Crew Stays atop Eastern Conference Saturday with Scoreless Draw at Houston

HOUSTON, TX - July 10, 2010 - The Columbus Crew maintained their lead atop the Eastern Conference and extended the Houston Dynamo’s winless streak to six league games as both teams played to a defensive stalemate that ended scoreless at Robertson Stadium on Saturday night. 

The first half was a physical affair with Crew center backs Chad Marshall and Andy Iro battling Houston forwards Brian Ching and Cam Weaver. Both teams failed to create many first half opportunities with only one shot on goal each.

The defensive struggle continued into the second half with the best opportunities for both sides falling in a two-minute span. Houston substitute Brian Mullan laid a ball into the path of Weaver in the 80th minute, but the forward’s blast went mere inches wide of goal.

Just two minutes later, the Crew almost took the lead itself. Robbie Rogers fed the ball across the Houston box and found second half substitute forward Steven Lenhart open at the far post. As Lenhart lined up an open shot on goal, Dynamo defender Mike Chabala came out of nowhere and made a sprawling block on Lenhart’s effort.

The Crew now returns to friendly confines of Crew Stadium as it prepares to host a pair of MLS matches this week. The Black & Gold first welcomes Kansas City to town on Wednesday (July 14) at 7:30 p.m. on Bob Evans Buck-a-Brat night. The Crew will then host the New York Red Bulls on Saturday (July 17), also at 7:30 p.m., in a match-up of the Eastern Conference’s top two teams. Both matches will be broadcast live regionally on ONN-TV.

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