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Free Soccer Highlights: Los Angeles Galaxy (2) – Houston Dynamo (0) – Major League Soccer Playoffs – Friday, November 13, 2009
Galaxy Put the Lights Out on Houston Postgame
100 Percent Soccer —
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Galaxy 2 Houston 0
Game story.
The Houston Chronicle perspective.
It was a weird game in a weird season that started with a franchise coming off a worst-ever year, a new coach, 16 or so new players, seemingly interminable and in some cases lucky draws and a very public spat between the team's two superstars.
On Friday, there were two lengthy and disorienting 18-minute power outages (attributed to overly-sensitive floodlights that cut out if there's a power fluctuation) to add to the unusually late kickoff to accommodate TV as well as overtime that led to the ...
LA Galaxy 2-0 Houston Dynamo MLS Western Conference Final Highlights (Video)
CaughtOffside.com —
David Beckham helped LA Galaxy to the MLS Cup Final by assisting one goal whilst Landon Donovan put away a second from the penalty spot.
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Los Angeles Galaxy (2) – Houston Dynamo (0) – Major League Soccer Playoffs – Friday, November 13, 2009
Free Soccer Highlights —
The Los Angeles Galaxy defeated the Houston Dynamo 2-0 in the Major League Soccer Playoffs on Friday, November 13, 2009.
Video: LA Galaxy get into the MLS finals
SoccerBlog.com —
The Galaxy weathered two power outages, a disallowed goal by Andrew Hainault, and a dominant Dynamo display in the second half to score two extra time goals.
Landon Donovan becomes the MLS all time leader in goals scored as he converted the penalty after Alan Gordon was brought down by Ricardo Clark in the box. David Beckham set up the first goal with his curling fee kick and in the ensuing melee in front of the Dynamo goal, the ball came loose to Gregg Berhalter, who tapped the ball home. Congratulations to the Galaxy to make it to the finals after failing to make the playoffs three years ...
Los Angeles Galaxy - Houston Dynamo 2-0 Western Final
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LA Galaxy v Houston Dynamo - MLS Playoffs Highlights
TheOriginalWinger.com —
Crazy night in Carson with the late kickoff, two blackouts, added time and a game that ended at almost midnight west coast time.
L.A. 2-0 Houston, Galaxy Wins in OT
TheOriginalWinger.com —
Gregg Berhalter and Landon Donovan scored in overtime to put the Galaxy into MLS Cup final with a 2-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Friday night.
The Galaxy will play in their first MLS Cup final since 2005 in Seattle on Nov. 22 against the winner of Saturday’s Eastern Conference final match between Chicago and Real Salt Lake.Los Angeles will make its sixth MLS Cup final appearance since the league began in 1996. The Galaxy won the MLS championships in ...
And then there were two...
No Short Corners —
After a pair of gripping conference finals, our MLS Cup match-up for next weekend takes the all-East flavor from last year's final out west. It will be the Los Angeles Galaxy (yes, THAT L.A. Galaxy... paging Sky, BBC, iTv and every rotten paper rag to the airport, pack as if staying in London) pitted against upstarts Real Salt Lake at Qwest Field in Seattle a week from today. How the west was won... And I'll add the regulation clip when it surfaces because the East final was a helluva 0-0 game for most of 120 minutes. As is, we have the thrilling shootout for now. - Greg Seltzer
MLS Playoff Highlights: Los Angeles and Salt Lake advance to Final
The Footy Blog —
Both MLS semifinal matches went scoreless after the first 90 minutes, with the Galaxy beating Houston in extra time, and Salt Lake topping Chicago in penalties. Los Angeles 2 Houston 0 + The match featured two lengthy and disorienting 18-minute power outages, attributed to overly-sensitive floodlights that cut out if there's a power fluctuation. + Several Dynamo players described the power outages as "unprofessional", reports the Houston Chronicle. + "I thought we were ...
I’ve got three words: Galaxy vs. Dynamo post-game analysis
LA Galaxy —
And those words are: Western Conference Champions!
In another step in the worst-to-first journey that MLS Coach of the Year Bruce Arena has taken the team on, the Los Angeles Galaxy turned away a stiff challenge from the Houston Dynamo in 30 minutes of extra time with a 2-0 scoreline.
Jen put together a nice photo montage here. Go and look. Look and revel. Revel and comment (which you can also do below at the bottom of this post).
Over 25,000 people showed up to watch one of the longest MLS games ever. Not only did the teams battle to a 0-0 tie at the end of regulation, “power dips” on the ...
