Kamara's goal gives Dynamo 1-0 win over Wizards

Kei Kamara scored on Mike Chabala's first career assist, giving the Houston Dynamo a 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Wizards on Saturday night.

Houston's Pat Onstad made three saves for his eighth shutout of the year, giving him the MLS lead over Chivas USA's Zach Thornton.

The Dynamo (9-3-4), who extended their Western Conference lead to four points over Chivas, broke a two-match winless streak.

Kansas City (5-6-4) controlled the run of play early, with three clear scoring opportunities in the first 11 minutes, before Houston scored on a counterattack in the 18th.

Corey Ashe sent a long pass down the left side to Chabala, whose left-footed cross found Kamara in front of the net. Kamara outjumped central defender Rauwshan McKenzie and headed the ball home from just inside the 6-yard box.

McKenzie was filling in for U.S. national team defender Jimmy Conrad, who was called up to the Gold Cup squad but is out with a hamstring injury. Conrad aggravated the strain in Sunday's 3-1 SuperLiga loss to Mexican side Santos Laguna.

The Wizards had two late chances to equalize, but couldn't convert, either.

In the 83rd minute, Josh Wolff's header hit the ground and bounced off the underside of the crossbar. The ball bounced around in front of the goal, but Abe Thompson's attempt to put back the rebound went wide.

Claudio Lopez's free kick from just outside the penalty area, in the closing seconds of stoppage time, also missed by inches.

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