Philadelphia Union
This Vancouver blog attributes Nizar Khalfan's inability to become a regular starter with the
Whitecaps to being away on international duty and being on the outs with then head coach Tommy
Soehn. "Frankly, I think the Whitecaps should have kept him, and my feeling is the loss of the
Vancouver Whitecaps is the Philadelphia Union's gain.
Photo by Chris Canetti
Following Sunday afternoon's 2-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City in the 2011 MLS Cup Eastern
Conference Final, members of the Houston Dynamo shared their thoughts on the win and the upcoming
MLS Cup Final with Simon Borg of MLSSoccer.com.
The Houston Dynamo will be facing the Los Angeles Galaxy in the 2011 MLS Cup Final on Sunday
November 20th at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
Photo by Katy Umaña
The Houston Dynamo beat the Philadelphia Union on Thursday night, 1-0, to advance to the 2011
MLS Cup Eastern Conference Semifinal. This episode of The Zygo Soccer Report features raw
post-match audio from Stuart Holden, Chris Canetti, Bobby Boswell, Adam Moffat, Brad Davis, Brian
Ching, and Dominic Kinnear.
Photo: Nicolae Stoian
Injury report
PHILADELPHIA UNION OUT: GK Thorne Holder (concussion); FW Levi Houapeu (L ankle
strain); QUESTIONABLE: MF Michael Farfan (R foot contusion); FW Veljko Paunovic (R hamstring
strain); PROBABLE: MF Justin Mapp (L quad strain)
HOUSTON DYNAMO OUT: FW Cam Weaver (R hip)
The Union are hopeful Paunovic will be ready to go on Thursday.
Sunday night's match between the Houston Dynamo and Portland Timbers at Robertson Stadium in
Houston began at a frenetic pace, with Portland looking like it was going to get an early goal, but
despite the numerous early shots on goal by the Timbers, it was the Dynamo who scored first, with
Adam Moffat picking up a golazo, against his former team, in the 17th minute.
Sunday night's match between the Houston Dynamo and Portland Timbers at Robertson Stadium in
Houston began at a frenetic pace, with Portland looking like it was going to get an early goal, but
despite the numerous early shots on goal by the Timbers, it was the Dynamo who scored first, with
Adam Moffat picking up a golazo, against his former team, in the 17th minute.
Lovel Palmer is headed West to play for Portland. (Getty Images)
The deals keep on coming in MLS. Today, the Portland Timbers acquired defender/midfielder
Lovel Palmer, defender Mike Chabala and an international roster slot through the remainder of
the 2011 season from the Houston Dynamo in exchange for midfielder Adam Moffat and allocation
money.
Today's match-up between the Galaxy and the expansion Portland Timbers is a tale of four teams
and the question is which two are going to show up.
On the one hand we have an expansion franchise (though not completely new the Timbers have
played quality futbol as part of the old USL-1 and other domestic leagues for years) which got a
point out of its first four games and then exploded at home for six points and seven gols.
