both from FC Dallas striker Kenny Cooper. Cooper ran onto a through ball and looped it over the 'keeper from the edge of the area in the 35th minute, then hit a low shot on the half-turn from the top of the box just before halftime.
• The Dynamo pulled level in the 57th minute when Geoff Cameron aimed a low cross for Brian Ching in the goal area, only for the ball to bounce off FCD defender Drew Moor and into the goal. But it look less than a minute for the Hoops to regain the lead, Houston native Arturo Alvarez running free behind the Dynamo defense and beating Caig from inside the area.
• FC Dallas seemed on their way to the club's first win ever in Houston until Cameron popped up to score a minute into stoppage time, ripping a rising blast from just outside the area that sailed under the crossbar.
• Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear made three changes to the team that lost 3-0 to the New England Revolution to begin the league season. Craig Waibel came back from injury to start at right back, while Geoff Cameron was given his MLS debut on the right of midfield and Franco Caraccio started his first game for the club, in attack. Brian Mullan, Stuart Holden and Chris Wondolowski all returned to the substitutes' bench.
• Here's Kinnear's team (4-3-1-2): Pat Onstad (Tony Caig 28) - Craig Waibel, Bobby Boswell, Eddie Robinson, Wade Barrett (Brad Davis 78) - Geoff Cameron, Richard Mulrooney, Corey Ashe - Dwayne De Rosario - Franco Caraccio (Brian Mullan 70), Brian Ching. Substitutes Not Used: Kyle Brown, Chris Wondolowski, Patrick Ianni, Erik Ustruck
• "We are happy with the point. You always want to come out with three, but with all the circumstances, to score so late," Kinnear said. "There were some things that need to be pointed out and worked on, but I think the attitude of guys was great today."
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• For Cameron, the goal came in his first career start. "We had a big crowd out there today and that can be a bit intimidating for a young player," Kinnear said. "I told him before the game - and he had a very good preseason - that he was going to get the start and that we were going to put him out there because we have confidence in him. With the goal his scored, I think he had a really good first game and he looked comfortable stepping on the field."
• Said Cameron: "For me, it was such a great experience coming into the locker room and seeing the name plates of all these great players," Cameron said. "But I don't want it to end there. I know I can play better, I know I can play at their level and I want to work up and play on the national team. Right now, for me, it's about working hard, working my butt off and not being satisfied with where I am. I want more games, more starts, more goals and more assists."
• But the Dynamo came out of the game with some real injury woes. Goalkeeper Pat Onstad and defender Eddie Robinson did not make the trip to Costa Rica for the midweek CONCACAF Champions' Cup match after suffering knocks.
• Robinson is nursing a right knee injury that was re-aggravated in against FC Dallas and Onstad injured his right shoulder in the first half of the Dallas match. It is not certain when Onstad will be ready to play again.
• Kinnear was pleased with the attitude his team showed, especially after twice going behind following the 3-0 season-opening loss in New England. "We were helping ourselves out and then shooting ourselves in the foot the next minute. The attitude today was fantastic. We have to give Dallas some credit thought, because they really capitalized on the mistakes we made. But we had the attitude today just to keep on going," he said.
• Said Brian Ching: "Once things settled down, we were able to move the ball around a little bit. We saw some good goals today and I think we need to be a little bit more mentally sharper so we don't make the same mistakes. We don't need to get behind in games and then are forced to expend a lot of energy."
• On Wednesday, the Dynamo went down to defeat in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, falling 3-0 to Deportivo Saprissa in San Jose, Costa Rica to lose the series 3-0 on aggregate.
• Armando Alonso put Saprissa into the lead in the 35th minute when he sent a deflected shot under goalkeeper Tony Caig, then Celso Borges doubled the advantage three minutes after the break when he sent home a missed clearance on the half-turn. Jairo Arrieta finished off the match in the 76th minute when he dribbled around Caig well outside the area and slid the ball into the unguarded goal.
• With Eddie Robinson and Bobby Boswell suspended, Craig Waibel slid into central defense as Richard Mulrooney went to right back. But Waibel was forced off after just six minutes, and Brian Mullan came on in his stead.
• Here's Kinnear's team: Tony Caig, Richard Mulrooney, Craig Waibel (Brian Mullan 5), Patrick Ianni, Wade Barrett, Geoff Cameron, Ricardo Clark, Dwayne De Rosario, Corey Ashe, Brian Ching (Chris Wondolowski 77), Franco Caraccio (Brad Davis 74)
