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Houston Dynamo
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Real Salt Lake 3-4-3 Pablo Mastroeni
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Starters
- 1 Rafael Cabral
- 29 Sam Junqua
- 26 Philip Quinton
- 2 DeAndre Yedlin
- 8 Juan Sanabria
- 6 Stijn Spierings
- 27 Griffin Dillon
- 11 Dominik Marczuk
- 9 Morgan Guilavogui
- 17 Victor Olatunji
- 72 Zavier Gozo
Substitutes
- 4 Lukas Engel
7 Pablo Ruíz- 10 Diego Luna
- 22 Sergi Solans
- 23 Zach Booth
- 24 Max Kerkvliet
- 39 Aiden Hezarkhani
- 92 Noel Caliskan
98 Alexandros Katranis
Houston Dynamo 3-4-2-1 Ben Olsen
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Starters
- 31 Jonathan Bond
- 21 Franco Negri
- 34 Agustin Resch
- 28 Erik Sviatchenko
- 24 Ibrahim Aliyu
- 30 Agustín Bouzat
- 16 Héctor Herrera
- 14 Duane Holmes
- 9 Ondrej Lingr
- 8 Jack McGlynn
- 17 Nick Markanich
Substitutes
- 3 Antônio Carlos
- 6 Artur
- 10 Ezequiel Ponce
- 11 Lawrence Ennali
- 18 Diadié Samassékou
- 19 Mateusz Bogusz
- 20 Guilherme
- 26 Blake Gillingham
- 33 Vinicius Silva
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Match Statistics
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2 Shots on Goal 4
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5 Shots off Goal 9
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9 Total Shots 15
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2 Blocked Shots 2
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3 Shots insidebox 6
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6 Shots outsidebox 9
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8 Fouls 11
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4 Corner Kicks 1
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4 Offsides 2
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53% Ball Possession 47%
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0 Yellow Cards 1
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0 Red Cards 0
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4 Goalkeeper Saves 0
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526 Total passes 474
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472 Passes accurate 418
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90% Passes % 88%
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0.64 expected_goals 0.87
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-1.88 goals_prevented -1.88
Head-to-Head Stats
Recent Matches
- 2023-08-27 Real Salt Lake 0 - 3 Houston Dynamo
- 2023-10-29 Houston Dynamo 2 - 1 Real Salt Lake
- 2023-11-07 Real Salt Lake 1 - 1 Houston Dynamo
- 2023-11-11 Houston Dynamo 1 - 1 Real Salt Lake
- 2024-07-04 Real Salt Lake 3 - 2 Houston Dynamo
- 2024-08-06 Houston Dynamo 3 - 0 Real Salt Lake
- 2024-09-15 Houston Dynamo 4 - 1 Real Salt Lake
- 2025-03-16 Houston Dynamo 1 - 2 Real Salt Lake
- 2025-07-13 Real Salt Lake 1 - 0 Houston Dynamo
- 2026-05-14 Real Salt Lake 3 - 0 Houston Dynamo
League Standings
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Vancouver Whitecaps |
12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 29 |
| 2 |
San Jose Earthquakes |
13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 29 |
| 3 |
Seattle Sounders |
11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 24 |
| 4 |
Real Salt Lake |
12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 |
Los Angeles FC |
13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 |
Minnesota United FC |
13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 |
FC Dallas |
13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 8 |
Houston Dynamo |
12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 18 |
| 9 |
Colorado Rapids |
13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 10 |
San Diego |
13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 11 |
Los Angeles Galaxy |
13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 |
Portland Timbers |
12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 13 |
Austin |
13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -8 | 14 |
| 14 |
St. Louis City |
12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 |
Sporting Kansas City |
12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -22 | 8 |
| 1 |
Nashville SC |
12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 27 |
| 2 |
Inter Miami |
13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 |
New England Revolution |
12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 |
Chicago Fire |
12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 |
New York City FC |
13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 |
New York Red Bulls |
13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 18 |
| 7 |
DC United |
13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 |
FC Cincinnati |
13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 16 |
| 9 |
Charlotte |
13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 10 |
Toronto FC |
12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 |
CF Montreal |
12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 13 |
| 12 |
Orlando City SC |
13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -17 | 13 |
| 13 |
Columbus Crew |
13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 |
Atlanta United FC |
12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 |
Philadelphia Union |
13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 6 |
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