Houston Dynamo FC vs LAFC, 2024 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSShort-handed LAFC battle to draw against Dynamo
Hugo Lloris made four saves and short-handed LAFC preserved a 0-0 draw with the host Houston Dynamo on Saturday night.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 1': Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Attempt missed. Artur (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 4': Attempt missed. Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
- 8': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Erik Sviatchenko.
- 9': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Erik Sviatchenko.
- 9': Attempt missed. Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lewis O'Brien with a cross.
- 16': Ezequiel Ponce (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 16': Foul by Eddie Segura (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 21': Attempt missed. Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from very close range is too high.
- 22': Attempt saved. Ezequiel Ponce (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Héctor Herrera.
- 23': Foul by Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 23': Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Timothy Tillman with a cross.
- 25': Ezequiel Ponce (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 25': Foul by Ilie Sánchez (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 25': Ilie Sánchez (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 26': Attempt saved. Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 27': Attempt saved. Lewis O'Brien (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
- 28': Artur (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 28': Foul by Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 29': Offside, Houston Dynamo FC. Griffin Dorsey is caught offside.
- 30': Ezequiel Ponce (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Foul by Ilie Sánchez (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 30': Delay in match because of an injury Ezequiel Ponce (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 32': Delay in match because of an injury Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 33': Foul by Olivier Giroud (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 33': Ibrahim Aliyu (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 38': Attempt missed. Ibrahim Aliyu (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.
- 39': Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 39': Foul by Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 39': Delay in match because of an injury Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 42': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 43': Foul by Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 43': Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 44': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Ryan Hollingshead.
- 45': Attempt missed. Erik Sviatchenko (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Héctor Herrera with a cross following a corner.
- 45': Foul by Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 45': Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+2': Offside, Houston Dynamo FC. Ezequiel Ponce is caught offside.
- 45'+4': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 45'+5': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Olivier Giroud is caught offside.
- 45'+5': Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+6': First Half ends, Houston Dynamo FC 0, Los Angeles Football Club 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Houston Dynamo FC 0, Los Angeles Football Club 0.
- 46': Attempt blocked. Ibrahim Aliyu (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Héctor Herrera.
- 47': Foul by Ezequiel Ponce (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 47': Lewis O'Brien (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Foul by Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 52': Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 52': Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 53': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Hugo Lloris.
- 55': Foul by Artur (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 55': Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 55': Artur (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 56': Foul by Lewis O'Brien (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 56': Sebastian Kowalczyk (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Lewis O'Brien (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 57': Foul by Micael (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 57': Olivier Giroud (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 59': Hand ball by Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 60': Foul by Sebastian Kowalczyk (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 60': Lewis O'Brien (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Ryan Hollingshead.
- 64': Attempt saved. Ibrahim Aliyu (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Héctor Herrera.
- 64': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Hugo Lloris.
- 65': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Sebastian Kowalczyk.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Erik Sviatchenko (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 67': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Nathan Ordaz replaces Kei Kamara.
- 67': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Brad Smith replaces Ibrahim Aliyu.
- 67': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Adalberto Carrasquilla replaces Sebastian Kowalczyk.
- 69': Foul by Micael (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 69': Nathan Ordaz (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 71': Ezequiel Ponce (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Foul by Eddie Segura (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 73': Delay in match because of an injury Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 77': Attempt missed. Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Griffin Dorsey with a cross.
- 78': Foul by Micael (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 78': Nathan Ordaz (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Micael (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card.
- 79': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Micael.
- 79': Attempt missed. Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Eduard Atuesta with a cross following a corner.
- 81': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Érik Dueñas replaces Eduard Atuesta.
- 82': Foul by Érik Dueñas (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 82': Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 83': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Eddie Segura.
- 83': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Érik Dueñas.
- 85': Foul by Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 85': Nathan Ordaz (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 85': Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 88': Attempt missed. Ezequiel Ponce (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Amine Bassi with a cross.
- 89': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Brad Smith.
- 90': Attempt saved. Eddie Segura (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ilie Sánchez.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Brad Smith (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Amine Bassi with a cross.
- 90'+2': Second Half ends, Houston Dynamo FC 0, Los Angeles Football Club 0.
- 0': Match ends, Houston Dynamo FC 0, Los Angeles Football Club 0.
Statistics
 LAFC |
HOU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 11 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 3 | Saves | 2 |
| 35.7 | Possession | 64.3 |
| 7 | SHOTS | 12 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 301 | Accurate Passes | 592 |
| 354 | Passes | 648 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 9 |
| 16 | Crosses | 30 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 32 | Long Balls | 33 |
| 17 | Accurate Long Balls | 23 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 14 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 19 | Interceptions | 13 |
| 26 | Effective Clearances | 18 |
| 26 | Clearances | 18 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Shell Energy Stadium
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Attendance: 19,776
Venue: Shell Energy Stadium
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Attendance: 19,776
MLS Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Dallas | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 2 | Austin FC | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 3 | LAFC | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Line-Ups
Houston Dynamo FC (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 12 | Steve Clark (GK) |
| 31 | Micael  |
| 28 | Erik Sviatchenko |
| 2 | Franco Escobar |
| 25 | Griffin Dorsey |
| 8 | Amine Bassi |
| 16 | Héctor Herrera |
| 6 | Artur |
| 10 | Ezequiel Ponce |
| 18 | Ibrahim Aliyu |
| 27 | Sebastian Kowalczyk |
LAFC (4-1-2-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hugo Lloris (GK) |
| 4 | Eddie Segura |
| 33 | Aaron Long |
| 6 | Ilie Sánchez |
| 24 | Ryan Hollingshead |
| 14 | Sergi Palencia |
| 11 | Timothy Tillman |
| 8 | Lewis O'Brien |
| 20 | Eduard Atuesta |
| 9 | Olivier Giroud |
| 23 | Kei Kamara |
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