Lineup Notes: Houston Dynamo at Portland Timbers

DYNAMO STARTING XI (5-3-2):

• Joe Willis; Andrew Wenger, Adolfo Machado, Jared Watts, Leonardo, DaMarcus Beasley ©; Eric Alexander, Boniek García, Tomás Martínez; Alberth Elis, Romell Quioto

STARTING XI NOTES:

• GK Joe Willis will make his 51st regular season start with the Dynamo this evening.
• Willis can record his 15th clean sheet in MLS regular-season play and his fourth of the season.
• Willis can earn his 23rd career win as a starter and improve his record this season to 7-4-4, which will extend his career high.
• DF Andrew Wenger will make his first start since June 9 vs. Colorado when he suffered a calf injury. Wenger will make his 12th start of the season and his 13th appearance.
• DF Adolfo Machado will make his 48th career start tonight and play in his 15th game of the season tonight.
• DF Jared Watts will make his fifth start of the season and his fourth in a row. He will play in his 66th career game tonight.
• DF Leonardo will make his 13th start of the season and his 42nd start in league play for the Dynamo.
• DF DaMarcus Beasley will make his 17th start of the season, his 101st with the Dynamo and the 189th of his MLS career tonight.
• MF Eric Alexander will make his 17th start of the season and the 158th of his MLS career.
• MF Boniek García will make his 11th start and 17th appearance of the year. For his career, it will be his 127th start and 158th appearance in MLS regular-season play.
• MF Tomás Martínez will make his 24th career start and will play in his 29th MLS game.
• Martínez is available for selection after having the red card he received in Wednesday’s match vs. Philadelphia rescinded by the MLS Independent Panel on Friday afternoon.
• FW Alberth Elis will make his 47th career appearance and his 38th start.
• Elis can record a goal or an assist for the 13th time in 21 games this season.
• Elis needs one goal to reach 20 in MLS regular-season play. He would become the eighth Dynamo player to score 20 goals in league play.
• FW Romell Quioto will make his 16th start of the season and the 30th of his MLS career.
• Quioto needs one assist to reach 15 with the Dynamo in regular-season play, which would tie him with former Dynamo DF/MF Geoff Cameron for eighth on the club’s all-time list.

SUBSTITUTES:

• GK Chris Seitz can make his 103rd appearance, and his second as a substitute, if he comes in tonight.
• MF Arturo Alvarez can play in his 12th regular season game and his second in a row if he comes off the bench this evening.
• MF Eric Bird can make his third appearance of the year, and his first off the bench, if he comes into tonight’s game.
• DF Kevin Garcia can make his 10th career appearance in MLS regular-season play and his seventh of the year if he comes on tonight.
• MF Luis Gil can play in his 10th game for the Dynamo and make his 165th career appearance if he comes in tonight.
• DF Adam Lundkvist can make his eighth MLS regular season appearance, and his second as a substitute, if he comes off the bench tonight.
• MF Memo Rodriguez can make his 22nd career appearance and his third in a row if he comes on tonight.
• Rodriguez could equal his scoring total from 2017 with a goal, which would be his second of the season.