Chivas starts game trailing by one goal

Preki is aware of the danger Movsisyan poses. "He can shoot with both feet. He has a tremendous pace. He can give you trouble either way," playing wide or centrally, Preki said.

But so can Eskandarian.

"They both have good pace," Preki said. "Esky is feisty, a good competitor, knows where the goal is. Hopefully, he'll be ready to play and by Saturday he can give us something."

Eskandarian, fellow forward Ante Razov and midfielder Sacha Kljestan lead Chivas with five goals apiece in 2008, and an Eskandarian-Razov strike duo is probably Chivas' best bet.

"I have to change my game depending on who I'm playing with," Eskandarian said, "but I think Ante and I, just experience-wise, has been the best partnership, because we've been playing for a few years now and we can just kind of read each other."

Chivas USA dropped from 46 goals in 2007 to 40 in 2008, mostly because of injuries that ruined Maykel Galindo's season and curbed Razov's.

So where are the goals coming from tonight? "That's part of my job," Eskandarian said. "That's what I pride myself on."

What about Movsisyan?

"I wish him good luck next season, but hopefully this weekend will be the last game of his season."

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MLS Playoffs

Real Salt Lake

at Chivas USA

Today, 7:30 p.m.

Game 2 of aggregate-scoring two-leg series. (Chivas lost Game 1, 1-0)