NEWS: Dynamo defender Eddie Robinson, who left Sunday's 2-1 win over Chicago with a left hamstring strain late in the second half, is questionable for Sunday's match against Kansas City. If you missed it, here is what Robinson said about... Click to continue reading...

3 games, 3 goals, 9 points. If you are a New York soccer fan you've got to love the resurrection of Mike Magee. Five years ago he was a hot young prospect out of the Bradenton Academy, the future of the franchise. Yet only a year ago he was the injury-plagued ghost of Metro past. Not that my amateur analysis amounts to anything more than a barstool appraisal, but if the kid's hot streak retains it's momentum he may simultaneously fulfill the prophecy, exorcise a few demons and make himself a candidate for Comeback Player of the Year. Click to continue reading...

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Semifinals
Matches & Scores:
-Tue Jul 29
Houston 2-0 Pachuca - HD goals by Bobby Bowell & Corey Ashe.
Attendance: 16,679
Venue: Robertson Stadium, Houston TX
Match report by Bernardo Fallas of the Houston Chronicle. 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...

NEWS: Back in late June, when the Dynamo hosted a press conference at Fox Sports Grill to promote SuperLiga, defender Eddie Robinson couldn't hide his desire - as well as the team's - to play defending tournament champion Pachuca again,... Click to continue reading...

The 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup begins tomorrow for MLS teams. Eight qualifiers will take on eight lower league clubs in what is always one of the single most exciting days of the season. Last year was not the greatest year for MLS in the tournament, as only 3/8 teams advanced. One of those 3, the Rapids, then lost 5-0 in the quarterfinals to Seattle. Click to continue reading...

Finally, a little bit of time to write, and oh, what a series of topics there are. Here's a quick rundown:

FORZA: Dynamo vs. little d tonight in the Thursday ESPN game. (Here's Jeff Carlisle's always-excellent advance here and the Chron's here.) I know, I know. Journalistic objectivity should compel me to write the team's name properly and all that. Click to continue reading...

The defending champions Houston Dynamo are the only remaining team without a win on their record.  Tonight at 6:30 PM (CST) The Dynamo take on a hot Columbus Crew team who has 9 points from 4 games.

The Dynamo may still be without Pat Onstad in goal.  Houston Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear would not say if Onstad would be back in goal tonight - he has been practicing all week.

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Houston Dynamo defender, Bobby Boswell, has posted on his blog about the events after Eddie Robinson elbowed Tyson Wahl. On the youtube video of the incident, it looks like Boswell steps on Wahl's leg after he'd gone down to the ground. Apparently the league also thought that Boswell had stepped on Wahl's leg, because he received a fine for it. Click to continue reading...

I have had a couple of questions regarding a play that happened in the Kansas City game where it appeared as if I stepped on Tyson Wahl after he was hit in the face by my teammate Eddie Robinson. I just wanted to clear things up by saying I did NOT step on him, regardless [...] Click to continue reading...

I have had a couple of questions regarding a play that happened in the Kansas City game where it appeared as if I stepped on Tyson Wahl after he was hit in the face by my teammate Eddie Robinson. I just wanted to clear things up by saying I did NOT step on him, regardless [...] Click to continue reading...

The Houston Dynamo are rapidly becoming the Oakland Raiders of MLS as Eddie Robinson has been suspended for three matches and fined $1000 after an ugly, ugly elbow to the face of Kansas City Wizards defender Tyson Wahl (see video below).

As you can see from the video, this was a horrible, intentional act by Robinson. Click to continue reading...

We are back to more of a normal schedule now having games on the next couple of Saturday's. This weekend we take on the Galaxy in LA. We will be without my fellow center back Eddie Robinson who was suspended by the disciplinary committee for a play that happened in the Kansas City game. I [...] Click to continue reading...

Dynamo defender Eddie Robinson has been suspended three games and fined $1,000 dollars by the league for the incident depicted below in which he throws his elbow up and takes down Kansas City's Tyson Wahl.

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Ives Galarcep and Hillcrest Road have the story, Houston defender, Eddie Robinson has been suspended 3 games and fined $1000 for the elbow that he landed on Tyson Wahl in the second half of the game against Houston last Saturday. Robinson deserves at least that much for the cheap shot on Wahl. Watch the elbow again in the video below from youtube. Click to continue reading...

So I missed seeing this live, and without HDNet, I wasn't able to DVR the game. Someone, though, has gotten Eddie Robinson's cheap shot elbow on Tyson Wahl up on youtube. Before the ball is even played in Robinson clocks Wahl with an elbow, right to the face. Hopefully the league disciplinary office has seen the replay of this game and will be contacting Mr. Click to continue reading...

I think that sums it up nicely. The general mood of optimism going into the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals renders the funk looming over the second leg all the more blue. I'll be surprised - and, for the record, damned happy - if either DC United or the Houston Dynamo make the final. It'd [...] Click to continue reading...

A couple people are posting the U.S. roster that was called in to play Mexico this Wednesday - and at least one person is playing "the roster game" (and having a couple bites at as he does it). On the other side of the affair, Sideline Views' Luis Bueno listed Mexico's traveling party and [...] Click to continue reading...

Back from a weekend with the family in the Texas Hill Country away from Internet, away from TV and away from Eddie Robinson's first cap and first goal as a US MNT member in the 2-0 win over Sweden. I finally got a chance to watch the game today thanks to my good friends at Fox Soccer Channel, and I cannot tell you how great it felt to finally, finally see some action from one of my teams. Click to continue reading...

* I think the punchline here is that this, literally, constitutes the biggest news of the day...at least in the soccer-playing world. Steve Goff's Soccer Insider won blog of the year from someone or another - and that's cool, 'cause he's really good - but...I don't know. It is what it is. [...] 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...

(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...

Well a weekend full of season ending games and a couple more end of the year awards have been finalized. How are my predictions going?

I correctly predicted that the 4th seed Chicago Fire took out overall league leaders DC United.

I also predicted that the 5th place (East) Kansas City Wizards would defeat 1st place (West) Chivas USA.

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To the Powers that Be: Fine that cheating geezer, Pat Onstad. Do it for the integrity of the game and for the dignity of regional theater - and introduce your referees to those giant digital video boards most stadiums seem to have these days before they find themselves both embarrassed and obsolete. What had been a half-decent [...] Click to continue reading...