Beautiful soccer is a work of art, but grinding out a result is important some days. The Dynamo did just that last night. They began the game with several starters missing (DeRo, Onstad, Robinson, and Barrett), controlled possession in the first half but did not generate any dangerous threats, then managed to put together the whole package in the second half: control possession, set the tempo, get shots on goal, and get some shots in the goal.
Credit young guns Stuart Holden and Geoff Cameron for setting up the veteran Ching's goal. It came (natch) off a free kick. A restart, if you will. Maybe it will help restart the season as the Dynamo are now lingering at the top of the conference. Still, no one but San Jose is more than 3 points behind; the season is still a toss up, but we're near where we need to be. Now we need to stay there and keep rising.
To do that, we'll need to grind out some more results. And play some beautiful soccer along the way.
Media Roundup
Official recap is here.
Another article on the victory and the young guns responsible.
Some quotes. No particularly noteworthy quote was captured.
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Great to see the guys back home. Even greater to see them win. I thought they played one of their better games this season even though they're still not finishing well.
Interesting dynamic with the Texian Army behind the south goal. I think I like the spreading of the wealth.
Very interesting dynamic with the TA and EB split. Our seats are in 219 and I must admit that I could not hear the TA.
We need to take more shots, someone, anyone. I think BF mentioned this as well. I would have liked to see Caraccio instead of Brown--I hope he's still in Dom's good books.
M@, no comment on the Daggers' sightings? Honestly, I don't think we need him but we do need someone to put the ball in the back of the net.
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