To say that the Houston Dynamo has been anything less than impressive in the last few months of MLS play would be unreasonable. To have expected the team to dip below its proven potential when it trekked to Kansas City for the Eastern Conference Final would have been equally as absurd. Gone are any affiliations between mediocrity and the Houston crew. The Dynamo sent Sporting KC and the sellout crowd of over 20,000 supporters home in disappointment as Houston collected two
There’s an Eastern Conference Final Party in Kansas City and the Dynamo is invited courtesy of a Brian Ching header that lifted Houston to a 1-0 victory and maintained its aggregate goal advantage over the Philadelphia Union on Thursday night. Houston resorted to what it does best to drive home the game’s lone goal in first-half stoppage time. Brad Davis collected his 18th assist in all competitions this season and fifth assist in his last six outings when he whizzed a
There are many things that the 2011 Houston Dynamo does well, yet the team’s Achilles’ heel was as exposed as ever entering PPL Park to take on the Philadelphia Union in the first leg of the Eastern Conference semifinal round. Instead of adding salt to the squad’s open wound, however, the Dynamo’s 2-1 victory over the Union merely added fuel to its already blazing fire. After clinching the second seed in the Eastern Conference with its 3-1 triumph over the Los Angeles
It was announced today that Paul Kemsley will be stepping down from the board and resigning his position as Chairman/CEO of The New York Cosmos. Kemsley wishes to pursue other interests and commitments, and the Board of Directors of The New York Cosmos is in full support of his decision. A new Chairman/CEO will be announced in the coming months. Business will continue as usual
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With several playoff scenarios on the line, it was a night for the spectacular that saw the Houston Dynamo put away the Los Angeles Galaxy with a compelling 3-1 victory. The three-point triumph was celebrated and cherished by the Dynamo, while the Galaxy could have quite frankly cared less. Having already clinched the Supporters’ Shield, Los Angeles rested nearly all of its starters, which paved a much easier route to victory for Houston against the league’s most feared opponent. None of
Major League Soccer announced today that the 2011 Re-Entry Process drafts will take place on December 5 and 12, 2011. The priority order for the Re-Entry Process drafts is the reverse order of finish in 2011, taking into account playoff performance. The Montreal Impact will have the 19th selection. The selection order, as well as a list of players eligible for selection, will be released to media on November 30. Available to all teams in the Stage 1 draft of the Re-Entry Process on
Major League Soccer will hold the 2012 MLS Expansion Draft via conference call on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 2 p.m. ET. The League’s 19th team, the Montreal Impact, will select 10 players during the 10-round draft. Each current MLS club will have the opportunity to protect 11 players from their 2011 roster. Generation adidas players (who will not graduate at the end of the 2011 season) and Homegrown Players on the team’s Off-budget Roster are automatically protected and do not count against each team’s
The Portland Timbers had posed a steady threat to Houston’s playoff push as the MLS regular season drew ever-closer to its conclusion. A sound 2-0 victory by the Dynamo at JELD-WEN Field on Friday helped put distance between the two teams and ease Houston’s anxiety as it enters the final stretch in a tight playoff race. Houston and Portland entered the night’s match jockeying for position amongst a pack of teams looking to separate and pull ahead of the post-season bubble.