and second time against Houston -- in the 35th minute, when Jorge Rojas was sent off with a straight red card by referee Baldomero Toledo after a clash with Dynamo midfielder Brian Mullan.
• The Dynamo finally were able to take advantage in the 78th minute. Corey Ashe was freed on the left flank and swung in a cross to the far post where Chris Wondolowski came in to knock home a volley. The goal, his second on the season, was the 7,000th scored in MLS regular season play.
• But the Red Bulls were able to grab the equalizer two minutes from the end. Dane Richards popped the ball back into the Houston penalty area, John Wolyniec brought down with his chest, turned in tight quarters and fired past Dynamo goalkeeper Pat Onstad.
• Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear made two changes to the team that defeated FC Dallas 1-0 at home the weekend before. Mike Chabala came in at right back for the injured Richard Mulrooney, and Ade Akinbiyi made his first MLS start, in place of Brian Ching.
• Here's Kinnear's team (4-3-1-2): Pat Onstad - Mike Chabala (Corey Ashe 75), Bobby Boswell, Geoff Cameron, Andrew Hainault - Brian Mullan, Ricardo Clark, Brad Davis (Craig Waibel 91+) - Stuart Holden - Ade Akinbiyi (Chris Wondolowski 67), Kei Kamara. Substitutes Not Used: Brian Ching, Danny Cruz, Tally Hall, Julius James
• "I think we had the game well in hand and we were a bit irresponsible and immature, and we got punished for it," said Kinnear.
TEAM NEWS
• The late Wolyniec leveler snapped the Dynamo's shutout streak at 491 minutes, the longest in MLS this season, their first goal conceded since the April 4 visit to D.C. United.
• "In the end, we're unbeaten in five. It's a hard-earned point, and this isn't an easy place to come. And 10 men or not, you still gotta play the game," said Kinnear. "It was a physical game, the guys played very hard. I think the goal (we conceded) was avoidable, some mistakes were very avoidable, but we have two tough games coming up and we're looking forward to them."
• Two of Kinnear's substitutions led to the Dynamo goal. Corey Ashe, who came on with a quarter-hour left, put in a cross that 67th-minute sub Chris Wondolowski volleyed home - the 7,000th goal in MLS history.
• "We ended up making a couple of substitutions that worked well for the goal, I think we just got a little bit anxious to try and close out the game instead of trying to be a little more calm, and they got their goal out of it," said Kinnear. "It's one of those, I think you take a point, maybe when you're flying you would, but the way the point came about makes you a little bit frustrated."
• Ashe had come on for Mike Chabala, making his first start of the season at right back with the injury to Richard Mulrooney. Andrew Hainault was making his second MLS start at left back with Wade Barrett still injured.
• "There are opportunities for guys to come in and make an impact," Chabala said. "With the summer hitting and guys leaving for call-ups, it's a good opportunity for us to keep up the pressure and keep the wins coming. It will be a good test for us, but we are deep so it's good for us."
• Striker Brian Ching sat out the match with a hamstring strain, although he was listed as an available substitute. In his place, English Premier League veteran Ade Akinbiyi made his first start for the Dynamo since signing with the club last month.
• The Earthquakes game starts a run of three games out of the next four at Robertson Stadium, and the last two games in that stretch are against the current conference leaders, Chicago and Chivas USA. The Dynamo still have just eight goals on the season, one more than New England, which has scored the fewest in the league.
• "We finally got our goal, and on the road, and it's still very frustrating to not be able to close out a game, whether it was at home or on the road, up a guy and up a goal," Davis said. "The guys are upset, we feel like we lost two points, but it's over now and we have two home games next week."
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
The San Jose Earthquakes return to action after a weekend off, after their winless streak reached six games last time out, a 4-1 loss to the New York Red Bulls on May 8 at Giants Stadium. The Quakes have five points from seven matches, sitting in a tie for seventh place in the Western Conference with FC Dallas, 18 points behind first-place Chivas USA.
LAST MATCH
• Both teams were looking for a morale-boosting win. The Red Bulls had lost three on the trot, while the Earthquakes were winless in their last four games.
• But it was the Red Bulls who exploded from the gate, and had a four-goal lead before the game reached halftime. Jorge Rojas scored twice in the opening 13 minutes, first swinging in a freekick that narrowly missed the head of Kevin Goldthwaite, yet froze the 'keeper as it slipped untouched inside the left post (7). Then Carlos Johnson sent in a throw-in from the right corner that was flicked on by Mac Kandji at the near post where Rojas nodded home from close range at the back stick.
• New York made it 3-0 in the 22nd minute when Albert Celades unleashed Kandji on the right flank and he sent a rolling cross to the back post where Juan Pablo Angel swept it home for his third goal. Then Kandji made it four in the 40th minute, stripping a San Jose defender of the ball and racing in alone before slotting it past Earthquakes goalkeeper Joe Cannon.
• The Earthquakes pulled a goal back five minutes later when the Red Bulls couldn't clear a bouncing ball and Ramiro Corrales headed a pass to Ryan Johnson, who nodded in his third marker on the campaign.
• Earthquakes head coach Frank Yallop made three changes to the team that lost 1-0 at home to Chivas USA the weekend before. Aaron Pitchkolan made his first Earthquakes start, in the midfield in place of Simon Elliott, and Ryan Johnson and Cam Weaver again formed the strike pair, as Pablo Campos and Shea Salinas went to the substitutes' bench.
• Here's Yallop's team (4-4-2): Joe Cannon - Chris Leitch, Nick Garcia, Kelly Gray, Eric Denton - Arturo Alvarez, Ramiro Corrales, Aaron Pitchkolan (Shea Salinas 71), Bobby Convey - Ryan Johnson (Quincy Amarikwa 67), Cam Weaver (Pablo Campos 87). Substitutes Not Used: Simon Elliott, Brandon McDonald, Andrew Weber, Michael Zaher
• "The game was basically over in the first 20 minutes. Three-nil down and I don't know what the minute was, but especially away from home, it's tough to get anything out of the game," Yallop said. "... And when the game was sort of dead and buried, we started to push and do the things that we talked about before the match. But once the goals are in, it's all about scoring. We were poor first half and it showed in the scoring."
TEAM NEWS
• The four goals allowed were a season-high for San Jose, coming as the Quakes lost for the third game in a row.
• "You know, there's really not much to say. Week in week out, we're tired of trying to come up with excuses. I feel for our guys because I believe in them, we've got a good core," said goalkeeper Joe Cannon. "However, you can see that we kind of miss some players who are out right now. I feel bad for our staff. I feel as a group, we've left them down, we've let our fans down and our entire organization."
• As a result, the week off didn't see much rest and relaxation, but rather some physical training sessions with an emphasis on fitness usually reserved for preseason.
• "We need to make sure that we're not missing anything," said Yallop. "We want to make sure that our mentality is strong. When you work hard in practice, you get good mental strength, and we need that right now. And that's everyone. Players, coaches, we need to knuckle down and work hard, which we are doing."
• There was also additional work for the front office, as Quakes general manager John Doyle went to Costa Rica and said there were a couple of players he had identified as potential midseason pickups.
• "I'm all for it, because it will help the team," said Ramiro Corrales. "I want to be part of a winning team, you know? Obviously we haven't started the season like we wanted to, and some changes have to be made. If they can bring in some guys to help the team, that's great."
• There could some other good news ahead, with defender Jason Hernandez possibly available for the first time this season after taking part in full training during the bye week.
• "We all feed off Jason's athleticism and pace, and that's the thing we've missed," said Yallop. "I think Jason makes us all play a little higher because he covers a lot of guys. Right across the back he's good at tracking guys down. He's been missed."
• However, Darren Huckerby remains sidelined by a persistent quadriceps strain, and Yallop said his return was "about two to three weeks away."
