Yeah, yeah. I know this match is old news now, but it wasn't available on Match Day live until tonight, so here ya go. I've really enjoyed watching Vancouver play this season. They're always entertaining. Plus it would be interesting to see if Houston could build on the points they had previously picked up on the road.
The Dynamo came out sharp as a tack and had a lot of chances early on. Bruin shot just barely off target twice in the first ten minutes. It was obvious at this point that the Whitecaps were going to have defensive issues all night long. The Houston forwards never really had a problem finding space.
Still, if there's one guy that's going to show up for Vancouver and try to get it done, even if he's got to do it by himself, it's Camilo. He tried damn hard tonight. He's really been teaming up well with Atiba Harris, but Harris just looked dog tired all night. In the 12th minute, Camilo found all kinds of space but had his shot blocked at the last second. A few minutes later, in the 16th, he went down in the box trying to draw a PK, but Jair wasn't buying it.
At that point, Danny Cruz tried to take over for Houston, and he found acres of wide open space. Unfortunately, he couldn't finish anything. He hit the crossbar in the 28th minute, went way wide in the 31st, and in the 34th lingered over the ball too much and failed to even get a shot. You could feel the Dynamo's frustration.
That frustration evaporated in the 37th minute when Cam Weaver finally got Houston on the board after three straight set pieces. Houston looked dangerous on set plays all night, and it payed off here. Unfortunately, the Dynamo partied too long and Camilo took the ball right up the pitch, broke Tally Hall's ankles, and scored, evening things at 1.
I'm sure the Whitecaps would have loved it if the half had ended right then, but it was not to be. In the 41st minute, Jay DeMerit tackled the ball away from Weaver in the box, but aggravated his groin injury in the process. After the ensuing corner, Boswell busted a goal in from a nice ball off the foot of Cruz to send the Dynamo to the break up 2-1.
DeMerit subbed out for the Whitecaps at the half, which was not good news for their defense. Still, they got a lot more of the possession in the 2nd half. They were never able to capitalize though. Will Bruin iced it for Dynamo in the 76th minute, beating Nolly 1 on 1 and smacking his first MLS goal into an empty net. Congrats to him. The only other noteworthy moment came in the 84th minute when Omar Salgado, the number 1 pick in the Super Draft, made his debut. He put one ball into the box, but that was about it.
For the Dynamo, great win. Just what the doctor ordered. They got great service into the front all night, and really played quite well on defense as well, against a Vancouver side that can score a lot of goals. Certainly this was a win to build on.
For the Whitecaps, well they didn't get anyone sent off tonight, so that's a plus. Absences from injury and bans obviously hurt them. Camilo is an awesome creative talent up front, but I think he needs to develop more with Harris. They also need to get their back line sorted out. That was ugly.
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