Dynamo at New York Red Bulls: Highlights, stats, and quotes
(image via Houston Dynamo FC)
The Houston Dynamo picked up their first road point of the season, drawing 1-1 with the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night. Houston was close to a road win until the home side equalized late. Coco Carrasquilla scored for the Dynamo, his first goal of the season.
MATCH SUMMARY
New York Red Bulls 1 – 1 Houston Dynamo FC
Saturday, April 15, 2023
Venue: Red Bull Arena - Harrison, New Jersey
Referee: Ramy Touchan
Assistants: Corey Parker, Stefan Tanaka-Freundt
Fourth Official: Kevin Klinger
VAR: Younes Marrakchi
Attendance: 12,932
Weather: 76 degrees, partly cloudy
SCORING SUMMARY
HOU: Adalberto Carrasquilla (Ivan Franco) 67’
NYRB: Omir Fernandez (John Tolkin) 89’
DISCIPLINE SUMMARY
NYRB: John Tolkin (caution; dissent) 14’
HOU: Franco Escobar (caution; foul) 25’
NYRB: Kyle Duncan (caution; dissent) 66’
HOU: Luis Caicedo (caution; delay of game)
LINEUPS & STATS
New York Red Bulls: Carlos Coronel; John Tolkin, Andrés Reyes, Sean Nealis (C), Kyle Duncan; Daniel Edelman, Cristian Cásseres Jr., Tom Barlow (Elias Manoel 60’); Omir Fernandez, Cameron Harper, Cory Burke (Wikelman Carmona 45’)
Unused Substitutes: Ryan Meara, Jayden Reid, Peter Stroud, Dylan Nealis, Dru Yearwood, Hassan Ndam
Total shots: 18 (Cameron Harper and Omir Fernandez tied with 3)
Shots on goal: 7 (Omir Fernandez 2)
Fouls: 18 (Andrés Reyes 3)
Offside: 0
Corner kicks: 10
Saves: 1 (Carlos Coronel 1)
Houston Dynamo FC: Steve Clark; Franco Escobar, Teenage Hadebe, Ethan Bartlow, Daniel Steres; Artur, Adalberto Carrasquilla, Luis Caicedo; Amine Bassi (Thor Úlfarsson 67’), Corey Baird, Brooklyn Raines (Iván Franco 53’)
Unused substitutes: Andrew Tarbell, Micael, Sebas Ferreira, Nelson Quiñones, Djevencia van der Kust, Griffin Dorsey
Total shots: 3 (Adalberto Carrasquill 2)
Shots on goal: 2 (Adalberto Carrasquilla and Iván Franco tied with 1)
Fouls: 16 (Adalberto Carrasquilla and Luis Caicedo tied with 3)
Offside: 1 (Amine Bassi 1)
Corner kicks: 0
Saves: 6 (Steve Clark 6)
HOUSTON DYNAMO HEAD COACH BEN OLSEN
On the mindset going into the match:
“Well, the same thoughts I always have coming in this building, that it is going to be a battle. It is going to be a fight. You got to try somehow to control the chaos of it all and outwork them, win the duels and the transition moments happened very, very fast here. They're just really good here. To get something out of it, we did not get the three points, but we got our first road point and that's important. Certainly, looking at the data here, there are a few chances. We take this point, and we are a little bit disappointed in how late they scored, and we weren't able to get all three points. This was important, to come here and get something out of it.”
On the positive takeaways from the match:
“Everybody showed up, we haven't had to dig in and fight like that yet this year. There's always a unique challenge to come here. They're athletic, fast, they are scrappy. Again, they understand the chaos better than most teams. We bent a lot of times, but we didn't break that often. That is a characteristic that we're going to need throughout the season. It's not always going to be like this when you come in here and have to play at this speed and deal with these many duels. Overall, we take from it that we can slug it out, and that's an important trait.”
HOUSTON DYNAMO MIDFIELDER ADALBERTO CARRASQUILLA (TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH)
On his goal:
"Yes, it was a very good decision on the part of (Ivan Franco), because just when the ball suited him well, the opposing player lost his footing but pressuring him, I yelled at him to play me the ball and he found me practically without seeing me. I know he only assumed I was alone and then there were seconds to decide, either to take a shot on goal or play the ball. I decided to give it a go over the top since the goalkeeper came out to lunge at the ball. It was very good decision making across the board.”
On the importance of getting a point:
“This is bittersweet as you say, because just when it seemed that we had everything under control, understanding well that in the last play they scored. It is a bit of punch in the gut, right? Because we practically had three points, but it is true that we also did not expect to win against this rival. In the end we were up 1-0, we tried to see out the result. And well, due to an oversight on our part, which we must also improve, we got a point. In the end, it was very positive.”
