MLS

FT Saturday, October 4, 2008
Houston Dynamo FC DDDDW 3
–
Colorado Rapids WWDDL 1
Dick's Sporting Goods Park · 12,496 att.

Team Stats

1
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
4
50
Possession
50
4
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
4
0.8
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
1
Clearances
0

Head to Head

HOU leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

COL

  1. 17Preston BurpoG
  2. 27Kosuke KimuraD
  3. 7Cory GibbsD
  4. 12Mike PetkeD
  5. 2Jordan HarveyD
  6. 11Terry CookeM
  7. 8Mehdi BallouchyM
  8. 25Pablo MastroeniM
  9. 23Colin ClarkM
  10. 9Conor CaseyF
  11. 14Omar CummingsF

Substitutes

  1. 1Bouna CoundoulG
  2. 6Jose Burciaga Jr.D
  3. 4Greg DalbyD
  4. 22Nick LaBroccaM
  5. 15Jacob PetersonM
  6. 10Christian GomezF
  7. 18Ugo IhemeluF

HOU

  1. 18Pat OnstadG
  2. 2Eddie RobinsonD
  3. 4Patrick IanniD
  4. 8Richard MulrooneyD
  5. 9Brian MullanD
  6. 10Kei KamaraM
  7. 11Brad DavisM
  8. 13Ricardo ClarkM
  9. 14Dwayne De RosarioM
  10. 24Wade BarrettF
  11. 25Brian ChingF

Substitutes

  1. 1Tony CaigG
  2. 7Chris WondolowskiD
  3. 16Craig WaibelD
  4. 17Mike ChabalaM
  5. 20Geoff CameronM
  6. 26Corey AsheF
  7. 27Nate JaquaF

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal!! Brian Ching hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Houston now leads 1 - 0
  2. 7' Goal!! Conor Casey hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  3. 9' Goal!! Brian Ching hits a very good header high through the middle from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Houston now leads 2 - 1
  4. 19' Goal!! Ricardo Clark hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Houston now leads 3 - 1
  5. 33' Conor Casey is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 51' Brian Ching powers the penalty kick with his right foot low through the middle and the goalkeepper saves it!
  7. 53' Conor Casey has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: second bookable offence
  8. 58' Colorado makes a sub: Ugo Ihemelu enters for Mike Petke. Reason: Tactical
  9. 62' Colorado makes a sub: Jacob Peterson enters for Mehdi Ballouchy. Reason: Tactical
  10. 64' Houston makes a sub: Corey Ashe enters for Brian Mullan. Reason: Tactical
  11. 72' Houston makes a sub: Nate Jaqua enters for Kei Kamara. Reason: Tactical
  12. 73' Nate Jaqua is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  13. 84' Houston makes a sub: Chris Wondolowski enters for Brian Ching. Reason: Tactical
  14. 84' Colorado makes a sub: Nick LaBrocca enters for Pablo Mastroeni. Reason: Tactical
  15. 90' End of the game
  16. 90'+5' Terry Cooke places the penalty kick with his right foot and sends it wide left. What a missed chance!

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