[MLS INJURY REPORT] Calen Carr, who opened the scoring for the Houston Dynamo at MLS Cup 2012 and whose injury in thesecond half proved to be the turning point of the game, will require to repair a torn ACL in his left knee. The injury was suffered in a collision with OmarGonzalez. Moments after his […]
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Houston's Carr out torn ACL
[MLS INJURY REPORT] Calen Carr, who opened the scoring for the Houston Dynamo at MLS Cup 2012 and whose injury in thesecond half proved to be the turning point of the game, will require surgery to repair a torn ACL in his left knee. The injury was suffered in a collision with OmarGonzalez. Moments after […]
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MLS Cup hits right tone for Beckham farewell
By Paul Gardner A strange day, Saturday. A triumphant one for MLS and for David Beckham, yes. But a low-key sort of triumph, without the fanfares and the swagger thatcan so easily overwhelm such an occasion. For a start, the game itself. Obviously, the Dynamo and the Galaxy did not give us the game that […]
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Beckham goes out a winner
By Ridge Mahoney The David Beckham Era in MLS ended as he and his teammates were showered with confettiafter beating Houston, 3-1, at Home Depot Center in MLS Cup 2012. Here’s a few thoughts in the aftermath of the Galaxy victory which marks only the third time in league history a team haswon back-to-back titles. […]
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Gonzalez is the standout in Galaxy win
[MLS CUP 2012 REPORT CARD] For all the Galaxy’s firepower up front, the difference in MLS Cup 2012 was defender OmarGonzalez, who scored the tying goal on a header and had a dangerous header that Houston goalie Tally Hall could only parry on the play that led to Landon Donovan‘s penalty kick that proved to […]
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Houston big winner with mid-season acquisition of Garcia
[MLS CUP: Countdown] In addition to the usual awards, MLS honors such players as the comeback player of the year (not necessarily from injury but from oblivionas in the case of 2012 winner Eddie Johnson) and its best newcomer (as opposed to best rookie). It should add an award for the best-midseason acquisition, ashow teams […]
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What They're Saying
“I don’t think we’re the prettiest of teams. We’re not glamorous. We don’t hoot and holler and talk about ourselves too much. We just go about our way. I wouldn’t say people overlook us — I thinkthey respect us — but they don’t really see us in the vein of wonderful teams. If it comes […]
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Dynamo advances to fourth final in seven years
[MLS CUP PLAYOFFS: D.C. United-Houston] The Houston Dynamo advanced to MLS Cup for the fourth time in seven years since moving from San Jose when its 1-1 tiewith D.C. United was enough to send it through to the 2012 final with a 4-2 aggregate win in the Eastern Conference final. — Honduran international OscarBoniek Garcia, […]
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Belief in playoff system again sorely tested
By Paul Gardner It looks like a pretty good bet that, when this weekend is over, we shall find ourselves back where we were a year ago … with an MLS Cup finalbetween the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Houston Dynamo. A state of affairs that some will, with reason, find automatically unacceptable. Simply because […]
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Bruin: Dynamo prepared for D.C. assault
[MLS CUP PLAYOFFS: D.C. United-Houston] The Houston Dynamo took a two-goal lead into the second leg and prevailed in the Eastern Conference semifinal seriesagainst regular-season champion Sporting Kansas City. Second-year forward Will Bruin, who has scored four goals in four playoff games, says that series hasprepared the Dynamo for Sunday’s second leg of the conference […]