Chivas, Columbus battle to draw

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05/13/2007 - Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - CD Chivas USA and the Columbus Crew battled to a 1-1 draw at Crew Stadium on Saturday night, and aside from the first 18 minutes, the game was pretty uneventful.

Chivas USA forward Ante Razov got his team off to a dream start with a second- minute goal off a free kick before the Crew's new star, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, set up a Ned Grabavoy tally 16 minutes later to close out the scoring.

The game got very physical in the second half with both teams tightening up their defense. That led to a pretty lackluster final frame for the 12,545 fans in attendance.

The game started with a blast as Razov took a free kick from about 25 yards out with his left foot and bent it around the wall into the side netting past Columbus goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum. It was Razov's 101st Major League Soccer goal, good for third all-time in the league behind Jaime Moreno (107) of D.C. United and the recently retired Jason Kreis (108) of Real Salt Lake.

Columbus almost got the equalizer about eight minutes later when Schelotto broke into the box alone, but Chivas keeper Brad Guzan made a diving save to keep his team up a goal. The chance was made possible by a nifty backheal pass from Alejandro Moreno to spring Schelotto in the box. Moreno just joined Columbus this week in a trade with Houston for Joseph Ngwenya.

Columbus did get the equalizer about 10 minutes later when Schelotto intercepted an errant pass from the Chivas USA defense at the top of the box and drew three defenders to him before squaring the ball off to Ned Grabavoy, who one-timed a shot off the far post and in to make the score 1-1. The assist was the Argentinian legend's first career MLS point in his first career MLS start.

The Chivas USA defense, which just traded for Jamaican international Shavar Thomas from the Los Angeles Galaxy on Friday, looked bad on the play. Thomas was inserted into the starting lineup for Saturday's game.

CD Chivas USA will be back in action next Sunday in 2007's second edition of the Super Clasico where it will serve as the home team at The Home Depot Center against the Galaxy. Columbus is back in action next Saturday against Red Bull New York.

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