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Hector Jimenez was given an additional one-game suspension and assessed an undisclosed fine Friday for his studs-up tackle on Steven Beitashour in the Galaxy's 3-2 loss Wednesday night to San Jose and Home Depot Center.

The second-year winger from Bell Gardens, who was making just his second Major League Soccer start, was red-carded for the 59th-minute offense. That carries an automatic one-game suspension, for Saturday night's game at Houston, and Jimenez also will miss the June 17 match against Portland.

The Galaxy also announced that forward Adam Cristman has been placed on the MLS Disabled List with a concussion. He had missed the first six games this season with a concussion suffered during a preseason match. He'll be eligible to return for the July 8 game at Chicago but can play in U.S. Open Cup, MLS Reserve League and friendly matches before then.

David Beckham took a fairly sizable cut in pay to stay with Galaxy rather than chase Paris Saint-Germain's millions, it turns out, and he's no longer Major League Soccer's top earner.

That's the big news from the MLS Players Union's release Friday of salary figures across the league, an annual event that provides the only substantial look at at least a portion of player contracts in the league.

Beckham, whose initial five-year deal with the Galaxy paid him $32.5 million -- $5.5 million in annual salary and $6.5 million in average guaranteed compensation -- settled for $2.5 million less this go-round: His salary is $3 million and guaranteed compensation is $4 million.

That drops him below New York Red Bulls stars Thierry Henry ($5 million and $5.6 million) and Rafa Marquez ($4.6 million for both figures). Galaxy striker Robbie Keane (making $2.917 million in salary, $3.417 million guaranteed) is No. 4 on the league's list, and captain Landon Donovan ($2.4 million) is No. 5.

Beckham was offered a reported 18-month, $18.7 million contract by French giant PSG before re-signing a two-year deal with the Galaxy in January.

Additional compensation, beyond base salary and guaranteed compensation, is not accounted for in the Players Union survey.

Chivas USA striker Juan Pablo Angel also took a substantial pay cut, dropping out of Designated Player territory. He's making only $350,000 in base salary (after receiving $1 million under his previous contract) but $600,000 in guaranteed compensation (down from $1.25 million).

The Galaxy has the second-highest payroll at about $10.76 million, behind only the Red Bulls' $12.2 million. Chivas is 14th at nearly $2.62 million.

Chivas has been economical in picking up talent in South America. Star central midfielder Oswaldo Minda is making only $50,000 ($68,750 guaranteed), fellow Ecuadoran Miller Bolaños and Colombian forward Jose Erik Correa just $48,000 apiece, and Colombian center back John Alexander Valencia $50,000.

Decent raises were given to Chivas goalkeeper Dan Kennedy ($175,000 from $62,496) and Galaxy defenders Omar Gonzalez ($180,000 from $120,000) and Sean Franklin ($205,000 from $97,389).

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David Beckham knows where he'll be spending part of the Galaxy's two-week break for FIFA's fixture dates: back at home, collecting a major honor.

Beckham will be at Wembley Stadium a week from Saturday for England's Euro 2012 tuneup against Belgium, and he'll be one of five players fêted for making 100 senior appearances for the English national team, the Football Association announced Friday.

Beckham has won 115 caps for England, most among field players and second all-time to goalkeeper Peter Shilton (125), who also will be on hand. Beckham remains available for the English, but, at 37, it is unlikely he will make another appearance. He is hoping for an over-age spot on the unified Great Britain Olympic team this summer.

Legend Bobby Charlton (106) also will be on hand, as well as the widow of 1966 World Cup-winning captain Bobby Moore and the daughter of Billy Wright (105), who played from the 1940s into the 1960s.

All five will receive a medal and commemorative cap during a halftime ceremony.

The Galaxy plays Saturday at Houston, then has the next two weekends off from Major League Soccer duty during FIFA's first international window after the close of the European season. L.A. has a U.S. Open Cup match Tuesday at Carolina RailHawks and, if they advance, a week later at Home Depot Center against Chivas USA or the Ventura County Fusion. The club also plays an MLS Reserve League game June 2 at Portland.

It's a rematch of last November's MLS Cup final, the only one scheduled this season, but that's in no way the point when the Galaxy and Houston battle Saturday afternoon at the Dynamo's brand new BBVA Compass Stadium.

Neither is the stadium, although the Galaxy -- well, some of them -- are excited to see another new Major League Soccer facility and compare it to the New York Red Bulls' and Sporting Kansas City's stadiums, the league's unquestioned gems.

More important, for both sides, is finding some semblance of the form that took them to the title game last year, which L.A. won, 1-0, in front of the home fans to win its third championship.

Landon Donovan, who made the deepest imprint that evening and scored the lone goal, isn't around for this meeting -- he's off with the U.S. national team -- and neither is star striker Robbie Keane, also on international duty. Their absence had little impact in Wednesday night's 3-2 defeat to San Jose: The Galaxy played with confidence and swagger missing through the first 13 games this year, building a two-goal lead after 73 minutes.

It all fell apart after that, but it wasn't the collapse that was on the Galaxy's mind afterward. Rather how well they had played until then.

“It's a tough pill to swallow, but we had a great performance for the most part ...,” defender Todd Dunivant said. “We'll see how we respond. We have to take it the right way and realize that we played very well. We have to learn to close the game out. ... It doesn't matter if you deserve to win or are the best team on the day. That's not how this game is won or lost. You have to do the little things the entire game.”

The Galaxy haven't and are 3-7-2 after losing only six, seven and five regular-season games the past three seasons. They haven't won in more than a month, six games in all, and have no shutouts in 14 competitive games after posting 22 in 46 matches last year.

“It's a character test,” head coach Bruce Arena said. “It's a challenge in leadership. I think you're a good leader [if you can lead] when things aren't going well -- it's real easy to lead when things are going great. We'll see the character of our players and coaching staff.”

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Chivas USA's young new star has returned the club after he was dropped from the U.S. national team roster for the “five-game tournament” that begins with Saturday's friendly against Scotland in Jacksonville, Fla., and wraps up with next month's World Cup qualifiers against Antigua & Barbuda and Guatemala.

Juan Agudelo, a 19-year-old, Colombian-born striker acquired eight days ago in a trade from the New York Red Bulls, has been a regular for the U.S. under Jurgen Klinsmann, but his failure to make the cut from 27 to 23 players was not all that surprising. He has just returned from a knee injury and is still seeking his best form, having made only his second start of the season in his Chivas debut in last weekend's SuperClasico victory over the Galaxy.

Agudelo returned to the Goats on Thursday, is scheduled to train Friday morning and be available for Saturday's night's Major League Soccer game against the Seattle Sounders at Home Depot Center.

Also trimmed from the camp roster were Sporting Kansas City midfielder Graham Zusi and two German-born players, Hertha Berlin defender Alfredo Morales and 1899 Hoffenheim midfielder Danny Williams.

Agudelo was the only one of seven forwards in the Orlando, Fla., camp who did not make the roster for three friendlies -- the U.S. plays Brazil on Wednesday in Landover, Md., and Canada next Saturday in Toronto -- and for the qualifiers June 8 against Antigua in Tampa, Fla., and June 12 at Guatemala. The forwards on the list: Galaxy captain Landon Donovan, San Jose's Chris Wondolowski, Herculez Gomez from Mexican champion Santos Laguna, and European-employed Jozy Altidore, Terrence Boyd and Clint Dempsey.

Donovan (Redlands/Redlands East Valley HS) is five local players on the roster. The others are Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando (Montclair/Montclair HS and UCLA), Rangers defender Carlos Bocanegra (Alta Loma/Alta Loma HS and UCLA), Chievo Verona midfielder Michael Bradley (Manhattan Beach), and Rangers midfielder Maurice Edu (Fontana/Etiwanda HS). Two San Diegans -- veteran Hannover 96 defender Steve Cherundolo and Club Tijuana midfielder Joe Corona -- also made the cut.

Here's the full U.S. roster for the five games:

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FRIDAY, MAY 25

• TELEVISION

SPANISH COPA DEL REY
Athletic Bilbao vs. Barcelona
ESPN Deportes, 12:50 p.m.
Barca didn't win either of the trophies they really coveted this season -- La Luga and the Champions League -- but the Catalans can wrap their season with Spain's cup title. Replay: 4 p.m.

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY
Guatemala at Costa Rica
ESPN Deportes, 5:55 p.m.
Central American rivals face off in a friendly as they prepare for next month's start to semifinal-group play in CONCACAF's World Cup qualifying tournament.

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Everything the L.A. Blues lacked in Tuesday's U.S. Open Cup defeat was present Thursday night, when they took the game to the USL Pro's top club and opened a two-game, three-day East Coast trek with a point.

Portland Timbers loaner Bright Dike scored his second goal in three games, Amir Abedzadeh was superb in the nets, and the Blues (3-2-2) played with energy and style to hold reigning champion/first-place Orlando City SC (6-0-2) to a 1-1 draw at the Florida Citrus Bowl.

“Coming off of a match in the Open Cup where there was minimal effort, it was great to see the team just leaving it on the field,” head coach Charlie Naimo told ESPN Los Angeles. “A couple guys who were not there for us Tuesday played harder tonight than I've ever seen them play. They definitely took that loss to heart.”

L.A. was looking to attack all night and was the better team at the end, creating several chances and hitting a post as it sought a late winner. That was the Blues' plan from the start, and because Tuesday's loss to the Ventura County Fusion eliminated a game next week from their schedule, that also will be the approach Saturday night against the Charleston (S.C.) Battery (4-2-0).

Orlando City went ahead in the 22nd minute, with Wes Allen powerfully heading home an Anthony Pulis corner kick, but the Blues were even within three minutes.

Dike, who played 33 minutes Wednesday night in the Timbers' friendly with Spanish club Valencia in Portland, Ore., headed home a cross from Allan Russell to tie the score in the 25th.

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CARSON -- Let's make one thing clear: It wasn't referee Jair Marrufo who cost the Galaxy a victory Wednesday night, when the San Jose Earthquakes rallied from a two-goal deficit for a 3-2 Major League Soccer victory at Home Depot Center.

He just didn't help.

That's what the Galaxy thinks anyway, after a red card to Hector Jimenez and a penalty kick after a hand ball in the box by David Beckham helped fuel the Quakes' comeback.

Everyone agrees that Jimenez's red card was fair. And so, perhaps, was the penalty kick Khari Stephenson converted to tie the score in the 82nd minute. But head coach Bruce Arena noted in his postgame news conference that Marrufo “didn't call anything on their strikers all night” and that the referee's failure to award the Galaxy a penalty kick after San Jose defender Ike Opara handled the ball in his box after falling to the ground, was egregious.

“I'm told,” Arena said, “their hand ball in the first half is not a hand ball, even though he basically got both hands on the ball. What can you say?”

Beckham was more direct in his criticism.

“Unfortunately, we had someone in control of the game tonight that, every time we've had him, he wants to be the star, and that's what happens when you have a referee who wants to be on 'SportsCenter,' ” he said. "That was disappointing.

“Maybe the decision for the sending off, maybe it was. The penalty? Maybe it was. ... I just turned my back, and my arms were as close to me as they could be. They weren't outstretched -- yeah, it hit my hand, but it could have gone either way. [Opara] falls on the ball in the penalty area, rolls over it a couple of times, touches it with his hand a couple of times. Everyone else sees it apart from the 'star.' ”

Strong words, and they'll probably cost Beckham a few dollars once the league gets wind of them. Oh, well. He can afford it.

THURSDAY, MAY 24

• TELEVISION

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL ESPOIRS DE TOULON
Mexico U-23 vs. Morocco U-23
Telemundo (KVEA/Channel 52), 8:30 a.m.
Mexico's Olympic preps include a run through France's prestigious Toulon tournament, with the Moroccans up first in Group B, then France and Belarus.

COPA LIBERTADORES
Velez Sarsfield (Argentina) at Santos (Brazil)
Fox Deportes, 4 p.m.
Ivan Obolo's first-half goal gave Velez a 1-0 victory in their home leg, but beating Neymar and Co. in Brazil will be far tougher. The winner gets Corinthians or Vasco da Gama in the semifinals of South America's club championship. Replay: 11 p.m.
Also
Libertad (Paraguay) at Universidad de Chile (Chile), Fox Deportes, 6:30 p.m.

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CARSON -- The Galaxy couldn't have felt much better about things as the clock hit 75 minutes Wednesday night: Their best performance of the season had been rewarded with a two-goal lead, and although they were down to 10 men, they were in control. Hold on another 15 minutes, plus a few more in stoppage, and they'd have their first victory in a month.

But in a season in which nearly everything that can go wrong has, L.A. found a new, most devastating way to fall, surrendering three goals over the final 20 minutes -- the last deep in stoppage -- to drop its fourth game in the last five, a 3-2 defeat to the San Jose Earthquakes that left a lot of heads shaking.

Alan Gordon's header in the 94th minute delivered the knockout blow, handing the Galaxy their seventh league defeat, extending their winless streak to six games and leaving them in the Western Conference basement, 16 points off the lead.

“We played awful well tonight not to get something out of this game. It's a shame,” noted Galaxy coach Bruce Arena. “You make your own breaks, and tonight we were in position to get three points and really turned that game over.”

Bell Gardens' Hector Jimenez, making just his second MLS start, third league appearance and 2012 debut, scored a fine goal in the third minute to give L.A. an advantage but was sent off for a studs-up challenge on Steven Beitashour in the 59th minute, and the Galaxy (3-7-2, 11 points) -- dominant to that point -- watched everything change in a matter of minutes.

First, they doubled their lead, with Mike Magee taking a pass on the break from David Beckham, then beating Quakes defender Jason Hernandez and stepping past goalkeeper Jon Busch to fire into the goal's ceiling in the 73rd minute.

Three minutes later, Yorba Linda's Steven Lenhart got one back for San Jose, a near-post header from Marvin Chavez's corner kick, and the Quakes were on the front foot the rest of the way.

“We're ahead 2-0, I don't know how many minutes left,” Arena said. “Really a poor tactical approach on our behalf. We shouldn't get beat on a restart for a goal. That let them back in the game. And we can't lose the ball in our defensive half. We have to play the ball up the field, we have to pull in collectively as a group and defend with our 10 players and play the game out, get the three points and go home.”

Khari Stephenson tied the score in the 82nd minute, converting a penalty kick after Beckham handled the ball while leaping to block a drive by Hernandez. A turnover led to the winner, with Hernandez again pumping the ball into the box and Gordon, who scored equalizers in the 88th and 90th minutes of San Jose's last two games, escaped Sean Franklin's mark and soared above A.J. DeLaGarza to nod it into the net.

“I just was following up the play,” said Gordon, who played for the Galaxy from 2004 through 2010. “I think there may have been a little bit of hesitation on their part, and I was just seeing the play through. They hesitated, I didn't, I finished it. Forwards get lucky sometimes. I got lucky. Who cares? I put it in, end of story, period.”

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Chivas USA had to do without its new arrival from New York -- Juan Agudelo is off with the U.S. national team in Florida -- but there's another Red Bulls veteran on the Goats' roster, and he made himself quite at home Wednesday night.

Juan Pablo Angel, New York's all-time goals leader, returned to Red Bull Arena for the first time since he departed the Red Bulls after the 2010 season, received a warm reception from the fans, then did his best to make their lives miserable.

His best performance of the season was rewarded with a spectacular goal at the start of the first half, and although Chivas couldn't turn it into three points, a 1-1 draw was a rather satisfying result.

The Goats' attack had spark, their defending was mostly exceptional, and had they done a better job holding onto the ball, especially under New York's second-half pressure, they might have boosted their road mark to 4-1-1.

“I think any time you don't get three points, there's some level of disappointment,” head coach Robin Fraser acknowledged to ESPN Los Angeles. “But, realistically, on the road against the first-place team in the East -- with a five-game winning streak -- you have to look at the big picture. A point in Red Bull Arena is not a bad result.”

It could have been worse. Nick LaBrocca, a Jersey boy who tested rookie Red Bulls goalkeeper Ryan Meara just two minutes in, was done by the fifth minute, tweaking his hamstring chasing Dane Richards into the Goats' box. He figures to miss Saturday's game at HDC against Seattle and next week's U.S. Open Cup match against the Ventura County Fusion, and tests will determine if he'll be out longer.

Richards was a handful for Chivas defenders -- he was the pivotal figure on Kenny Cooper's 56th-minute equalizer -- but the Goats did well limiting the effectiveness of Thierry Henry, returning to the Red Bulls' lineup after missing four games with a hamstring injury, and Cooper, who nonetheless tallied for the fourth straight game.

The Danny Califf-Rauwshan McKenzie partnership in central defense, just two games in, looks very good, and Oswaldo Minda was a force in front of them, keying Chivas' transition game while frustrating Henry and Cooper, both of whom confronted the Ecuadoran midfielder.

Dan Kennedy was sharp, making a fine reaction stop on Henry's 51st-minute header, and Ante Jazic secured the point by clearing Dax McCarty's header off the goal line following a corner kick in the 83rd.

Angel, who is still finding his form after missing five games because of a concussion, was the sharpest he has been since his scoring tear last year. He hit the left post in the 25th minute, following a nice sequence involving Paolo Cardozo and Miller Bolaños, and brilliantly provided a 47th-minute lead.

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Major League Soccer has a heavy slate this week before heading into a two-week break to accommodate FIFA's international schedule and the start of summer qualifying for the 2014 World Cup.

MLS clubs won't be off. The 16 U.S. teams in the league enter the U.S. Open Cup with next week's third-round games, and those that win will play again on June 5.

The importance of America's oldest soccer tournament depends on the club. It's a priority for the Seattle Sounders, who have won the last three titles. Chicago Fire, a finalist last year, needs one more triumph to match the record, five. The New York Red Bulls couldn't care less: Hans Backe sent a reserve team, with an assistant coach, to play the Chicago Fire in last year's quarterfinals.

The Galaxy have won the tournament twice, in 2001 and 2005, lost in two finals and fallen at Seattle in the quarterfinals the past two years. Chivas USA, which could meet the Galaxy in a fourth-round game June 5, has lost its Open Cup opener every year except 2010, when it dropped a semifinal game at Seattle.

The Open Cup dates to 1913, but the modern era began with MLS's arrival in 1996. Since then, only one non-MLS club has won the title -- the Rochester Raging Rhinos in 1999 -- and all but three finals have pitted MLS clubs.

Eight MLS clubs have won the trophy:

• D.C. United: 1996, 2008
• FC Dallas: 1997 (as the Dallas Burn)
• Chicago Fire: 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006
• Galaxy: 2001, 2005
• Columbus Crew: 2002
• Sporting Kansas City: 2004 (as the Kansas City Wizards)
• New England Revolution: 2007
• Seattle Sounders: 2009, 2010, 2011

Here are this week's power rankings:

1. REAL SALT LAKE (8-3-2, 26 points), Last Week: 1
Week 11: Idle.
Latest: RSL uses respite to get healthy, gets more time off after taking on Jason Kreis' original club.
U.S. Open Cup assignment: Tuesday vs. Minnesota Stars (NASL), 6 p.m.
Next: Saturday vs. FC Dallas, 6 p.m. (MLS Direct Kick).

2. SEATTLE SOUNDERS (7-2-2, 23 points), LW: 2
Week 11: Fredy Montero's last-minute strike leaves absorbing Cascadia Cup clash at Vancouver tied at 2-2.
Latest: Vancouver playmaker Davide Chiumiento's take on the Sounders? “They are a good team, but, really, players on [Seattle], they think they are better than everybody and, personally, I think they have a couple of good guys, but nothing special. They play like they already won the league, or like they've played I don't know where. They are good, but not better than we are.”
U.S. Open Cup assignment: Tuesday vs. Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL) at Tukwila, Wash., 7 p.m.
Next: Wednesday vs. Columbus, 7 p.m. (MLS Direct Kick); Saturday vs. Chivas USA at Home Depot Center, 7:30 p.m. (Fox Sports West and KWHY/Channel 22).

3. NEW YORK RED BULLS (8-3-1, 25 points), LW: 3
Week 11: Dane Richards provides the winner as Red Bulls win fifth in a row and become first MLS club to beat Impact in Montreal.
Latest: Wilman Conde ready to return from groin injury, looking to get past arrest for allegedly assaulting a police officer.
U.S. Open Cup assignment: Tuesday at Charleston Battery (USL Pro), 4:30 p.m.
Next: Wednesday vs. Chivas USA, 4 p.m. (Univision Deportes).

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Ready for another Galaxy-Chivas USA showdown? If both clubs win their U.S. Open Cup openers next week, it will happen.

U.S. Soccer's fourth-round pairings are out, and the Galaxy and Chivas are set to meet June 5 at Home Depot Center, as long as both advance. Chivas faces Premier Development League power Ventura County Fusion in a third-round game Tuesday night at Ventura College, and the Galaxy meet the Carolina RailHawks, from the second-division North American Soccer League, in Cary, N.C.

If it's the Galaxy against the Fusion, it will be played at HDC. If Carolina beats L.A., the fourth-round game will be in Cary.

Major League Soccer clubs enter the country's oldest soccer competition -- the initial games were played in 1913 -- in the third round. Ventura County has won twice in overtime, ousting USL Pro side L.A. Blues on Tuesday evening, to advance to the final 32.

The Galaxy and Chivas have played once before in the Open Cup, with L.A. cruising to a 5-2 fourth-round victory at HDC's Track and Field Stadium en route to the 2005 title. Goal scorers for the Galaxy included Cobi Jones, Landon Donovan and Herculez Gomez.

The pairing was expected. Rather than a blind draw, U.S. Soccer regionalizes pairings to cut down on travel costs.

Thousand Oaks' Cal FC, a U.S. Adult Soccer Association side coached by Eric Wynalda, would play three-time defending champion Seattle Sounders in Tukwila, Wash., if it beats the Portland Timbers in the third round. No site has been determined if Cal FC and the Atlanta Silverbacks, who meet the Sounders next week, both pull off upsets.

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Juan Agudelo, after his first training session as a Chivas USA forward and again after his first game with the club, spoke of his excitement to return to Red Bull Arena and face his former club.

That game has arrived, but Agudelo is missing, off with the U.S. national team in Florida preparing for next month's World Cup qualifiers. He is, however, a big part of the conversation heading into Wednesday's Major League Soccer showdown against the New York Red Bulls.

So, too, defender Heath Pearce, who a week ago was on Field 6 at Home Depot Center preparing for a tough stretch of games on Chivas' schedule. Now he's anchor to the Red Bulls' backline, ready to take on his former club.

If ever a trade were win-win, Thursday's was it. Chivas (4-6-1) picked up a young, rising star that New York, for whatever reason, had no interest in. The Red Bulls' thin defense got a versatile veteran with national team experience. And then Chivas, in another trade, picked up Pearce's replacement, veteran Danny Califf. Everybody is happy.

Agudelo, just 19, already has impressed with the national team and is a regular on U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann's rosters. But he didn't fit in stylistically at New York and struggled for playing time last year behind Thierry Henry and Luke Rodgers and this year behind Henry and Kenny Cooper, although he also was dealing with a knee injury.

Henry is happy to see him at Chivas.

“[Red Bulls GM] Erik Soler said it at halftime [last weekend]: He wanted to go. So you’ve got to respect that,” Henry told the New York Post. “He wasn’t playing here, so I thought and he thought actually that it was a waste of time for him. ... I know some people were upset about it, had [something] to say about it, but at the end of the day, if you think about Agu, he had to play. It’s good for him.”

Klinsmann weighed in when he announced that Agudelo, who debuted for the Goats in Saturday's 1-0 SuperClasico victory over the Galaxy, was coming into camp with the U.S.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 23

• TELEVISION

CLUB/NATIONAL TEAM FRIENDLY
Bayern Munich (Germany) at Netherlands
ESPN Deportes, 10 a.m.
A game nobody wants to play -- Bayern is coming off defeat in Saturday's Champions League final, and the Dutch don't want to play against so many German national-teamers just before Euro 2012 kicks off -- but this game was the resolution of a fight between the sides over Holland/Bayern star Arjen Robben.

COPA LIBERTADORES
Boca Juniors (Argentina) at Fluminense (Brazil)
Fox Deportes, 3:30 p.m.
Carlinhos' second yellow card after 33 minutes colored the first leg, in Buenos Aires, which Boca captured, 1-0, on Pablo Mouche's goal early in the second half. If CABJ can hold on in Rio, it heads to the semifinals in South America's club competition. Replay: 11 p.m.
Also
Vasco da Gama (Brazil) at Corinthians (Brazil), Fox Deportes, 6 p.m.

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Chivas USA at New York Red Bulls
Univision Deportes, 4 p.m.
Chivas is riding high from Saturday's win over the Galaxy, but New York has won five straight games, all by one goal, and the Goats don't have Juan Agudelo, who just arrived in a trade from the Red Bulls. If you've got DISH Network or AT&T UVerse, you can catch this one on Univision's new sports network. If not, there's the MLS LIVE online package ... or follow on Twitter.
Also
FC Dallas at Chicago Fire, MLS Direct Kick, 5:30 p.m.
Columbus Crew at Seattle Sounders, MLS Direct Kick, 7 p.m.
San Jose Earthquakes at Galaxy, KDOC/Channel 56, 7:30 p.m.; KWHY/Channel 22, 10:30 p.m.

• ON LOCAL FIELDS

USL PREMIER DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
Orange County Blue Star at Southern California Seahorses
Barbour Field, Biola University (La Mirada), 7 p.m.
The Seahorses are looking for the first victory as they open their home slate against their biggest rival. Blue Star is one of only two unbeaten sides in the Southwest Division, and the other, BYU, hasn't yet played.

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
San Jose Earthquakes at Galaxy
Home Depot Center (Carson), 7:30 p.m.
The California Clasico isn't as heated as it used to be, before Chivas USA and when the clubs were trading titles, but the Quakes' resurgence this season makes this one a bit special, even if MLS goals leader Chris Wondolowski isn't playing. The Galaxy have already lost more games than in all of last season, and Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane are gone, like Wondo away on international duty.
TV: KDOC/Channel 56 (English) and KWHY/Channel 22 (Spanish, 10:30 p.m.).

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