The Endline

Thierry Henry finally scored his first MLS goal and Fredy Montero had a Player of the Week performance notching two goals against the Chicago Fire and former Sounder, Freddie Ljungberg. The Rapids handed it to the Dynamo on national  television… and what is up with the LA Galaxy?

By Galen Helmgren
Montero, Fernandez boost Seattle 2-0 over Dynamo
If all you caught were the first 30 minutes of Sunday’s matchup between Houston
and Seattle, you would be forgiven for thinking that the Dynamo was in control of the
match. The Sounders were playing on their heels, allowing Houston to dictate the pace of
the game, not unlike the Sounders team we saw in May and June.
Seattle earned four yellow cards by the end of the match and despite allowing
several dangerous runs into their backfield while offering Houston three early corners,
Seattle was able to …

HOUSTON – Morelia traveled to Houston and secured a 1-0 semifinal victory against the Dynamo to secure a spot in the SuperLiga final in a spirited battle on Thursday night.
Morelia had several chances early to get out to an early lead, but forward Miguel Sabah failed to convert any of the chances.
In the 14th minute, after a Brian Mullan turnover, the ball quickly found Sabah just inside the penalty spot, but his effort went over the bar.
Four minutes from the half, a deflection found its way to Sabah again near …

HOUSTON – The Houston Dynamo defeated their Mexican rivals Pachuca to open SuperLiga group play as a Joseph Ngwenya brace held off the Tuzos 2-1 on Thursday night at Robertson Stadium
The rivalry got off to a flying start as Pachuca forward Darío Cvitanich had not one, but three quality chances in the first half, including two in opening 15 minutes of the game. In the sixth minute, Cvitanich was one-on-one with Tally Hall, but was stoned by the Dynamo ‘keeper. In the 14th minute, Cvitanich …

LINEUPS

Columbus Crew — William Hesmer, Frankie Hejduk (Danny O’Rourke 72), Andy Iro, Chad Marshall, Gino Padula, Eddie Gaven, Brian Carroll, Adam Moffat, Robbie Rogers, Jason Garey (Steven Lenhart
66), Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Emmanuel Ekpo 89).
Houston Dynamo — Pat Onstad, Andrew Hainault, Bobby Boswell, Eddie Robinson, Mike Chabala, Danny Cruz (Brian Mullan 63), Richard Mulrooney, Lovel Palmer, Corey Ashe (Brad Davis 68), Brian Ching, Cam Weaver.
Misconduct Summary:
HOU — Andrew Hainault (caution; Reckless Foul) 73
CLB — Gino Padula (caution; Reckless Tackle) 88
Referee: Michael …

Last night there were two quarterfinal games featuring 3 MLS sides and 1 USL-2 squad. Tonight, two more MLS sides face off in Seattle.
The Columbus Crew went to town on the Charleston Battery 3-0 with goals from: Emilio Renteria, Steven Lenhart, and Eddie Gavin. From the AP:
Emilio Renteria converted a penalty kick in the 38th minute and the Columbus Crew defeated Charleston 3-0 in a U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal match on Tuesday night.
Steven Lenhart scored on a redirect from Duncan Oughton in the 70th minute and Eddie …

I have to admit that it’s been a little difficult for me to get into MLS mode while the World Cup is still going on. But hey, it was a Thursday and there were no games so I was looking forward to seeing Toronto host Houston on Canada Day.

Scoring Summary:
HOU — Brian Ching 3 (Danny Cruz 2) 72
TOR — Dan Gargan 1 (Fuad Ibrahim 1) 84
Misconduct Summary:
TOR — Amadou Sanyang (caution; Reckless Tackle) 53
TOR — Nick Garcia (caution; Reckless Foul) 59
HOU — Joseph Ngwenya (ejection; Violent Conduct) …

No Beckham, no Donovan, no Buddle…no problem! The LA Galaxy train keeps on rolling as Bruce Arena’s men stay undefeated on the season.

CARSON, Calif. — The Los Angeles Galaxy once again showed why they are the best team in the league with a 4-1 defeat of the Houston Dynamo on Saturday night at The Home Depot Center.
On the same day that the Galaxy’s Edson Buddle scored his first two international goals for the US National Team, Los Angeles put four goals past the visiting Dynamo. Jovan …

Danny Mwanga gets the late winner in extra time and gives the Union their first road win of the season.

Robbie Findley scored his first goal of the season on Thursday night as the defending champions rolled over the Dynamo. It’s kind of crazy that Bob Bradley called in a forward that hadn’t scored yet. I guess Findley just needs his coaches to have confidence in him. Costa Rican Alvaro Saborio scored a brace to bring his goal tally to 4 on the year.

Scoring:
RSL — Robbie Findley 1 (Kyle Beckerman 2) 3
RSL — Alvaro Saborio 3 (Javier Morales 3) 24
RSL — Alvaro Saborio 4 (Javier Morales 4) 60
HOU — Brian …