Dynamo Captures Back-to-Back MLS Cups

WASHINGTON (Ticker) - Boston can't win at everything. The New England Revolution's frustration continued on Sunday as they lost a second straight MLS Cup final, 2-1, to the Houston Dynamo. New England has now lost four of the last six MLS Cup finals, while Houston can celebrate two straight titles since moving to Texas from San Jose at the start of the 2006 season. Houston did it the hard way Sunday, coming from behind. Taylor Twellman had given the Revolution a 20 minute lead, outleaping the Houston defense to head home from Steve Ralston's cross. But Joseph Ngwenya scored from close range to tie the game in the 59th minute and soon after Canadian international Dwayne De Rosario headed in the winner. Houston becomes the first team to win back-to-back MLS Cup titles since DC United did it in the first two years of the league in 1996 and 1997. In a sign of the stability that underlies these clubs' success, 16 of the players who started this game were in the 22 for last year's MLS Cup final, won by Houston on penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie in Dallas.