The Dynamo recovered to book their place in the semifinals with a comprehensive win over D.C. United. Ricardo Clark and Bobby Boswell scored with first-half headers, and Stuart Holden sewed things up with a transition goal in the 84th minute.
Houston Dynamo (2-1-0) vs. D.C. United (0-3-0)
July 19, 2008 -- RFK Stadium, Washington DC
SuperLiga -- Group A
Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Ricardo Clark 1 (Brad Davis 2) 12
HOU -- Bobby Boswell 1 (Brad Davis 3) 28
DC -- Francis Doe 2 (Marc Burch 1) 76
HOU -- Stuart Holden 3 (Brian Ching 1) 84
Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad, Craig Waibel, Bobby Boswell, Eddie Robinson (Patrick Ianni 64), Wade Barrett, Geoff Cameron, Ricardo Clark, Brad Davis (Stuart Holden 46+), Corey Ashe, Dwayne De Rosario (Brian Ching 74), Brian Mullan (Chris Wondolowski 74).
Substitutes Not Used: unavailable.
D.C. United -- Zach Wells, Pat Carroll, Bryan Namoff (Mike Zaher 76), Devon McTavish, Marc Burch, Craig Thompson, Clyde Simms (Gonzalo Martinez 62), Fred (Quavas Kirk 63), Ryan Cordeiro, Francis Doe, Luciano Emilio (Rod Dyachenko 48+).
Substitutes Not Used: unavailable.
Misconduct Summary:
DC -- Fred (caution) 20
DC -- Luciano Emilio (caution) 21
DC -- Rod Ryachenko (caution) 81
gameSumLabel">Referee: Alex Prus
gameSumLabel">Referee's Assistants: Adam Wienckowski; C.J. Morgante
gameSumLabel">4th official: Andrew Chapin
gameSumLabel">Attendance: 12,893
Weather: Partly Cloudy-and-90-degrees
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
