MLS

Houston vs Salt Lake 2024 MLS, Regular Season

  • 27': Amine Bassi
  • 45'+3': Griffin Dorsey
  • 75': Sebastian Kowalczyk
  • 80': Ezequiel Ponce
FT
4 - 1
  • 49': Erik Sviatchenko (OG)

Dynamo bury Real Salt Lake 4-1, move into fifth in West

Four different players scored and Coco Carrasquilla added two assists as Houston Dynamo FC swamped visiting Real Salt Lake 4-1 on Saturday night in a late-season Western Conference match.

Match Commentary

  • 23': Daniel Steres (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 27': Goal! Houston Dynamo FC 1, Real Salt Lake 0. Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 31': Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 38': Ezequiel Ponce (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+3': Goal! Houston Dynamo FC 2, Real Salt Lake 0. Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 45'+6': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Sebastian Kowalczyk replaces Héctor Herrera because of an injury.
  • 45': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Bode Hidalgo replaces Javain Brown.
  • 45': Second Half begins Houston Dynamo FC 2, Real Salt Lake 0.
  • 49': Own Goal by Erik Sviatchenko, Houston Dynamo FC. Houston Dynamo FC 2, Real Salt Lake 1.
  • 63': Alexandros Katranis (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 63': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Anderson Julio replaces Lachlan Brook.
  • 64': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Andrew Brody replaces Alexandros Katranis.
  • 68': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Latif Blessing replaces Ibrahim Aliyu.
  • 75': Goal! Houston Dynamo FC 3, Real Salt Lake 1. Sebastian Kowalczyk (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adalberto Carrasquilla.
  • 76': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Dominik Marczuk replaces Diego Luna.
  • 76': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Noel Caliskan replaces Emeka Eneli.
  • 80': Goal! Houston Dynamo FC 4, Real Salt Lake 1. Ezequiel Ponce (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Latif Blessing with a through ball.
  • 88': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. McKinze Gaines replaces Ezequiel Ponce.
  • 88': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Sebastián Ferreira replaces Amine Bassi.
  • 88': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Brooklyn Raines replaces Artur.
  • 90'+4': Justen Glad (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: Shell Energy Stadium
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Attendance: 15,862

MLS Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
0 Austin FC 0 0 0
0 Colorado Rapids 0 0 0
0 FC Dallas 0 0 0
0 Houston Dynamo FC 0 0 0
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Statistics

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9 Fouls 12
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
3 Corner Kicks 3
4 Saves 6
42.6 Possession 57.4
16 SHOTS 16
6 ON GOAL 8
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
361 Accurate Passes 515
430 Passes 597
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
9 Accurate Crosses 1
17 Crosses 9
0.5 Cross % 0.1
34 Long Balls 50
17 Accurate Long Balls 32
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 6
11 Effective Tackles 9
16 Tackles 11
0.7 Tackle % 0.8
17 Interceptions 15
24 Effective Clearances 12
24 Clearances 12

Line-Ups

HOU Houston Dynamo FC (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
12 Steve Clark (GK)
31 Micael
28 Erik Sviatchenko
5 Daniel Steres Yellow Card
25 Griffin Dorsey
8 Amine Bassi
16 Héctor Herrera
6 Artur
10 Ezequiel Ponce Yellow Card
18 Ibrahim Aliyu
20 Adalberto Carrasquilla

RSL Real Salt Lake (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
35 Gavin Beavers (GK)
26 Philip Quinton
15 Justen Glad Yellow Card
98 Alexandros Katranis Yellow Card
91 Javain Brown
10 Diogo Gonçalves
6 Braian Ojeda
14 Emeka Eneli
9 Cristian Arango Yellow Card
8 Diego Luna
17 Lachlan Brook

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