WVHooligan 18 November @ 02:11 PM EST
Houston had another strong season behind Brian Ching. (Getty Images)
Dominic Kinnear teams always compete, always and the 2009 edition of the Houston Dynamo looked
very similar to the ones we've seen win league titles over the last few years. Even though the
Dynamo lost their big star in the midfield in a trade to Toronto before the season started everyone
knew this team would still compete.
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WVHooligan 17 November @ 09:03 AM EST
Houston has plenty of guys worth protecting here. (Getty Images)
Today we move another day closer to the 2009 expansion draft. Now we turn our focus to the
Houston Dynamo.
The Dynamo are a tough team to figure out due to the number of quality players that are both
young and old.
Protected Available Exempt Corey Ashe Wade Barrett Danny Cruz Bobby Boswell Mike Chabala Geoff
Cameron Ryan Cochrane Brian Ching Tyler Deric Ricardo Clark Tally Hall Brad Davis John Michael
Hayden Andrew Hainault Richard Mulrooney Stuart Holden Dominic Oduro Luis Angel Landin Pat Onstad
Brian Mullan Abe Thompson Eddie Robinson Erik Ustruck Craig Waibel Cam Weaver
Either way they stand to lose a good player this year.
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Galaxy 0 Dynamo 0
Two 15 minute halves.
Few clear cut chances in the second half with both teams knowing one mistake could settle this
one.
Dynamo sub Luis Angel Landin had the ball in the net in the 80th minute (actually it was Andrew
Hainault), but the goal was disallowed for Landin's foul on A.
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This match promises to be a dogfight. The season series between the Los Angeles Galaxy and the
Houston Dynamo featured exactly one goal and a lot of physical defending. If that sounds a lot like
what Chivas and the Galaxy went through for the bulk of their five games this season, its not
coincidence.
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I'm happy for Salt Lake fans and all, but let's face it, Columbus losing is going to have some
horrifying consequences.
(1) Some may suggest that Frankie Hejduk should not be on the World Cup roster next year. What,
just because, contrary to what I predicted, he played perhaps the single biggest role in the Crew
losing?
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The Seattle Sounders will make their MLS playoff debut tonight against the two-time MLS Cup
champion Houston Dynamo in the opening match of their Western Conference playoff series (10pm,
ESPN2).
The Sounders are new to the playoffs as a club, but have plenty of experience across the board,
from two-time MLS Cup-winning coach Sigi Schmid, to European soccer veterans Kasey Keller and
Freddie Ljungberg.
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Soccerblog 29 October @ 06:09 PM EST
Will Fredy Montero deliver?
Seattle Sounders vs Houston Dynamo, Thursday, 29th October (10 p.m. ET; ESPN2,
Deportes)
Who is rooting for Seattle in the playoffs? C'mon Seattle! Today, Qwest Field sold out with
35,700 in attendance to watch the Sounders play the Houston Dynamo in the MLS playoffs.
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The Houston Dynamo's 2009 regular season came to an end on Sunday as they beat Chivas USA 3-2 at
the Home Depot Center. Coming into Sunday's match, both teams had secured playoff berths, but the
outcome would decide the seeding of the teams. By beating the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday, the
L.
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Galaxy fans will be watching this one as closely as Chivas USA supporters given that the clubs
will meet next Sunday should Houston beat or tie the home team.
A half dozen changes for Preki today after Chivas USA's rather meek 1-0 loss to the Chicago Fire
last time out.
Carey Talley and Ante Jazic replace Mariano Trujillo and Jonathan Bornstein at full back
respectively, with Bornstein sliding into the middle in place of Shavar Thomas who drops to the
bench.
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WVHooligan 16 October @ 01:58 PM EST
It's do or die for Toronto FC. (Getty Images)
Big time weekend ahead for Major League Soccer. Four clubs have punched their tickets to the
post season dance with four remaining spots left open to possibly all get snatched up this
weekend.
You can pretty much put a playoff implication on every game this weekend.
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This episode's topics include the tragic accident involving US National Team forward Charlie
Davies, the US victory over Honduras, and the Dynamo victory in the Charities Cup on Sunday.
The entire press conference with Dynamo Coach Dominic Kinnear is included in this episode, as well
as some audio of Luis Angel Landin, in Spanish.
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Former Dynamo Player Kei Kamara
Going into Sunday's home match against the Kansas City Wizards, the Houston Dynamo knew the
needed a result to secure their fourth straight playoff berth since moving to the Bayou City, but
when forward Cam Weaver received a red card in the 17th minute hopes of an easy victory were
quickly dashed.
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Yes Kansas City played better yesterday than their last game against Colorado; yes they could
have won to keep the slim playoff hopes alive. But NO we didn't win; no we didn't finish off a team
that played almost 70 minutes a man down and missing one of their best players; no, we aren't that
much better with Peter Vermes than we were with Curt Onalfo; and no Peter Vermes should NOT survive
the house cleaning that should take place in KC this offseason.
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After Cam Weaver was sent off only 17 minutes into the match, Luis Angel Landin got his first goal
for the Houston Dynamo less than 10 minutes later before the Kansas City Wizards equalized in the
second half Sunday at Robertson Stadium. "I think if we keep 11 men of the field, we win it pretty
handily," said Dynamo defender
Bobby Boswell.
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It's getting close to just saying "let's prepare for 2010". After today's result down in Houston,
the Wizards playoff hopes get even more faint. Up a man for over 70 minutes, the Wizards had to
fight back from a goal down to salvage a draw against the Houston Dynamo this afternoon.
KC came out and tried to push the game from the start getting into Houston's end multiple times
early on.
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After what appeared to be a whole mess of home cookin' the last time these two teams faced
eachother, the weather seems to favor the road team this time around. Here's a brief lesson in
climatology... Arabe Unido hails from Colon, a city in Panama that averages 129 inches of rain each
year. Houston averages 54 inches per year.
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WVHooligan 17 September @ 06:57 PM EST
Luis Angel Landin is one of the new faces in MLS. (Getty Images)
I guess you could really say its just been a rather slow week in terms of news. Sure rosters
were finalized on Tuesday night for the rest of the year and the league announced their big break
next summer but other than that it's been rather calm in Major League Soccer this week.
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With a full stable of forwards, and a player in the final year of his contract, the Houston
Dynamo did what it always seems to do: finds a way to make a deal that helps the club.
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Toronto FC will introduce Canadian national team star Julian DeGuzman as the club's first
Designated Player at a press conference today in Toronto in a multi-million dollar move that should
help TFC make a serious push toward playoff contention.
DeGuzman, 28, joins TFC after a lengthy and successful career in Europe, where he played in
Germany and Spain before agreeing to a deal this week to become the club's most high-profile
signing since being founded in 2007.
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Toronto FC will introduce Canadian national team star Julian DeGuzman as the club's first
Designated Player at a press conference today in Toronto in a multi-million dollar move that should
help TFC make a serious push toward playoff contention.
DeGuzman, 28, joins TFC after a lengthy and successful career in Europe, where he played in
Germany and Spain before agreeing to a deal this week to become the club's most high-profile
signing since being founded in 2007.
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MLS Rumors 26 August @ 01:02 PM EST
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Major League Soccer seasons are famous for the streaks and slumps that teams invariably go
through and two teams coming out of mid-season slumps just in time for the stretch run are New
England and Chivas USA.
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Major League Soccer seasons are famous for the streaks and slumps that teams invariably go
through and two teams coming out of mid-season slumps just in time for the stretch run are New
England and Chivas USA.
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Oscar de la Hoya
Recently there has been some chatter that the Houston Dynamo will have a big announcement this
week. Since the Dynamo signed Mexican forward Luis Angel Landin on Thursday, its seems that this
will be one of three things: an announcement related to the 2010 MLS All-Star Match, an
announcement related to the potential friendly against either Club America or Chivas in October, or
an announcement related to the construction of a soccer specific stadium for the Houston
Dynamo.
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On Thursday, the Houston Dynamo unveiled their first ever designated player, announcing they have
signed 24 year-old Mexican striker Luis Angel Landin on loan from Cruz Azul. In signing Landin, the
Dynamo had to release Ade Akinbiyi, who joined the team earlier this summer.
This is a good signing.
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Don't look now but there are two Eastern Conference teams that look poised for late-season
runs.
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Don't look now but there are two Eastern Conference teams that look poised for late-season
runs.
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MLS Rumors 20 August @ 06:44 PM EST
Cruz Azul forward Luis Angel Landin has joined the Houston Dynamo on loan through the end of the
2010 season. As part of the deal, Houston has the right to make the move a permanent transfer at
the end of 2010. The 24-year-old has five appearances with Mexico and played for Pachuca before
joining Cruz Azul.
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Nutmegged 20 August @ 02:25 PM EST
MLS Rumors 20 August @ 02:23 PM EST
As we at MLSR reported yesterday, later today there will be an announcement of the signing of Luis
Angel Landin by the Houston Dynamo.
We learn today from Bernado Fallas at the Houston Chronicle, that Landin will become the orange
club's first Designated Player:
Some nine months after the Dynamo first tried to lure him to MLS, Mexican forward Luis Angel
Landin has appeared on their radar again, and this time chances are looking better than very good
that he'll be joining the team on a long-term loan.
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WVHooligan 20 August @ 12:16 PM EST
The Houston Dynamo will announce the signing of Mexican striker Luis Angel Landin on loan from
Mexican side Cruz Azul this afternoon, according to reports coming out of Houston.
According to Bernardo Fallas of the Houston Chronicle, Landin will count as a designated player
for the Dynamo, marking the first Designated Player in the club's history.
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It's confirmed. The Dynamo will introduce Luis Angel Landin as their newest signing and biggest
acquisition yet at a 2 p.m. press conference later today. For the short on that, click here. For
the original note on that, click here....
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The Houston Dynamo will announce the signing of Mexican striker Luis Angel Landin on loan from
Mexican side Cruz Azul this afternoon, sources confirmed on Thursday.
The Dynamo has scheduled a press conference for today at 3pm to introduce its newest player, and
sources tell SBI that the player is Landin, the same player Houston has been tracking for a
year.
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The Houston Dynamo will announce the signing of Mexican striker Luis Angel Landin on loan from
Mexican side Cruz Azul this afternoon, sources confirmed on Thursday.
The Dynamo has scheduled a press conference for today at 3pm to introduce its newest player, and
sources tell SBI that the player is Landin, the same player Houston has been tracking for a
year.
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