DYNAMO STARTING XI (4-3-3):
- Joe Willis; Andrew Wenger, Alejandro Fuenmayor, Leonardo, DaMarcus Beasley ©; Boniek García, Tomás Martínez, Darwin Cerén; Alberth Elis, Mauro Manotas, Romell Quioto
STARTING XI NOTES:
- GK Joe Willis will make his 77th career start in MLS regular-season play and his 55th 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 22nd career win as a starter and his seventh of the season, which will extend his career high.
- DF Andrew Wenger will make his 16th start of the season and his 17th appearance of the year tonight.
- Wenger can surpass 10,000 career minutes played if he plays at least 66 minutes tonight.
- DF Alejandro Fuenmayor will make his 16th start of the season and his 17th appearance this evening.
- DF Leonardo will make his 16th start of the season and his 45th start in league play for the Dynamo.
- DF DaMarcus Beasley will make his 19th start of the season, his 103rd with the Dynamo and the 191st of his MLS career tonight.
- MF Boniek García will make his 15th start and 22nd appearance of the year. For his career, it will be his 131st start and 162nd appearance in MLS regular-season play.
- García can score in back-to-back games for the second time in his career. He previously scored in consecutive games in September 23 & 29 in 2012.
- MF Tomás Martínez will make his 28th career start and will play in his 33rd MLS game.
- MF Darwin Cerén will make his 14th start with the Dynamo and his 81st MLS regular season start this evening.
- FW Alberth Elis will make his 49th career appearance and his 40th start.
- Elis returns to the lineup after being suspended for the previous two games.
- Elis can record an assist in back-to-back appearances for the second time this season and in his career.
- Elis can record a goal or an assist for the 14th time in 22 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 Mauro Manotas will make his 56th career start and will play in his 88th career game.
- Manotas needs two goals to set a new club single-season record across all competitions. He currently has 15 goals (11 MLS, 4 USOC), which is one shy of Will Bruin’s total (12 MLS, 4 playoffs) in 2012.
- Manotas can make his 100th appearance for the club across all competitions.
- Manotas needs three goals to tie the club single-season record of 14 goals set by Erick “Cubo” Torres in 2017.
- Manotas needs one goal to move into the top five in club regular-season history, tying Ricardo Clark with 28 career goals.
- FW Romell Quioto will make his 20th start of the season and the 34th 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:
- MF Eric Alexander can play in his 210th MLS regular season game, and his first as a substitute this season, if he comes on today.
- MF Luis Gil can play in his 11th game for the Dynamo and make his 166th career appearance if he comes in tonight.
- DF Adam Lundkvist could make his 11th appearance of the year if he plays tonight.
- DF Adolfo Machado can make his 52nd MLS regular season appearance, and his third as a substitute, if he comes off the bench this evening.
- FW Ronaldo Peña can make his fourth consecutive appearance if he comes off the bench this evening.
- FW Memo Rodriguez can make his 25th career appearance if comes in as a substitute tonight.
- Rodriguez could equal his scoring total from 2017 with one goal, which would be his second of the season
- GK Chris Seitz can make his 103rd appearance, and his second as a substitute, if he comes in tonight.
