Power may not have worked against Rimando early on, but the simplest of touches did. On a 31st minute corner kick — originally cleared away by defender Jean-Martial Kipre — Razov whipped the rebound back toward the near post and Jesse Marsch stepped in front of Rimando and flicked it into the net.

It put the wraps on the "worst half" Beckerman said Real has played since he joined the team.

Kreis mixed up his midfield formation a bit in the second half, which helped his team create a few more chances, but not nearly enough according to Beckerman, who had a 78th-minute redirected shot sail inches past the post.

"That should've been one of many, and it's one of few and that isn't good enough," said Beckerman. "That's really the disappointing part. We can't just rely on one or two chances, we should be getting plenty of chances."

For RSL, it was outshot 14-8, and only one of those eight shots was on goal. That was 85th minute laser that Chivas keeper Brad Guzan turned away to preserve the shutout and his team's 11th win.

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