The Slump is Broken!

So the wide field is good for our game after all. It makes for prettier soccer too.

The game in summary:
- 20 people in the stands. Why so few on a Saturday night?
- Eddie Robinson does a sweet backheel to Colorado's Brown to set up the first goal.
- Dynamo down 1-0 by the 5th minute.
- Dynamo working together and taking dangerous shots, looking like the more dangerous team.
- Rain pouring down; I see why there are only 20 people in the stands. Weather like that fun for players, horrible for spectators. Amazing design of stadium allows people to watch higher up and remain totally dry. Everyone looks cold though.
- Dynamo looking sharp in two-thirds of the field (except for Cochrane's hacking defense...he didn't use to do that, did he?), but we're STILL hesitant and unimaginative in the penalty box. That is making me grouchy, and then
- Ching doubles our season's goal count with a sliding deflection reminiscent of his goal in the first game versus the Rapids last year. Tie game. I'm content.
- Welcome back, DDR. Sweet run up the middle, turn your marker, and strike a golazo from distance through three defenders. We see a brief "funky chicken" walk from DDR, but not enough. He might be saving it for the home fans. Dynamo up 2-1. I'm happy.
- Excellent cross by Ching (who looked to be offside, but no protests so maybe not) that Dalglish gets to. Ball rolls in slow motion towards goal. Mastroeni gets his forehead on the ball as it rolls past his supine form, then DeRo picks up the trash for his second goal of the night. I'm ecstatic.
- Colorado attacks, Dynamo defends, Dynamo wins 3-1. Colorado handed first loss at Dick Field.
- Beautiful stadium. I want one.

Season count: Ching=2 goals; DeRo=2 goals. Team's goal per game average now up from 0.25 to 0.8. Goals allowed is at 0.6 per game. We're in an early 3-way tie (with FCD and Colorado) for first place in the West, and those 7 points would put us in 5th place in the East, behind KC, NY, Chicago, and NE.

Dynamo looking like the best team without a highly marketed player (defined as a DP or a star bought by bending past budgetary rules -- LAG has one from each category). Now, for some R&R for the team, then off to Canada, where DDR and Onstad should feel at home.