KNOCKOUT ROUND
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CHICAGO FIRE v HOUSTON DYNAMO Wed. Oct.. 31, Toyota Park (A: 10,923)
HOU -- Will Bruin 1 (Brad Davis 1) 12 HOU -- Will Bruin 2 (Calen Carr 1) 46 CHI -- Alex 1 (Patrick Nyarko 1) 83
2
2
LA GALAXY v VANCOUVER WHITECAPS Thu. Nov., 1, The Home Depot Center (A: 14,703)
12
25
Saunders
Johnson
6 Anibaba (75: Paladini)
4
23
22
Friedrich
Berry
12
17
Pause (46: Alex)
Pardo (60: Oduro)
18
Fernandez
13
16
Segares
Jimenez (52: Sarvas)
14 Nyarko
Rolfe
3
10
Ashe
23
19
Beckham
Juninho (83: Stephens)
14
7
Buddle
Keane
22
Bruin (78: Ching)
Mattocks (59: Miller)
27 16
13
Moffat
Clark
4
32
Taylor
Boswell
Garcia
8 Sarkodie
2
18 Magee
12
11
26
21 Meyer
Donovan
MacDonald Carr (78: Kandji)
4 Gonzalez
Dunivant
7
Davis
1
VAN -- Darren Mattocks 1 (Matt Watson 1) 3 LA -- Mike Magee 1 (Juninho 1, David Beckham 1) 69 LA -- Landon Donovan 1 (penalty kick) 73
14 16 Watson (80: Richards)
3 Harvey
1
28
Robson
4
11
Rochat
Thorrington
6
40
DeMerit (70: Bonjour)
O’Brien
Koffie
12 Lee
18
Knighton
Hall
REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo. AR1 (bench): Frank Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Ian Anderson; 4th: Juan Guzman TOTAL SHOTS: 19 (Alex 4) TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Bruin 5, Carr 5) SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Friedrich, Nyarko 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Bruin 2, Carr 2) FOULS: 10 (4 tied with 2) FOULS: 16 (Garcia 4) OFFSIDES: 5 OFFSIDES: 1 CORNER KICKS: 9 CORNER KICKS: 4 SAVES: 4 (Johnson 4) SAVES: 6 (Hall 6)
REFEREE: Silviu Petrescu. AR1 (bench): Daniel Belleau; AR2 (opposite): Darren Clark; 4th: Ricardo Salazar TOTAL SHOTS: 9 (Robson 3) TOTAL SHOTS: 23 (3 tied with 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (4 tied with 1) SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Beckham 2) FOULS: 12 (Robson 3) FOULS: 12 (5 tied with 2) OFFSIDES: 4 OFFSIDES: 1 CORNER KICKS: 0 CORNER KICKS: 9 SAVES: 5 (Knighton 5) SAVES: 3 (Saunders 3)
CAUTIONS NONE
CAUTIONS Juninho 43, Sarvas 87
CAUTIONS Davis 67, Hall 91+
A goal in each half by forward Will Bruin gave the Houston Dynamo the victory against the Chicago Fire in the Eastern Conference Knockout Round match at Toyota Park. It was the first road win in more than three months for the reigning Eastern Conference champions. Bruin's first goal came on a free near-post header in the 12th minute on a corner kick from teammate Brad Davis, getting free in the heart of the penalty area and bouncing a deflected shot past Chicago goalkeeper Sean Johnson. Then, just 19 seconds after halftime, Bruin got his second on a blistering diagonal shot from inside the area after he was sprung by former Fire forward Calen Carr on the heels of a costly Chicago turnover. The Fire pulled a goal back in the 83rd minute when he ran onto a ball from Patrick Nyarko from the left flank and sent an angled shot off the far post and into the goal. But the rest of the match was an exercise in game management by the Dynamo, to advance into the semifinal series.
CAUTIONS Bonjour 71, Lee 72
The LA Galaxy's title defense moved on after a stirring comeback against visiting Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Vancouver went ahead after just 182 seconds through rookie Darren Mattocks' finish, after carved out a yard of space in the area to finish a pass from Matt Watson. The Whitecaps' bunker defense then repeatedly thwarted LA's attack until the home side hit with two quick goals midway through the second half. LA outshot Vancouver, 23-9, but put only seven on target, and Whitecaps goalkeeper Brad Knighton was superb all night, his best save on a David Beckham free kick headed inside the left post just before halftime. But the equalizer came in the 69th minute. Beckham played a short corner to Juninho, who found Magee sneaking alone into the box and set him up perfectly for a side volley which gave Knighton no chance. Then four minutes later, Landon Donovan was trundled over by substitute Martin Bonjour in the area, and he finished his own penalty kick with aplomb for his record 21st postseason goal.