You can find the conversation here. The Dynamo are very close to getting their stadium deal financed. It would be next to Minute Maid Park in downtown. The sticking point is 10M$ from the County, which the city has pledged to match. The rest of the construction costs would be born by AEG [...] Click to continue reading...

Thursday, August 14th:

Los Angeles Galaxy 2 - Chivas USA 2

LA – Landon Donovan 14 (Chris Klein) 8'
CHV – Atiba Harris 2 (Paulo Nagamura) 50'
CHV – Paulo Nagamura 2 (Atiba Harris) 63'
LA – Alan Gordon 4 (Ante Jazic) 92'+
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Saturday, August 16th:

FC Dallas 1 - Columbus Crew 2

FCD – Jeff Cunningham 4 (Adrian Serioux) 35'
CLB – Brian Carroll 1 (Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Alejandro Moreno) 62'
CLB – Brad Evans 3 (Guillermo Barros Schelotto) 65'
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Saturday, August 16th:

DC United 1 - Chicago Fire 0

DCU – Fred 2 (Jaime Moreno) 27'
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Saturday, August 16th:

Real Salt Lake 3 - Houston Dynamo 4

RSL – Yura Movsisyan 1 (Robbie Findley) 3'
HOU – Brian Mullan 2 (Brad Davis) 16'
RSL – Javier Morales 4 (unassisted) 25'
HOU – Brian Ching 9 (Brian Mullan, Craig Waibel) 29'
HOU – Ricardo Clark 1 (unassisted) 35'
HOU – Nate Jaqua 1 (Brian Ching, Brad Davis) 42'
RSL – Kenny Deuchar 3 (Robbie Findley, Javier Morales) 80'
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Saturday, August 16th:

Kansas City Wizards 1 - Colorado Rapids 2

COL – Conor Casey 4 (Terry Cooke, Mehdi Ballouchy) 11'
KC – Michael Harrington 1 (unassisted) 44'
COL – Conor Casey 5 (unassisted) 47'
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Saturday, August 16th:

New England Revolution 0 - San Jose Earthquakes 4

SJ – Ronnie O'Brien 2 (Francisco Lima, Ramiro Corrales) 11'
SJ – Ryan Johnson 4 (Scott Sealy, Ronnie O'Brien) 71'
SJ – Scott Sealy 3 (Darren Huckerby, Nick Garcia) 76'
SJ – Ronnie O'Brien 3 (Darren Huckerby) 87'
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Sunday, August 17th:

Toronto FC 0 - New York Red Bulls 2

NY – Mike Magee 3 (Seth Stammler) 37'
NY – Juan Pablo Angel 7 (Dane Richards, Jorge Rojas) 92'+ Click to continue reading...

A couple of defensive mistakes from the New England forced them to come from behind in both regulation and extra time, but the Revs fought back both times and eventually took the match to penalty kicks. Once there the team fell behind again, but this time came back and after 8 rounds emerged victorious 6-5 to claim the SuperLiga Championship. Click to continue reading...

The participants in the 2008 Superliga final have been decided. The tournament's second-year final will pit the Houston Dynamo against the New England Revolution in a rematch of the last two MLS Cups - both of which were won by Houston.

The final was set on Wednesday night after the New England Revolution did away with Atlante by a score of 1-0. Click to continue reading...

You read that right. Dynamo defender Craig Waibel equalled the NFL record 63 yard field goal while kicking with the Houston Texans for charity. OK, so it wasn't a game situation and no one was rushing him (or whatever you call it, I don't really understand NFL to be honest) but it's still impressive. Click to continue reading...

Hey, hey - here we go now. Well, not just yet, some telenovela is on. "No quiero verle nunca mas!" spits the heroine. Oh, ok, it's over now. Bring on SuperLiga! Post predictions quick!
Ha, the announcers know all about the Houston/Pachuca history.
"Houston wants revenge," they say. I've picked Pachuca to win, however, so I predict a heartbreaking 2-1. Click to continue reading...

The game that seemed like it would never be played finally was played last Wednesday and the result left you wondering whether D.C. United got tired of waiting.

Houston man-handled D.C., 2-0, at RFK Stadium in a game that had been postponed twice and was delayed for hours on the night it was finally completed.

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We've all seen shots taken by MLS players from far out which, while well driven, sailed way high of the goal. Sometimes we joke that certain players would do better in the NFL as a result. Well today, the Houston Dynamo's Craig Waibel was playing around with the funny shaped kind of football and apparently was so impressive some keen NFL observers may take interest. Click to continue reading...

Craig Waibel -- a Washington grad, whoo! -- recently dropped by a Houston Texans practice to kick some field goals for charity.

The Dynamo defender wasn't bad at all, even kicking a 63-yarder! Click to continue reading...

Craig Waibel joined kicker Kris Brown after Texans practice Sunday for a little fun. While the Dynamo defender was supposed to be getting pointers from Brown on how to kick field goals, it was Waibel showing him how it's done.... Click to continue reading...

A friend sent me this release from Rice University this morning. Apparently, Craig Waibel was spotted over with the Houston Texans yesterday, going all Tony Meola with those guys for some local kids. I am searching for video, so if anyone has any, please let me know.

Craig Waibel is so tough, the tackling dummies ran and hid when he showed up yesterday! Click to continue reading...

Houston Dynamo 1-1 FC Dallas
In ESPN's continuing effort to deprive soccer fans of the chance to actually watch scheduled events, the sports network pre-emptied the first half of last nights outing due to an overtime basketball game. I understand the need to show the basketball game, but why not throw the MLS match over to ESPN Classic or is the viewing audience for a 15 year old, middle-weight boxing match really so great that it would be a crime to do such a thing? Click to continue reading...

Rating: 5 (Very good)

This comes to us from one of our reliable sources:

I just thought I'd let you know that Craig Waibel of the Houston Dynamo will be hosting an MLS themed radio show called Pitch Pulse With Craig Waibel, in association with World Soccer Daily. The show will start as a downloadable podcast bundled with World Soccer Daily but may very well air on Sirius satellite radio and syndicated AM radio stations in MLS citiesthrough an official MLS sponsorship deal. Click to continue reading...

Today was a tough day to be a soccer player. After completing our morning session, the team went bowling for a little fun. And boy was it fun. With a shotgun like start the action was on. And the laughter was as well. Some guys were TERRIBLE. Others were quite good. Craig Waibel was the [...] Click to continue reading...

Today was a tough day to be a soccer player. After completing our morning session, the team went bowling for a little fun. And boy was it fun. With a shotgun like start the action was on. And the laughter was as well. Some guys were TERRIBLE. Others were quite good. Craig Waibel was the [...] Click to continue reading...

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 [. Click to continue reading...

Houston Dynamo Record (W-L-T): 15-8-7; 43 GF, 23 GA Source Material: Schedule/match reports; roster Overview This one is pretty uncomplicated. Houston had a straight-up kick-ass 2007. It's not just that they won MLS Cup (more on this later), but how well they carried themselves through a duo of international tournaments, the CONCACAF Champions Cup and the inaugural Superliga. Click to continue reading...

Some people might think that Craig Waibel is tougher than Chuck Norris. Some Dynamo fans might think that. According to the Houston Chronicle Signs have been showing up in the crowd comparing Waibel and his toughness to Chuck Norris.

The New England Revolution hope Waibel isn't so tough on Sunday during the MLS Cup.

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(UPDATE: Blue Blooded Journo is plugging away at match-up previews of his own. Do check out his latest on Shalrie Joseph (and others) v. Dwayne DeRosario (and others).) Ever start a project only to realize you've built in some redundancy? It only occurs to me now as I'm sitting down to write this, how [...] Click to continue reading...