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				<title><![CDATA[Kamara's goal gives Dynamo 1-0 win over Wizards]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By STEVE BRISENDINE
STATS MLS Correspondent

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (STATS) - Kei Kamara turned his game-winning
goal into a tribute to the late King of Pop.

Kamara donned a glove and did a Michael Jackson-style dance
after scoring in the first half of the Houston Dynamo's 1-0
victory over the Kansas City Wizards on Saturday night.

"It was just something I had in my pocket," said Kamara, who
scored on Mike Chabala's first career assist. "Soccer's fun.
It's kind of disappointing to see that Michael's gone, but the
only thing I could do was celebrate the moment. I used to dance
like Michael when I was a little kid back in Africa, in talent
shows. So I had to bring that one out."

Houston's Pat Onstad made three saves for his eighth shutout of
the year, giving him the MLS lead over Chivas USA's Zach
Thornton.

The Dynamo (9-3-4), who extended their Western Conference lead
to four points over Chivas, broke a two-match winless streak.

Kansas City (5-6-4) controlled the run of play early, with three
clear scoring opportunities in the first 11 minutes, before
Houston scored on a counterattack in the 18th.

Corey Ashe sent a long pass down the left side to Chabala, whose
left-footed cross found Kamara in front of the net. Kamara
outjumped central defender Rauwshan McKenzie and headed the ball
home from just inside the 6-yard box.

"In pregame, Dom (coach Dominic Kinnear) gave me the green
light," Chabala said. "He told me to get forward, get around
them and give Cory an option. Cory played a perfect ball to me,
nice and easy, like we do in training every Thursday. I put a
good ball across, and Kei did the rest of the work."

McKenzie, making his first MLS start, was filling in for U.S.
national team defender Jimmy Conrad. Conrad was called up to the
Gold Cup squad but is out with a hamstring injury that he
aggravated in Sunday's 3-1 SuperLiga loss to Mexican side Santos
Laguna.

"I'm sure they were saying, 'Hey, this is his first start. Let's
go after him. He's going to be nervous,'" said McKenzie, who
recovered to play a mostly solid game in central defense. "It
comes with the job. I don't mind it."

That was a key part of Houston's strategy, Chabala said.

"We definitely wanted to go at both the center backs and make it
hard for them," he said. "It was one of their guys' first game,
and we just wanted to give them a handful."

The Wizards had two late chances to equalize, but couldn't
convert either of them.

In the 83rd minute, Josh Wolff's header hit the ground and
bounced off the underside of the crossbar. The ball bounced
around in front of the goal, but Abe Thompson's attempt to put
back the rebound went wide.

Claudio Lopez's free kick from just outside the penalty area, in
the closing seconds of stoppage time, also missed by inches.

"When you make adjustments and you have two clear chances, you
figure you bury one and walk away with a point," Wizards coach
Curt Onalfo said.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:38:31 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Dynamo-Wizards Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By DAN PIERINGER
STATS Writer

Houston (8-3-4) at Kansas City (5-5-4), 9:00 p.m. EDT

The Houston Dynamo had the longest undefeated streak in club
history snapped in their last match, getting shut out for the
first time since April. Starting a new streak Saturday night
could be tough with their top two scorers missing.

Playing without Brian Ching and Stuart Holden, the league-best
Dynamo look to rebound from their first loss in 12 matches as
they visit a Kansas City Wizards team playing its first league
match in three weeks.

Houston (8-3-4) went 8-0-3 during a franchise-record 11-match
unbeaten run that started April 11 and ended with a 1-0 defeat
at Los Angeles on Sunday, the first of four straight games on
the road.

The Dynamo were outshot 12-5 while being held without a goal for
the first time since playing New York to a scoreless draw in the
first match of their undefeated streak.

"We always want to win, no matter where we play," midfielder
Richard Mulrooney told the team's official Web site. "Home or
away. (Sunday's loss) was disappointing because we didn't win,
but looking at the big picture, we're on a pretty good run and
right now, so we are going to try to get that form back."

That could be challenging without Ching and Holden, who both
will be competing with the U.S. national team in the CONCACAF
Gold Cup. Ching leads Houston with five goals in 10 matches, and
Holden ranks second in goals (four) and assists (three).

The Dynamo don't seem to be too concerned about missing two of
their top offensive options.

"Every summer, it has been like this," Mulrooney said. "We have
veteran guys that have been through this and injuries do come
up. And then there are national team callups and we know those
are going to happen.

"But we have guys that aren't starting here that would be
starting on just about any other team. Now they will be starting
for us, and I think that is what makes us more comfortable with
our situation than some other teams would be."

The Wizards (5-5-4) will have to make adjustments of their own
for their first league match since a 3-1 win over New England on
June 13. They'll be without second-leading scorer Davy Arnaud
and versatile defender Jimmy Conrad, both with the U.S. national
team. Midfielder Roger Espinoza also will be participating in
the Gold Cup with Honduras.

Kansas City is 0-4-2 versus the Dynamo, including a playoff loss
in 2007, since winning the clubs' first meeting 2-1 on April 8,
2006.

Because of international absences, the Wizards will have
Rauwshan McKenzie make his MLS debut. The 22-year-old defender,
drafted in the fourth round out of Michigan State in 2008, is
expected to start.

"I think it just shows that (coach Curt Onalfo) has a lot of
confidence in me to put me on the field to start the game,
especially against a team like Houston," McKenzie told the
Wizards' official Web site. "They are high up in the Western
Conference, so I'm really excited.

"I just have to try to make myself as prepared as possible to go
out and perform at my highest potential."]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:59:18 GMT</pubDate>
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