Soccer news
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:47 am
I may not be able to speak for days.
Last night the Houston Dynamo beat FC Dallas 4-1 to advance in our first round playoff series on aggregate, 4-2.
Last week we had lost in Dallas 1-0 so we needed to win by two last night to win the series and advance. Dallas scored in the first half last night on their only shot on goal to make it 2-0 and things were looking pretty grim. Houston had several scoring chances but just couldn't get a goal.
However, in the opening minutes of the 2nd half Arturo Alvarez of Dallas, a Houston native, committed a red card offense and was sent off the field meaning that FCD has to play with only 10 men the rest of the way. The offense was kneeing one of the Houston players in the groin while both were out of bounds before a Dallas throw-in.
When Houston finally got one goal the crowd of 30,088 went crazy. It was absolutely deafening in the stadium. And then a few minutes later when Houston evened up the overall total score it got even louder. Houston had several more chances to score in regulation but couldn't quite get the clinching goal so the game went to overtime. Houston settled things with not one but two goals in the first half of overtime and held on to win.
Amazing, amazing game and experience. Of course we did not want to lose but especially not to Dallas so it made everything all the sweeter. Our supporter's group went over to our official bar after the game and watched the game all over again until 2 am this morning.
We now face the winner of the ChivaUSA/Kansas City series. KC leads that series 1 goal to 0 with the deciding game in LA tonigth. If KC wins we would get the Western Conference championship game in Houston next Saturday. If Chivas wins we have to travel to LA.
Last night the Houston Dynamo beat FC Dallas 4-1 to advance in our first round playoff series on aggregate, 4-2.
Last week we had lost in Dallas 1-0 so we needed to win by two last night to win the series and advance. Dallas scored in the first half last night on their only shot on goal to make it 2-0 and things were looking pretty grim. Houston had several scoring chances but just couldn't get a goal.
However, in the opening minutes of the 2nd half Arturo Alvarez of Dallas, a Houston native, committed a red card offense and was sent off the field meaning that FCD has to play with only 10 men the rest of the way. The offense was kneeing one of the Houston players in the groin while both were out of bounds before a Dallas throw-in.
When Houston finally got one goal the crowd of 30,088 went crazy. It was absolutely deafening in the stadium. And then a few minutes later when Houston evened up the overall total score it got even louder. Houston had several more chances to score in regulation but couldn't quite get the clinching goal so the game went to overtime. Houston settled things with not one but two goals in the first half of overtime and held on to win.
Amazing, amazing game and experience. Of course we did not want to lose but especially not to Dallas so it made everything all the sweeter. Our supporter's group went over to our official bar after the game and watched the game all over again until 2 am this morning.
We now face the winner of the ChivaUSA/Kansas City series. KC leads that series 1 goal to 0 with the deciding game in LA tonigth. If KC wins we would get the Western Conference championship game in Houston next Saturday. If Chivas wins we have to travel to LA.