Umm, did I say Houston looked to be on the rise? On the national stage tonight Houston looked a bit short of impressive, falling to expansion San Jose tonight 2-1. Kei Kamara opened the scoring in the 67th, and Ivan Guerrero all but sealed it with the 2nd in the 81st minute. Houston pressure late as Ching netted the consolation goal in the 88th minute, and they knocked on the door through four minutes of stoppage, but road points were not meant to be. Will someone please tell me what I should expect from this Houston club? They start the season miserably, then put together some solid wins showing why they are the champs, then suddenly drop one to the expansion cellar-dwellers. Do we give them a pass being on the road? Did they look past San Jose? I would think the motivation should have been there considering Houston's franchise was previously in San Jose, so it's almost an instant rivalry. On the bright side it may be a rivalry set to build as Ching took out Cochrane at the final whistle drawing some jawing between the two clubs.
In world soccer action today, Rangers dropped their away match against Aberdeen 2-0, while Celtic took care of business on the road at Dundee. What a disappointing end to a campaign for Rangers, losing the UEFA Cup final and blowing the league title.
It was not a good day for Europe in the youth tournament in France. Japan knocked off the hosts 2-1 while Chile defeated the Netherlands 2-0. The United States (albeit somewhat makeshift) team takes on Ivory Coast at 12:30 EST tomorrow afternoon, live on Fox Soccer Channel.
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