The Houston Dynamo, damaged by giving up two goals and a red card in the first 16 minutes, lost to Colorado 3-0 on the road tonight.

Brian Ching started the match for Houston but was replaced at halftime with the Dynamo down 3-0 and playing with only 10 men.

The Dynamo (6-11-5) return to action on Sunday, Sept. 5, when they play host to the San Jose Earthquakes.

HoustonDynamo.com recap: http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2010/08/dynamo-done-red-card-early-goals

Houston Chronicle article: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/soc/7176321.html

Houston Dynamo (6-11-5) vs. Colorado Rapids (8-6-7)
August 28, 2010 — Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City CO

Scoring Summary:
COL — Jamie Smith 1 (Conor Casey 4) 2
COL — Omar Cummings 6 (Conor Casey 5, Pablo Mastroeni 2) 16
COL — Conor Casey 8 (unassisted) 23

Houston Dynamo — Pat Onstad, Richard Mulrooney, Bobby Boswell, Geoff Cameron, Andrew Hainault, Danny Cruz, Lovel Palmer, Anthony Obodai (Eddie Robinson 25), Brian Mullan, Brian Ching (Cam Weaver 46), Dominic Oduro (Mike Chabala 23).
Substitutes Not Used: Tally Hall, Corey Ashe, Brad Davis, Joseph Ngwenya.

Colorado Rapids — Ian Joyce, Kosuke Kimura, Marvell Wynne (Danny Earls 43), Julien Baudet (Scott Palguta 69), Drew Moor, Mehdi Ballouchy, Jeff Larentowicz, Pablo Mastroeni (Wells Thompson 60), Jamie Smith, Conor Casey, Omar Cummings.
Substitutes Not Used: Chris Sharpe, Andre Akpan, Quincy Amarikwa, Claudio Lopez.

Misconduct Summary:
HOU — Lovel Palmer (ejection; Serious Foul Play) 10
COL — Pablo Mastroeni (caution; Unsporting Behavior) 11
HOU — Danny Cruz (caution; Reckless Foul) 70
COL — Conor Casey (caution; Handball) 72