MLS

FT Friday, April 16, 2021
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Houston Dynamo FC DLLLW 2
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Shell Energy Stadium · 6,376 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

Dynamo open MLS season with 2-1 victory over Earthquakes

— Memo Rodríguez scored the opening goal of the Major League Soccer season and Maximiliano Urruti added a goal in the second half as the Houston Dynamo beat the San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 on a rainy Friday night.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
3
60.4
Possession
39.6
8
SHOTS
17
4
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
353
Accurate Passes
206
448
Passes
286
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
2
9
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.1
63
Long Balls
43
22
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
7
7
Effective Tackles
11
13
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
11
Interceptions
13
13
Effective Clearances
8
13
Clearances
8

Head to Head

series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

HOU · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marko MaricG
  2. 27Boniek GarcíaCD-L
  3. 5Tim ParkerCD-R
  4. 3Adam LundkvistLB
  5. 4Zarek ValentinRB
  6. 8Memo RodríguezCM
  7. 14Joe CoronaLM
  8. 22Matias VeraRM
  9. 37Maximiliano UrrutiF
  10. 19Tyler PasherLF
  11. 10Fafà PicaultRF

SJ · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1JT MarcinkowskiG
  2. 4Oswaldo AlanísCD-L
  3. 23Florian JungwirthCD-R
  4. 27Marcos LópezLB
  5. 22Tommy ThompsonRB
  6. 9Javier LópezAM
  7. 14Jackson YueillLM
  8. 5Eric RemediRM
  9. 44Cade CowellF
  10. 7Carlos FierroAM-L
  11. 10Cristian EspinozaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Luciano Abecasis replaces Tommy Thompson because of an injury.
  2. 29' Fabrice-Jean Picault (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 39' Goal! Houston Dynamo FC 1, San Jose Earthquakes 0. Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joe Corona.
  4. 41' Matías Vera (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 51' Javier López (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 52' Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 55' Goal! Houston Dynamo FC 2, San Jose Earthquakes 0. Maximiliano Urruti (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tyler Pasher.
  8. 60' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Shea Salinas replaces Marcos López.
  9. 60' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Andrés Ríos replaces Javier López.
  10. 60' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Chris Wondolowski replaces Carlos Fierro.
  11. 66' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Paul Marie replaces Cade Cowell.
  12. 67' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Darwin Cerén replaces Joe Corona.
  13. 71' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Ariel Lassiter replaces Fabrice-Jean Picault.
  14. 74' Goal! Houston Dynamo FC 2, San Jose Earthquakes 1. Paul Marie (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Shea Salinas.
  15. 87' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Derrick Jones replaces Memo Rodríguez.
  16. 87' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Christian Ramirez replaces Maximiliano Urruti.
  17. 87' Andrés Ríos (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+4' Derrick Jones (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card.

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