Dynamo at San Jose Earthquakes: Highlights, stats, and quotes
(image via Houston Dynamo FC)
The Houston Dynamo got another penalty kick from Amine Bassi but Cristian Ezpinoza scored twice from the spot to give the San Jose Earthquakes a 2-1 win. The road woes continue for the Dynamo as that is now three losses from three road matches in 2023.
MATCH SUMMARY
San Jose Earthquakes 2 – 1 Houston Dynamo FC
Saturday, April 1, 2023
Venue: PayPal Park - San Jose, California
Referee: Tori Penso
Assistants: Jose Da Silva, Corey Rockwell
Fourth Official: Matthew Corrigan
VAR: Kevin Terry Jr.
Attendance: 12,786
Weather: 65 degre,es, clear skies
SCORING SUMMARY
SJ: Cristian Espinoza (penalty kick) 7’
HOU: Amine Bassi (penalty kick) 42’
SJ: Cristian Espinoza (penalty kick) 65’
DISCIPLINE SUMMARY
SJ: Jonathan Mensah (caution; foul) 17’
SJ: Carlos Akapo (caution; foul) 33’
HOU: Daniel Steres (caution; dissent) 44’
SJ: Jamiro Monteiro (caution; foul) 59’
HOU: Franco Escobar (caution; dissent) 64’
LINEUPS & STATS
San Jose Earthquakes: James Marcinkowski; Paul Marie, Rodrigues, Jonathan Mensah, Carlos Akapo; Jamiro Monteiro (Tanner Beason 90+3), Michael Baldisimo (Judson 61’), Jackson Yueill, Cristian Espinoza; Cade Cowell (Benjamin Kikanovic 86’), Jeremy Ebobisse (Ousseni Bouda 86’)
Unused Substitutes: Emmanuel Ochoa, Jack Skahan, Miguel Trauco, Tommy Thompson, Oskar Agren
Total shots: 13 (Cristian Espinoza 3)
Shots on goal: 3 (Cristian Espinoza 3)
Fouls: 14 (Paul Marie, Jonathan Mensah, Jamiro Monteiro, Michael Baldisimo and Jeremy Ebobisse tied with 2)
Offside: 0
Corner kicks: 5
Saves: 2 (James Marcinkowski 2)
Houston Dynamo FC: Steve Clark; Tate Schmitt (Franco Escobar 38’), Teenage Hadebe, Ethan Bartlow, Daniel Steres; Artur, Adalberto Carrasquilla, Héctor Herrera (c); Amine Bassi (Nelson Quiñones 76’), Corey Baird (Sebas Ferreira 76’), Brooklyn Raines (Iván Franco 56’)
Unused substitutes: Andrew Tarbell, Micael, Thor Úlfarsson, Luis Caicedo, Griffin Dorsey
Total shots: 6 (Héctor Herrera 2)
Shots on goal: 3 (Héctor Herrera, Amine Bassi and Corey Baird tied with 1)
Fouls: 17 (Iván Franco 3)
Offside: 0
Corner kicks: 2
Saves: 1 (Steve Clark 1)
HOUSTON DYNAMO HEAD COACH BEN OLSEN
On the match:
“We had a poor start. They had more energy, they were hungrier from the get-go, and they deserved an early goal. Then we arrived at the fight and clawed our way back into it. I thought that 1-1 at halftime was about right. In the second half we got a little undisciplined there during a 15-minute span where we were going for the win and we had good numbers up in certain transition moments but didn’t have the quality and we exposed ourselves way too much for that stretch, and that’s where their PK comes from.”
On the positive takeaways from the match:
“That we came to, I think, a tough place to play. Any away game is a tough place to go. We clawed ourselves back into 1-1 at halftime, and we did enough in this game to, if everything was fair, come out of here with something. Sometimes you don’t get, I think, the right shake, but I hear that’s typical for Houston. I’ve heard it over the years, but I am starting to see a little bit of that now in maybe not getting the fairer shake at times. We can’t control that; we can’t leave that up to the referees to help us. We have to make sure we solve this. Again, for us we’ll take away the poor start, we are not satisfied with that, and a few areas of being undisciplined in that second half that ended up costing us.”
HOUSTON DYNAMO DEFENDER FRANCO ESCOBAR (IN SPANISH)
Sobre el partido de hoy:
“Bastante frustrado por el resultado. Creo que no merecimos perder. Creo que hicimos las cosas como para de menos llevarnos un punto. Pero bueno, hay situaciones que no depende de nosotros, depende de otra gente que se vio favorecido de San Jose y nada. Pero bueno, lo importante es que el equipo dio la cara, tuvo la altura y creo que merecimos e hicimos las cosas como para lo menos llevarnos algo de acá.”
En su actualidad con Houston Dynamo FC:
“Si, me toco estar con una molestia, no podía sentirme al cíen. Recién este partido pude volver a jugar. Muy contento con eso. Lamentable el resultado. Pero nada, creo que el equipo estaba agarrando la forma, son muchos chicos nuevos, el entrenador es nuevo. Pero bueno, creo que en línea generales estamos teniendo buenas ideas de juego, estamos haciendo las cosas bien. El objetivo nuestro es tratar de ingresar a (MLS) Playoffs. Y bueno, creo que nos estamos haciendo fuerte de local, que en esta liga es muy importante. Ahora dependerá de nosotros sacar algunos puntos, tratar de sumar de visitante que va a ser importante de cara al final. Pero nada, las sensaciones en general, a pesar del resultado, son buenas.”
