Dynamo Drop FC Dallas 1-0, Move Into First Place For Now
by Zach Woosley on Sep 25, 2011 10:01 AM CDT
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I doubt I was alone in feeling that the first away victory for the Houston Dynamo was never going to come this season. Going in the Saturday's match in Frisco, there was a general feeling of optimism amongst the traveling Dynamo fans that this would be the day the team finally broke through. Turns out, that feeling was correct, but it wasn't easy.
FC Dallas forced several good saves from Tally Hall and the goal post and crossbar did their fair share of hard work to not only allow Houston time to find a goal, but help them keep what some might label and undeserved clean sheet. However you feel about that, the Dynamo survived the early Dallas onslaught and got a late goal thanks to a header from Geoff Cameron from a Brad Davis corner to get the 1-0 victory.
The win, combined with the LA Galaxy's 1-0 win over the Columbus Crew moves Houston in to first place in the Eastern Conference at least until the Crew face Sporting Kansas City in the midweek. No playoff place is yet secured but it's a vital three points for Houston who continue to get the results they need late in the season and make their case to participate in the postseason.
Just how the Dynamo survived this came really must be seen. Houston struggled with Dallas' speed all day as the defense did their best to prevent the likes of Jackson and Brek Shea from burning them down the wings and up the middle of the field. The advantage of Robertson Stadium's tight confines really shines through when Houston plays away since their just isn't enough team speed to deal with a wider playing surface...but no need to be negative right now, we'll discuss that tomorrow in Monday Morning Centre Back.
The Houston supporter's groups and fans were in fine voice at Pizza Hut Park as well, only drowned out by the gimmicky and annoyingly loud vuvuzelas that were given away to the sparse crowd in attendance. There were spots of orange all over the stadium and after the Houston goal, all you could hear was the roar of the Dynamo supporters. Just from a visual estimate, the Dynamo SGs outnumbered the Frisco SGs by roughly 4 to 1. Impressive showing by Dynamo fans!
For now, let's revel in the victory and enjoy the fact that El Captian is coming back to Houston!
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I don't even follow the team closely...
But I’m pretty sure the first mention of FC Dallas in this post should be canged to the Dynamo.
by K61 on Sep 25, 2011 10:51 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Kings for a day
And I’ll gladly flaunt that…hey, we’ve had some tough breaks this season and we finally get one that goes our way so I’m not gonna complain about how it happened. Again, I’d say on balance they had better chances, but its not to say we parked the bus; this was end-to-end stuff and we kept pushing forward, but yes we were exposed to the larger pitch and their ability to take advantage of that with Jackson and Shea. We had several aces in the hole, however: Cameron, who is starting to get neck-and-neck with Davis for MVP, Hall, who came up big (though he had his “d’oh!” moment) and our friend the woodwork. Also, Jackson turned into a Brazilian Dynamo-Era Oduro: even Torres shook his head at a few of those. But no matter, coulda woulda shoulda: when it counted, we put the ball in the back of the net and they didn’t, and that’s all that matters. We got 3 road points and 1st place in the Eastern Conference. Tonight, we dine like kings
PS – Ginge, watching it on TV it was shameful to see their “supporters groups” sprinkled on one end and over in the other end, El Batalion and Texian Army were rockin’ and rollin’ and doing their damndest to drown out those wretched vuvuzelas.
PPS – “Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?” [plays vuvuzela]
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