A sellout crowd showed up hoping to see Galaxy star David Beckham, but he missed the trip due to injury. Los Angeles still earned the win, rallying from an early Nate Jaqua goal with tallies from Carlos Pavon and Gavin Glinton.
LA Galaxy (8-13-6) vs. Houston Dynamo (14-8-6)
October 7, 2007 -- Robertson Stadium, Houston TX
Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Nate Jaqua 7 (Joseph Ngwenya 4, Craig Waibel 2) 21
LA -- Carlos Pavon 3 (Landon Donovan 10) 46+
LA -- Gavin Glinton 4 (Cobi Jones 5, Landon Donovan 11) 77
LA Galaxy -- Joe Cannon, Ty Harden (Mike Randolph 26), Ante Jazic, Chris Klein, Troy Roberts, Cobi Jones, Kyle Martino (Gavin Glinton 45), Josh Tudela, Peter Vagenas (Kevin Harmse 71), Landon Donovan, Carlos Pavon.
Substitutes Not Used: Steve Cronin, Edson Buddle, Quavas Kirk, Kyle Veris.
Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad, Wade Barrett, Ryan Cochrane, Eddie Robinson, Craig Waibel (Brad Davis 79), Corey Ashe (Stuart Holden 61), Dwayne De Rosario, Brian Mullan, Richard Mulrooney, Nate Jaqua, Joseph Ngwenya (Chris Wondolowski 87).
Substitutes Not Used: Zach Wells, Paul Dalglish, Patrick Ianni.
Misconduct Summary:
HOU -- Nate Jaqua (caution; Dissent) 59
LA -- Jose Tudela (caution; Reckless foul) 84
LA -- Joe Cannon (caution; Professional foul) 91+
gameSumLabel">Referee: Abbey Okulaja
gameSumLabel">Referee's Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry, Peter Balciunas
gameSumLabel">4th official: Jair Marrufo
gameSumLabel">Attendance: 30,588
Weather: Cloudy-and-88-degrees
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
