HOUSTON -- Fans unable to get into Robertson Stadium for the kickoff leave with a smile on their face after the Houston Dynamo won its first Major League Soccer game Sunday night.

A crowd of 25,462 at Robertson Stadium greeted the arrival of MLS, which moved one of the league's most successful teams, the San Jose Earthquake, last December after failing to reach an agreement for a new soccer-specific stadium in San Jose.

However, not enough workers at the Robertson Stadium "Will Call" windows left hundreds of MLS fans waiting in line for more than an hour to see the Dynamo's season opener.

"It's amazing … all the time that we had to wait in line for tickets we already paid for," fan Danny Sequiera said.

A team spokesman told KPRC Local 2 that they were only expecting 20,000 fans to attend the team's season opener, which contributed to the confusion.

Although the start of the game was a little chaotic, fans who waited more than an hour to get inside Robertson Stadium said there wasn't much to complain about once inside. The Dynamo kept the crowd cheering with their outstanding play on the field.

"My little boy plays soccer, too. My whole family plays soccer, so we've been waiting for this for a long time," fan Eric Rivas said.

The team's next home game is against the Kansas City Wizards on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices range between $15 and $100.

Dynamo 5, Rapids 2

In the charged atmosphere of a new beginning, Brian Ching said he was just caught up in the moment.

Ching scored four goals to lead Houston to a 5-2 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Sunday in the Dynamo's inaugural game.

Ching became only the ninth player in Major League Soccer history to score four goals in a game. Clint Mathis set the MLS record of five in 2000.

"The atmosphere was phenomenal," Ching said. "It really lifted our team up and we came out firing.

"Brian Mullan put a great couple of crossing passes in the middle and it's not hard to score from 6 yards out. I didn't expect (to score four). Tonight was the highlight of my career."

Coach Dominic Kinnear was also pleased.

"It was a good team performance and a better individual performance," Kinnear said. "I'm impressed with (goalie) Pat Onstad's great saves when we were up 3-2."

The Rapids were impressed as well.

"It was a great night for Houston," Colorado coach Fernando Clavijo said. "They came out ready to play and it was a magnificent night for Ching.

"I thought my boys played very hard. Everybody was not in top shape, but today Houston was just the better team."

The game was not without its problems, just as this franchise has seemed to encounter from the start. The team was originally named 1836 after the city's founding year, but pressure from Hispanics, who felt the name reflected on the year Mexico was defeated by Texas, forced the team to change the name 37 days later.

"After the naming issues, I was happy to see this crowd and the phenomenal reaction," said team president Oliver Luck. "These guys were obviously excited about the crowd and the stadium."

Ching's last goal was his third header, coming off a corner kick from Dwayne De Rosario in the 71st minute. It gave Dynamo a 4-2 lead.

Alejandro Moreno scored the final goal in the 92nd minute.

Colorado began a comeback from a 3-1 halftime deficit on Jovan Kirovski's free kick goal in the 52nd minute.

Ching gave Dynamo the two-goal lead when he scored two almost identical goals on headers in the 37th and 44th minutes. They both came on passes to the middle from Mullan and both were barely 6 yards out of the goal.

Dynamo scored first when Wade Barrett slipped a pass to the middle and Ching tapped it in from 7 yards out as goalkeeper Joe Cannon fell in the 13th minute.

Colorado answered less than a minute later when midfielder Kyle Beckerman banged one in from 20 yards out.