Video: Houston Dynamo 1 – UNAM Pumas 3 Highlights (CONCACAF Champions League)

Match report from mlsnet.com

HOUSTON — Wednesday’s CONCACAF Champions League match against Pumas UNAM started more than 45 minutes late and the Houston Dynamo never caught up.

The Dynamo were beaten 3-1 by Pumas UNAM of Mexico and lost their first match of any kind since dropping a 3-0 decision at New York in an MLS league game on Aug. 24.

The game started in a driving rain after being delayed due to heavy thunderstorms. The wind shifted out of the north, and the temperature fell to its coldest reading of the season.

Pumas scored two goals in the first half and added a third in the second to send the Dynamo to third place in Group B play of the CONCACAF tournament. Houston is now 1-2-1 with five points and trails both Pumas (nine points) and El Salvador’s CD Luis Angel Firpo (2-1-1, seven points).

The Dynamo still have two matches against Firpo and will need four points (a win and a draw) in order to advance to the knockout stage.
Scoring Summary:
PUM — Juan Carlos Cacho 1 (penalty kick) 19
PUM — Fernando Espinoza 1 (Orlando Pineda ) 30
HOU — Own Goal (Marco Antonio Palacios) 39
PUM — Marco Antonio Palacios 1 (Ismael Iñiguez ) 69

Pumas UNAM — Alejandro Palacios, David Cabrera, Fernando Espinoza, Luis Fuentes, Orlando Pineda, Marco Antonio Palacios, Jehu Chiapas, Ismael Iñiguez, Fernando Santana, Juan Carlos Cacho, Martín Bravo (Javier Cortés 90).

Substitutes Not Used: Eduardo Herrera, Salvador Medina, Odin Patiño, Juan Ramírez, Luis Rosas

Houston Dynamo — Pat Onstad, Craig Waibel, Patrick Ianni (Brad Davis 70), Eddie Robinson, Wade Barrett, Geoff Cameron, Ricardo Clark (Richard Mulrooney 46), Stuart Holden (Dwayne De Rosario 62), Corey Ashe, Nate Jaqua, Kei Kamara.

Substitutes Not Used: Chris Wondolowski, Tony Caig, Mike Chabala, Guy-Roland Kpene