt that we did enough to come back and get a tie, but we came up short."

Despite the loss, Vasquez is happy with the way his team is playing as of late.

"We felt that in that positive stretch that we had, we were consistent," he said. "We did not make a big trouble about the [Toronto] loss. We just have to rebound and keep doing the same thing."

The Goats should have midfielder Blair Gavin available, although his is battling a hamstring injury, while goalkeeper Zach Thornton is probable with an ankle injury.

Seattle will be without midfielders David Estrada, Peter Vagenas and Brad Evans, forwards Michael Fucito and Pat Noonan, and defender Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, all because of injury.

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