The Houston Dynamo managed to keep their six match unbeaten streak alive on Friday April 29th when they beat DC United 4-1 at Robertson Stadium in Houston, Texas. Much of the Dynamo victory was due to rookie forward Will Bruin picking up a hat trick, with Geoff Cameron and Brad Davis each picking up a couple assists on those goals. Cam Weaver picked up a 4th goal for Houston on a throw-in from Hunter Freeman.
DC United got it's lone goal in the 39th minute, but that goal was scored by Marc Burch, not Charlie Davies, who was all but invisible during the bulk of the match.
Football fans have been treated to three Clasicos in the month of April, with one more left to go in May. First, Barcelona and Real Madrid played to a draw in league play and then Real Madrid took bragging rights by beating Barcelona in the Copa del Rey. On Wednesday, it was the first leg of the Champions League Clasico as the two top teams from Spain met in the European semifinals. For a good chunk of the match, it looked like the teams were battling to a 0-0 draw, but then Lionel Messi went and did what he's been doing all season, he scored a couple goals giving Barcelona a 2-0 win. The teams meet again at Camp Nou on Tuesday May 3rd to see who goes to Wembley for the Champions League final.
Bonus video, Jose Mourinho gets ejected from the technical area:
Magno Vieira who plays for Fleetwood Town in the Blue Square Premiership in England managed to miss an incredible sitter, but went on to make up for it with a beautiful goal later in the match. Between making that one goal and the fact that Fleetwood Town have made the conference playoffs, Vieira's teammates can't be too mad at him for that sitter.
The Seattle Sounders might have defeated defending MLS Cup Champions, Colorado Rapids, in Commerce City, Colorado last night, but it's clear the victory feels somewhat hollow to the Sounders and their fans since one of their young stars, Steve Zakuani, will most likely be out the rest of the season after breaking his fibula and tibia.
Zakuani sustained the injury in the 3rd minute when he was tackled by Rapids midfielder Brian Mullan. Mullan received a red card for the reckless tackle. The impact between the two players could be clearly heard on the television broadcast of the match.
Fredy Montero picked up the match's only goal, in the 19th minute, ending his recent scoring drought.
Mullan ended up receiving a 10 match ban and a $5,250.00 for the red card and tackle.
Here's some video related to the Mullan tackle on Zakuani:
The Houston Dynamo beat the New England Revolution 1-0 on Sunday night. Here's some post match audio from Cam Weaver, Danny Cruz, Geoff Cameron, & Coach Dominic Kinnear.
Following the Houston Dynamo's 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps this past Sunday, I caught a bit of Glenn Davis' post-match radio show in which he made some comments indicating he was pretty certain there would be some Dynamo roster changes before the close of the MLS transfer window. Apparently, Davis made a few other comments earlier this week that got the folks at Dynamo Theory and SBNation to start snooping around. They discovered that the Dynamo were on the verge of signing Spanish forward Sergio Contreras Pardo, a/k/a Koke. Koke, 27, has most recently played at Aris in Greece, the same team that saw Freddy Adu and Eddie Johnson play there on loans in recent years. Before playing at Aris, Koke played at Olympique de Marseille and Málaga CF.
This may not be a splash signing with the fans, after all Koke doesn't have the same name recognition as a Beckham, Henry, or Marquez, but it often seems that some of these lesser known players from Europe have a bigger impact on their team's winning column in MLS. While the details of Koke's contract with the Dynamo are unknown, he is not a designated player. This means that while the Dynamo are taking a gamble that Koke can adjust to MLS play, the risk if he doesn't adjust is not as great. The fact that Koke is not a DP also means that Dynamo might be in a better position to sign a DP for the opening of their new stadium next season.
The Dynamo host New England on Sunday evening, but it's doubtful that Dynamo fans will get an opportunity to see Koke in a Dynamo kit. As of Friday, Koke still needed to get his visa. Odds are, Koke will be suited up with the Dynamo for next week's match against Chicago.
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