Dallas puts unbeaten run on line vs. Chivas USA

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08/20/2010 - Frisco, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Very quietly, FC Dallas has turned into a major contender for the Major League Soccer Cup this season.

The Hoops (8-2-9) lead the league with just two losses through 19 MLS fixtures while riding a 10-game unbeaten run into their league match vs. Chivas USA on Saturday at Pizza Hut Park.

"The nice thing about the streak is it gives you another motivation," Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman told mlssoccer.com. "It's great motivation for the coach to use with the players and it's motivation for the players to use with each other.

"We didn't start the season off saying we want to have this goal to have this amount of wins in a row. Our goal was to get into the playoffs. That's still our goal."

Dallas actually has had four draws during the current streak, but semantics aside, it has been a rather impressive run.

"I think it's just the continual development and belief in the system that we're using," Dallas defender Heath Pearce told mlssoccer.com. "I think early on in the season, there were times that we relied on youth and inexperience and it showed. Now, we're a lot deeper than we were before."

Speaking of deeper, Chivas USA (5-10-4) can't get any deeper in the Western table, sitting in last with 11 games to go this season. If it wants to at least make the last third of the season interesting, it must find a way to start picking up points in bunches.

"We have to be concerned about our play and about our key players," Chivas USa midfielder Paulo Nagamura told mlssoccer.com. "If we do, we're heading in the right direction. If we do the things we have been doing in the past few weeks, I think we're going to be okay."

Chivas is coming off a 0-0 draw with Seattle last weekend at The Home Depot Center, but the dropped points at home are something to be concerned about at this point in the season.

"Despite the 0-0 tie we had last weekend, I think the team is playing better," Nagamura said. "We're doing better as a defense and hopefully we can have a good day in Dallas and try to sneak away with some points."

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