Brian Ching's goal early in overtime was the only goal in the two games of the Dynamo's series with expansion Seattle and gave Houston its first win over the Sounders in five meetings in 2009.
The game drew 27,465 fans, the largest crowd of the week.
Fellow U.S. national team member Landon Donovan converted a penalty kick in the 73rd minute to give the Galaxy a 1-0 win over Chivas before a sellout crowd of 27,000 and a 3-2 aggregate win.
Nov. 8 in Carson, Calif.
Houston 1 Seattle 0. Goal: Ching (unassisted) 96
(Houston wins 1-0 on aggregate.)
Houston -- Onstad, Hainault, Boswell, Cameron, Chabala, Mullan, Clark, Holden, Davis (Ashe 98), Oduro (Landin 81), Ching (Weaver 96).
Seattle -- Keller, Riley, Hurtado, Marshall (Nyassi 11), Gonzalez, Jaqua, Alonso, Evans, Zakuani (Levesque 67), Montero (Le Toux 91), Ljungberg.
Yellow Cards:
SEA -- Marshall (caution; Reckless Tackle) 24
HOU -- Chabala (caution; Reckless Foul) 44
HOU -- Cameron (caution; Tactical Foul) 93+
SEA -- Ljungberg (caution; Dissent) 121
Red Card:
SEA -- Riley (ejection; Violent Conduct) 120
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
Att.: 27,465.
Nov. 8 in Carson, Calif.
Los Angeles 1 Chivas USA 0. Goal: Donovan pen. 73.
(Los Angeles wins 3-2 on aggregate.)
Los Angeles -- Ricketts, Franklin, Berhalter, Gonzalez, Dunivant, Klein (Kirovski 67), Beckham (Gordon 78), Kovalenko, Donovan, Buddle, Magee (Lewis 86),
Chivas USA -- Thornton, Talley, Cuesta, Thomas, Bornstein, Lahoud (Lillingston 76), Nagamura, Padilla (Galindo 60), Kljestan, Santos (Flores 84), Braun.
Yellow Cards:
CHV -- Talley (caution; Persistent Infringement) 38
LA -- Franklin (caution; Tactical Foul) 60
CHV -- Thornton (caution; Delaying a Restart) 72
CHV -- Nagamura (caution; Dissent) 78
CHV -- Cuesta (caution; Dissent) 79
CHV -- Kljestan (caution; Dissent) 94+
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
Att.: 27,000
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