It usually means things aren't going well for a team when it has a mediocre record, their fan turnout drops off, they've fired their manager, and they're being sued for racial discrimination. That's the current state of affairs for Chivas USA, a Major League Soccer club based here in Los Angeles.
A pair of former academy soccer coaches for Chivas USA, Daniel Calichman and Theothoros Chronopoulos, have filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the team, claiming they were fired because they are not Latino and don't speak Spanish.
Nick Green, soccer blogger and columnist for the L.A Newspaper Group, joins the show to explain.