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Article: United's 'Sour' Taste of Chivas; D.C. Seeks Payback in Sudamericana
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- The Washington Post
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- September 26, 2007
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When D.C. United faced Mexican power Pumas in the 2005 CONCACAF
Champions Cup, the MLS standard bearers earned a draw at home and
then were eliminated with a loss on the road. Later that year,
facing Chilean club Catolica in the Copa Sudamericana, United again
earned a draw at home and was eliminated with a road loss. It
happened once more this spring; facing CD Guadalajara Chivas of
Mexico in the Champions Cup, United drew at home before coming up
short on the road.
So with Chivas back in the District tonight for the beginning of
a Copa Sudamericana two-game, aggregate-goals series, United's
veterans have focused on breaking that pattern of close-but-not-
quite international results.
"I ...
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