MLS

D.C. United vs Houston Dynamo FC, 2022 MLS, Regular Season

· MLS
D.C. United
  • 35': Taxiarchis Fountas
  • 43': Taxiarchis Fountas
FT
2 - 0
Houston Dynamo FC

    Fountas scores 2 goals as DC United beats Dynamo 2-0

    — Taxiarchis Fountas scored goals about 7 minutes apart and Rafael Romo made his MLS debut as D.C. United beat the Houston Dynamo 2-0 on Saturday night.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Adam Lundqvist (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 1': Foul by Edison Flores (D.C. United ).
    • 4': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Matías Vera.
    • 9': Hand ball by Sofiane Djeffal (D.C. United ).
    • 10': Foul by Taxiarchis Fountas (D.C. United ).
    • 10': Zeca (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Adam Lundqvist (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 10': Foul by Edison Flores (D.C. United ).
    • 11': Attempt missed. Taxiarchis Fountas (D.C. United ) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
    • 16': Attempt blocked. Taxiarchis Fountas (D.C. United ) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Brendan Daniel Hines-Ike.
    • 16': Foul by Matías Vera (Houston Dynamo FC).
    • 16': Taxiarchis Fountas (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 17': Attempt blocked. Taxiarchis Fountas (D.C. United ) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Gressel.
    • 17': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Matías Vera.
    • 21': Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Foul by Russell Canouse (D.C. United ).
    • 24': Attempt missed. Tyler Pasher (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Darwin Quintero.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Darwin Quintero (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
    • 28': Foul by Sofiane Djeffal (D.C. United ).
    • 28': Matías Vera (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 33': Attempt saved. Taxiarchis Fountas (D.C. United ) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Julian Gressel.
    • 33': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Steve Clark.
    • 34': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Adalberto Carrasquilla.
    • 35': Goal! D.C. United 1, Houston Dynamo FC 0. Taxiarchis Fountas (D.C. United ) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Julian Gressel following a corner.
    • 41': Foul by Steven Birnbaum (D.C. United ).
    • 41': Sebastián Ferreira (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 43': Goal! D.C. United 2, Houston Dynamo FC 0. Taxiarchis Fountas (D.C. United ) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Brad Smith with a cross.
    • 45'+3': Foul by Matías Vera (Houston Dynamo FC).
    • 45'+3': Sofiane Djeffal (D.C. United ) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 45'+4': Foul by Darwin Quintero (Houston Dynamo FC).
    • 45'+4': Taxiarchis Fountas (D.C. United ) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 45'+4': Darwin Quintero (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+6': First Half ends, D.C. United 2, Houston Dynamo FC 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins D.C. United 2, Houston Dynamo FC 0.
    • 46': Attempt blocked. Tyler Pasher (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sebastián Ferreira with a cross.
    • 49': Substitution, D.C. United. Rafael Romo replaces Bill Hamid.
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Taxiarchis Fountas (D.C. United ) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Gressel.
    • 50': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Teenage Hadebe.
    • 51': Attempt missed. Michael Estrada (D.C. United ) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Edison Flores.
    • 52': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Donovan Pines.
    • 52': Foul by Edison Flores (D.C. United ).
    • 52': Zeca (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Darwin Quintero (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sebastián Ferreira following a set piece situation.
    • 53': Attempt saved. Taxiarchis Fountas (D.C. United ) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 54': Foul by Sebastián Ferreira (Houston Dynamo FC).
    • 54': Sofiane Djeffal (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Russell Canouse (D.C. United ) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 56': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Adam Lundqvist.
    • 57': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Tim Parker.
    • 59': Attempt saved. Taxiarchis Fountas (D.C. United ) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Edison Flores with a cross.
    • 60': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Matías Vera.
    • 60': Attempt blocked. Taxiarchis Fountas (D.C. United ) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Gressel.
    • 61': Donovan Pines (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Foul by Sebastián Ferreira (Houston Dynamo FC).
    • 63': Attempt blocked. Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Darwin Quintero.
    • 63': Attempt saved. Matías Vera (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darwin Quintero.
    • 65': Attempt saved. Brad Smith (D.C. United ) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sofiane Djeffal.
    • 66': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Corey Baird replaces Griffin Dorsey.
    • 67': Substitution, D.C. United. Chris Durkin replaces Sofiane Djeffal.
    • 67': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Thorleifur Úlfarsson replaces Tyler Pasher.
    • 67': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Memo Rodríguez replaces Darwin Quintero.
    • 67': Substitution, D.C. United. Ola Kamara replaces Michael Estrada.
    • 67': Attempt missed. Taxiarchis Fountas (D.C. United ) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ola Kamara.
    • 70': Corner, D.C. United. Conceded by Tim Parker.
    • 72': Offside, Houston Dynamo FC. Corey Baird tries a through ball, but Sebastián Ferreira is caught offside.
    • 73': Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Foul by Edison Flores (D.C. United ).
    • 73': Chris Durkin (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Foul by Corey Baird (Houston Dynamo FC).
    • 76': Attempt blocked. Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 77': Substitution, D.C. United. Drew Skundrich replaces Julian Gressel.
    • 77': Substitution, D.C. United. Griffin Yow replaces Taxiarchis Fountas.
    • 79': Foul by Matías Vera (Houston Dynamo FC).
    • 79': Russell Canouse (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 80': Brendan Daniel Hines-Ike (D.C. United ) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 80': Foul by Sebastián Ferreira (Houston Dynamo FC).
    • 80': Adam Lundqvist (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Foul by Drew Skundrich (D.C. United ).
    • 83': Hand ball by Russell Canouse (D.C. United ).
    • 83': Edison Flores (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 83': Foul by Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC).
    • 84': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Thiaguinho replaces Matías Vera.
    • 84': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Sam Junqua replaces Zeca.
    • 86': Foul by Steven Birnbaum (D.C. United ).
    • 86': Thorleifur Úlfarsson (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 87': Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 87': Foul by Edison Flores (D.C. United ).
    • 87': Foul by Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC).
    • 87': Griffin Yow (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 89': Hand ball by Ola Kamara (D.C. United ).
    • 90'+2': Offside, Houston Dynamo FC. Thorleifur Úlfarsson tries a through ball, but Memo Rodríguez is caught offside.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Brendan Daniel Hines-Ike (D.C. United ).
    • 90'+3': Thorleifur Úlfarsson (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Chris Durkin (D.C. United ) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+3': Brendan Daniel Hines-Ike (D.C. United ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo FC).
    • 90'+3': Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, D.C. United 2, Houston Dynamo FC 0.
    • 0': Match ends, D.C. United 2, Houston Dynamo FC 0.
    • 0': Match ends, D.C. United 2, Houston Dynamo FC 0.

    Statistics

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    11 Fouls 15
    3 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 0
    1 Corner Kicks 9
    4 Saves 1
    53.9 Possession 46.1
    7 SHOTS 13
    2 ON GOAL 6
    0.3 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    330 Accurate Passes 280
    454 Passes 369
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
    1 Accurate Crosses 6
    7 Crosses 28
    0.1 Cross % 0.2
    76 Long Balls 59
    33 Accurate Long Balls 27
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
    3 Blocked Shots 4
    13 Effective Tackles 4
    19 Tackles 13
    0.7 Tackle % 0.3
    13 Interceptions 16
    33 Effective Clearances 22
    33 Clearances 22

    Game Information

    Competition: MLS

    Venue: Audi Field
    Location: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
    Attendance: 15,194

    MLS Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 San Diego FC 3 +8 9
    2 Vancouver Whitecaps 3 +7 9
    3 LAFC 3 +6 9
    4 San Jose Earthquakes 3 +6 9
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    DC D.C. United (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    28 Bill Hamid (GK)
    15 Steve Birnbaum
    4 Brendan Hines-Ike
    23 Donovan Pines
    6 Russell Canouse Yellow Card
    13 Sofiane Djeffal
    5 Brad Smith
    31 Julian Gressel
    7 Michael Estrada
    11 Taxiarchis Fountas
    10 Edison Flores
    D.C. United Substitutes:
    Christopher Durkin, Drew Skundrich, Ted Ku-Dipietro, Tony Alfaro, Ola Kamara, Griffin Yow, Jackson Hopkins, Rafael Romo.

    HOU Houston Dynamo FC (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    12 Steve Clark (GK)
    17 Teenage Hadebe
    5 Tim Parker
    3 Adam Lundkvist
    37 Zeca
    23 Darwin Quintero Yellow Card
    22 Matías Vera
    20 Adalberto Carrasquilla Yellow Card
    9 Sebastián Ferreira
    19 Tyler Pasher
    25 Griffin Dorsey
    Houston Dynamo FC Substitutes:
    Zarek Valentin, Samuel Junqua, Darwin Cerén, Corey Baird, Memo Rodríguez, Thiago Fernandes, Michael Nelson, Thorleifur Úlfarsson, Ethan Bartlow.

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