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August 31st, 2007

Houston Dynamo Stadium Generates Controversy

By: Marc | Comments 2 Comments

This is an interesting article on the controversies in building a stadium for the Dynamo in Houston.
The gist of the article is about how much money is being spent by the city to “investigate” and (basically) say no to possible public funds for sporting complexes.
The sports authority spent close to $3 million to operate last [...]



August 25th, 2007

Priceless

By: Marc | Comments 1 Comment

My brother just sent me this humorous tidbit:
Houston Dynamo Poster: $12.74 on sale
Mispell a player’s name? Priceless!
(You may have to zoom in to see Brian’s name.)

August 24th, 2007

African Players and MLS

By: Marc | Comments 4 Comments

This is an interesting article on the perspective of African players and MLS. According to the Crew’s Kei Kamara, David Beckham’s arrival is bringing more attention to MLS:
“I remember last year when I was watching the Premier League review, every once on a while they asked players: ‘Do you know anything about the MLS?’ and [...]

Category Category: MLS
August 22nd, 2007

SuperLiga Creates Dynamo Fans

By: Marc | Comments 1 Comment

Nice posting on Football365 where a fan talks about the differences between MLS/SuperLiga and the EPL (scroll down to the letter “The Man Makes Some Solid Points “).
He leads off:
Having watched last night’s Superliga game between my adopted home city team (Houston Dynamo) and Mexican Champions Pachuca – I thought I would share some observations [...]

Category Category: Superliga
August 19th, 2007

Houston Beat Dallas in Texas Classico!

By: Marc | Comments 1 Comment

The Dynamo are back to their winning ways with a terrific win today over in-state rival FC Dallas. There was only one goal in the game, but it was a terrific team goal. Mulrooney started the play in Houston’s half and got the ball to DeRossario who quickly pushed the ball into space on the [...]

Category Category: Results, Team News


August 19th, 2007

Ching Makes USMNT Squad for Sweden Friendly

By: Marc | Comments No Comments

Saw this report that Ching’s been called up for Wednesday’s USA friendly in Sweden. He’ll leave after Sunday’s Texas derby.
The USA match will air on FSC so tune in and cheer on Brian Ching!

August 19th, 2007

Battle of the Best of the West

By: Marc | Comments No Comments

Sunday’s Houston-Dallas game is even bigger than usual with the Western Conference Lead on the line. It’s a must-win for Houston. A loss and they’ll be five points behind — and Dallas have a game in hand. A win will put the Dynamo in front by a slender point.
Houston also need to watch behind them, [...]

August 17th, 2007

Dynamo to the Rescue

By: Marc | Comments No Comments

Interesting story: some Dynamo players help stranded motorists during flooding in Houston on Thursday.
Sounds like some rookies setting a good example for the community!

Category Category: Team News
August 16th, 2007

Dynamo Secures $7.5 million Sponsorship Deal

By: Marc | Comments 2 Comments

Just read an article that the Houston Dynamo have agreed to sport the logo of Amigo Energy on their jerseys in a $7.5 million four-year deal. Nice!
Best of all is this news:
Luck also said that the additional finances available from the sponsorship might allow the team to sign a so-called designated player, whose salary is [...]

Category Category: Team News
August 15th, 2007

Shame on the TV Networks for Not Airing SuperLiga

By: Marc | Comments 7 Comments

Last evening’s SuperLiga semifinal between Pachuca and the Houston Dynamo was a Classico in all senses of the word. It was a clash between the two defending club champions of Mexico and USA and the game was fabulous. It had everything: goals, attacking play, yellow and red cards (three players ejected), tremendous athletic performances (in [...]






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