Who: Houston Dynamo v. Real Salt Lake When: Saturday, March 2 @ 5:00 pm CST Where: BBVA Compass Stadium; Houston, TX Records: Real Salt Lake (0-0-0) Houston Dynamo (0-0-0) TV: KUBE-57 Radio: None This is the opening game for both teams in the 2019 MLS regular season. Real Salt Lake beat Houston in both meetings in 2018: 2-1 at home in May and then 1-2 in Houston in August. RSL finished 2018 in 6th place in the West. Salt Lake advanced past LAFC in the Knockout round but they were then eliminated by Kansas City in the conference semifinals. The Royals were 1-3-1 in their last five regular season league games scoring 6 goals and allowing 11. If you count the playoff games they were 2-2-1 in the last five with 10 goals scored and 11 allowed. RSL was 3-11-3 in regular season league road games last year. Salt Lake's most recent game was a 3-0 preseason loss against Portland in Tucson on Saturday, February 23. After the Dynamo game they host Vancouver on Saturday, March 9. The Dynamo finished up 2-3-0 in the last five league games of 2018 scoring 11 goals and allowing 15. They Dynamo have started 2019 with two wins against Guastatoya in the CCL. Houston was 8-6-3 in home league games last year. The Dynamo will next host Tigres UANL in the CCL on Tuesday, March 5 . After that the Dynamo host Montreal on Saturday, March 9, in MLS and then travel to Mexico for the 2nd leg of the CCL quarterfinals.
RSL @ Dynamo, all-time: 06/17/06 HOU 2-1 RSL 09/08/07 HOU 4-3 RSL 08/16/08 HOU 4-3 RSL 06/20/09 HOU 1-1 RSL 09/19/09 HOU 3-2 RSL 04/01/10 HOU 2-1 RSL 08/20/11 HOU 3-2 RSL 09/06/12 HOU 1-0 RSL 05/11/14 HOU 2-5 RSL 09/12/15 HOU 1-3 RSL 05/15/16 HOU 1-0 RSL 05/31/17 HOU 5-1 RSL 08/18/18 HOU 1-2 RSL That is 9-3-1 with 30 goals scored and 24 allowed.
that game in BBVA against RSL last year was a beat down. I will be curious to see if we get outplayed and outcoached again. an early litmus test to see if anything has changed from last season (we think we already know that answer)
I see us being out coached/played again, yet finding a way to not be embarrassed on the scoresheet. That'll come Tuesday.
I do not understand this lineup. Front 4 says, "focus is on this game, go all out fo the win". Back 6 says, "focus is on Tigres, keep everyone rested for that match". It's like a split personality picked this lineup.
This is what I mean when I say we don’t seem to understand picking a plan and sticking to it. Or we’ll start the A team in MLS chasing USOC but almost eliminated in league.
Quito Manotas Elis Vera Martinez Boniek Lundkvist Figueroa Struna AJ Willis Lundkvist means all bets are off and funds will be returned. I also think it means the “expensive buyout” may be a myth. We may simply be this deluded.
Dont know where you saw that lineup. Announced lineup on Twitter is Lundkvist, Figeroa, Fuenmayor and K. Garcia at the back.
He’s Betting they can win 4-3, it’s tough because of Tuesday yet with 3 home MLS games to start the year against teams they need to beat they can’t afford to lose one of these MLS home games
The first one was late but so violent the only excuse is getting the ball The second one how on earth do you get to kick someone high on the wrong leg Garcia is working on a card from clumsy
I won’t spend all season harping on attendance - most of what has caused it is due to Canetti mismanagement, losing, and a cheap ownership prior to this year - but the visuals for today’s home opener with massive amounts of empty seats is a sad commentary on how irrelevant this club has become.
People think I talk out of my a$$ But Vera is of the garrido mold and that may be trouble if cabezas can’t be healthy
Thought OBG's game winner should have been reviewed. WTF is the point of review of you don't use it on close scoring plays? We allowed a soft goal. Willis kept us in the game. Hopefully this isn't a preview of the whole season. Didn't think PRO could get worse. I stand connected.