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Houston Dynamo Fall to LA Galaxy 3-0

October 21, 2021 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Houston Dynamo FC News Release


HOUSTON - Houston Dynamo FC lost to the LA Galaxy in their penultimate home game of the season by a final score of 3-0. The Dynamo play their last home game on October 31 against the Colorado Rapids.

The Galaxy opened the scoring in the 39th minute as a result of a controversial penalty. With LA threatening inside the Dynamo penalty area, defender Maynor Figueroa slid to clear the ball away, making contact with the Galaxy's Kevin Cabral afterwards, and the referee whistled for a penalty. The call was then reviewed by the Video Assistant Referee, who confirmed the foul. Sacha Kljestan took the LA penalty and slotted it into the lower left corner past goalkeeper Michael Nelson.

The Galaxy doubled their lead in the first minute of first-half stoppage. Kljestan slid a through pass into Efrain Álvarez, who drove to the byline before crossing back toward the middle. His attempted cross ricocheted off of a Dynamo defender and into the back of the net for an own goal.

At halftime, head coach Tab Ramos made two substitutions, including bringing on defender Adam Lundkvist, who had not played since he suffered a lower leg injury against FC Dallas on September 18.

The Galaxy carried their momentum into the second half, as they scored early into the half when Chicharito found Cabral alone, streaking up the left side of the pitch. Cabral found the back of the net for the Galaxy's third goal of the game.

The Dynamo had a number of chances early in the game, none more dangerous than when forward Maxi Urruti stole the ball from the Galaxy inside of Houston's attacking third in the 12th minute. He fed the ball to midfielder Darwin Quintero, who found Urruti with space for a shot, but his effort went over the crossbar.

The Houston Dynamo will next be in action on Sunday, October 24 against in-state rivals Austin FC at Q2 stadium. That game can be viewed on ESPN+ or Quest Texas 55.

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Houston Dynamo FC (6-13-12; 30 pts.) 0-3 LA Galaxy (13-11-6; 45 pts.)

MLS Regular Season - Week 31

PNC Stadium - Houston, Texas

Attendance: 13,798

SCORING SUMMARY ‚

TEAM ‚ 1H 2H FT ‚

Houston Dynamo FC 0 0 0

LA Galaxy 2 1 3

LAG: Sacha Kljestan 5 (penalty) 20

LAG: Zarek Valentin (own goal) 45+1

LAG: Kevin Cabral 5 (Chicharito 3) 47

LINEUPS:

Houston Dynamo FC: Michael Nelson; Maynor Figueroa (Tyler Pasher 46), Tim Parker (C); Zarek Valentin (Adam Lundkvist 46); Darwin Ceren (Ian Hoffmann 80), Adalberto Carasquilla (Joe Corona 62), Sam Junqua, Griffin Dorsey; Darwin Quintero, Fafa Picault; Maxi Urruti (Memo Rodriguez 62)

Unused substitutes: Marko Maric, Alejandro Fuenmayor, Boniek Garcia, Ari Lassiter

Total shots: 22 (Darwin Quintero 7); Shots on goal: 7 (Fafa Picault, Memo Rodriguez, Darwin Quintero 2); Fouls: 11 (Adalberto Carasquilla 4); Offside: 4; Corner kicks: 7; Saves: 3 (Michael Nelson 3)

Los Angeles Galaxy: ‚ Jonathan Bond; Niko Hämäläinen, Derrick Williams (Sega Coulibaly 68), Nicholas DePuy, Juian Araujo (Oniel Fisher 46); Jonathan dos Santos (Adam Saldana 71), Efrain Álvarez; Kevin Cabral (Samuel Grandsir 60), Sebastian Lletget, Sacha Kljestan; Chicharito (Dejan Joveljic 60)

Unused substitutes: Ethan Zubak, Jonathan Kilnsmann, Victor Vázquez, Rayan Raveloson

Total shots: 10 (Efrain Álvarez 4); Shots on goal: 5 (Kevin Cabral 2); Fouls: 11 Julian Araujo, Niko Hämäläinen, Sacha Kljestan 2); Offside: 0; Corner kicks: 3; Saves: 7 (Jonathan Bond 7)

DISCIPLINE: ‚ ‚

LAG: Chicharito (caution, simulation) 9

LAG: Julian Araujo (caution, foul) 11

HOU: Maynor Figueroa (caution, foul) 37

LAG: Nicholas DePuy (caution, foul) 84

OFFICIALS: ‚ ‚

Referee: ‚ Rosendo Mendoza

Assistant Referee: Nick Uranga

Assistant Referee: ‚ Jeremy Kieso

Fourth Official: ‚ Ismail Elfath

VAR: Daniel Radford

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Weather: ‚ 87 degrees, partly cloudy

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