The Dynamo were defeated by the New England 3-0 at Gillette Stadium.
Now since I did the LA/Colorado game I have not had a chance to see the Dynamo game.
I would love to hear your impressions of the Dynamo opener.
In Colorado the Galaxy were lethargic and down to a Terry Cooke goal at halftime that was beautifully taken after Christian Gomez hit the post. A poor call from referee Abby Okulaja changed the game in the second half sending Gomez to the penalty spot where he converted goal number 2.
Yes it changed the game and after this it was all Colorado who played five players whose most significant time has come on their reserve team. Further goals from Omar Cummings and Colin Clark rounded out the 4-0 scoreline and sends LA home where they will take on the San Jose Earthquakes on Thursday.
David Beckham and Landon Donovan both seemed drained. Beckham had a few good moments of delivery on the evening but seemed to play within himself.
Post game LA manager cited the difficulties of altitude but was clear that he felt as did Beckham that Colorado were deserved winners.
Dynamo looked slow. Mullan as right back didn’t seem to work out well.
NE has made some good acquisitions.
Dynamo look good at times. Some good passing but gave the ball up cheaply in midfield too much.
Comment by Donjuego — March 30, 2008 @ 10:34 am
Our midfielders had no rhythm at all in the first half and gave the ball up cheaply. That was improved somewhat in the 2nd half. The most surprising problem is how unorganized and at times confused our defense looked. This is the Dynamo; we are supposed to have a formidable defense. But yesterday they looked like they did against Osaka and against CD Municipal (where Onstad and the post saved them). This is not a good pattern they’re setting.
Onstad had a huge game. He gave up one rebound he probably shouldn’t have (led to the 2nd goal), but he blocked that shot when everyone else was frozen. Stuart played the best of the field players, I’d say. He was unlucky not to hit the net in the 2nd.
Comment by Matt(oomba) — March 30, 2008 @ 12:00 pm