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D.C. UnitedDC
Match Timeline
View photoWith the #HOUvDC result, @NewYorkRedBulls have officially clinched a berth in the #MLSPlayoffs. http://t.co/p3cB31kFDY
- Match ends, Houston Dynamo 1, D.C. United 3.
- 90'+5'Second Half ends, Houston Dynamo 1, D.C. United 3.
- 90'+4'Attempt saved. Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Omar Cummings.
- 90'+3'Attempt missed. Giles Barnes (Houston Dynamo) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Will Bruin.
- 90'Attempt missed. Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Will Bruin following a fast break.
- Espindola lifts it over Tyler Deric. Classy finish: http://t.co/yUd9hKmQa4 #HOUvDC
- 89'Foul by Eddie Johnson (D.C. United).
- 89'Corey Ashe (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 88'Attempt saved. Alexander López (Houston Dynamo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Clark.
- 87'
1 - 3
FGOAL: Eddie JohnsonGoals this Season: 6
- 85'Hand ball by Eddie Johnson (D.C. United).
- 84'David Estrada (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 84'Foul by Omar Cummings (Houston Dynamo).
- 84'Attempt missed. David Estrada (D.C. United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sean Franklin with a cross.
- 83'
1 - 2FGOAL: Giles Barnes (PK)Goals this Season: 10
- 81'Penalty Houston Dynamo. Ricardo Clark draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 81'
Penalty conceded by Sean Franklin (D.C. United) after a foul in the penalty area. - 81'Corner, Houston Dynamo. Conceded by Perry Kitchen.
- 81'Attempt missed. Alexander López (Houston Dynamo) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Brad Davis following a corner.
- WATCH: Bill Hamid comes up huge on Giles Barnes to keep the clean sheet: http://t.co/jk1twNqd6t #HOUvDC
- 80'Corner, Houston Dynamo. Conceded by Sean Franklin.
PENALTY: Sean Franklin is whistled for a foul on Clark in the box
View photoWithin a minute of being in the game Will Bruin puts Hamid on the floor #HOUvDC http://t.co/IAJTPvEh57
79' Immediately, Bruin latches onto a long ball. He doesn't have any support, forces a save from a tight angle. #HOUvDC- 79'Attempt saved. Will Bruin (Houston Dynamo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kofi Sarkodie.
- 78'M-FDavid EstradaM#18Nick DeLeon
- 78'F#17Will BruinDEric Brunner
- 76'Attempt saved. Davy Arnaud (D.C. United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabian Espindola.
- 76'Attempt saved. Chris Korb (D.C. United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nick DeLeon.
Will Bruin putting his jersey on and looks ready to enter.- 74' Davis rises high at the back post to get a head on Driver's cross. Sends the header across goal, but wide. Still 0-2. #HOUvDC
- 74'Attempt missed. Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Andrew Driver with a cross.
- 73'Attempt blocked. Andrew Driver (Houston Dynamo) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ricardo Clark.
70': Hamid gets a yellow for delay of game. The center ref has been all over him from the start of the game about it. #DCU- Clark hits the crossbar from 22 yards out. Hamid given a yellow for time wasting on ensuing goal kick
- 70': Clark with a screamer that bounces off the crossbar and goes out for a #DCU goal kick.
- 70' Crossbar! Ball is layed off for Clark 20 yards out and it glances off the top of the crossbar. #HOUvDC
- 70'
Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Andrew Driver. - 70'G#24Bill Hamid (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card.
CROSSBAR: Ricardo Clark rattles the woodwork with a rocket- 68': On Espindola's goal, Sean Franklin was credited with the assist.
- 67'David Horst (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67'Foul by Fabian Espindola (D.C. United).
- 67'Attempt missed. Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Alexander López following a corner.
- Lopez on for Carrasco. Houston has to throw everything forward.
- 66' SUB: Alexander López on for Servando Carrasco. #HOUvDC
- 66'Corner, Houston Dynamo. Conceded by Nick DeLeon.
- 66'MAlexander LópezMServando Carrasco
- 64' Goal Espindola. Dynamo have a free kick and the ball is cleared quickly to Espindola, who has the field in front of him. Chips Deric.
- 64'0 - 2FGOAL: Fabian EspindolaGoals this Season: 10
- 63'Servando Carrasco (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63'Foul by Eddie Johnson (D.C. United).
- 63': Beautiful ball from Johnson to a streaking DeLeon who takes a one touch shot but Deric gets down to save it. #HOUvDCU
- 62'
Attempt saved. Nick DeLeon (D.C. United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eddie Johnson. - 61': DeLeon moves to left mid, Franklin to right mid and Korb goes to right back. #HOUvDCU
- View photo61' Dynamo have tried to even the score, but DC still leads 1-0 #HOUvDC http://t.co/dpDltgSaIi
- 61'Sean Franklin (D.C. United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 61'Foul by Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo).
SHOT: Nick DeLeon is left unmarked at the top of the box- 61': Sub brought to you by @SearsAuto: Chris Korb is coming on for Chris Pontius. #DCU
Hamid's reflexes are insane. #HOUvDC- 61'DChris KorbMChris Pontius
- 60'Offside, D.C. United. Nick DeLeon tries a through ball, but Chris Pontius is caught offside.
- A note, Hamid allowed by US Soccer to play with D.C. and will leave after this game to join them national team.
Great save by @BillHamid28 who continues to impress for #DC and keeps his side in front there...#HOUvDC- Beautiful save from Hamid. Driver beats Kemp and puts a ball to the top of the box that Barnes tests the GK with. Still 1-0.
- 58' Hamid with a huge save. Driver skips past his defender on the right side, lays off in the box. Davis dummies for Barnes, but shot saved.
- 58'Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 58'Foul by Perry Kitchen (D.C. United).
- 58'
Attempt saved. Giles Barnes (Houston Dynamo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrew Driver. - 57' Giles works his way into the box on the left side and gets on his right foot, but the angled shot is high of the mark. #HOUvDC
- Turf monster just got Barnes as he pushed up the sideline. He puts his shot in the stands. Dynamo still seem out of sorts going forward
- 57'Attempt missed. Giles Barnes (Houston Dynamo) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ricardo Clark.
SAVE: Bill Hamid spectacularly denies Barnes to preserve the lead- Hamid gets a look and gesture from Elfath about time wasting after a ball rolls away from him.
- 53': Nick D with the left footed strike, but it's just wide. #DCU
- 53' DeLeon with a shot/cross that teases across the face of goal but goes wide of the net. #HOUvDC
- 53'
Attempt missed. Nick DeLeon (D.C. United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Davy Arnaud with a headed pass following a set piece situation. - Poor pass by Deric gives up possession. Dynamo look a bit disjointed today.
- 53'Fabian Espindola (D.C. United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 53'Foul by Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo).
MISS: Nick DeLeon curls it dangerously to the far post- 50'Corner, Houston Dynamo. Conceded by Davy Arnaud.
- 50': Footrace for Birnbaum on Houston's long ball but he beats Cummings to it.
- 49'Attempt blocked. Chris Pontius (D.C. United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nick DeLeon.
- Alex Lopez told by Kinnear to go warm up.
- 47'Attempt missed. Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Brad Davis.
- 46'Eric Brunner (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 46'Foul by Fabian Espindola (D.C. United).
- 2nd half is underway. Dynamo fighting for their playoff hopes. D.C. looking to end their season.
- Second Half begins Houston Dynamo 0, D.C. United 1.
- 46' Second half kicks off! Hold on to your pants. #HOUvDC
Home from Yellow Springs watching the 2nd half of #HOUvDC, totally ok with DC taking all 3 points.. I wish it was Saturday already!
Dear #HOUvDC, This is painful to watch. Please keep the ball on the ground in the 2nd half and try stringing some passes together. Thanks!
These refs are a fn nightmare. This would be a wildly different game if they were doing their jobs. Frustration! Come on Dynamo <3 #HOUvDC- WATCH: Taylor Kemp (@Tkemp02) hammers home the rebound to put #DCU in front, 1-0: http://t.co/utYHhmr8NV #HOUvDC
- 45+2' Save Deric! Diving effort to push away Pontius' shot from the edge of the box, Espindola can't put the rebound on frame. #HOUvDC
- 45'+: Pontius with a heck of an effort to get a shot off and Espindola can't get the follow to go in. Great chance for #DCU.
- 45+1' Clark lets loose from deep, it's a good effort but a little high. #HOUvDC
- 45'+: Clark takes a rip from 20 yards out, but it sails over the bar. Hamid with the goal kick. #DCU
- Minimum four minutes of added time.
- 45': 4 minutes of added time in the first half. #HOUvDCU
I can't be the only one who remembers how many of you freaked out bout Taylor Kemp starting when Fernandez left, can I? Looks good now. #DCU- Goal Taylor Kemp. Tyler Deric deflected the ball out and then Kemp ripped it from distance.
- 41': That goal was entirely set up by Espindola with his through ball to Pontius.
- 41' Goal D.C. Deric saves a 1v1 attempt against Pontius, the ball falls to Kemp and he rips a shot into the empty net. 0-1. #HOUvDC
- Taylor Kemp gives DC the lead and Houston has 1 foot in the grave. #HOUvDC
Excellent save by Tyler and nobody to clean up the rebound story of our season #ForeverOrange- 41':TAYLOR KEMP!!! GOAL!!! What strike with the left foot!
- Kinnear gave the AR a piece of his mind on that play and just had a talk with the 4th official who came over.
- 34': Nicky D with the left footed strike from outside the 18, but it's right at Deric for the easy save. #HOUvDCU
Can't think @HoustonDynamo defenders see Eddie Johnson and feel much better about their duties. #HOUvDC- Awful to see Silva go down. Great kid, has had such a great touch over the past couple months. Hopefully not as bad as it looked. #DCU
Two hamstring injuries early in the match already. #HOUvDC- 30' SUB: Eddie Johnson replaces Silva. Both teams forced to make early changes due to injuries. #HOUvDC
- There did not look to be any contact when Silva went down. Off the field now and Eddie Johnson is getting instructions and is coming in.
- 29' Luis Silva is being helped off the field after he went down holding his leg following an aerial challenge. #HOUvDC
- Not Pontius but Luis Silva. Sorry about that.
- 28': Silva looks like he is done for the game. He is holding his hamstring and Eddie Johnson is warming up on the sideline. #DCU
- Chris Pontius is on the ground with hands on his right leg. Not good.
- 25': Arnaud is fouled and #DCU has a free kick coming its way. Espindola will take it.
- Official time of the delay was 1 hour and 12 minutes.
- 23' Espindola with a header to start us off again, but it's wide of the mark. #HOUvDC
- Play resumes with 21:42 showing on the clock. Let's do soccer again!
- Both starting units are on the field. The game will resume in the 22nd minute. #HOUvDCU
- Teams are walking off the field from warming up, we'll start play momentarily. Thanks for waiting! #HOUvDC
- DELAY: #DCU is a back on the field to warm up.
- We have the all clear, teams will start a 15 minute warm-up period in approximately five minutes. Resume around 3:45 p.m.
- Also: I tried to photoshop Boswell's face onto a screencap of Andy Dufrense's rain scene from Shawshank but gave up. I have failed you.
- 45'+6'First Half ends, Houston Dynamo 0, D.C. United 1.
- 45'+2'Attempt saved. Fabian Espindola (D.C. United) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 45'+2'Attempt saved. Chris Pontius (D.C. United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Fabian Espindola.
- 45'+1'
Attempt missed. Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Eric Brunner. 
SAVE: Tyler Deric pushes away Pontius’ shot- 43'Foul by Perry Kitchen (D.C. United).
- 43'Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 41'Attempt saved. Chris Pontius (D.C. United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabian Espindola with a through ball.
- 41'Perry Kitchen (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 41'Foul by Servando Carrasco (Houston Dynamo).
- 41'0 - 1DGOAL: Taylor KempGoals this Season: 1
- 35'Foul by Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo).
- 35'Eddie Johnson (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- Dynamo have said delay will last 20 more minutes and then a 10 minute warm-up period. Game to start at approximately 3:10PM CT
- 34'Attempt saved. Nick DeLeon (D.C. United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabian Espindola with a headed pass.
- DELAY: As of right now we still have another 20 minutes on this first delay, unless we have another lightning strike. #DCU
- 32'Omar Cummings (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32'Foul by Taylor Kemp (D.C. United).
- 30'Stoppage over. They are ready to continue.
- 30'FEddie JohnsonFLuis Silva
- 29'Stoppage in match Luis Silva (D.C. United) because of an injury.
- And there's the lightning delay. Teams headed off the field.
- 25'Davy Arnaud (D.C. United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 25'Foul by Corey Ashe (Houston Dynamo).
- 24'Offside, Houston Dynamo. Brad Davis tries a through ball, but Andrew Driver is caught offside.
- 22' Play suspended with lightning in the area. We'll keep you updated when we're clear. #HOUvDC
- 22': Both teams exiting the field and fans taking cover. #DCU
- #HOUvDC now in a weather delay. 22 minutes in.
- 22': Looks like we have a lightning delay here, even though we never saw lightning. The PA announcer said "a severe weather pattern" so...
- 23'Attempt missed. Fabian Espindola (D.C. United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sean Franklin with a cross.
- 21': More good service in off the corner, this time from Silva, but Arnaud can't find the target. Open header, just pushed it wide. #DCU
- 22'Stoppage in match (Houston Dynamo).
- 22'Stoppage over. They are ready to continue.
- 21' Arnaud with an open header at the back post off a corner kick, but he can't steer it on frame. #HOUvDC
- 21'
Attempt missed. Davy Arnaud (D.C. United) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Luis Silva with a cross following a corner. - Beasley left with a left hamstring strain
- 20'Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Ricardo Clark.
- Good tackle from Servando Carrasco to break up an attacking push from DC.
MISS: Davy Arnaud puts his header wide off the corner- 20'Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Corey Ashe.
- 16': Great hustle from Kitchen to send a ball to Espindola, but Deric comes off his line to clear the ball. Upcoming corner for #DCU.
- 17'Foul by Nick DeLeon (D.C. United).
- 17'Corey Ashe (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16'Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Servando Carrasco.
- 16'Attempt blocked. Davy Arnaud (D.C. United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nick DeLeon.
- And the skies have opened.
- 13' And now the skies have opened up a bit. Still sunny, though. #HOUvDC
- 14': Pouring is a more accurate word than raining.
- 13'Foul by Andrew Driver (Houston Dynamo).
- 13'Davy Arnaud (D.C. United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- Looks like that could be the season over for @DaMarcusBeasley as he comes off with what looks like a pulled hamstring...#HOUvDC
- View photoTomorrow's @HoustonDynamo talent built in the shadow of BBVA. #ForeverOrange #HOUvDC http://t.co/mw7XuzLnbF
- 12'Offside, Houston Dynamo. Giles Barnes tries a through ball, but Brad Davis is caught offside.
- Probably want to go ahead and have a shot there Omar Cummings #HOUvDC https://t.co/16imc4e6J7
- 12'Stoppage over. They are ready to continue.
- Beasley was tracking Nick DeLeon and came up hurt. Pulled up on a full sprint. Is walking off on his own now.
- 10': Beasley is down, they called for a stretcher, but he is up and limping off the field. #HOUvDCU
- 11'DCorey AsheDDaMarcus Beasley
- 10'Stoppage in match DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo) because of an injury.
- Beasley's down grabbing his knee.
- Have a goooo, Omar. #HOUvDC
- Flurry of chances for Houston there. Barnes hits it back post to Driver who plays it across the face of goal to Cummings but DC survive it.
- 7' Pandemonium in the box. Barnes crosses to Driver on the back post, hits it across goal then Cummings has a shot blocked. #HOUvDC
- 7'
Attempt missed. Servando Carrasco (Houston Dynamo) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. - 7'Attempt missed. Andrew Driver (Houston Dynamo) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Giles Barnes with a cross.
CHANCE: Giles Barnes plays a dangerous ball across goal to Driver- 5': Good work by #DCU to work the ball down field, but Kemp's final ball is too long for DeLeon on the back post.
- 4' Starts to drizzle. Still sunny though, because Texas. #HOUvDC
- Bobby Boswell just cleaned out Brad Davis. Little bit of a message there.
- 4'Foul by Bobby Boswell (D.C. United).
- 4'Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Fabi gets the ball on the left wing and tried to chip Deric, but the ball sails in to the stands.
- 1': Silva flies over Brunner and he is called for the foul. #HOUvDCU
- 2'Attempt missed. Fabian Espindola (D.C. United) left footed shot from long range on the left is high and wide to the left.
- 1'Foul by Luis Silva (D.C. United).
- 1'Eric Brunner (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- First Half begins.
2ND LOOK: Taylor Kemp drives it low to score at the far post
KICKOFF: Houston Dynamo vs. D.C. United
HIGHLIGHTS: Houston Dynamo vs. D.C. United | October 12, 2014- Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 1' S O C C E R T I M E #HOUvDC
- 1': And we are underway. #DCU starts with the ball.
- National Anthem is finished and kickoff is right around the corner. #HOUvDCU
- The flag bearers are dressed up like Star Wars characters. Ben Olsen did a double and triple check to make sure he wasn't seeing things.
- There is a Star Wars theme going on in pre game. #ForeverOrange
- Quick pre-game read: Talked to Olsen, Boswell, who chatted about #DCU's winless streak in Houston: http://t.co/2y4gHGv45u #MLS
Goals and Assists
| 41' | | Taylor Kemp |
| 64' | | Fabian Espindola Assisted By: Sean Franklin |
| 83' | | Giles Barnes (PK) |
| 87' | | Eddie Johnson Assisted By: Sean Franklin, David Estrada |
Disciplinary
| 70' | | Bill Hamid Reason: Time wasting |
Substitutions
| 11' | | Corey Ashe DaMarcus BeasleyD |
| 30' | | Eddie Johnson Luis SilvaF |
| 61' | | Chris Korb Chris PontiusM |
| 66' | | Alexander López Servando CarrascoM |
| 78' | | Will Bruin Eric BrunnerD |
| 78' | | David Estrada Nick DeLeonM |
Match Information
MLS at BBVA Stadium
Houston, TX
Attendance 21869
Weather Cloudy
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