Dynamo down Toronto

Excellent match tonight. Our first goals versus Toronto lead to our first win versus Toronto. DeRo, Ching, and Ching gave us the 3-1 edge over DeRo's hometown team, and solid play from back to front gave the MIO a well-earned 3 points. Great job by Pat-I to set up that second goal. Great job by Pat-O to make at least one superhuman save (a double save, actually) to ensure the victory.

The Dynamo looked strong with 8 shots on goal to FC's 3 (and 19 total shots to FC's 5).

Proud, surging FC,
stopped by DeRo, Ching, and Pat.
"Flee to Canada!"

The Dynamo dance
because our humidity
wilts the Maple Leaf.

My urge to Haiku sated, here are the post-game media links:
The official MLS recap. In the first half "Houston had scoring chances in the 14th, 24th and 29th minutes before De Rosario scored late."

Another MLS article highlighting The Dom's personnel changes. Kinnear said, "That might have been our most complete game of the season from start to finish."

The Chronicle's recap. The Dynamo notes mention that the game was a face-off between the two Canadian Keepers. Luckily ours was the better of the two.

The post-game quotes. I don't know much about Toronto FC head coach, John Carver (other than that hullaballo about the MLS deeming him "too active" on the sidelines), but he's done well with the Reds this season, and I can appreciate his post-game candor: "They [the Dynamo] looked sharper, they looked fitter, they got closer to the ball, they passed the ball better than us, their finishing was very good and they could have had a few more, so no excuses. We got beaten by the better side, a side that's certainly on the way up." And how about Jeff Cunningham's assessment: "Now I know why they won two championships back-to-back. They're a very good side, and they were a different class tonight. It was a learning experience for us, so we'll go back and prepare next week for Colorado and try to improve. There are a lot of things to take away from this game. It's definitely a learning experience." The most flattering compliments are those that come from the opposition.