Houston Dynamo FC vs Real Salt Lake, 2023 Major League Soccer, Western Conference Playoffs - Round One

· Game 1

Houston Dynamo FC

22': Héctor Herrera
79': Amine Bassi

FT
2 - 1
Game 1

Real Salt Lake

54': Diego Luna

Houston Dynamo edge RSL to open first-round series

Amine Bassi found the net with a second-chance goal in the 79th minute to lift the Houston Dynamo to a rousing 2-1 win over visiting Real Salt Lake on Sunday in the first of a best-of-three, opening-round Western Conference series.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
4': Foul by Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC).
4': Rubio Rubín (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6': Attempt blocked. Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
6': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Braian Ojeda.
7': Corey Baird (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Foul by Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake).
13': Hand ball by Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC).
16': Erik Sviatchenko (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Foul by Rubio Rubín (Real Salt Lake).
18': Attempt blocked. Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nelson Quiñónes.
18': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Braian Ojeda.
19': Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
19': Foul by Maikel Chang (Real Salt Lake).
20': Attempt blocked. Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
22': Goal! Houston Dynamo FC 1, Real Salt Lake 0. Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adalberto Carrasquilla with a headed pass.
27': Attempt blocked. Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amine Bassi.
31': Attempt missed. Nelson Quiñónes (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Amine Bassi.
31': Delay in match (Houston Dynamo FC).
32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
33': Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
33': Foul by Brayan Vera (Real Salt Lake).
33': Foul by Bryan Oviedo (Real Salt Lake).
33': Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
36': Attempt missed. Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Emeka Eneli.
37': Attempt missed. Jefferson Savarino (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Diego Luna.
39': Attempt missed. Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Griffin Dorsey.
41': Attempt saved. Artur (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adalberto Carrasquilla.
43': Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
43': Foul by Bryan Oviedo (Real Salt Lake).
44': Bryan Oviedo (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
44': Attempt missed. Erik Sviatchenko (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Héctor Herrera with a cross following a set piece situation.
45'+1': Hand ball by Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC).
45'+2': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Bryan Oviedo.
45'+2': First Half ends, Houston Dynamo FC 1, Real Salt Lake 0.
45': Second Half begins Houston Dynamo FC 1, Real Salt Lake 0.
45': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Anderson Julio replaces Rubio Rubín.
45': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Andrés Gómez replaces Maikel Chang.
46': Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46': Foul by Bryan Oviedo (Real Salt Lake).
48': Attempt saved. Andrés Gómez (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diego Luna.
49': Attempt blocked. Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nelson Quiñónes.
49': Delay in match because of an injury Bode Hidalgo (Real Salt Lake).
50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
51': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Kevon Lambert replaces Bode Hidalgo because of an injury.
52': Attempt blocked. Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Artur.
53': Erik Sviatchenko (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
53': Foul by Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake).
54': Attempt saved. Nelson Quiñónes (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Artur.
54': Attempt blocked. Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Héctor Herrera.
54': Attempt blocked. Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
54': Goal! Houston Dynamo FC 1, Real Salt Lake 1. Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Anderson Julio following a fast break.
58': Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick on the right wing.
58': Foul by Micael (Houston Dynamo FC).
60': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Andrew Brody.
60': Attempt blocked. Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Héctor Herrera with a cross.
61': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Emeka Eneli.
63': Corey Baird (Houston Dynamo FC) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
63': Attempt missed. Nelson Quiñónes (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Amine Bassi.
65': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Bryan Oviedo.
66': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Anderson Julio.
67': Attempt missed. Jefferson Savarino (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Anderson Julio following a fast break.
68': Offside, Real Salt Lake. Brayan Vera tries a through ball, but Andrés Gómez is caught offside.
75': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Brayan Vera.
75': Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Foul by Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC).
76': Delay in match because of an injury Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake).
77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
78': Foul by Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake).
78': Micael (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Brayan Vera (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Foul by Corey Baird (Houston Dynamo FC).
79': Attempt saved. Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adalberto Carrasquilla.
79': Goal! Houston Dynamo FC 2, Real Salt Lake 1. Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
81': Bryan Oviedo (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Foul by Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC).
81': Foul by Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake).
81': Steve Clark (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
82': Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
83': Delay in match because of an injury Steve Clark (Houston Dynamo FC).
83': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
84': Emeka Eneli (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Foul by Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC).
84': Emeka Eneli (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick on the right wing.
84': Foul by Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC).
85': Attempt missed. Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jefferson Savarino with a cross following a set piece situation.
85': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Jasper Löffelsend replaces Andrew Brody.
85': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Danny Musovski replaces Emeka Eneli.
86': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Brad Smith replaces Nelson Quiñónes.
86': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Luís Caicedo replaces Amine Bassi.
87': Corey Baird (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
87': Foul by Brayan Vera (Real Salt Lake).
88': Attempt blocked. Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
88': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Bryan Oviedo.
89': Attempt missed. Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
90': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Micael.
90': Attempt missed. Brayan Vera (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Diego Luna following a corner.
90'+2': Attempt missed. Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Adalberto Carrasquilla.
90'+3': Artur (Houston Dynamo FC) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box.
90'+4': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Aliyu Ibrahim replaces Corey Baird.
90'+5': Foul by Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC).
90'+5': Jasper Löffelsend (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+5': Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+7': Braian Ojeda (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+7': Foul by Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC).
90'+7': Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+8': Second Half ends, Houston Dynamo FC 2, Real Salt Lake 1.
0': Match ends, Houston Dynamo FC 2, Real Salt Lake 1.

Statistics

RSL		HOU
11	Fouls	11
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
1	Corner Kicks	9
3	Saves	1
28.6	Possession	71.4
7	SHOTS	23
2	ON GOAL	5
0.3	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
209	Accurate Passes	617
278	Passes	693
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	3
6	Crosses	22
0.2	Cross %	0.1
52	Long Balls	40
24	Accurate Long Balls	29
0.5	Long Balls %	0.7
0	Blocked Shots	10
9	Effective Tackles	13
17	Tackles	17
0.5	Tackle %	0.8
11	Interceptions	6
32	Effective Clearances	5
32	Clearances	5

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: Shell Energy Stadium
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Attendance: 17,508

Line-Ups

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

No.	Name
12	Steve Clark (GK)
31	Micael
28	Erik Sviatchenko
2	Franco Escobar
25	Griffin Dorsey
8	Amine Bassi
16	Héctor Herrera
6	Artur
11	Corey Baird
21	Nelson Quiñones
20	Adalberto Carrasquilla

Houston Dynamo FC Substitutes:

Sebastian Kowalczyk, Ibrahim Aliyu, Andrew Tarbell, Luis Caicedo, Teenage Hadebe, Thorleifur Úlfarsson, Ivan Franco, Daniel Steres, Brad Smith.

Real Salt Lake (3-4-3)

No.	Name
18	Zac MacMath (GK)
4	Brayan Vera
3	Bryan Oviedo
19	Bode Hidalgo
6	Braian Ojeda
25	Emeka Eneli
16	Maikel Chang
2	Andrew Brody
14	Rubio Rubín
26	Diego Luna
10	Jefferson Savarino

Real Salt Lake Substitutes:

Nelson Palacio, Kevon Lambert, Scott Caldwell, Daniel Musovski, Jasper Löeffelsend, Andres Gomez, Gavin Beavers, Damir Kreilach, Anderson Julio.

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