By Associated Press Monday, November 10, 2008 - Added 4m ago HOUSTON - Dane Richards had a goal and an assist, and the New York Red Bulls won the Western Conference semifinal series on goal aggregate with a 3-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Sunday. The Red Bulls tied 1-1 with the Dynamo, the two-time defending MLS Cup champions, in the series opener on Nov. 1. New York, which qualified for the playoffs as a wild card out of the Eastern Conference, will travel to Real Salt Lake for the Western Conference championship on Saturday. Richards gave the Red Bulls a 1-0 lead in the 25th minute when he beat Houston’s Wade Barrett to a pass from Sinisa Ubiparipovic....
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