Houston Dynamo vs Toluca: Highlights, stats, and quotes
(image via Gustavo Trevino)
The Houston Dynamo’s run in Leagues Cup came to an end with a penalty shootout loss to Liga MX side Toluca. The Red Devils scored in stoppage time to equalize the match and send it to penalty kics after the Dynamo had multiple goals called back for offside.
MATCH SUMMARY
Houston Dynamo FC 2 (4) - 2 (5) Deportiva Toluca FC
Friday, August 9, 2024
Venue: Shell Energy Stadium - Houston, Texas
Referee: Rubiel Vasquez
Assistants: Nick Uranga, Shirley Perello
VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero
Attendance: 13,053
Weather: 94 degrees, mostly sunny skies
SCORING SUMMARY
TOL: Jesus Angulo (Maximiliano Araujo) 39’
HOU: Ezequiel Ponce (Amine Bassi) 41’
HOU: Micael (Franco Escobar) 62’
TOL: Edgar Lopez (Jesus Gallardo) 90+6’
Penalty Kicks:
HOU: Griffin Dorsey - make
TOL: Tiago Volpi - make
HOU: Sebastian Kowalczyk - make
TOL: Robert Morales - make
HOU: Sebastian Ferreira - make
TOL: Paulinho - make
HOU: Lawrence Ennali - saved
TOL: Jesus Gallardo - make
HOU: Erik Sviatchenko - make
TOL: Edgar Lopez - make
DISCIPLINE SUMMARY
TOL: Jesus Gallardo (caution; foul) 45+3’
HOU: Artur (caution; foul) 87’
LINEUPS & STATS
Houston Dynamo FC: Steve Clark; Franco Escobar, Micael, Erik Sviatchenko, Griffin Dorsey; Ibrahim Aliyu (Lawrence Ennali 59’), Artur, Hector Herrera (Ethan Bartlow 90+2’), Latif Blessing (Sebastian Kowalczyk 59’), Amine Bassi (Brooklyn Raines 84’); Ezequiel Ponce (Sebastian Ferreira 84’)
Unused Substitutes: Bradley Smith, Daniel Steres, Carlos Ferreira, Andrew Tarbell, Mckinze Gaines, Jan Gregus, Tate Schmitt
Total shots: 13 (Hector Herrera 4)
Shots on goal: 8 (Aliyu Ibrahim 2)
Fouls: 4 (Ezequiel Ponce 2)
Offside: 6 (Amine Bassi 3)
Corner kicks: 3
Saves: 3 (Steve Clark 3)
Deportivo Toluca FC: Tiago Volpi; Brian Garcia (Juan Dominguez 69’), Bruno Mendez, Luan Garcia, Jesus Gallardo; Jesus Angulo (Edgar Lopez 74’), Marcel Ruiz, Claudio Baeza (Jean Meneses 68’), Maximiliano Araujo (Robert Morales 78’), Ernesto Vega (Frankie Amaya 69’); Paulinho
Unused substitutes: Carlos Orrantia, Luis Garcia, Abraham Freyfeld, Ronaldo Beltran, Abraham Villegas, Isaias Violante, Victor Arteaga
Total shots: 9 (three players tied with 2)
Shots on goal: 5 (five players tied with 1)
Fouls: 11 (Maximiliano Araujo 3)
Offside: 2 (Juan Dominguez and Paulinho tied with 1)
Corner kicks: 4
Saves: 6 (Tiago Volpi 6)
HOUSTON DYNAMO HEAD COACH BEN OLSEN
On the match:
“I’m proud of the way we played. We probably needed to stick the knife in and win 3-1. They had a lot of crosses, which were hard to defend, but there is no excuse to concede on the corner at the end. I’m disappointed in the result, but I thought we played great against a very good team. There are definitely some positives, but it still stings.”
On Ezequiel Ponce’s performance:
"Ezequiel (Ponce) is exactly who we thought he would be. He’s a winner. Even without the ball, he’s going to push our team forward. It was great for him to get his goal because he missed two chances earlier in the match, which I know he was disappointed about. But his character showed through when he hung in there and found the back of the net.”
On moving forward:
"Ezequiel (Ponce) is exactly who we thought he would be. He’s a winner. Even without the ball, he’s going to push our team forward. It was great for him to get his goal because he missed two chances earlier in the match, which I know he was disappointed about. But his character showed through when he hung in there and found the back of the net.”
On his thoughts on Leagues Cup:
“This match was wild and entertaining. These Leagues Cup games are wide open and there are a lot of goals. I’m disappointed for the guys that we’re not moving on, because they gave a lot of effort tonight, but we’ll get back to work”
