Down 2-1 at Halftime

Dynamo went to the Home Depot Center, outshot Chivas 15-9 (with 5 on frame), were awarded a penalty kick with 5 minutes left in the game, and left town on the rotten end of 2-1. Chivas got both their goals off free kicks, and had only one other shot on goal besides those two free kicks.

With Guzan in goal, in is unbelievable that we couldn't score more on those 15 shots. It's even more unbelievable that Guzan beat DeRo on the PK too, which would have leveled the score.

All is not lost for the Dynamo, of course; but their work is cut out for them given their inability to translate their skill and their ball-possession into winning results. We need to make the most of our chances next weekend, and we need to remain solid on defense, particularly on deadball situations. We cannot tie the next game -- which will be, thankfully, at Robertson -- or our season is over. We must win by two to go to the Western Conference Champions and most likely face the Fakin' Cheatin' Divers.

On another note: I thought Charlie Pallilo did an admirable job calling the game on the radio, particularly for someone who knows sports but not soccer. He certainly understands soccer as a contest, and can read the flow of the game; but he does not understand some of the subtleties of the tactics and strategies, and he knows very little about the backstory and history of soccer that he can use to color his commentary. That's the first time I've listened to soccer on the radio (the only other broadcasts down here being in Spanish). It translated pretty well to the pictureless medium of radio...although I had to keep the TV on just to catch the big plays. Interesting that the radio runs about, oh, eight seconds faster than the TV.