MLS

FT Saturday, May 23, 2009
San Jose Earthquakes DLLLL 1
–
Houston Dynamo FC WWWDW 3
Robertson Stadium · 12,619 att.

Team Stats

3
Fouls
2
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
1
50
Possession
50
2
SHOTS
6
1
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
1
Accurate Crosses
1
1
Crosses
2
1.0
Cross %
0.5
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
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

SJ leads series 2-0-2

Lineups

HOU

  1. 18Pat OnstadG
  2. 31André HainaultD
  3. 16Craig WaibelD
  4. 32Bobby BoswellD
  5. 20Geoff CameronM
  6. 13Ricardo ClarkM
  7. 11Brad DavisM
  8. 22Stuart HoldenM
  9. 9Brian MullanF
  10. 25Brian ChingF
  11. 10Kei KamaraF

Substitutes

  1. 1Tally HallG
  2. 3Julius JamesD
  3. 17Mike ChabalaD
  4. 5Danny CruzM
  5. 7Chris WondolowskiF
  6. 14Ade AkinbiyiF
  7. 26Corey AsheF

SJ

  1. 1Joe CannonG
  2. 2Eric DentonD
  3. 3Nick GarciaD
  4. 4Chris LeitchD
  5. 21Jason HernandezD
  6. 12Ramiro CorralesM
  7. 10Arturo ÁlvarezM
  8. 11Bobby ConveyM
  9. 9Pablo CamposF
  10. 17Cam WeaverF
  11. 19Ryan JohnsonF

Substitutes

  1. 24Andrew WeberG
  2. 22Kelly GrayD
  3. 23Michael ZaherD
  4. 7Simon ElliottM
  5. 14Brandon McDonaldM
  6. 15Shea SalinasM
  7. 25Quincy AmarikwaF

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal!! Brian Ching hits a very good header low through the middle from the right channel (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Houston now leads 1 - 0
  2. 12' Goal!! Kei Kamara hits a very good header low through the middle from the right channel (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Houston now leads 2 - 0
  3. 14' Ryan Johnson is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 46' San Jose makes a sub: Quincy Amarikwa enters for Pablo Campos. Reason: Tactical
  5. 50' Goal!! Craig Waibel 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 3 - 0
  6. 53' Goal!! Ryan Johnson hits a very good header low through the middle from the right channel (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! San Jose now trails 1 - 3
  7. 59' Geoff Cameron is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  8. 76' San Jose makes a sub: Shea Salinas enters for Chris Leitch. Reason: Tactical
  9. 88' San Jose makes a sub: Kelly Gray enters for Bobby Convey. Reason: Tactical
  10. 88'+3' Houston makes a sub: Corey Ashe enters for Brad Davis. Reason: Tactical
  11. 89' Houston makes a sub: Ade Akinbiyi enters for Kei Kamara. Reason: Tactical
  12. 90' End of the game

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