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Competition for forward spots produces goals

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Two days after rookie forward Will Bruin led the Dynamo’s offense, Cam Weaver scored a pair of goals as Dominic Kinnear’s squad beat San Jacinto College 5-0 on Monday.

With Brian Ching unavailable while recovering from a right hamstring strain and left thumb surgery, the Dynamo got another strong performance from the forwards competing to start alongside the Dynamo’s all-time scoring leader.

It would be an understatement to say the Dynamo had their way against San Jacinto at UH’s Carl Lewis Complex.

“Good possession,” Weaver said. “Getting your work in and just focusing on how we play. Obviously, we’re going to control the possession and dominate these types of games. Just want to work on staying sharp and moving the ball quickly and trying to create as many chances as possible and trying not to let up.

“We just try to focus on what we’re doing and not the opposition. Trying to keep working hard even though you have easily controlled the game. Sometimes it’s easy to kind of drop your play off, but I was just trying to work as hard as you can and keep that level as high as possible.”

For the second time in three days, the Dynamo beat a college team 5-0.

They defeated SMU on Saturday.

Cam Weaver helped the Dynamo's attack remain strong in preseason. Cam Weaver helped the Dynamo's attack remain strong in preseason. Photo: Michael Paulsen, Chronicle Photo: Michael Paulsen, Chronicle Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Dynamo breeze past San Jac in scrimmage 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

As Kinnear told his players immediately after the victory, the competition will pick up this weekend when the Dynamo play the Columbus Crew and New England Revolution at the Atlanta Challenge.

The Dynamo needed only three minutes to take a 1-0 lead as Brad Davis converted a penalty kick, which was earned after a San Jac player was called for a handball inside the 18-yard box.

Weaver added the second goal in the 19th minute when he finished nicely after taking Dominic Oduro’s pass. Weaver’s header made it 3-0.

“The second goal was definitely a Cam Weaver type of goal,” Kinnear said. “The ball goes wide; he attacks it in the box. And I think his first goal was a good heads-up play by Dominic and a good finish by Cam.”

In the second half, Danny Cruz made a beautiful run down the right wing before crossing the ball from the end line to Bruin, who tapped in for his fourth goal in two games.

Rookie Alex Dixon capped the scoring in the 64th minute when he converted his own rebound. After initially attempting to score with a back heel, Dixon pounced after the San Jac goalkeeper deflected the ball back to him.

Kickoff Luncheon

Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear and his staff and roster will attend the third annual Kickoff Luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the Hyatt Regency Downtown.

The annual fund-raising event benefits Dynamo Charities.

Gold Cup schedules

The groups and schedules will be announced at 11 a.m. today for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, which will hold its semifinals at Reliant Stadium on June 25.

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