PASADENA, Calif. (AP) _ Dallas Burn goalkeeper Matt Jordan made
six saves and Los Angeles Galaxy goalkeeper Matt Reis finished with
three as the teams played to a scoreless tie Saturday night.
The Galaxy had the best scoring chance of overtime when Luis
Hernandez took a pass from Cobi Jones in the 92nd minute, drove
toward the goal and shot from 11 yards out. Jordan made the save to
preserve the tie.
Los Angeles led 17-9 in shots and 6-3 in shots on goal before an
announced crowd of 15,881 at the Rose Bowl.
"I thought defensively we were much better," coach Sigi Schmid
said. "Their understanding is better. Their commitment to
defending is better. We wanted (Danny) Califf to specifically take
(Ariel) Graziani and that worked for us also."
Each goalkeeper made only two saves in the second half. Jordan
blocked Hernandez's shot from 15 yards out in the 49th minute with
his right hand and punched away Mauricio Cienfuegos' shot in the
70th.
Reis stopped long shots by Lubos Kubik in the 69th minute and
Jorge Rodriguez in the 90th.
Dallas' first shot on goal came in the 45th minute when Ariel
Graziani's drive was stopped by Reis.
"I thought we battled pretty hard," Dallas coach Mike Jeffries
said. "We tried to put together some combinations and it didn't
always come up. We were a little bit impatient at times and tried
to get forward too quickly."
The shutout was Jordan's third of the season. He shares the
league lead with Chicago's Zach Thornton and Miami's Nick Rimando.
Reis recorded his second shutout of the season.