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Updated at 6:48 p.m., Friday, November 2, 2007

Haleiwa's Ching scores 2 goals to lift Houston, 2-1

Associated Press

Houston Dynamo's Brian Ching, left, challenges FC Dallas' Bobby Rhine for a ball in the first half of MLS soccer playoff action at Robertson Stadium in Houston.

Smiley N. Pool | Associated Press/Houston Chronicle

HOUSTON — Brian Ching and Brad Davis led Houston to the Western Conference finals tonight, scoring in overtime after the Dynamo beat FC Dallas 2-1 in regulation to tie the two-game, total-goals series.

The Dynamo will face the winner of the Kansas City-CD Chivas USA series.

Stuart Holden and Ching, a Kamehameha alum from Hale'iwa, had second-half goals to help Houston win the game 2-1, tying the series at 3. Dallas won the opener 1-0 last Saturday.

That sent the game into two 15-minute extra periods. Ching scored in the fifth minute of the first overtime off an assist from Joseph Ngwenya. Barely 5 minutes later, Davis got a free kick from 20 yards out and sailed it over goalkeeper Ray Burse's head.

Carlos Ruiz had a first-half goal for Dallas.

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