Houston Dynamo at Columbus Crew: Highlights, stats, and quotes
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The Houston Dynamo got a 1-1 draw on the road against the Columbus Crew but it wasn’t enough as the reigning MLS Cup champions won 2-1 on aggregate. The Dynamo are now out of the Champions Cup and will return to MLS league play on Saturday.
MATCH SUMMARY
Columbus Crew 1-1 Houston Dynamo FC
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Venue: Lower.com Field - Columbus, Ohio
Referee: Oshane Nation
Assistants: Caleb Wales, Ojay Duhaney
Fourth Official: Rubiel Vazquez
VAR: Oscar Macias
Attendance: 12,420
Weather: 65 degrees, partly cloudy skies
SCORING SUMMARY
CLB: Juan Hernandez (Christian Ramirez) 40’
HOU: Griffin Dorsey (penalty kick) 90’
DISCIPLINE SUMMARY
CLB: Yaw Yeboah (caution; foul) 29’
HOU: Micael (caution; foul) 90+2’
HOU: Tate Schmitt (caution; foul) 90+4;
LINEUPS & STATS
Columbus Crew: Patrick Schulte; Sean Zawadzki, Yevhen Cheberko, Steven Moreira, Mohamed Farsi; Derrick Jones, Darlington Nagbe (c) (Aidan Morris 61’), Yaw Yeboah (Malte Amundsen 90+1’); Jacen Russell-Rowe (Marino Hinestroza 61’), Christian Ramirez, Juan Hernandez (Diego Rossi 61’)
Unused Substitutes: Nicholas Hagen, Evan Bush, Philip Quinton, Will Sands, Rudy Camacho, Taha Habroune, Max Arfsten, Cole Mrowka
Total shots: 9 (nine players tied with 1)
Shots on goal: 3 (three players tied with 1)
Fouls: 7 (Derrick Jones 2)
Offside: 2 (Christian Ramirez and Marino Hinestroza tied with 1)
Corner kicks: 5
Saves: 0
Houston Dynamo FC: Steve Clark (c); Franco Escobar, Micael, Ethan Bartlow (Tate Schmitt 77’), Griffin Dorsey, Amine Bassi (Ousmane Sylla 85’), Artur, Jan Gregus (Brooklyn Raines 65’); Aliyu Ibrahim, Sebastian Kowalczyk (Gabe Segal 63’), Adalberto Carrasquilla (Brad Smith 84’)
Unused substitutes: Andrew Tarbell, Dan Steres, Erik Sviatchenko, Kieran Sargeant
Total shots: 11 (Aliyu Ibrahim 4)
Shots on goal: 1 (Griffin Dorsey 1)
Fouls: 11 (three players tied with 2)
Offside: 5 (Griffin Dorsey 2)
Corner kicks: 1
Saves: 2 (Steve Clark 2)
HOUSTON DYNAMO HEAD COACH BEN OLSEN
On his takeaways from the tournament:
We are on the right path. You have to play really well in these tournaments with a bunch of champions. Overall, our structure and game model are there, and we’re moving in the right direction. We also need to be better in the key moments. We are making a few errors that are costing us, and we need to be more clinical with the final balls. But this is all normal stuff this early in the season.”
On Aliyu Ibrahim:
“For the most part, he played in the isolated role out wide left tonight. I thought he had a great game and a really good tournament. Overall, I think he’s had a great season so far. It’s nice to see him becoming more comfortable with this team after taking some time to adjust.”
