Lineup Notes: Houston Dynamo at Colorado Rapids

DYNAMO STARTING XI (4-3-3):

• Joe Willis; A.J. DeLaGarza, Adolfo Machado, Leonardo, DaMarcus Beasley; Ricardo Clark (C), Juan David Cabezas, Boniek García; Andrew Wenger, Erick Torres, Mauro Manotas

STARTING XI NOTES:

• The Dynamo are using their 18th different starting lineup in 18 games thus far this season.
• DF DaMarcus Beasley will be making his 12th start of the season and the 162nd of his career tonight.
• Beasley needs to play 28 minutes to surpass 1,000 in a season for the eighth time in his MLS career.
• MF Juan David Cabezas will make his 12th consecutive start and his 13th overall this season.
• MF Ricardo Clark will make his 305th career start in MLS regular-season play tonight, moving him past Chris Henderson (1996-2006) for 13th on the MLS all-time list.
• Clark has 22 career regular-season assists and will pass Brian Ching for sole possession of third on the club list with his next.
• Clark has 31 career goals in all competitions with Houston and will tie Dwayne De Rosario (32) for fifth on club list with his next.
• DF A.J. DeLaGarza is set to make his 211th career start in tonight’s game.
• MF Boniek García will make his seventh start of the season and the 111th of his Dynamo career tonight.
• García can record an assist in his second consecutive away game if he sets up a goal tonight.
• García needs two assists to reach five on the season. It would give him five or more assists in three consecutive years and in five of his six seasons in Houston.
• DF Leonardo will be making his 100th career appearance in MLS regular-season play tonight. It will be his 12th consecutive start, his 15th with the Dynamo and the 95th of his career.
• DF Adolfo Machado is starting his 18th consecutive game. He is the only player on the team to have started every game this season.
• FW Mauro Manotas will make his 13th start of the season and the 23rd of his career tonight.
• Manotas needs to play into the 48th minute to eclipse his career high of 1,054 set last season. He has played 1,007 minutes so far this year.
• Manotas can score for the second consecutive away match and net his third career goal away from home.
• Manotas needs one goal to match his scoring total of six goals from last season.
• A goal by Manotas would give him three against Colorado and would make the Rapids the first team against whom he had scored in multiple games.
• FW Erick Torres will make his 15th start of the season, his 22nd with the Dynamo and the 66th of his career tonight.
• Torres needs two goals to match the club single-season scoring record of 13 set in 2008 by Brian Ching.
• FW Andrew Wenger will be making his fourth start of the season, his 28th with the Dynamo and the 87th of his career.
• Wenger can eclipse 8,000 career minutes played in MLS regular-season competition if he plays through the 74th minute. He has played 7,926 minutes in his career to date.
• Wenger has three career goals against Colorado – more than any other team in Major League Soccer – including a goal in the teams’ last matchup on Decision Day 2016 (Oct. 23, 2016).
• GK Joe Willis is making his eighth start of the season and his first since May 20 at Atlanta. It will be Willis’ 60th career appearance in MLS regular-season play.
• A win for Willis would improve his mark as a starter to 16-29-15 overall and 10-16-11 with the Dynamo.

SUBSTITUTES BENCH:

• GK Tyler Deric could make his 66th career appearance and his second as a substitute if he comes off the bench tonight.
• MF Alex is on the substitutes’ bench for the second consecutive game. He and DF Adolfo Machado are the only players on the team to start every game this season, and he can continue that streak if he enters the game tonight.
• An assist tonight would give Alex eight on the season.
• Alex needs two assists to become the 14th player in Dynamo history to record 10 career assists with the club.
• DF Jalil Anibaba could make his fifth appearance of the season if he comes into the game.
• MF Joseph Holland can make his second appearance with the Dynamo if he comes off the bench tonight, and his first since May 17 at Philadelphia.
• DF Dylan Remick can make his third consecutive appearance with the Dynamo as a substitute if he comes into tonight’s game off the bench.
• MF Memo Rodriguez can make his fourth appearance of the season, all off the bench, if he comes into the game tonight.
• FW Vicente Sánchez can make 11th appearance of the season, all as a substitute, if he comes into the game tonight.