HOUSTON DYNAMO vs. FC DALLAS
BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston
Saturday, August 27 | Week #25 | MLS Game #261
7:30 pm ET (MLS LIVE | TWCSC-TX)
The third meeting of the season in the Texas Derby highlights Heineken Rivalry Week 2 as the Houston Dynamo play host to FC Dallas in the battle for El Capitán when the Western Conference rivals face off Saturday evening at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo come into the game in need of points, sitting seven points below the red line in the Western Conference, after their 1-1 home draw with Seattle Sounders FC at midweek. FC Dallas sit atop the conference and hold the best overall record in MLS this season, coming off a 1-0 loss at Real Salt Lake last weekend.
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- The teams are meeting for the third time this season in league play. Andrew Wenger scored one goal and set up two others as the Dynamo rolled to a 5-0 victory March 12 at BBVA Compass Stadium, the most goals scored by a team and the largest margin of victory in the Texas Derby. The teams then reached a 1-1 draw June 2 at Toyota Stadium.
- The first meeting victory snapped a five-game FC Dallas winning streak in the series, over the last three seasons. FCD had won the previous two league meetings at BBVA Compass Stadium, just their second and third wins all-time in Houston in 14 meetings in all competitions, the first since 2010. The last Dynamo victory in Frisco came in 2011, FCD winning three home meetings in a row before the draw in the last encounter.
- The teams also met in a U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal, Fabian Castillo scoring the game’s only goal to send FC Dallas through, July 20 at BBVA Compass Stadium.
- FC Dallas had their four-game undefeated run put to an end in their last league match, a 1-0 loss at Real Salt Lake on Saturday evening.
REFEREE: Kevin Stott. AR1 (bench): Chris Strickland; AR2 (opposite): Brian Poeschel; 4th: Nima Saghafi
MLS Career: 289 games; FC/gm: 25.4; Y/gm: 3.2; R: 71; pens: 75
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: DAL: Matt Hedges, Maynor Figueroa
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (26 meetings): Dynamo 10 wins, 39 goals … FC Dallas 8 wins, 37 goals … Ties 8
AT HOUSTON (13 meetings): Dynamo 7 wins, 24 goals … FC Dallas 3 wins, 20 goals … Ties 3
2016 (MLS):
3/12: HOU 5, DAL 0 (Horst 6; own goal 13; Clark 23; Wenger 27; Bruin 85)
6/2: DAL 1, HOU 1 (Hollingshead 23 – Clark 51)
- The teams are meeting for the third time this season in league play. Andrew Wenger scored one goal and set up two others as the Dynamo rolled to a 5-0 victory March 12 at BBVA Compass Stadium, the most goals scored by a team and the largest margin of victory in the Texas Derby. The teams then reached a 1-1 draw June 2 at Toyota Stadium.
- The first meeting victory snapped a five-game FC Dallas winning streak in the series, over the last three seasons. FCD had won the previous two league meetings at BBVA Compass Stadium, just their second and third wins all-time in Houston in 14 meetings in all competitions, the first since 2010. The last Dynamo victory in Frisco came in 2011, FCD winning three home meetings in a row before the draw in the last encounter.
- The teams also met in a U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal, Fabian Castillo scoring the game’s only goal to send FC Dallas through, July 20 at BBVA Compass Stadium.
- The clubs play for “El Capitán”, the 19th-century Mountain Howitzer cannon to be awarded to the winner of the season series by supporters groups for both clubs. Last year was the first season since 2011 the teams met more than once in the regular season, with both back in the Western Conference.
- Coaches record: Wade Barrett vs. DAL: P1 W0 L0 T1… Oscar Pareja vs. HOU: P8 W5 L1 T2
LAST MEETING (MLS):
- The match was only four minutes old before it was delayed for nearly two hours after a rainstorm caused heavy water buildup on the field.
- After the restart, FC Dallas took the lead in the 23rd minute. Fabian Castillo sprinted down the wing before holding up, creating a passing lane for a bouncing cross that Ryan Hollingshead smashed home for the opening goal.
- The Dynamo leveled terms in the 51st minute. Ricardo Clark was trailing the play when a deflected pass fell directly into his path, and he hammered a rising rocket that FCD goalkeeper Chris Seitz had no hope of stopping.
- HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-1-4-1): Tyler Deric - Jalil Anibaba, David Horst, Raul Rodriguez, DaMarcus Beasley - Collen Warner - Andrew Wenger, Boniek Garcia, Ricardo Clark, Cristian Maidana (Sheanon Williams 87) - Will Bruin (Erick Torres 76).
- FC DALLAS (4-2-3-1): Chris Seitz - Zach Loyd, Walker Zimmerman, Matt Hedges (Agustin Jara 84), Maynor Figueroa - Victor Ulloa (Mauro Rosales 65), Kellyn Acosta (Juan Esteban Ortiz 76) - Ryan Hollingshead, Mauro Diaz, Fabian Castillo - Maximiliano Urruti.
