Dynamo Houston dominated FCD yesterday in the quarterfinals of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. With Ching out and the offense sputtering, I was surprised that Dynamo could get a 3-0 victory over the folks from Frisco, but they did. Of course, it took a defender (Eddie Robinson) to net the first goal, but then two forwards, Alejandro Moreno and newbie Chris Wondolowski, finished off the scoring. I didn't realize this until today: yesterday was the first Open Cup victory over an MLS opponent for Coach Kinnear as a head coach.
Props to Dynamo for getting such a result with a mix of starters and reserves against an opponent that was nearly full strength. We may have had an additional advantage due to the familiarity of Clark field and its dimensions, since it's the Dynamo training field.
Now if we can beat the LALA boys in the HDC on September 6, we're in the finals, in reach of the Dewar Cup and our first silverware.
It's good that a lot of starters could rest yesterday, because we're in for a rough week. Dynamo goes to LA this Saturday versus Chivas USA, then to Chicago on Wednesday, and then to Dallas next Saturday. If ever FCD will have a chance to pull out a win against us, it will be next Saturday.
I fared well with my other predictions on the Open Cup. DC United won as did the LA Galaxy. Chicago was the only team to win in defiance of my prediction, but that was the softest of my predictions. With their win, every home team won yesterday; hopefully that trend is broken in LA on September 6.
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