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On Sunday morning, the Houston Dynamo reserves clinched the MLS Reserve Division title in Carson, Calif. In San Salvador Tuesday night, they were three minutes from becoming the first Major League Soccer team to win on the road in the CONCACAF Champions League.
The Houston Dynamo hope to be celebrating a championship at The Home Depot Center in late November, but they got a dress rehearsal of sorts on Sunday.
The Houston Dynamo Reserves clinched the MLS Reserve Division title Sunday morning with a 3-0 win over Chivas USA. Houston finished with a 9-1-2 record, 29 points, and a better points-per-game average than Eastern Conference leader Kansas City (8-1-2).
Leading by a goal late in Saturday's match, the Houston Dynamo had a bounce go against them as a failed clearance resulted in a Chivas USA equalizer.
The Houston Dynamo and Chivas USA exchanged second-half goals before the teams settled for a regular season-ending 1-1 draw Saturday at The Home Depot Center. Houston's Dwayne De Rosario scored on a penalty kick in the 52nd minute, just after Chivas goalkeeper Dan Kennedy was sent off, while Chivas USA's Jim Curtin knocked in a rebound in the 90th minute to help a 10-man Chivas USA squad salvage a point.
For the second consecutive year, Chivas USA and the Houston Dynamo meet as the top two teams in the Western Conference - though this year the roles are reversed, after the Dynamo finished atop the division for the first time in club history.
To understand more about this Dynamo team, it helps to go back five years. Back five years to a different era of Major League Soccer.
Two days shy of two months. That is how long it had been since the Houston Dynamo suffered their last defeat on the field.
Wednesday's CONCACAF Champions League match against Pumas UNAM started more than 45 minutes late and the Houston Dynamo never caught up.
Forgive the Houston Dynamo for letting up just a little bit last weekend in their win against the Los Angeles Galaxy that clinched the Western Conference regular-season title.
