CHICAGO FIRE vs. HOUSTON DYNAMO
TOYOTA PARK, Bridgeview, Illinois
MAY 21, 2016 (WEEK 12, MLS GAME #113)
5 pm ET (MLS LIVE, CSN Plus, ROOT Sports SW)
Two clubs looking to haul themselves out of the cellar of their respective conferences meet with the Chicago Fire play host to the Houston Dynamo on Saturday afternoon at Toyota Park. The Fire return home after dropping all three matches on their road swing, suffering a second shutout in a row in a 1-0 reversal at the New York Red Bulls at midweek. The Dynamo hit the road after winning for a second consecutive home game, their second win in the last three outings, in a 1-0 win against Real Salt Lake last Sunday at BBVA Compass Stadium.
- The Dynamo won their second consecutive game at home – their only two wins over their last nine outings – defeating Real Salt Lake on Sunday afternoon at BBVA Compass Stadium in a match delayed a day by weather.
- The Dynamo haven’t won at Toyota Park since the 2009 season. The Fire have won three of the last six meetings in Bridgeview, with three draws, including a 2-1 win there Oct. 24, 2014 in the Dynamo’s last visit.
- The Fire have never won at BBVA Compass Stadium. In five meetings there all-time, the Dynamo have won two, with three draws, including a 1-1 result last July 3 in the only meeting between the teams. Chicago hasn’t won in Houston since the 2007 season – after the Fire won on their first two visits there ever, the Dynamo have won five meetings since, with three draws.
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REFEREE: Allen Chapman. AR1 (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; AR2 (opposite): Cameron Blanchard; 4th: Kevin Terry, Jr.
MLS Career: 75 games; FC/gm: 23.6; Y/gm: 3.7; R: 17; pens: 30
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: CHI: Matt Polster, Joao Meira … HOU: Jalil Anibaba, Alex
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (21 meetings): Fire 5 wins, 25 goals … Dynamo 8 wins, 30 goals … Ties 8
AT CHICAGO (10 meetings): Fire 3 wins, 13 goals … Dynamo 3 wins, 14 goals … Ties 4
LAST YEAR (MLS):
7/3: HOU 1, CHI 1 (Alex 56 - Nyarko 72)
- This is the only league meeting between the teams this season.
- Coaches record: Veljko Paunovic vs. HOU: first game … Owen Coyle vs. CHI: P1 W0 L0 T1
