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MLS: Chicago 1 Houston 2

1 November 2012 05:26

Will Bruin scored a brace for the Houston Dynamo to send the Chicago Fire crashing out of the MLS Eastern Conference playoffs on Wednesday.

The Dynamo striker scored a goal in each half to hand Houston a 2-0 lead at Toyota Park before Alex pulled a goal back seven minutes from full-time to make it 2-1.

The Fire started tentatively with goalkeeper Sean Johnson mishandling a couple of early balls before letting Bruin's header dribble in on 12 minutes.

The Fire lifted the tempo and managed several efforts on goal but it was Houston who went further ahead when Bruin grabbed a second from Calen Carr's delivery shortly after the break.

Chicago continued to press but only managed to pull one goal back in the second half through substitute Alex's deflected strike off the post.

An MLS Cup finalist in 2011, the Dynamo now advance to the conference's semi-finals on Sunday against top seed Kansas City.

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Chicago Fire

W D W W D

1 - 2

Houston Dynamo

L D W D L

Competition: MLS
Date: 1 November 2012
Kick-off: 02:30

Half-time: 0 - 1
Full-time: 1 - 2

Venue: Toyota Park (Bridgeview, Illinois)
Attendance: 10923

Goals

	0 - 1	12' W. Bruin
	0 - 2	46' W. Bruin
Alex 83'	1 - 2

Lineups

#	Player	Bookings
25	S. Johnson
23	A. Friedrich
13	G. Segares
6	J. Anibaba
22	A. Berry
17	P. Pardo
12	L. Pause
4	Á. Fernández
18	C. Rolfe
7	S. MacDonald
14	P. Nyarko
Coach: F. Klopas

#	Player	Bookings
1	T. Hall	90+1'
26	C. Ashe
4	J. Taylor
32	B. Boswell
8	K. Sarkodie
11	B. Davis	67'
13	R. Clark
27	B. García
16	A. Moffat
3	C. Carr
12	W. Bruin	12' 46'
Coach: D. Kinnear

Substitutes

#	Player	Bookings
71	Alex for L. Pause 46'	83'
8	D. Oduro for P. Pardo 60'
11	D. Paladini for J. Anibaba 75'
3	D. Gargan
15	W. Thompson
21	M. Videira
70	P. Tornaghi

#	Player	Bookings
9	M. Kandji for C. Carr 78'
25	B. Ching for W. Bruin 78'
15	C. Weaver
17	Luiz Camargo
23	G. Barnes
24	T. Deric
31	A. Hainault

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12:29	Baldini appointed as Tottenham technical director
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10:47	Coyle´s Wigan tenure begins at Barnsley
10:16	Celtic to start with Ross County test
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17:23	Van Dijk attracting foreign interest
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16:54	Brentford confirm signing of Bidwell from Everton
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