Western Conference Final: Houston Dynamo at Galaxy
Whatever happens tonight it's the last game of the season at Home Depot Center with a trip to MLS Cup 2009 in Seattle against either the Chicago Fire or Real Salt Lake in the offing for the winner.
Looks like another good playoff crowd gradually filling in with the temperature about 60 degrees and excellent for football.
Just one change for the Galaxy tonight - defender Todd Dunivant is out with an illness, so the coaching staff don't want him to risk for a game that could go 120 minutes. A.J. DeLagarza replaces him at left back.
Chris Birchall is back on the bench after missing the last game against Chivas USA through illness, with Chris Klein retaining his place in midfield.
Galaxy starting XI: Ricketts, Franklin, Berhalter, Gonzalez, DeLaGarza, Klein, Beckham, Kovalenko, Donovan, Buddle, Magee.
The Dynamo also make one switch with defender Mike Chabala out due to yellow card accumulation and Wade Barrett replacing him.
Dynamo starting XI: Onstad, Hainault, Boswell, Cameron, Barrett, Mullan, Clark, Holden, Davis, Ching, Oduro.
Kickoff is at 8:25 p.m. and the game is live on ESPN2.
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Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. The blog of the same name began in 2007. A native of England, he began writing about soccer in the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat in the stands for one in the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook and follow him on Twitter.
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