The Major League Soccer playoffs are into the conference finals now and the first matchup will be in the Eastern conference finals between the Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City and the match will be live from BBVA Compass Stadium and starting up live on NBC and streaming online at 2:30 pm.
The matchup comes before the Western conference finals start up on Sunday night with Real Salt Lake and Portland and the second matchup between Houston and Kansas City will be next Saturday and this will be a crucial matchup for the Dynamo, as they can get an early advantage on the first leg and that was what propelled them to a win over the New York Red Bulls in the semifinals and that first leg gave them what they needed to win. The first match will be streaming on the NBC LiveExtra as well as on MLS Live and the game is on NBC and will be a tough game for the four seed, as Sporting Kansas City is the second seed and the top seed is out after the Red Bulls had the best record in the East. Houston took the first matchup away from the Red Bulls by pulling back from two down to get a draw at 2-2 and then the team came back from being down to get the 2-1 win and now they advance to the next round.
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The Dynamo took some time and won the match over the Red Bulls to get into the east finals with a goal in extra time in the 104th minute from Omar Cummings and that continued his strong play, as he was the player who knocked the draw for the first leg and that put the team past the Red Bulls. Cummings had the goal to take down the Red Bulls and the team with the Supporters Shield and it got them back after defeating them during the season. The Bulls won all three matchups during the season but suffered some more playoffs misery with the comeback loss and now they have the chance to make some noise against Kansas City. The Red Bulls came into the playoffs unbeaten and now they will be home for the postseason and Houston will take on Sporting Kansas City for the first leg of the eastern conference finals on Saturday.