Summary
Playing yet another road game on turf in a hostile environment, the Dynamo took a 1-0 lead on the first Dynamo goal by Ade Akinbiyi. Houston gamely tried to hold the lead, with Brian Mullan playing through injury when the Dynamo ran out of substitutions, but former Dynamo Nate Jaqua tied the game in the 89th minute, and Stephen King netted the winner early in overtime. Tally Hall tied a club record with 10 saves in a sterling performance.
Notes
The Houston Dynamo were eliminated from the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Tuesday night after a 2-1 overtime loss to the Seattle Sounders at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Wash. The Sounders advance to the championship game against D.C. United September 2.
The Dynamo took a 1-0 lead on a 32nd minute goal from Ade Akinbiyi. After a long ball was headed around the top of the penalty area, Akinbiyi controlled it and fired by Kasey Keller from close range for his first goal as a member of the Dynamo.
In a physical, hotly-contested game, the Sounders carried play throughout the second half and were denied by the outstanding efforts of Dynamo goalkeeper Tally Hall, a Gig Harbor, Wash. native, and several blocks by Dynamo defenders, including Brad Davis and Bobby Boswell.
Seattle finally broke through to tie the game in the 89th minute when former Dynamo player Nate Jaqua cashed in on a penalty-area lay-off from Sebastien Le Toux, tying the match.
The Sounders got the go-ahead goal four minutes into overtime when Stephen King was the first to a loose ball in the penalty area, slamming it by Hall before he could react.
Seattle finished the game with 10 men after defender Jhon Kennedy Hurtado was sent off in the 110th minute, but the Dynamo could not tie the game.
Dynamo goalkeeper Tally Hall finished with 10 saves, tying a Dynamo single-game record set by Pat Onstad last year.
Houston midfielder Brian Mullan, a second-half substitute, was injured late in regulation but stayed in to play the entire overtime at forward despite limping.
The Dynamo are now 0-2 all-time in Open Cup semifinals; they lost 3-1 to the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2006. Seattle had been eliminated in the semifinals in each of the last two years as a minor league club, falling in overtime to FC Dallas in 2007 and in penalty kicks to the Charleston Battery in 2008.
Houston finished 3-3-1 on its stretch of seven consecutive road games, which consisted of four MLS games and three Open Cup games. The Dynamo will return home for a Saturday game against the New England Revolution, their first home game since June 20.
Houston was without forwards Brian Ching (U.S. national team) and Cam Weaver (groin strain), midfielder Stuart Holden (U.S. national team), and defenders Richard Mulrooney (knee surgery) and Eddie Robinson (knee surgery).
Midfielder Brad Davis appeared in his 115th career game for the Dynamo and made his 99th career Dynamo start.
Houston Dynamo
vs. Seattle Sounders
July 21, 2009 -- Starfire Sports Complex, Tukwila WA
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup -- Semifinals
Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Ade Akinbiyi 1 (unassisted) 32
SEA -- Nate Jaqua (Sebastien Le Toux) 89
SEA -- Stephen King 2 (unassisted) 95
Houston Dynamo -- Tally Hall, Andre Hainault, Bobby Boswell, Julius James (Mike
Chabala 60), Danny Cruz, Corey Ashe (Brian Mullan 68), Erik Ustruck,
Brad Davis, John Michael Hayden, Dominic Oduro (Kei Kamara 65), Ade
Akinbiyi.
Substitutes Not Used: Wade Barrett, Pat Onstad, Craig Waibel, Cam Weaver.
Seattle Sounders
-- Kasey Keller, James Riley, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Tyrone Marshall, Tyson
Wahl (Roger Levesque 84), Sanna Nyassi (Steve Zakuani 61), Stephen
King, Peter Vagenas (Osvaldo Alonso 65), Sebastien Le Toux, Fredy
Montero, Nate Jaqua.
Substitutes Not Used: Terry Boss, Lamar Neagle, Zach Scott, Nathan Sturgis.
Misconduct Summary:
HOU -- Julius James (caution; Reckless Tackle) 30
HOU -- Bobby Boswell (caution; Dissent) 30
HOU -- Brad Davis (caution; Delaying a Restart) 43
SEA -- Nate Jaqua (caution; Reckless Foul) 63
SEA -- Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (caution; Reckless Tackle) 67
HOU -- Brian Mullan (caution; Reckless Tackle) 70
SEA -- Tyrone Marshall (caution; Unsporting Behavior) 80
HOU -- Mike Chabala (caution; Reckless Tackle) 91+
SEA -- Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (ejection; Second Caution) 110
gameSumLabel">Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
gameSumLabel">Referee's Assistants: Ian Anderson; Eric Boria
gameSumLabel">4th official: Baldomero Toledo
gameSumLabel">Attendance: 4,895
Weather: Sunny-and-86 degrees
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
