Houston heads across the county to take on L.A.

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06/04/2010 - Carson, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Three days after suffering a heart wrenching last-second loss to Red Bull New York in Harrison, NJ, the Houston Dynamo travel across the country to take on the undefeated Los Angeles Galaxy at The Home Depot Center on Saturday night.

"It's Wednesday, we just lost a tough game here," Houston coach Dominic Kinnear said after Juan Pablo Angel scored on a 30-yard free kick in second-half stoppage time to hand the Dynamo a 2-1 defeat at New York. "I think we'll let this one sink in, and then we'll start thinking about Los Angeles. The next game after something like this is important."

The loss was the second straight for Houston, which is under .500 at 5-6-1 this season. It was also the second-straight loss in which Houston has given up a late winner.

"Just a lack of concentration, a lack of confidence, I think," Houston forward Brian Ching said of the recent trend. "I think as a team we're kind of unsure about ourselves right now, and you saw that at the end of the game. I think two years ago, we close that game out pretty easily. You look at the way this year is going, we're making mistakes because of a lack of confidence. I think after we scored our goal, we took our foot off the gas and were unsure. They're the home team and they took it to us. Disappointing, extremely. But hats off to Juan Pablo [Angel] for putting a great ball into the back of the net."

Things don't get any easier on Saturday, with Los Angeles (9-0-2) aiming to keep its record unblemished.

The Galaxy are coming off a 2-0 victory at Columbus last weekend, getting the result even though they were outplayed.

"When you have an advantage on the road and the other team doesn't score you have a chance to win," L.A. coach Bruce Arena said after the win. "At the end of the day that's what it's about. We came here to win. The only thing we were worried about was the score. We didn't concern ourselves a whole lot at the end of the game with who had the most corner kicks or shots or fouls or all that other stuff. ... I'll take the three points and I'm out of town. I'm not going to worry about all that other stuff."

L.A. has played the last couple games without leading scorers Landon Donovan and Edson Buddle, who are with the U.S. World Cup team, and will have to find a way to get by without them for at least the next two games.

"Our roster is a little weakened; our roster is not as strong as it will be during the year," Arena said.

The Galaxy could also be without forward Alan Gordon, midfielder Dema Kovalenko and defender Leonardo, who are all listed as questionable on the club's injury report.

The Dynamo will be without midfielder Geoff Cameron, while defender Mike Chabala is doubtful and defender Eddie Robinson is questionable, all with injuries.

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