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February 25th,
2010 The Houston Dynamo
used a second-half hat trick from Dominic Oduro to earn a 4-1
scrimmage win over the University of Central Florida Tuesday
afternoon at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando,
Fla. The Dynamo will next compete in the Walt Disney World Pro
Soccer Classic this weekend, their first competition against MLS
teams this preseason. Houston will face the New York Red Bulls on
Thursday at 5 p.m. CT, with Toronto FC and FC Dallas playing in
the other semifinal. The losers will play at 5 p.m. on Saturday,
and the winners will play at 7:30 p.m. Fans can hear both Dynamo
games via an internet-only radio broadcast on HoustonDynamo.com.
In Tuesday's scrimmage, the Dynamo started four new trialists in
their first day with the team: Navion Boyd (Jamaica), Jonathan De
León (Mexico), Lovel Palmer (Jamaica), and Shaun Saiko (Canada).
Boyd scored the opening goal in the 28th minute after De León laid
back a cross from Danny Cruz. UCF tied the game in the 36th
minute, as Kevin George scored from an Eduardo Jimenez free kick.
In the second half, the Dynamo
continued in a 3-5-2 formation but changed lineups, and Dominic
Oduro netted three goals in a 14-minute span to earn Houston the
win. Brian Mullan set up the first goal with a cross, although he
later missed a penalty kick, and Oduro also scored on a breakaway
and from a deflected Corey Ashe cross. Oduro now has seven goals
in his last three preseason appearances. Goalkeepers Tally Hall
and Tyler Deric split the action for Houston.
Houston Dynamo vs. Central
Florida February 23, 2010 - ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
Preseason scrimmage
Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Navion Boyd (Jonatan De León, Danny Cruz) 28
UCF -- Kevin George (Eduardo Jimenez) 36
HOU -- Dominic Oduro (Brian Mullan) 61
HOU -- Dominic Oduro (unassisted) 64
HOU -- Dominic Oduro (unassisted) 74
Houston Dynamo 1st half -- Tally
Hall, Ryan Cochrane, Bobby Boswell, Wade Barrett, Danny Cruz,
Lovel Palmer, Jonathan De León, Shaun Saiko, Francisco Navas,
Navion Boyd, David Walker.
Houston Dynamo 2nd half -- Tyler
Deric, Erik Ustruck, Eddie Robinson, Mike Chabala, Brian Mullan,
Sammy Appiah, Peter Maciel, Léandre Griffit, Corey Ashe, Cam
Weaver, Dominic Oduro. |