MLS

FT Saturday, July 18, 2020
Houston Dynamo FC WDLDL 1
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Portland Timbers LLWWW 2
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Match Report

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Portland Timbers beat Houston Dynamo to clinch last-16 spot

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
2
5
Saves
3
46.6
Possession
53.4
24
SHOTS
13
4
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
316
Accurate Passes
396
390
Passes
462
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
2
22
Crosses
8
0.2
Cross %
0.3
58
Long Balls
64
40
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
11
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
9
15
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
10
Interceptions
11
10
Effective Clearances
23
10
Clearances
23

Head to Head

series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

POR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Steve ClarkG
  2. 25Bill TuilomaCD-L
  3. 33Larrys MabialaCD-R
  4. 4Jorge VillafañaLB
  5. 28Pablo BonillaRB
  6. 8Diego ValeriAM
  7. 21Diego CharáLM
  8. 30Eryk WilliamsonRM
  9. 17Jeremy EbobisseF
  10. 10Sebastián BlancoAM-L
  11. 23Yimmi CharáAM-R

HOU · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marko MaricG
  2. 15Maynor FigueroaCD-L
  3. 5Aljaz StrunaCD-R
  4. 3Adam LundkvistLB
  5. 4Zarek ValentinRB
  6. 22Matias VeraCM
  7. 8Memo RodríguezLM
  8. 27Boniek GarcíaRM
  9. 9Mauro ManotasF
  10. 23Darwin QuinteroLF
  11. 7Alberth ElisRF

Timeline

  1. 7' Maynor Figueroa (Houston Dynamo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Eryk Williamson (Portland Timbers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 35' Goal! Portland Timbers 1, Houston Dynamo 0. Jeremy Ebobisse (Portland Timbers) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sebastián Blanco.
  4. 45'+1' Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 60' Substitution, Portland Timbers. Andy Polo replaces Yimmi Chará.
  6. 61' Goal! Portland Timbers 2, Houston Dynamo 0. Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eryk Williamson.
  7. 62' Substitution, Houston Dynamo. Tomás Martínez replaces Memo Rodríguez.
  8. 69' Substitution, Portland Timbers. Marvin Loría replaces Eryk Williamson.
  9. 69' Substitution, Portland Timbers. Jaroslaw Niezgoda replaces Jeremy Ebobisse.
  10. 82' Substitution, Portland Timbers. Chris Duvall replaces Pablo Bonilla because of an injury.
  11. 85' VAR Decision: Penalty Houston Dynamo.
  12. 86' Jorge Villafaña (Portland Timbers) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  13. 86' Goal! Portland Timbers 2, Houston Dynamo 1. Alberth Elis (Houston Dynamo) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  14. 87' Alberth Elis (Houston Dynamo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 87' Substitution, Houston Dynamo. Tommy McNamara replaces Óscar Boniek García.
  16. 88' Substitution, Houston Dynamo. Nico Lemoine replaces Darwin Quintero.
  17. 88' Substitution, Houston Dynamo. Víctor Cabrera replaces Aljaz Struna.
  18. 88' Second yellow card to Alberth Elis (Houston Dynamo) for a bad foul.

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