And that word is: Punchless.
Or it could be seven words: This team is nothing without Landon Donovan.
So let's start with the positive: shutting out Houston at home in front of a sell-out crowd and
forcing Pat Onstad to actually make some saves. Once again Donovan
Ricketts proves his worth making a busload of saves and the backline bends but doesn't
break.
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On Saturday, July 4th, the Kansas City Wizards hosted the Houston Dynamo at CommunityAmerica
Ballpark in front of a sell out crowd of 10,385. The Dynamo were coming off a lackluster loss to
Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday and a lucky draw against Real Salt Lake the previous weekend, and
Kansas City was seeking their first MLS win since June 13 when they beat the New England
Revolution, 3 - 1.
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And those words are: Pleasantly Surprised.
I watched this game twice, once in person (commenting from the stands on Jen's pre-game posting)
and once on the MLSLive.tv stream and both times I was impressed at how the Galaxy ended up playing
their game and made the Dynamo adjust to them. How unusual!
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I don't know? Never really paid much attention or he never really caught my attention before last
night. I did see him interviewed by Glenn Davis once though. But the dude was killing it out wide.
So someone tell me...who the hell does Corey Ashe think he is?
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Not much to say about that one - and I'm trying to be more brief, generally - but the Houston
Dynamo did Major League Soccer (MLS) proud in the other CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal. And
I'm happy to report that Corey Ashe, my personal liability for the first leg, turned in the
man-of-the-match performance [.
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In spite of the fact I'm going to skip a preview for tonight's CONCACAF Champions Cup (CCC)
quarterfinal between CD Saprissa and FC Atlante, credit last night's quarterfinal between CSD
Municipal and the Houston Dynamo for compelling me to watch it...probably in the wee hours of
tomorrow. Getting back to the game, I posted a loosey-goosey [.
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The defending champions Houston Dynamo are losing strikers left and right. Paul Daglish was
released at the end of last year. Nate Jaqua is supposedly looking for a job in Austria and it
was just announced that Joseph Ngwenya is on his way to Austria.
Ngwenya has just signed a deal with SK Austria and keeps him there until the end of the current
Austrian season with an option to add another full season.
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