GAME 8 – May 9, 2009

FC DALLAS 0, HOUSTON DYNAMO 1

Robertson Stadium – Houston, TX

Scoring:

HOU -- Kei Kamara 1 (Stuart Holden 3, Brad Davis 3) 58

FC DALLAS: Ray Burse, Drew Moor, George John, Steve Purdy, Blake Wagner (Dax McCarty 73), Andre Rocha (Eric Avila 76), Marcelo Saragosa, David Ferreira, Dave van den Bergh, Jeff Cunningham (Peri Marosevic 84), Kenny Cooper.

Subs Not Used: Josh Lambo, Bruno Guarda, Daniel Torres, Anthony Wallace.

Shots – 6; Shots on Goal – 1; Total Saves – 3; Fouls – 9; Offsides – 2; Corner Kicks – 4

HOUSTON DYNAMO: Pat Onstad, Richard Mulrooney, Bobby Boswell, Geoff Cameron, Andrew Hainult, Brian Mullan, Ricardo Clark, Stuart Holden, Brad Davis (Corey Ashe 83), Kei Kamara (Chris Wondolowski 94+), Brian Ching (Ade Akinbiyi 85).

Subs Not Used: Tally Hall, Mike Chabala, Julius James, Craig Waibel.

Shots – 11; Shots on Goal – 4; Total Saves – 1; Fouls – 9; Offsides – 6; Corner Kicks – 5

Misconduct Summary:

DAL -- Blake Wagner (caution) 31

DAL -- David Ferreira (caution) 62

HOU -- Brad Davis (caution) 62

DAL -- Kenny Cooper (caution) 75

NOTES:

· After losing its third consecutive regular season game, FC Dallas is now 1-6-1 (4 pts) on the year.

· Dallas is 1-6-5 all-time versus the Houston Dynamo and 0-5-2 at Robertson Stadium.

· This was the first of three regular season games against the Dynamo, with the remaining two matches to be played at Pizza Hut Park (June 13 and August 6).

· Forward Kenny Cooper tonight started his 40th consecutive regular season game dating back to the 2007 season. Only two players have started more consecutive contests at the position: Taylor Twellman, who set the mark from 2005-2007 and Alejandro Moreno, who matched the feat from 2007-2008.

· Five Dallas players have now started all eight regular season games: David Ferreira, Kenny Cooper, Drew Moor, Blake Wagner, and Dave van den Bergh. Moor, Ferreira and van den Bergh are the only three to have played every minute this year.

· Rookie defender George John returned to the starting lineup in central defense after missing the last two games with a strained left hamstring.

· Steve Purdy started alongside John to make his third start of the season, and first since March 29 versus Chivas USA.

· Forward Jeff Cunningham also made his return to the field after sitting out the May 2 game at DC United with a right hamstring injury.

· Midfielder and captain Pablo Ricchetti (right ankle) and goalkeeper Dario Sala (left knee) both missed tonight’s game due to injury.

· In addition to starting in the defensive midfield spot for the first time this season, Marcelo Saragosa also wore the captain’s armband in Ricchetti’s place.

· With Saragosa shifting to the midfield, Drew Moor started his third game of the year on the right side of the defense.

· FC Dallas’ four-game road swing came to an end tonight. The team will return home to face the Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday, May 16 at 7:30 p.m. CT (live on FSN-SW).

Notes and statistic provided by FC Dallas Communications.