DeRosario, Ashe Lead Houston Dynamo to Champions Cup Semifinals

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Posted Mar 19th 2008 11:40PM by David J. Warner
Filed under: Houston, Soccer, MLS, Soccer Posts

It took the Houston Dynamo about 135 minutes to break through against Guatemalan champs Municipal, but by the time the smoke -- and the streamers from the Texian Army -- had cleared, Dwayne DeRosario had a brace, and the Dynamo had a 3-1 victory and a spot in the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals.

Much of the credit for this win, though, goes to Corey Ashe, the former Tar Heel whose pure speed down the left flank gave Municipal fits all night. Ashe set up scoring opportunities for his teammates most of the evening and drew the penalty that led to DeRosario's second goal. It was a crap call, that penalty, and Municipal players hemmed and hawed about it (and everything else) most of the night, but the Dynamo weren't about to turn it down.

The defending MLS Cup champions join D.C. United in the Champions Cup semifinals. They will face the winner of tomorrow night's Deportivo Saprissa v. Atlante match in Costa Rica. Atlante has a 2-1 lead after the first leg in Mexico last week.

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