星雲, in search of 罪／違反, host 木材／素質s
The Los Angeles 星雲 will continue to be without some 不快な／攻撃 firepower on Friday night when they host the Portland 木材／素質s.
今後 Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez, who has a team-high 10 goals, is out 予定 to 傷害. So are 最高の，を越す midfielders Sebastian Lletget and Efrain Alvarez, both at the CONCACAF Gold Cup with the U.S. and Mexico teams, それぞれ.
But the 星雲 (8-6-1, 25 points) sit in third place in Major League サッカー's Western 会議／協議会, にもかかわらず not failed to 勝利，勝つ four of their past five games.
The 星雲 went 0-2-1 on their road trip that ended with a 4-0 loss at FC Dallas on Saturday.
"The team's in a good 位置／汚点／見つけ出す mentally. 明白に they're a little 失望させるd ーに関して／ーの点でs of just on the road and only getting one point out of the three games," Los Angeles coach Greg Vanney said Wednesday. "Dallas was always going to be a challenging game given 肉親，親類d of where we are roster-wise and 存在 on the road and knowing what the 条件s in Dallas are like, having played there for two years."
The 木材／素質s (6-7-1, 19 points) 捜し出す to move up the Western 会議／協議会 standings, as they sit in a disappointing eighth place. Portland 手渡すd the 星雲 a 3-0 敗北・負かす in Oregon on May 22 but is 3-4-1 since then. The 木材／素質s had won 支援する-to-支援する games before a 2-1 loss on Saturday at Minnesota 部隊d.
Portland 発表するd the 調印 of Colombian 今後 Santiago Moreno on Thursday. The 21-year-old speedster has major club experience in South America and drew attention from other teams around the world.
The 木材／素質s are without 今後 Eryk Williamson, who is with the U.S. team at the Gold Cup.
"We have a locker room that will feel comfortable," Portland coach Giovanni Savarese said of Moreno. "This is a club where he can continue to grow."
The 木材／素質s' roster has players from six different South American countries, 含むing Colombia.
One of those is Argentina's Sebastian Blanco, who just recently returned from a long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 傷害 and has been 重要な to the attack in the past. Savarese is looking for Blanco to find his form as he plays more.
--Field Level マスコミ
