Oh boy. I think DC is officially in trouble after this game. Houston outplayed them in every area: offense, defense, midfield, you name it.
Things started out on the wrong foot for DC United. One might think their defense forgot to come out of the locker room. In the 4th minute, Geoff Cameron put sweet pass into the area for Will Bruin, who slotted home the first goal of the night to give Houston the 1-0 lead. DC didn't buckle totally just yet though. In the 12th minute Pontius got a header on goal and forced a save out of Tally Hall.
Things proceeded in a bit of a lull for most of the first half, but Houston had the most of the possession. DC would try a counter every once in awhile, but didn't really look too threatening. However we did get a talking point in the 32nd minute when Freeman took Pontius down in the area. The ref didn't award a PK, but it looked from the replay that DC had a case, and even the Fox commentators thought so. DC kept plugging away though. They had a set piece chance in the 39th minute, which they put on a training ground move. It worked, and Burch eased it in past a perplexed Tally Hall to tie things at 1-1.
That was the high point of the night for DC, and things fell away for them rather quickly. In the 41st minute, Davis eased a beautiful left footed cross into the area and Will Bruin headed it in. Gorgeous goal! Houston took the lead into the half 2-1.
The second half was all Houston. I don't know what was going on for DC United at all. Najar did check in and it helped a little at first. Pontius had a shot blocked at the defensive line after a Najar cross, but that was it.
In the 57th minute Bruin got his hat trick. He put in a nice header off a set piece, and DC's defense was nowhere in sight. 3-1 Houston. The Dynamo weren't done either. In the 62nd minute Weaver took a ball from a throw in in his own half and streaked through a sleeping DC defense and scored. I've never seen anything like it. 4-1 Houston.
The only other really noteworthy action came in the 66th, when Jakovic was shown a yellow for a vicious tackle on Cameron. For my money, it was red. Not much different from the Mullan tackle, except for the visitor escaped injury. MLS really does need to continue to take a look at some of this. Houston took the match by the 4-1 score.
We like to put DC on national tv. True, watching CD9 is awesome, but this team has a hell of a long way to go. They've played absolutely horribly for two straight weeks now. Hopefully, Ben Olsen will get time to right the ship. Houston picks up more points and at least temporarily moved to the top of the Eastern Conference. Great performance.
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