Article: Chivas meets the parent will anyone watch?(Sports)

Byline: NICK GREEN, SOCCER

The international summer of soccer in Southern California comes to a close Wednesday on the second day of fall as CD Guadalajara plays Carson-based spin-off Chivas USA at the Rose Bowl.

It's the first-ever meeting between 4-year

old Chivas USA and their 103-year-old mother- ship on American soil.

CD Guadalajara, which claims a fan base of 30 million across the United States and Mexico, likes to think of the club as the most popular sports franchise in Los Angeles, but a crowd of only around 20,000-30,000 is expected in the vast stadium.

That's far fewer than the crowd of 93,137 who witnessed the ...

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