HOUSTON DYNAMO vs. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
BBVA COMPASS STADIUM | Houston, Texas
July 31, 2016 | Week 21 | MLS Game #218
9 pm ET (MLS LIVE)
A pair of clubs in real need of points to begin a move up the conference table meet for a second time this season as the Houston Dynamo play host to the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday evening at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo are at the bottom of the West table, returning home for a scoreless draw with Vancouver Whitecaps FC last weekend. The Quakes are in eighth place in the conference, four points below the red line, after their 1-1 draw at Real Salt Lake last Saturday evening.
- The Houston Dynamo were hold scoreless in their last game, playing to a 0-0 draw at home against the Vancouver Whitecaps. The tie saw the Dynamo remain in last place in the Western Conference with a 4-9-7 record.
- The San Jose Earthquakes also could not come out on top in their most recent match, settling for a 1-1 draw at home with the Real Salt Lake. The Earthquakes, who are now 6-6-8, got on the board in that one through Chris Wondolowski.
- This game marks the second of three meetings between these two Western Conference opponents during the regular season in 2016. The Earthquakes previously beat the Dynamo, 3-1, on May 11 at Avaya Stadium. They will meet there again on August 19.
REFEREE: Alan Kelly. AR1 (bench): Kyle Atkins; AR2 (opposite): Eric Weisbrod; 4th: Ismail Elfath
MLS Career: 48 games; FC/gm: 26.2; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 12; pens: 21
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: HOU: Alex -- SJ: Anibal Godoy
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: SJ: Fatai Alashe
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (16 meetings): Dynamo 8 wins, 21 goals -- Earthquakes 7 wins, 21 goals -- Ties 1
AT HOUSTON (7 meetings): Dynamo 5 wins, 12 goals -- Earthquakes 2 wins, 7 goals -- Ties 0
FUTURE MATCH: 8/19: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Houston Dynamo, 8 p.m. PT (UNI)
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Alberto Quintero scored twice as the Quakes claimed a 3-1 win May 11 at Avaya Stadium.
- The Dynamo won the final two meetings a year ago, winning once at each ground, claiming a 2-0 victory July 10 at Avaya Stadium, then winning 2-1 on Aug. 8 at BBVA Compass Stadium.
- The Quakes had won the two previous meetings in the series, once at each ground, including a 1-0 win last May 5 at BBVA Compass Stadium, and a 3-0 win May 25, 2014 in the final meeting ever at Buck Shaw Stadium.
- The two teams have shared a pitched rivalry since the Earthquakes returned to the league in 2008, after the Dynamo moved to Houston from San Jose in 2006. The Dynamo have won eight meetings and the Quakes six, with one draw.
- Coaches record: Dominic Kinnear vs. HOU: P4 W2 L2 D0 -- Wade Barrett vs. SJ: first meeting
LAST MEETING (MLS):
5/11: SJ 3, HOU 1 (Quintero 3, 70; Godoy 50 - Clark 43)
- The Quakes opened the scoring just three minutes in, as Chris Wondolowski sent in a low cross from the right flank that Alberto Quintero got a touch to in front of goal after racing to beat the Dynamo defenders, the ball taking a wicked bounce before trickling inside the right post.
- The Dynamo pulled even two minutes before halftime. A long-range shot was parried by Quakes goalkeeper David Bingham, but Ricardo Clark ran onto the ball and unleashed a wicked first-time effort that flew unimpeded into the net.
- The Quakes regained the lead five minutes after the break, as Alberto Quintero and Anibal Godoy played a one-two on the left side of the area which Godoy finished past Deric.
- Quintero nabbed his second goal of the night in the 70th minute, when Wondolowski saw an effort blocked but, surrounded by three defenders, slid a short pass to Quintero all alone in front of goal.
- The Dynamo's night went from bad to worse in the 79th minute, when goalkeeper Tyler Deric was sent off for denial of an obvious goalscoring opportunity, and defender Jalil Anibaba had to go in goal because Houston had already used all three substitutes on the night.
- SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (4-4-2): David Bingham - Kofi Sarkodie, Marvell Wynne, Victor Bernardez, Shaun Francis - Alberto Quintero (Chad Barrett 80), Fatai Alashe, Anibal Godoy, Matias Perez Garcia (Shea Salinas 64) - Chris Wondolowski, Simon Dawkins.
- HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-2-3-1): Tyler Deric (ejected 79) - Jalil Anibaba, David Horst, Agus, Abdoulie Mansally - Ricardo Clark, Alex - Andrew Wenger (Leonel Miranda 59), Cristian Maidana (Boniek Garcia 58), Giles Barnes - Will Bruin (Erick Torres 59).
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