![]() Jack Ryan is the perfect show to watch while you wait for the confirmed season 2 of The Night Agent to arrive. The two shows share intense, action-packed themes and episodes that leave you wanting more. Each subsequent season follows a new story and presumably as will also happen with The Night Agent, a new setting. ![]() Sound familiar? In the case of Ryan, it’s because a series of questionable bank charges from an Islamic extremist leads to him investigating the threat. Not a single player survives from that 2018 side to today’s Houston Dynamo, a squad rebuilt in the image of new coach Ben Olsen.Ī master motivator, Olsen – working with GM Pat Onstad, a member of the 1999 Rochester Rhinos who famously won the Open Cup as a second-division team in the MLS era – has built his team around Mexico international Hector Herrera.Ī raft of interesting attacking options, like young Americans Corey Baird and Nigerian Ibrahim Aliyu, also make the Dynamo a dangerous proposition for Semifinal opponents Real Salt Lake.Īnd playing at home – in steamy Houston in late August – offers a familiar edge to the hosts.Jack Ryan is another political thriller about a CIA analyst ( The Office‘s John Krasinski) who works a desk job but somehow finds himself thrust into the dangerous world of fieldwork. it’s a tradition they’ve yet to shake to this day. To be champions is special, and I’m so glad everyone can feel this.”įor the defeated Philadelphia, it was a third loss in an Open Cup Final since starting life in MLS. “This one feels damn good,” Beasley said while his teammates celebrated around him after the final whistle, minutes before lifting his last trophy as a player. It was Houston’s first title since the 20 back-to-back MLS Cup triumphs – and a first U.S. Austin Trusty’s own goal in the 65th minute ended the contest (3-0) The Union were treading water by the time Manotas hit his second in the 25th minute. Manotas had the ball in the net inside five minutes and a Union side, led even then by Alejandro Bedoya and Andre Blake, were pinned back early. Houston speed-merchants Quioto, Oscar Boniek Garcia and Alberth Ellis were a blur on that sweltering night in late September. “It’s important that we keep it tight.” Union Routed ![]() “If this game turns into a track meet – up and down – we’re in big trouble,” were the fateful words of Philadelphia Union boss Jim Curtin the day before the decider. Laurent Ciman and little Latif Blessing – a champion the year before with Sporting KC – missed their penalties as Houston moved on to a first-ever Open Cup Final.Īnd yes, you guessed, it was at home again. Perhaps the pressure of the occasion got to LAFC who, if they won, would have hosted that year’s Final at their brand-new stadium. It sent the game to extra-time and, eventually, penalties. Manotas scored his fourth of the tournament before a 95th minute equalizer (3-3) sealed Rossi’s hat-trick. Goals tumbled out of the humid Houston night. Goal-Fest Drops LAFCįrom there, the game spun wide open. And a Dynamo side, flagging in league play and seeming resigned to a one-front fight, looked like they might have reached the end of their Open Cup road.ĭiego Rossi put the LA men up after only six minutes. ![]() The Southern California powerhouse, playing in their first season in MLS, were desperately hunting a first-ever crown to start life in the top flight. The lean and speedy Manotas bagged the other two goals to move up the scoring charts ahead of a crucial Semifinal, again with a home-field advantage, against league darlings (and heavy favorites) LAFC. Romell Quito scored twice in a 4-2 win over defending 2017 Open Cup champions Sporting Kansas City.
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