[MLS CUP PLAYOFFS: Sporting KC-Houston] For the second year in a row, Sporting Kansas City won the Eastern Conference regular-season championship but couldn’tget past the Houston Dynamo in the playoffs. Last year, it was in the conference final. This year, Sporting KC’s 1-0 win at home was not enough to make up for its 2-0 […]
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MLS playoffs — a good idea that needs more pizazz
By Paul Gardner Again, yet again, we are being reminded from all sides that this is playoff time. Which means playoff soccer. Which means … well, what the heck doesit mean? I know what it ought to mean. In a word, excitement. And everything that, in a sports sense, that word encompasses — drama, suspense, […]
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Dynamo continues dominance over Eastern champs
[MLS PLAYOFFS: Houston-Sporting KC] The Houston Dynamo knocked off the Eastern Conference regular-season champion Sporting Kansas City in the 2011 playoffs,winning, 2-0, in the conference final. Well, the Dynamo, the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference, took a long step toward returning to the conference final with a convincing 2-0 win over top seedSporting […]
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All hands on deck as Houston races the clock
By Ridge Mahoney As the final whistle blew on Houston’s 2-1 defeat of Chicago Wednesday night in the MLS Eastern Conference wild-card game, another Dynamo team spranginto action. President Chris Canetti and the sales staff hit the phones and social media networks to spread the word: Houston hosts Sporting Kansas City Sunday at 2:30p.m. Central […]
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Will Bruin makes Fire pay
[MLS PLAYOFFS: Chicago-Houston] The defending Eastern Conference champion Houston Dynamo moved into the semifinals of the conference playoffs with a 2-1 win atthe Chicago Fire in Wednesday’s play-in game. Will Bruin took advantage of some lax defending to score both goals for the Dynamo, which hosts Sporting Kansas City in Sunday’s firstleg. — Bruin broke […]
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Real Salt Lake short-handed for must-win game
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Week 6] The Houston Dynamo and Real Salt Lake can clinch berths in the semifinal round of the Concacaf Champions League on Tuesday.The Dynamo will win its group with a win or tie against Olimpia of Honduras. RSL’s path is a little more complicated. It needs to beat Costa Rican champ Herediano […]
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Quakes take Supporters' Shield, playoff field complete
[MLS REWIND: Week 32] The San Jose Earthquakes captured the 2012 Supporters’ Shield by virtue of Sporting Kansas City’s 0-0 tie Saturday against theNew York Red Bulls. — It was the second Supporters’ Shield for Quakes coach Frank Yallop. The original MLS Quakes won the regular-season title in2005, their last season in San Jose before […]
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Galaxy and Dynamo capture division titles
[MLS RESERVE LEAGUE] Major League Soccer was off this past week, but players were still in action in the Reserve League, where the Los Angeles Galaxy andHouston Dynamo clinched divisional titles. The Galaxy win its first-ever Reserve League division title with a 6-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps, pulling away with five second-halfgoals on Friday. […]
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Houston Dynamo takes group lead
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] The Houston Dynamo beat FAS of El Salvador for the second time in a month with a 4-0 victory on Thursday that moved it into firstplace in Group 3 of the Concacaf Champions League. The Seattle Sounders have won their group, and the Los Angeles Galaxy is also in first place with […]
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Three MLS clubs on course to advance
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] The Seattle Sounders won at Trinidad & Tobago’s Caledonia AIA, 3-1, on Thursday night, and the short-handed Houston Dynamoearned a point in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with a 1-1 tie against Olimpia. After three days of play, the Sounders, Dynamo and Los Angeles are in good shape to advance, while Real Salt Lake and […]