MLS

FT Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Houston Dynamo FC DLLLL 1
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Real Salt Lake DLLWW 2
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Match Report

Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports

Anderson Julio scores in 88th minute as Real Salt Lake edge Houston Dynamo

Justin Meram scored early and Anderson Julio scored late to help Real Salt Lake edge the Houston Dynamo 2-1 on Wednesday night in Sandy, Utah.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
0
47
Possession
53
14
SHOTS
9
1
ON GOAL
4
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
253
Accurate Passes
313
340
Passes
400
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
5
28
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.4
69
Long Balls
72
37
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
5
14
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
4
10
Effective Clearances
25
10
Clearances
25

Head to Head

RSL leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

RSL · 4-4-2

  1. 18Zac MacMathG
  2. 44Toni DatkovicCD-L
  3. 30Marcelo SilvaCD-R
  4. 4Danny ToiaLB
  5. 22Aaron HerreraRB
  6. 8Damir KreilachCM-L
  7. 25Everton LuizCM-R
  8. 9Justin MeramLM
  9. 10Jonathan MenéndezRM
  10. 11Albert RusnákCF-L
  11. 7Bobby WoodCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Erik HoltSUB
  2. 26Noah PowderSUB
  3. 6Pablo RuizSUB
  4. 16Maikel ChangSUB
  5. 13Nick BeslerSUB
  6. 29Anderson JulioSUB
  7. 14Rubio RubínSUB
  8. 15Justen GladSUB
  9. 51Andrew PutnaSUB

HOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Marko MaricG
  2. 18Teenage HadebeCD-L
  3. 5Tim ParkerCD-R
  4. 3Adam LundkvistLB
  5. 4Zarek ValentinRB
  6. 20Adalberto CarrasquillaAM
  7. 24Darwin CerénLM
  8. 22Matias VeraRM
  9. 11Ariel LassiterF
  10. 10Fafà PicaultAM-L
  11. 25Griffin DorseyAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Boniek GarcíaSUB
  2. 7Mateo BajamichSUB
  3. 26Michael NelsonSUB
  4. 21Derrick JonesSUB
  5. 14Joe CoronaSUB
  6. 29Samuel JunquaSUB
  7. 15Maynor FigueroaSUB
  8. 8Memo RodríguezSUB
  9. 37Maximiliano UrrutiSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Real Salt Lake 1, Houston Dynamo FC 0. Justin Meram (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bobby Wood.
  2. 29' Damir Kreilach (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 51' Goal! Real Salt Lake 1, Houston Dynamo FC 1. Fafà Picault (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darwin Cerén with a cross following a corner.
  4. 57' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Rubio Rubín replaces Bobby Wood.
  5. 59' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Maximiliano Urruti replaces Ariel Lassiter.
  6. 68' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Pablo Ruiz replaces Everton Luiz.
  7. 68' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Nick Besler replaces Jonathan Menéndez.
  8. 71' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Boniek García replaces Adalberto Carrasquilla.
  9. 79' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Anderson Julio replaces Justin Meram.
  10. 80' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Maikel Chang replaces Toni Datkovic.
  11. 84' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Memo Rodríguez replaces Griffin Dorsey.
  12. 84' Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Joe Corona replaces Matías Vera.
  13. 88' Goal! Real Salt Lake 2, Houston Dynamo FC 1. Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rubio Rubín.
  14. 90' Albert Rusnák (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card.

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