CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP - 1st LEGS
3
HOUSTON DYNAMO v D.C. UNITED
Sun. Nov.. 11, BBVA Compass Stadium (A: 22,101)
DC -- Nick DeLeon 2 (unassisted) 27 HOU -- Andre Hainault 1 (Boniek Garcia 1, Brad Davis 2) 51 HOU -- Will Bruin 4 (unassisted) 68 HOU -- Kofi Sarkodie 1 (Luiz Camargo 1) 81
1
3
LA GALAXY v SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
Sun. Nov., 11, The Home Depot Center (A: 27,000)
12
1
Saunders
Hall
8
32
31
Boswell
Hainault
Sarkodie
27
26 Ashe
17
5
4
21
Gonzalez
Meyer
Franklin
23
19
16
Beckham
Juninho (46: Sarvas)
12
9
Bruin (88: Ching)
Kandji
11
9
Davis (88: Creavalle)
Wilhelmsson (77: Stephens)
10
7
Donovan (84: Villarreal)
Keane
17 Montero (65: Johnson)
Pajoy
13
8
18
Boskovic
Pontius (12: Neal)
11
23
22
Saragosa (40: Augusto)
Kitchen
Korb
5
4
Jakovic
McDonald (56: Dudar)
31
18 Magee
26
13
2 Dunivant
Camargo Moffat (23: Barnes)
Garcia
0
LA -- Robbie Keane 3 (Landon Donovan 3, Sean Franklin 2) 46+ LA -- Mike Magee 3 (Sean Franklin 3, Robbie Keane 1) 64 LA -- Robbie Keane 4 (Christian Wilhelmsson 1) 67
De Leon
Tiffert (73: Rose)
27 Caskey (73: Zakuani)
3
20
Russell
Scott
15
3
6
Evans
Alonso
34
31
Hurtado
Parke
Martinez
5 Johansson
1 Gspurning
Willis
REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar. AR1 (bench): Craig Lowry; AR2 (opposite): Peter Manikowski; 4th: Geoff Gamble TOTAL SHOTS: 19 (Bruin 5) TOTAL SHOTS: 9 (Pajoy 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Bruin 3) SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (3 tied with 1) FOULS: 9 (3 tied with 2) FOULS: 13 (Santos 4) OFFSIDES: 1 OFFSIDES: 6 CORNER KICKS: 6 CORNER KICKS: 2 SAVES: 1 (Hall 1) SAVES: 4 (Willis 4)
REFEREE: Jair Marrufo. SAR (bench): Frank Anderson; JAR (opposite): Corey Rockwell; 4th: Sorin Stoica TOTAL SHOTS: 7 (Martinez 2) TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Keane 4) SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Evans 2) SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Keane 3) FOULS: 7 (Caskey 2) FOULS: 12 (Wilhelmsson 4) OFFSIDES: 2 OFFSIDES: 5 CORNER KICKS: 3 CORNER KICKS: 8 SAVES: 3 (Gspurning 3) SAVES: 4 (Saunders 1)
CAUTIONS Kandji 76
CAUTIONS none
CAUTIONS none
The Houston Dynamo overcame an early opening goal to defeat D.C. United 3-1 in the first leg of their conference championship. The visitors took the lead in the 27th minute. Lionard Pajoy smacked the post with a terrific effort, but Nick DeLeon put the rebound into the back of the net. The Dynamo were level six minutes after the second-half restart. From a quickly taken free kick, Boniek Garcia drove a low ball across the sixyard box, where Andre Hainault buried it at the back post. United were hit by injuries, making all three substitutions before the hour mark, yet still nearly regained the lead, but Bobby Boswell headed a Pajoy effort off the line in the 67th minute. Barely a minute later Will Bruin made it 2-1 to Houston, bundling the ball home from close range after United 'keeper Joe Willis deflected a low cross after Giles Barnes turned the corner on the left. The Dynamo put the game away in the 80th minute. After United failed to clear corner, Kofi Sarkodie and Luiz Camargo played a nifty one-two, Sarkodie finishing it by finding the far corner with a low, driven shot.
CAUTIONS Hurtado 14
The LA Galaxy moved within 90 minutes of a record eighth MLS Cup final after a 3-0 rout against Seattle Sounders FC at The Home Depot Center. Robbie Keane scored two goals, his first coming in the first minute of first-half stoppage time. After a bit of clever build-up play, Landon Donovan sent a chip from the endline on the right to the opposite post where Keane slipped in to nod home. LA finished off the Sounders with two goals in a four-minute span midway through the second half. Mike Magee made it 2-0, finishing off a counter. Keane played the ball wide to Sean Franklin on the right flank, and his cross into the box found Magee alone in front of the net, where his first-time shot left goalkeeper Michael Gspurning no chance. Keane got the third three minutes later, after Donovan's shot from the top of the box was deflected, bounding high toward Christian Wilhelmsson near the right post. The Swedish winger chested down the ball, then poked it toward the left post where Keane raced in to knock it into the net.