MLS Cup 2011 Live Blog: Play-by-Play Analysis, Reaction and More
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The Philip F. Anschutz Trophy, given to the winner of MLS Cup.
This is it. The finale to the 2011 Major League Soccer season: MLS Cup 2011, live from the Home Depot Center in Carson, California on Sunday, Nov. 20. Bruce Arena's Los Angeles Galaxy, the champions of the MLS Western Conference, take on Dominic Kinnear's Houston Dynamo, the kings of the MLS Eastern Conference, in front of a sold-out crowd of 27,000 strong in Victoria Street.
Bleacher Report's Jo-Ryan Salazar brings you a special all-day blog of all the action, including pregame buildup, the history of this event, as well as the road each of the two teams took to get here.
Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET and will be televised by ESPN, Galavision and TSN 2. The live blog is scheduled to begin at 6 a.m. PT/9 a.m. ET.
As always, keep it right here on Bleacher Report for all things world football, including Major League Soccer.
Thank you very much for following this Live Blog on Bleacher Report. The Los Angeles Galaxy are your 2011 champions of Major League Soccer!
90' + 3' -
Yellow card 10 Landon Donovan
Los Angeles Galaxy
It's over! It's all over!
FINAL
LOS ANGELES GALAXY 1
Landon Donovan 72'
HOUSTON DYNAMO 0
90' + 2' - Two minutes now!
90' + 1' - You've got three minutes, Galaxy! Free kick.
90' - David Beckham gets up and will need to tough it out the last few minutes.
Yellow card 31 Andre Hainault
Houston Dynamo
89' - Jermaine Taylor now, and here is another throw-in for Houston.
88' - Throw-in, Los Angeles. El Batallon keeps the spirit up.
87' - Carlo Costly concedes a [costly?] set piece. It's taken short.
86' - Landon Donovan concedes a throw-in. Spirited defending from LA.
85' - Corner for the Houston Dynamo. Here is the Orange's bread and butter. It's Adam Moffat to take, as suspected in my preview, but it's no dice.
84' - Substitution Houston Dynamo
IN 10 Je-Vaughn Watson
OUT 26 Corey Ashe
Here comes the defensive clinic. Ten minutes of disciplined football, Mr. Arena?
83' - Could it be the 83rd minute that the Galaxy start parking the bus? A 1-0 lead is not secure enough.
82' - Yellow card 23 David Beckham
Los Angeles Galaxy
One for the team, Ian Darke says. An honest statement, that.
81' - Landon Donovan nearly got his brace. A lot of wasted chances tonight for the G's.
80' - We are officially into crunch time, and Los Angeles are hanging on to a precarious 1-0 lead over Houston. 28,281 were on hand tonight. Well done, fans.
79' - Another shot from Donovan, but Keane was looking for the delivery. The Irishman was offsides, though. A true testament to LD's time-honored football savvy.
78' - Substitution Houston Dynamo
IN 7 Colin Clark
OUT 5 Danny Cruz
Robbie Keane got the assist on the Donovan goal.
77' - Here comes the Dynamo with their next sequence.
76' - Cleared. John Harkes argues that it's a "commentator's curse" to put a hex on Beckham. Yes, John, you are most certainly correct.
75' - Yellow card 31 Andre Hainault
Houston Dynamo
Can David Beckham deliver?
74' - A harsh challenge on Mike Magee.
73' - Houston with some excellent buildup, but Sean Franklin is there to make a stop.
72' - That is the breakthrough that Los Angeles needs. Now it is up to Houston to respond and make this a game.
71' - So this is the crapshoot that is MLS Cup. Not all records are what they seem...or is it?
GOAL Los Angeles Galaxy 10 Landon Donovan
Los Angeles Galaxy
70' - Josh Saunders hoofs it in this continuing stalemate.
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