LAFC vs Houston Dynamo FC, 2022 MLS, Regular Season

· MLS

LAFC

8': Carlos Vela (P)
45'+4': Carlos Vela (P)
52': Ryan Hollingshead

FT
3 - 1

Houston Dynamo FC

24': Corey Baird

Los Angeles FC's Vela nets 2 goals in 3-1 win over Houston

— Carlos Vela scored two goals to help lead Los Angeles FC to a 3-1 win over the Houston Dynamo.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Dénis Bouanga.
3': Foul by Eddie Segura (Los Angeles Football Club).
3': Sebastián Ferreira (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Foul by Darwin Quintero (Houston Dynamo FC).
6': Attempt missed. Sebastián Ferreira (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Darwin Quintero.
7': Penalty Los Angeles Football Club. Dénis Bouanga draws a foul in the penalty area.
7': Penalty conceded by Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) after a foul in the penalty area.
7': Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
8': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 1, Houston Dynamo FC 0. Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
9': Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
9': Foul by Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC).
10': Foul by Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club).
10': Teenage Hadebe (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Offside, Houston Dynamo FC. Fafà Picault tries a through ball, but Sebastián Ferreira is caught offside.
13': Attempt missed. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ilie Sánchez.
16': Adam Lundqvist (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Foul by Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club).
17': Adam Lundqvist (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Foul by Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club).
18': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Giorgio Chiellini.
20': Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
20': Foul by Corey Baird (Houston Dynamo FC).
21': Darwin Quintero (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
21': Foul by Ilie Sánchez (Los Angeles Football Club).
22': Attempt missed. Sebastián Ferreira (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Darwin Quintero following a set piece situation.
23': Attempt missed. Sebastián Ferreira (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Fafà Picault.
24': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 1, Houston Dynamo FC 1. Corey Baird (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adalberto Carrasquilla with a through ball.
26': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Giorgio Chiellini tries a through ball, but Cristian Arango is caught offside.
27': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Carlos Vela.
28': Sebastián Ferreira (Houston Dynamo FC) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Griffin Dorsey with a cross following a corner.
30': Foul by Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club).
30': Matías Vera (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
31': VAR Decision: No Penalty Los Angeles Football Club.
33': Foul by Adam Lundqvist (Houston Dynamo FC).
33': Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Adam Lundqvist (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Foul by Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club).
38': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Teenage Hadebe.
38': Attempt blocked. Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Carlos Vela with a cross.
38': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Tim Parker.
41': Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Foul by Sebastián Ferreira (Houston Dynamo FC).
42': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Diego Palacios tries a through ball, but Cristian Arango is caught offside.
44': Darwin Quintero (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44': Foul by Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club).
45'+1': Foul by Fafà Picault (Houston Dynamo FC).
45'+1': Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Griffin Dorsey.
45'+2': Attempt blocked. Ilie Sánchez (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kellyn Acosta with a cross.
45'+2': Penalty conceded by Fafà Picault (Houston Dynamo FC) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
45'+3': VAR Decision: Penalty Los Angeles Football Club.
45'+4': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 2, Houston Dynamo FC 1. Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
45'+7': Foul by Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club).
45'+7': Tim Parker (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+7': Adam Lundqvist (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
45'+7': Foul by Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club).
45'+8': First Half ends, Los Angeles Football Club 2, Houston Dynamo FC 1.
45': Second Half begins Los Angeles Football Club 2, Houston Dynamo FC 1.
46': Attempt blocked. Sebastián Ferreira (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Darwin Quintero.
46': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Eddie Segura.
46': Attempt missed. Matías Vera (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Darwin Quintero following a corner.
48': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Teenage Hadebe.
49': Attempt missed. Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by José Cifuentes following a corner.
52': Attempt blocked. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
52': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 3, Houston Dynamo FC 1. Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner.
56': Attempt missed. Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by José Cifuentes.
57': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Ilie Sánchez tries a through ball, but Cristian Arango is caught offside.
57': Foul by Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club).
57': Tim Parker (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60': Darwin Quintero (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
60': Foul by Giorgio Chiellini (Los Angeles Football Club).
61': Foul by Eddie Segura (Los Angeles Football Club).
61': Sebastián Ferreira (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Kwadwo Opoku replaces Carlos Vela.
63': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Gareth Bale replaces Cristian Arango.
65': Attempt blocked. Gareth Bale (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego Palacios.
65': Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Kellyn Acosta.
66': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Memo Rodríguez replaces Darwin Quintero.
66': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Nelson Quiñones replaces Corey Baird.
67': Attempt missed. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by José Cifuentes.
68': Attempt saved. José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gareth Bale with a headed pass.
70': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Diego Palacios.
71': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Giorgio Chiellini.
72': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Giorgio Chiellini tries a through ball, but Kwadwo Opoku is caught offside.
72': Foul by Matías Vera (Houston Dynamo FC).
72': Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Eddie Segura tries a through ball, but Gareth Bale is caught offside.
74': Foul by Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club).
74': Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
75': Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo FC) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
76': Attempt blocked. Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gareth Bale.
76': Attempt saved. Gareth Bale (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
78': Attempt saved. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gareth Bale with a through ball.
78': Attempt blocked. Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
78': Attempt saved. José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Diego Palacios.
79': Attempt blocked. Sebastián Ferreira (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Memo Rodríguez.
79': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Cristian Tello replaces Dénis Bouanga.
79': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Latif Blessing replaces José Cifuentes.
81': Attempt missed. Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Cristian Tello.
83': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Thorleifur Úlfarsson replaces Sebastián Ferreira.
83': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Darwin Cerén replaces Matías Vera.
84': Foul by Adam Lundqvist (Houston Dynamo FC).
84': Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Attempt missed. Thorleifur Úlfarsson (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nelson Quiñones with a headed pass.
87': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Zeca replaces Fafà Picault.
88': Foul by Latif Blessing (Los Angeles Football Club).
88': Tim Parker (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Foul by Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC).
90': Gareth Bale (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+1': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Jesús Murillo replaces Eddie Segura.
90'+1': Foul by Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo FC).
90'+1': Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+1': Foul by Thorleifur Úlfarsson (Houston Dynamo FC).
90'+1': Giorgio Chiellini (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+2': Foul by Darwin Cerén (Houston Dynamo FC).
90'+3': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Jesús Murillo.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Los Angeles Football Club 3, Houston Dynamo FC 1.
0': Match ends, Los Angeles Football Club 3, Houston Dynamo FC 1.

Statistics

HOU		LAFC
14	Fouls	15
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	5
7	Corner Kicks	4
4	Saves	0
50.9	Possession	49.1
10	SHOTS	19
1	ON GOAL	7
0.1	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	2
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	2
371	Accurate Passes	366
455	Passes	447
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	2
20	Crosses	10
0.1	Cross %	0.2
70	Long Balls	51
43	Accurate Long Balls	25
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
2	Blocked Shots	6
11	Effective Tackles	10
20	Tackles	13
0.6	Tackle %	0.8
10	Interceptions	14
8	Effective Clearances	19
8	Clearances	19

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: BMO Stadium
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Attendance: 22,131

MLS Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Vancouver Whitecaps	16	+21	33
2	LAFC	18	+16	33
3	San Jose Earthquakes	17	+15	33
4	Real Salt Lake	16	+4	26

Full Table

Line-Ups

LAFC (4-3-3)

No.	Name
16	Maxime Crépeau (GK)
14	Giorgio Chiellini
4	Eddie Segura
12	Diego Palacios
24	Ryan Hollingshead
6	Ilie Sánchez
20	José Cifuentes
23	Kellyn Acosta
9	Cristian Arango
99	Denis Bouanga
10	Carlos Vela

LAFC Substitutes:

Jesús Murillo, Cristian Tello, Gareth Bale, Latif Blessing, Jhegson Méndez, Kwadwo Opoku, Sebastien Ibeagha, John McCarthy.

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

No.	Name
12	Steve Clark (GK)
17	Teenage Hadebe
5	Tim Parker
3	Adam Lundkvist
25	Griffin Dorsey
23	Darwin Quintero
20	Adalberto Carrasquilla
22	Matías Vera
9	Sebastián Ferreira
10	Fafà Picault
11	Corey Baird

Houston Dynamo FC Substitutes:

Memo Rodríguez, Darwin Cerén, Zarek Valentin, Michael Nelson, Zeca, Nelson Quiñones, Ethan Bartlow, Samuel Junqua, Thorleifur Úlfarsson.

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