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DALLAS BURN GAME SUMMARY
EDDIE JOHNSON OVERTIME GOAL SENDS BURN TO VICTORY Burn Keeps Home Field Advantage Hopes Alive With Victory WASHINGTON, DC - The Dallas Burn kept alive their hopes of home field advantage in the first round of the playoffs with a 4-3 overtime decision at DC United tonight. In order to get home field advantage, the Burn must now hope for a Colorado loss or tie in their match vs. Kansas City on Friday night. Should the Burn gain home field advantage, Game 1 would be on Wednesday, September 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cotton Bowl. In the event they do not gain home field advantage, Game 1 would be Wednesday at Colorado with Game 2 on Saturday, September 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cotton Bowl. Dallas struck for the game-winning goal in the 96th minute on a great hustle play by Joselito Vaca. A 50-50 ball to the left of the goal between Vaca and United 'keeper Nick Rimando was won by Vaca. With Rimando out of the net, Vaca sent a looping cross into the box, which was chested down by Eddie Johnson. Johnson settled the ball and hit a left-footer just inside the right post for the victory. The Burn had two quality chances in the first 30 minutes of the match on great balls from Antonio Martinez. In the 25th minute, Martinez beat three United players on the dribble before threading a cross to a rushing Bobby Rhine at the top of the box. Rhine's first touch failed him, however, and Rimando rushed out to smother the ball. In the 33rd minute, Martinez nutmegged a United defender and sent the ball to Kreis at the left side of the box. Kreis' left-footer was deflected just wide of the goal for a corner kick. On the ensuing corner, Chad Deering's cross was knocked out by the hand of United defender Bryan Namoff, resulting in a penalty kick. Jorge Rodriguez placed the ensuing penalty kick to the right corner of the goal, just out of the reach of Rimando. Burn 'keeper Matt Jordan came up with two huge saves in the first half to keep United off of the board. In the 29th minute, Henry Zambrano hit a wicked volley from the left side of the box that Jordan dove to snare. Then, in the closing moments of the first half, Jordan came up big again. A Zambrano shot on goal was inadvertently deflected out by Eddie Pope, with the rebound falling to Jose Alegria 10 yards from goal. Alegria one-timed a right-footer that Jordan was able to knock down with his arm. With the ball sitting just a foot from the goal line, Oscar Pareja cleared it out of danger. United pulled even just three minutes into the second half on a great finish by Bobby Convey. Convey played a give-and-go with Eliseo Quintanilla, freeing Convey on the left side of the box. With Jordan coming out to cut the angle, Convey ripped a left-footer just inside the left post. United took the lead in the 65th minute, with Zambrano finding the back of the net. Ben Olsen sent a cross into the box just ahead of Burn defender Tenywa Bonseu and into the path of a breaking Zambrano. With Jordan charging off of his line, Zambrano beat Jordan to the ball and flicked it over him. The Burn evened it up in the 74th minute with a great shot by Martinez. Chad Deering found Martinez at the left corner of the box with Martinez seemingly poised to cross the ball. With Rimando cheating off of his line in anticipation of the cross, Martinez sent a deft chip that found the right side netting. The Burn took the lead once again with a goal in the 80th minute. as Vaca found Rhine breaking down the right flank. Rhine outran Pope to the ball and hit a right-footer just inside the left post. United evened the game once again in the dying moments of the match, striking in injury time. Marco Etcheverry played a through ball to Ali Curtis in the left side of the box. Curtis' shot found the lower left corner of the goal, sending the game into overtime. Linescore 1 2 OT F Dallas 1 2 2 4 DC United 0 3 0 3 Scoring Summary: DAL - Rodriguez (PK) 34', Martinez (Deering, Johnson) 74', Rhine (Vaca) 80', Johnson (Vaca) 96' DC - Convey (Quintanilla) 48', Zambrano (Olsen, Quintinalla) 65', Curtis (Etcheverry, Villegas) 92+ LINEUPS DALLAS BURN - Matt Jordan, Jorge Rodriguez, Tenywa Bonseu, Steve Morrow, Matt Behncke, Ronnie O'Brien, Chad Deering, Antonio Martinez, Oscar Pareja (Joselito Vaca 69'), Bobby Rhine (Lee Morrison 87'), Jason Kreis (Eddie Johnson 67') DC UNITED - Nick Rimando, Milton Reyes, Eddie Pope, Bryan Namoff, Ben Olsen, Jose Alegria (Richie Williams 68'), Marco Etcheverry, Bobby Convey, Petter Villegas, Henry Zambrano (Jaime Moreno 67'), Eliseo Quintanilla (Ali Curtis 77') STATS DAL DC Shots 15 21 Shots on Goal 9 9 Saves 6 4 Fouls 18 17 Offside 3 2 Corner Kicks 6 13 Cautions: DAL - Rodriguez 38', Morrow 41', Behncke 91' DC - Namoff 20' Ejections: None Referee: Ricardo Salazar Referee's Assistants: George Vergara, Steve Taylor Attendance: 13,889 www.dallasburn.com |