Sacha Kljestan's three goals lift US over Sweden - Los Angeles Times

26.01.09

Midfielder Sacha Kljestan scored all three U.S. goals, making him only the 12th player in the national team's 93-year history to score a hat trick.

The Chivas USA player's first goal was the best of all, a swerving free kick from long range that fooled the Swedish defensive wall and goalkeeper Johan Dahlin.

"Free kicks are something that [Chivas USA Coach] Preki worked on with me a lot over the past year," Kljestan said, "I tried to focus a lot and tried to put the ball where I wanted, and it went there. Luckily, it went in."

Kljestan, 23, had been with Scottish champion Celtic for a few days before the match, amid rumors of a multimillion-dollar offer being contemplated for the Huntington Beach player.

"As far as Celtic, I just took it as a training experience and whatever happens, happens," he said. "I'm not trying to think about that right now."

Kljestan knows, from the experience of former Chivas USA goalkeeper Brad Guzan in 2008, that anything

Source: Los Angeles Times, CA

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