Another Classic Semifinal between Pachuca and Houston

Much like the CONCACAF Cham­pi­ons Cup semi­fi­nals where Hous­ton and Pachuca played quite pos­si­bly the best game of club foot­ball not played on the Euro­pean con­ti­nent this year, the Dynamo were once again elim­i­nated by Pachuca in epic fash­ion. This match was every bit as excit­ing as the Cham­pi­ons Cup match, although it lacked the num­ber of near misses and the fran­tic pace of the extra time period of that match. Unfor­tu­nately for both Hous­ton and MLS, Pachuca, the reign­ing Mex­i­can Clausura, Copa Sudamer­i­cana, and CONCACAF Cham­pi­ons Cup win­ners are one step away from adding to their impres­sive sil­ver­ware case. Pachuca must be con­sid­ered a heavy favorite against either DC United or LA Galaxy, and since they have once again bested Hous­ton in epic fash­ion, one must won­der if the rivalry between the two reign­ing cham­pi­ons of their leagues could become one of the biggest in North Amer­ica. The extra time and PK shootout seemed every bit as tense as the extra time peri­ods we’ve seen in Cham­pi­ons League and the UEFA Cup, and that bodes well for the long term image of Superliga.

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