Dwayne De Rosario scored the winner for the Houston Dynamo on Tuesday night against Panama’s San Francisco FC in the CONCACAF Champions League.
The game looked set to end in a 1-1 draw until De Rosario, who came on as a sub in the 78th minute, scored an amazing goal just before full time.
“Mainly I have to just slowly work myself into the game,” said De Rosario. “I know the time was short right there, but when you come into the game that late, you have to make the most of every opportunity you are given to you.
“The main thing for me was to go out there and put the other team under pressure and get them back on their heels again … I thought their defense was a little ‘leggy’ at that point, and my job was go out there, get the ball wide and keep pressure on. Eventually, I knew something was going to open up.”
He added on his goal: “I saw when (Blanco) got the ball he wasn’t really looking behind him. I kind of snuck up on him, got the ball and as soon as I turned, I saw that I had some space in front of me. I kind of pushed it to the side and I saw that the goalie was screened a little bit.
“I tried to pick (the top right corner), hit it and thankfully it went in the back of the net.”
[Source: MLSnet.com]
- Soccer News Like
- Be the first of your friends!
