Houston Dynamo at Real Salt Lake: Highlights, stats, and quotes
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The Houston Dynamo picked up their second road win of the season and second win over Real Salt Lake in four days with a 3-0 win Saturday night. Corey Baird, Daniel Steres, and Coco Carrasquilla scored for Houston the dominant win.
MATCH SUMMARY
Real Salt Lake 0- 3 Houston Dynamo FC
Saturday, August 26, 2023
Venue: America First Field - Sandy, Utah
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Assistants: Michael Barwegen, Clauidu Badea
Fourth Official: Calin Radosav
VAR: Kevin Terry Jr.
Attendance: 21,471
Weather: 85 degrees, partly cloudy
SCORING SUMMARY
HOU: Corey Baird (Brad Smith) 11’
HOU: Daniel Steres (Héctor Herrera) 29’
HOU: Adalberto Carrasquilla (Aliyu Ibrahim) 75’
DISCIPLINE SUMMARY
RSL: Maikel Chang (cation; foul) 50’
RSL: Anderson Julio (caution; foul) 63’
LINEUPS & STATS
Real Salt Lake: Gavin Beavers; Bryan Oviedo, Justen Glad (Kevon Lambert 86’), Marcelo Silva Bode Hidalgo; Jasper Löffelsend (Braian Ojeda 71’), Maikel Chang (Rubio Rubín 60’), Nelson Palacio; Jefferson Savarino (Anderson Julio 60’), Danny Musovski (Diego Luna 60’), Cristian Arango
Unused Substitutes: Zac MacMath, Andrew Brody, Damir Kreilach, Andrés Gómez
Total shots: 11 (Cristian Arango 3)
Shots on goal: 1 (Danny Musovski 1)
Fouls: 15 (Cristian Arango 4)
Offside: 1 (Anderson Julio 1)
Corner kicks: 5
Saves: 1 (Gavin Beavers 1)
Houston Dynamo FC: Steve Clark; Brad Smith (Franco Escobar 70’), Ethan Bartlow, Daniel Steres, Micael; Héctor Herrera (Artur 46’), Luís Caicedo, Sebastian Kowalczyk (Amine Bassi 83’); Aliyu Ibrahim, Iván Franco (Adalberto Carrasquilla, 60’), Corey Baird (Griffin Dorsey 70’)
Unused substitutes: Andrew Tarbell, Nelson Quiñónes, Thorleifur Úlfarsson, Brooklyn Raines
Total shots: 6 (Héctor Herrera 2)
Shots on goal: 4 (four players tied with 1)
Fouls: 13 (three players tied with 2)
Offside: 2 (Aliyu Ibrahim and Corey Baird tied with 1)
Corner kicks: 0
Saves: 1 (Steve Clark 1)
HOUSTON DYNAMO HEAD COACH BEN OLSEN
On the performance away from home:
"This was certainly our most complete effort and just a really good night on both sides of the ball. Scored good goals, had other opportunities. For most of the game, we defended pretty well. The subs came in and helped out as (Real Salt Lake) put a lot of attack on and they threw a lot of numbers forward. We needed subs to come in and counter that. They did a very good job of closing out the game. It was professional, disciplined and an important three points for us."
On Aliyu Ibrahim playing wide in this game:
“He did well, created some chances. I'm happy for him that he gets an assist. In some ways maybe it takes a little pressure off him. Putting him out wide, he's comfortable in that spot. He played many minutes for his last team in that role, more of a winger. So we asked him to do different things on the defensive end. But offensively it's a natural spot for him because he's played probably more minutes there on that right wing in his previous clubs."
On defender Brad Smith:
"It is great when guys come back from injuries and get their first start and really just help the team out and he had a good game. ACLs are a beast that can take quite a while to come back from and get the form back. Tonight was a huge step for him, and Luis (Caicedo) had a good shift. Hector (Herrera) played a good 45 minutes. He was always coming out of 45 and Arturo was going to finish the game. Fortunately, we were up, that sub made sense. Ethan (Bartlow) and Daniel (Steres) came in and got minutes. They've been chomping at the bit to get on the field. Eric (Sviatchenko) and Micael have been healthy through the last month or so. They're not getting the minutes that they probably deserved. Tonight was a good chance for them to show that they are in the conversation to start. So it's great. It builds depth, it builds camaraderie when everybody can help out and get results in a very, very tough place to visit, historically."
HOUSTON DYNAMO DEFENDER DANIEL STERES
On the match:
“The group is feeling good. A good result against RSL, two in one week. We are feeling confident. We played well tonight. We deserved at least the win. Getting a 3-0 shutout is the emphasis on that. As far as my goal, we'll take them when I can get them as long as they help the team.”
On being ready to enter or start a game after not playing a lot of minutes:
"Tonight you saw a lot of guys come in who haven't played in a while. For me, the last one was in Colorado (July 15). Other than a couple of minutes here and there with Leagues Cup and stuff like that. To see a group step in and do the job they did tonight in a tough environment, in altitude here, really shows what kind of group we got. Everyone's ready to step up whenever they're asked to going into this playoff run. We've got a deep team, and we proved that tonight that guys are staying ready."
