Houston Dynamo FC vs FC Cincinnati, 2021 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSEarly goals lead to draw between Houston Dynamo, FC Cincinnati
Goals by Houston's Tyler Pasher and FC Cincinnati's Alvaro Barreal proved to be the lone scores as the teams played to a 1-1 draw on Saturday night.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 1': Joe Corona (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Luciano Acosta tries a through ball, but Haris Medunjanin is caught offside.
- 3': Goal! Houston Dynamo FC 1, FC Cincinnati 0. Tyler Pasher (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Sam Junqua with a cross.
- 5': Foul by Sam Junqua (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 5': Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 5': Goal! Houston Dynamo FC 1, FC Cincinnati 1. Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Geoff Cameron.
- 7': Foul by Gustavo Vallecilla (FC Cincinnati).
- 7': Maximiliano Urruti (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 11': Foul by Tim Parker (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 11': Isaac Atanga (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Attempt missed. Brenner (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
- 17': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Gustavo Vallecilla.
- 18': Attempt missed. Fafà Picault (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Tyler Pasher with a cross following a corner.
- 19': Brenner (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 19': Foul by Maynor Figueroa (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 20': Attempt blocked. Maximiliano Urruti (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Corona.
- 20': Attempt saved. Sam Junqua (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maynor Figueroa.
- 21': Foul by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 21': Joe Corona (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 22': Fafà Picault (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 22': Foul by Joseph-Claude Gyau (FC Cincinnati).
- 23': Attempt missed. Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Joe Corona.
- 25': Attempt blocked. Maximiliano Urruti (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 25': Attempt saved. Maynor Figueroa (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Memo Rodríguez.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Maximiliano Urruti (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 27': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Geoff Cameron.
- 28': Attempt missed. Tim Parker (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Memo Rodríguez with a cross following a corner.
- 29': Foul by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 29': Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by Maynor Figueroa (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 32': Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Attempt saved. Brenner (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Edgar Castillo.
- 34': Attempt missed. Brenner (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 36': Maximiliano Urruti (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 36': Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Foul by Gustavo Vallecilla (FC Cincinnati).
- 37': Maximiliano Urruti (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 40': Attempt missed. Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Brenner.
- 41': Foul by Joe Corona (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 41': Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Attempt missed. Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yuya Kubo.
- 44': Attempt saved. Isaac Atanga (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 44': Foul by Isaac Atanga (FC Cincinnati).
- 44': Joe Corona (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': Attempt saved. Joe Corona (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Zarek Valentin.
- 45'+4': Attempt missed. Maximiliano Urruti (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Derrick Jones.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Houston Dynamo FC 1, FC Cincinnati 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Houston Dynamo FC 1, FC Cincinnati 1.
- 46': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Joseph-Claude Gyau.
- 47': Attempt missed. Tim Parker (Houston Dynamo FC) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Tyler Pasher with a cross following a corner.
- 48': Foul by Maynor Figueroa (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 48': Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 48': Maynor Figueroa (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 49': Attempt blocked. Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
- 50': Foul by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 50': Maximiliano Urruti (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 51': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Gustavo Vallecilla.
- 52': Attempt missed. Joe Corona (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 55': Foul by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 55': Joe Corona (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 55': Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card.
- 58': Foul by Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 58': Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Joe Corona (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 61': Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Foul by Zarek Valentin (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 63': Isaac Atanga (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Attempt blocked. Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Derrick Jones.
- 66': Hand ball by Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati).
- 67': Attempt blocked. Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked.
- 69': Foul by Isaac Atanga (FC Cincinnati).
- 69': Maynor Figueroa (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Brenner (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Foul by Zarek Valentin (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 70': Zarek Valentin (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Zarek Valentin.
- 74': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Boniek García replaces Derrick Jones because of an injury.
- 75': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Darwin Quintero replaces Tyler Pasher.
- 77': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Franko Kovacevic replaces Isaac Atanga.
- 77': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Caleb Stanko replaces Haris Medunjanin.
- 78': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Luciano Acosta.
- 78': Attempt missed. Sam Junqua (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Darwin Quintero with a cross following a corner.
- 79': Foul by Caleb Stanko (FC Cincinnati).
- 79': Maximiliano Urruti (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 81': Foul by Boniek García (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 81': Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 81': Boniek García (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 82': Attempt saved. Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 82': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Maynor Figueroa.
- 83': Attempt missed. Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Álvaro Barreal with a cross following a corner.
- 83': Edgar Castillo (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Foul by Darwin Quintero (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 86': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Caleb Stanko.
- 87': Attempt missed. Maynor Figueroa (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Darwin Quintero with a cross following a corner.
- 87': Attempt missed. Fafà Picault (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Maximiliano Urruti with a cross following a corner.
- 89': Foul by Memo Rodríguez (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 89': Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90': Attempt missed. Geoff Cameron (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Álvaro Barreal with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Maximiliano Urruti (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Boniek García.
- 90'+1': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Yuya Kubo.
- 90'+2': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Nick Hagglund replaces Álvaro Barreal.
- 90'+2': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Caleb Stanko.
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Tim Parker (Houston Dynamo FC) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Memo Rodríguez with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+3': Foul by Sam Junqua (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 90'+3': Joseph-Claude Gyau (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+5': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Nick Hagglund.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Boniek García (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high following a corner.
- 90'+6': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Joseph-Claude Gyau.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Houston Dynamo FC 1, FC Cincinnati 1.
- 0': Match ends, Houston Dynamo FC 1, FC Cincinnati 1.
Statistics
 CIN |
HOU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 15 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 3 | Saves | 3 |
| 47.9 | Possession | 52.1 |
| 11 | SHOTS | 21 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 308 | Accurate Passes | 332 |
| 389 | Passes | 400 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 9 |
| 4 | Crosses | 23 |
| 0.5 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 62 | Long Balls | 33 |
| 16 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 15 | Tackles | 19 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 4 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 21 | Effective Clearances | 10 |
| 21 | Clearances | 10 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Shell Energy Stadium
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Attendance: 20,021
Venue: Shell Energy Stadium
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Attendance: 20,021
MLS Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta United FC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | CF Montréal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Charlotte FC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Chicago Fire FC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Line-Ups
Houston Dynamo FC (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Marko Maric (GK) |
| 15 | Maynor Figueroa  |
| 5 | Tim Parker |
| 29 | Samuel Junqua |
| 4 | Zarek Valentin |
| 21 | Derrick Jones |
| 8 | Memo Rodríguez |
| 14 | Joe Corona |
| 37 | Maximiliano Urruti |
| 10 | Fafà Picault |
| 19 | Tyler Pasher |
FC Cincinnati (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 25 | Kenneth Vermeer (GK) |
| 5 | Gustavo Vallecilla |
| 12 | Geoff Cameron |
| 2 | Edgar Castillo |
| 13 | Joseph-Claude Gyau |
| 6 | Haris Medunjanin |
| 11 | Luciano Acosta |
| 7 | Yuya Kubo |
| 9 | Brenner |
| 23 | Isaac Atanga |
| 31 | Álvaro Barreal |
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