Houston Dynamo at FC Dallas: Highlights, stats, and quotes
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The Houston Dynamo were beaten 2-0 Saturday night by FC Dallas in the Texas Derby. Griffin Dorsey was sent off after just five minutes, forcing Houston to play with ten men for the majority of the match. Dallas scored two second half goals to take the win.
MATCH SUMMARY
FC Dallas 2-0 Houston Dynamo FC
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Venue: Toyota Stadium - Frisco, Texas
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
Assistants: Chris Elliot, Brooke Mayo
Fourth Official: Matthew Corrigan
VAR: Michael Radchuk
Attendance: 19,096
Weather: 79 degrees, scattered thunderstorms
SCORING SUMMARY
DAL: Petar Musa (Ema Twumasi) 55’
DAL: Sebastien Ibeagha (Sam Junqua) 81’
DISCIPLINE SUMMARY
HOU: Griffin Dorsey (ejection; foul) 5’
DAL: Petar Musa (caution; foul) 16’
DAL: Asier Illaramendi (caution; foul) 42’
HOU: Micael (caution; foul) 62’
DAL: Bernard Kamungo (caution; foul) 73
HOU: McKinze Gaines (caution; foul) 87’
DAL: Nicolas Estevez Martinez (caution; foul) 90+2’
LINEUPS & STATS
FC Dallas: Maarten Paes; Sam Junqua, Nkosi Tafari Burgess, Sebastian Ibeagha, Marco Farfan (Bernard Kamungo 46’); Liam Fraser, Asier Illarramendi (Carl Sainte 91’), Ema Twumasi; Patrickson Delgado (Jesus Ferreira 67’), Paul Arriola (Tsiki Ntsabeleng 82’), Peter Musa (Logan Farrington 91’)
Unused Substitutes: Jimmy Maurer, Omar Gonzalez, Dante Sealy, Eugene Ansah
Total shots: 25 (Petar Musa 6)
Shots on goal: 5 (Petar Musa 2)
Fouls: 21 (Paul Arriola 4)
Offside: 1 (Jesus Ferreira 1)
Corner kicks: 9
Saves: 0
Houston Dynamo FC: Steve Clark (c); Franco Escobar (Hector Herrera 66’), Micael (Erik Sviatchenko 84’), Ethan Bartlow, Griffin Dorsey; Adalberto Carrasquilla, Artur, Latif Blessing (Daniel Steres 19’); Ibrahim Aliyu, Sebastian Kowalczyk (McKinze Gaines 84’), Amine Bassi (Brad Smith 46’)
Unused substitutes: Andrew Tarbell, Gabe Segal, Jan Gregus, Tate Schmitt
Total shots: 2 (Aliyu Ibrahim and Amine Bassi tied with 1)
Shots on goal: 0
Fouls: 10 (Micael and Adalberto Carrasquilla tied with 2)
Offside: 1 (Aliyu Ibrahim 1)
Corner kicks: 1
Saves: 3 (Steve Clark 3)
HOUSTON DYNAMO HEAD COACH BEN OLSEN
On trying to get a result with ten men:
“The team gave it their all. You are going to have games like this in a long season where you get a red card, and things don’t go your way. The effort was there, but the game just didn’t go for us.”
On in-game management after a red card:
“We tried several different moves throughout the match. They can all be equally effective, but none of them solved being down a man for almost one hundred minutes of the game. Even with five subs, it is a lot to ask of these guys. We still had some of the ball, and the guys gave everything.”
On the traveling fans:
“They were awesome. I am so sorry to them, and that is the most disappointing thing about this. I can take a loss, but it hurts to not give them the show they deserve. But the guys gave the fans everything, and we continued to fight. We will get back to work and make them proud next weekend.”
HOUSTON DYNAMO GOALKEEPER STEVE CLARK
On trying to get a result with ten men:
“It’s always going to be a difficult game when you go down a man five minutes in. We still fought and put a lot of effort into the game. The first goal really hurt us, but overall, you can’t fault the guys for how hard we worked.”
On maintaining the team composure:
“Everyone understands what’s ahead of us. There is a moment of frustration after a result like this, but then you have to focus on the job at hand.”
On the mood in the locker room:
“We are a pretty close group, so we are going to stick together. We feel good about where we are as a team, so we just need to get results. This is a different team than last year, and with that comes a different mentality. We have to make sure we do the little things to win games.”
