PPC final Gamba-6-Houston-1

[Frank Cunha]

Dynamo thwarted in PPC final
Gamba Osaka captures first-ever Pan Pacific Championship title
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Patrick Ianni, left, and the MLS Cup champions were pushed aside by Gamba Osaka in the PPC final. (AP)
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HONOLULU -- Gamba Osaka became the first-ever Pan-Pacific Championship winners with a brilliant victory against Houston Dynamo in Saturday night's final.
The Japanese J-League side produced an incredible performance to clinch a 6-1 result, with Brazilian striker Bare scoring four goals.

MLS Cup champions Houston opened the scoring after 11 minutes when Ricardo Clark headed past Yosuke Fujigaya from close range.

But from that point on it was all Gamba Osaka, and Bare, who scored the only goal in the semifinal victory against the Los Angeles Galaxy, got his first on a breakaway after 16 minutes.

Bare added another to put Gamba into the lead in the 26th minute, but Houston was still in contention at halftime.

However, their hopes evaporated in the second half, as Bare completed his hat trick after an hour.

Another Brazilian, Lucas, made it 4-1 four minutes later, before Bare's struck again with a left foot drive soon after.

Masato Yamazaki completed a wonderful night for Gamba Osaka with 12 minutes to go, with his side's sixth goal.

Gamba Osaka coach Akira Nishino said afterwards: "I am very pleased with how we used an aggressive style and we showed that we have very strong condition."

Houston's Dominic Kinnear was asked if the defeat was his worst as a head coach. "I think it was actually the worst of my life," he joked.

Houston Dynamo vs. Gamba Osaka
Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii

Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Ricardo Clark 11
GAM -- Bare 14
GAM -- Bare 26
GAM -- Bare 60
GAM -- Lucas 64
GAM -- Bare 72
GAM -- Masato Yamazaki 78

Houston Dynamo: 18-Pat Onstad, 4-Patrick Ianni (17-Mike Chabala 81 / 16-Craig Waibel 87), 8-Richard Mulrooney, 24-Wade Barrett, 32-Bobby Boswell, 13-Ricardo Clark, 11-Brad Davis (20-Geoff Cameron 69), 22-Stuart Holden, 26-Corey Ashe, 7-Chris Wondolowski, 25-Brian Ching (6-Eric Ustruck 89). Substitutes not used: 30-Corbin Waller, 19-John Michael Hayden, 21-Nick Hatzke
GOAL ATTEMPTS: 14; SAVES 5; FOULS 11; CORNERS 5; OFFSIDE 3

Gamba Osaka: 22-Yosuke Fujigaya (1-Naoki Matsuyo 84), 3-Mineiro (19-Takumi Shimohara 68), 2-Sota Nakazawa, 5-Satoshi Yamaguchi (28-Ryujiro Ueda 89), 10-Takahiro Futugawa, 16-Hayato Sasaki (23-Takuya Takei 76), 17-Tomokazu Myozin, 20-Shu Kurata (6-Yohei Fukumoto 81), 18-Bare, 9-Lucas, 30-Masato Yamazaki. Substitutes not used: 24-Kenta Hoshihara, 25-Hideya Okamoto
GOAL ATTEMPTS: 17; SAVES 5; FOULS 15; CORNERS 3; OFFSIDE 2

Misconduct Summary
HOU -- Brad Davis (caution) 13
HOU -- Stuart Holden (caution) 47
GAM -- Bare (caution) 59

Referee: Kevin Stott
Referee's Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Fabio Tovar
Fourth official: Baldomero Toledo

Attendance: 23,087