HOUSTON DYNAMO vs. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
BBVA COMPASS STADIUM, Houston, Texas
March 6, 2016 (WEEK 1, MLS Game #4)
3:00 PM ET (MLS LIVE)
Having faced each other in back-to-back MLS Cups now a decade ago, the Houston Dynamo and New England Revolution open the 2016 MLS season against each other on Sunday afternoon at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo are looking for a return to the MLS Cup Playoffs after missing out for a second consecutive season last year, following an eighth-place finish in the Western Conference. A year removed from another MLS Cup Final appearance, the Revolution saw their campaign end at the Knockout Round last season, following a fifth-place finish in the East.
- The Revolution have a three-game winning streak alive in the all-time series, including a 2-0 victory last Aug. 15 at Gillette Stadium in the only league meeting between the teams. The Revs have won the last two matches between the clubs in Foxborough.
- The teams have split their four meetings all-time at BBVA Compass Stadium, with the Revolution winning on their last visit to Houston, a 2-1 win Oct. 21, 2014. All-time, the Revolution hold a 6-3-1 record vs. the Dynamo in Houston.
- Teal Bunbury scored the game’s lone goal as the Revolution captured the title in the preseason Desert Diamond Cup in Tucson, Ariz. with a 1-0 victory against Columbus Crew SC on Saturday evening.
- The Dynamo concluded their preseason preparations with a 2-2 draw with Sporting KC in their final match of the Desert Diamond Cup in Tucson, Ariz., as Erick Torres hit for his third goal of the preseason. The Dynamo ended their Arizona sojourn with one win in five matches, all against MLS competition.
- The teams also played in the preseason in the Desert Diamond Cup this year, with Teal Bunbury and Steve Neumann netting goals in a 2-1 Revolution win on Feb. 24. Erick Torres scored for Houston.
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REFEREE: Jose Carlos Rivero. AR1 (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; AR2 (opposite): Brian Dunn; 4th: Nima Saghafi
MLS Career: 56 games; FC/gm: 26.8; Y/gm: 3.8; R: 15; pens: 27
SUSPENDED: none
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (21 meetings): Dynamo 5 wins, 22 goals... Revolution 10 wins, 28 goals... Ties 6
AT HOUSTON (10 meetings): Dynamo 3 wins, 10 goals... Revolution 6 wins, 11 goals... Ties 1
LAST YEAR (MLS):
8/15: NE 2, HOU 0 (Goncalves 69; Agudelo 88)
- This is the only league meeting between the teams this season.
- The Revolution have a three-game winning streak alive in the all-time series, including a 2-0 victory last Aug. 15 at Gillette Stadium in the only league meeting between the teams. The Revs have won the last two matches between the clubs in Foxborough.
- The teams have split their four meetings all-time at BBVA Compass Stadium, with the Revolution winning on their last visit to Houston, a 2-1 win Oct. 21, 2014. All-time, the Revolution hold a 6-3-1 record vs. the Dynamo in Houston.
- Coaches record: Owen Coyle vs. NE: P1 W0 L1 T0... Jay Heaps vs. HOU: P9 W4 L3 T2
