Heading into the match, the Dynamo were riding on a two match winning and shut-out streak, having won on identical 1-0 score lines away at Chivas and San Jose in the past couple of weeks. Despite showing well early on and throughout much of the match, two early goals doomed the Dynamo as they ultimately fell 2-0 to the Sounders in front of yet another sell-out crowd at Century Link Field.
The first came in the twenty third minute, Alvaro Fernandez taking a corner kick which got headed clear straight into the feet of David Estrada. He took a crack, and the ball easily evaded Houston goalkeeper Tally Hall thanks to a rather nasty deflection on the way in. Initially the goal was ruled as a Geoff Cameron own goal, but after further review the goal was deservedly credited to Estrada for his fourth of the season. The second came just four minutes later off of another corner. This time, however, it was a penalty. As Patrick Ianni was rising to head the ball Geoff Cameron gave him a nice shove in the back, the referee making no hesitation in blowing the whistle and pointing to the spot. None other than Brad Evans stepped up to take the penalty, and despite betraying his placement, easily powered it past Hall for his first of the 2012 season.
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