The defending champions are done and here is how the scoring went:

Schelotto (Crew) 14th
Schelotto (Crew) 35th
Morales (RSL) 37th
Findley (RSL) stoppage time first half
Williams (RSL) 74th

Based on the first leg RSL 1-0 win at Rio Tinto Stadium in Utah they end up winners 4-2 on aggregate.

Here is where stats don’t mean a thing and we get a vivid example of why the playoffs in MLS are a completely different season and you have to place a focus on how a team enters the playoffs. Columbus had been struggling to score goals and get results in their last five games while RSL got into the playoffs in emotional fashion for the second consecutive year and it is that emotion that can awaken a team.
Many focused on a poor road record of RSL but late last year they pulled out road results at critical times including to get in the playoffs against Colorado which they repeated this year in their final game a 3-0 win.
You couple this with the coaching move that Robert Warzycha of Columbus made not using either Schelotto or Alejandro Moreno in game one. I am not saying that was the deciding factor but it exemplified that all was night right in the land of the Crew. You could say that it was motivating for Schelotto as he scored twice yet in the end that was not good enough.
The turning point in this match was how quickly RSL responded to a 35th minute goal from Guillermo Barros Schelotto . Two minutes later RSL’s Kyle Beckermann played in Javier Morales who scored the aggregate tying goal and quickly grabbed back self belief. This was savable from Will Hesmer by the way. A poor Frankie Hejduk decision in stoppage time led to a penalty kick which was converted by Robbie Findley to give RSL that one goal aggregate lead heading into the second half.
Call it an upset if you want because of Columbus’s stature as defending champions but it is not if you look at trends of both of the clubs.
Your thoughts on this match…….?

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Only 16,000 thousand tickets apparently have been sold for the Dynamo/Seattle match this Sunday at 2pm. Soccer fans we need to step up and make this another amazing playoff atmosphere. Sunday goes beyond a playoff match, it is an opportunity for the entire sport. Grab a friend of yours that has never been to a game and get them out.
So here is the scenario ….Dynamo beat Seattle, Chivas USA knock off LA and the Western Conference final comes back to Robertson……..So why do you think only 16,000 tickets have been sold at this point? Have our youth soccer leaders re-scheduled games? I would have thought we would have been well over 20,000 by now….I also hear that Seattle is bringing over a 100 fans to the Rob!!!

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Soccer Matters with Glenn Davis is on today at 5pm on Fox Sports Houston presented by Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Istitute…….I hope you the soccer fan have been enjoying this show that airs on FSH every Thursday at 5pm and re-airs at 3pm. If you get Comcast or ATT Uverse you can catch the show.

Dynamo players weigh in on Sunday and what it will take, highlights from game one, top ten goals from around the world, Freddy Ljunberg on the physical nature of football and a Texas native continuing a run of good form in England. A tough week in the EPL with controversial calls, red cards and suspect officiating not to mention a jailing of Wigan Athletic striker Marlon King…..this and all kinds of opinion from you the fan in viewer mail.
I also reveal where Beckham clones are in the United States….:)

More from me later today on the Dynamo and Seattle but I will leave you with this to ponder. Are we in Houston going to respond to Seattle fan passion Htown style?
This would be a great game to take someone with you that has not been a soccer fan or to Robertson…..Let me know if you are doing that?

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