In the final of the preseason Pan-Pacific Championship, the Houston Dynamo could not match Brazilian striker Bare, who scored four times, and Japanese powerhouse Gamba Osaka, falling 6-1 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Houston Dynamo vs. Gamba Osaka
February 23, 2008 – Aloha Stadium, Honolulu HI
2008 Pan-Pacific Championship -- Final
Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Ricardo Clark 1 (Richard Mulrooney 1) 11
GAM -- Bare 2 () 14
GAM -- Bare 3 () 26
GAM -- Bare 4 () 60
GAM -- Lucas 1 () 64
GAM -- Bare 5 () 72
GAM -- Masato Yamazaki () 78
Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad, Richard Mulrooney, Patrick Ianni (Mike Chabala 81, Craig Waibel 87), Bobby Boswell, Wade Barrett, Stuart Holden, Ricardo Clark, Brad Davis (Geoff Cameron 69), Corey Ashe, Brian Ching (Erik Ustruck 89), Chris Wondolowski.
Substitutes Not Used: unavailable.
Gamba Osaka -- Yosuke Fujigaya (Naoki Matsuyo 84), Mineiro (Takumi Shimohara 68), Sota Nakazawa, Satoshi Yamaguchi (Ryujiro Ueda 89), Takahiro Futugawa, Hayato Sasaki (Takuya Takei 76), Tomokazu Myozin, Shu Kurata (Yohei Fukumoto 81), Bare, Lucas, Masato Yamazaki.
Substitutes Not Used: unavailable.
Misconduct Summary:
HOU -- Brad Davis (caution) 13
HOU -- Stuart Holden (caution) 47
GAM -- Bare (caution) 59
gameSumLabel">Referee: Kevin Stott (USA)
gameSumLabel">Attendance: 23,087
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
