HOUSTON DYNAMO vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY
BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, Texas
MAY 7, 2016 (WEEK 10, MLS GAME #92)
8:30 pm ET (KMCI-38, ROOT Sports SW, MLS LIVE)
A key contest in the Western Conference for a pair of clubs looking to reverse recent trends is ahead on Saturday evening when the Houston Dynamo play host to Sporting Kansas City at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo saw their winless streak extended to six games with a third loss in a row last weekend, falling 2-1 at Real Salt Lake. Sporting have now gone five games without a win with a second successive draw last Sunday, reaching a 1-1 result with the LA Galaxy at Children’s Mercy Park.
- The Dynamo suffered their third consecutive defeat and had their overall winless run extended to six games, dropping a 2-1 decision at Real Salt Lake on Saturday evening.
- Brad Davis scored his second goal for the club, but Sporting saw their winless streak stretched to five games in a second consecutive draw, a 1-1 result with the LA Galaxy on Sunday evening at Children’s Mercy Park.
- The teams played to two draws a year ago, a wild 4-4 draw April 25 at BBVA Compass Stadium and a 1-1 draw Aug. 1 in Kansas City, before the Dynamo claimed a 1-0 victory in Houston on Sept. 23. It was the first victory for the home team in the series in nine matches, since a Dynamo home win in 2012.
REFEREE: Drew Fischer. AR1 (bench): Jonathan Johnson; AR2 (opposite): Kevin Klinger; 4th: Edvin Jurisevic
MLS Career: 51 games; FC/gm: 26.3; Y/gm: 3.0; R: 4; pens: 15
SUSPENDED: none
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: none
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (23 meetings): Dynamo 8 wins, 31 goals … Sporting 5 wins, 27 goals … Ties 10
AT HOUSTON (12 meetings): Dynamo 4 wins, 17 goals … Sporting 3 wins, 14 goals … Ties 5
RETURN MATCH: Sporting Kansas City vs. Houston Dynamo, 7 p.m. CT (UNI)
LAST YEAR
4/25: HOU 4, KC 4 (Barnes 11, 46; Bruin 46+; R. Rodriguez 83 – Nemeth 2; Dwyer 74; Feilhaber 80, 95+)
8/1: KC 1, HOU 1 (Dwyer 6 – Clark 78)
9/23: HOU 1, KC 0 (Bruin 67)
- The teams played to two draws a year ago, a wild 4-4 draw April 25 at BBVA Compass Stadium and a 1-1 draw Aug. 1 in Kansas City, before the Dynamo claimed a 1-0 victory in Houston on Sept. 23. It was the first victory for the home team in the series in nine matches, since a Dynamo home win in 2012.
- Each team won at the other’s home ground in the two matchups in 2014. Sporting won 2-0 at BBVA Compass Stadium on June 6, then the Dynamo returned the favor with a 3-1 victory Aug. 29 at Sporting Park. Sporting’s last win at home in the series came in 2011, winless in their first meetings at Children’s Mercy Park (0-1-4).
- The teams met three consecutive seasons in the MLS Cup Playoffs from 2011-13, the Dynamo advancing in the first two meetings before SKC triumphed in the last. The 2011 and 2013 meetings were for the Eastern Conference Championship; both clubs find themselves in the Western Conference beginning this season.
- Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. HOU: P16 W4 L4 D8 … Owen Coyle vs. KC: P3 W1 L0 D2
