CARSON, Calif. -- After downing Swedish team Hammarby IF last Saturday, Chivas USA looks to continue its strong preseason form with a charity scrimmage Sunday against PDL team Ventura County Fusion at the College of the Canyons Cougar Stadium in Santa Clarita (5 p.m. PT).
"It should be a quality game against a team that is going to come out and work very hard to prove that some of their guys have a future in MLS," said Chivas head coach Preki. "It will be a good game for them and a good game for us."
With the MLS roster compliance date just two days away, the Chivas USA coaching staff will certainly be using Sunday's scrimmage as a chance to take one last look at some of the team's newer players and trialists.
"It will be a mixed group," said Preki. "Some of the younger guys will get a shot as well as some of the older guys."
Sunday's game also serves as a charity fundraiser for the Michael Hoefflin Foundation for Children's Cancer. All proceeds from ticket sales for the match will be donated to the foundation.
Chivas USA defender Jonathan Bornstein, recipient of the 2008 U.S. Soccer Foundation Humanitarian Award, is particularly excited for the match.
"Helping the kids that are involved with the foundation is beneficial to everyone," he said.
"It will be nice to go out there and put on a show for these people because I know the money they're paying is going toward a good cause," said second-year striker Justin Braun, "and knowing that always makes the game a little bit better."
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