Tie vs the Fakin' Cheatin' Divers (Part 2 of 4)

Dynamo trekked to Frisco and I for one am happy with the draw they managed.

I am not happy with DeRo looking injured...nor Serioux. If DeRo is out, Dynamo will not be the same team.

The Fakin' Cheatin' Divers did it again. After pulling Serioux's hair last week and giving Barrett a black eye, all the while flopping about like they deserved a free kick, the FCDs repeated their tactics this week.

The goal the FCDs got started by a giveaway by Serioux, then Serioux was beaten on the flank for a cross and a potentially offside Ruiz managed to get to the ball and plop it into the net. Serioux is an awesome player, but he seems to get beat alot defensively. Maybe he should be more of a midfielder.

Dynamo played much better defensively this week, and their midfield possession play was nearly flawless. Their weakness this week was in the attacking third -- or, more precisely, in the box. Clark had some nice shots, as did Mullan. Moreno and Cerittos seemed to be slow on the reflex or out of position when the ball fell to them in the box. Moreno should have done more with the rebound that fell to him in the first half, and with an open net facing them, why wasn't there a Dynamo player near the penalty spot for Mullan's cutback pass in the closing minutes? That would have been an easy tally and would have given Dynamo the full three points.

The goal we did get was unlucky for Dallas (own goal by Goodson), but Dynamo deserved at least a point for its dominance of the possession and its smart midfield play. We should have finished out the other opportunities ourselves (without own-goal support) in order to really capitalize on our great play elsewhere on the field.

Big kudos to Kinnear for speaking his mind in his interview during the first half. He called out Ruiz for what he is (a diver and a cheater) and vented at the officials' (plural, because it's not just the refs in this game) indifference to Ruiz's style of play. Kinnear was able to make Wynalda speechless, which is hard to do. Bully for Dominic!

Speaking of Wynalda, he is always opinionated and arrogant, but he's rarely uninformed. Yet in this game he seemed very uninformed about Dynamo. He called Eddie Robinson "Eddie Johnson;" he mentioned that subs like Moreno have to be ready to come off the bench and work up front with Ching (Moreno has started every game except for the one in which he had a red card, and he certainly couldn't sub then); and both announcers seemed confused as to what the positions would be after Cochrane came in for DeRo. Cochrane's a defender, which would push up Serioux who is more of a midfielder...and the formation would be much like the DC United game which was played without the red-carded DeRo. And Wynalda's partner -- Rob Stone -- called Houston "San Jose" on at least one occasion. I expect these sort of gaffes out of local announcers, but not the high-paid national coverage team.

Finally: Heal up DeRo. We need you.