Leagues Cup

FT Wednesday, July 24, 2019
América LWWWW 1
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Houston Dynamo FC LLLWL 1
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América win 6-5 on penalties · Shell Energy Stadium · 20,315 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Dos Santos nets winning goal in America debut

America beat the Houston Dynamo on penalties in the Leagues Cup with Giovani dos Santos netting the winning spot kick after the match finished 1-1.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
19
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
4
58.3
Possession
41.7
9
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
4
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
408
Accurate Passes
273
481
Passes
338
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
1
7
Crosses
9
0.0
Cross %
0.1
42
Long Balls
68
25
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
13
17
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
9
20
Effective Clearances
13
20
Clearances
13

Head to Head

HOU leads series 1-0

Lineups

HOU · 4-4-2

  1. 23Joe WillisG
  2. 16Kevin GarciaCD-L
  3. 2Alejandro FuenmayorCD-R
  4. 7DaMarcus BeasleyLB
  5. 12Chris DuvallRB
  6. 24Darwin CerénCM-L
  7. 5Juan CabezasCM-R
  8. 8Memo RodríguezLM
  9. 14Marlon HairstonRM
  10. 17Alberth ElisCF-L
  11. 19Michael SalazarCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Eric BirdSUB
  2. 1Tyler DericSUB
  3. 28Erik McCueSUB
  4. 31Romell QuiotoSUB
  5. 36Isidro MartinezSUB
  6. 35Kyle AdamsSUB
  7. 29Samuel JunquaSUB

AME · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Agustín MarchesínG
  2. 19Emanuel AguileraCD-L
  3. 18Bruno ValdezCD-R
  4. 3Jorge SánchezLB
  5. 22Paul AguilarRB
  6. 7Jérémy MénezAM
  7. 25Fernando GonzalezLM
  8. 8Mateus UribeRM
  9. 15Nicolás CastilloF
  10. 9Roger MartínezAM-L
  11. 17Sebastián CórdovaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Andrés Felipe IbargüenSUB
  2. 27Óscar JiménezSUB
  3. 23Antonio LópezSUB
  4. 14Nicolas BenedettiSUB
  5. 13Leonel LópezSUB
  6. 10Giovani Dos SantosSUB
  7. 2Carlos VargasSUB

Timeline

  1. 40' Michael Salazar (Houston Dynamo) Yellow Card at 40'
  2. 43' Bruno Valdez (América) Yellow Card at 43'
  3. 45' Substitution, Houston Dynamo. Romell Quioto replaces Memo Rodríguez.
  4. 57' Giovani Dos Santos (América) Substitution at 57'
  5. 64' Alejandro Fuenmayor (Houston Dynamo) Yellow Card at 64'
  6. 66' Nicolas Benedetti (América) Substitution at 66'
  7. 71' Andrés Ibargüen (América) Substitution at 71'
  8. 73' Goal! Houston Dynamo 0, América 1. Nicolás Benedetti (América) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolás Castillo.
  9. 76' Mateus Uribe (América) Yellow Card at 76'
  10. 85' Goal! Houston Dynamo 1, América 1. DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kevin Garcia.
  11. 87' Eric Bird (Houston Dynamo) Substitution at 87'
  12. 88' Nicolás Benedetti (América) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 89' Substitution, Houston Dynamo. Sam Junqua replaces Marlon Hairston.
  14. 90'
  15. 102'
  16. 102'

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