The Houston Dynamo snapped a six-game winless streak on Saturday night, as they defeated Sporting Kansas City 2-0 at BBVA Compass Stadium.
The Dynamo grabbed the game's opening goal in the 30th minute, courtesy of Giles Barnes. After taking a pass from Erick Torres, he shot a one-timer on the half-volley to the far post.
Houston then doubled the lead in first-half stoppage time. Barnes sent a pass to Cristian Maidana from the left flank, who launched a deceptively short cross to Andrew Wenger. Wenger made a move with the ball and sent a laser past Sporting goalkeeper Tim Melia.
Houston Dynamo (1-5-2, 5 points) vs. Sporting KC (4-4-2, 14 points)
MLS Regular Season
May 7th, 2016—BBVA Compass Stadium—Houston, Texas
Attendance: 20,071
Scoring Summary:
HOU: Giles Barnes 3 (Erick Torres 1) 30
HOU: Andrew Wenger 3 (Cristian Maidana 2, Giles Barnes 2) 46
Houston Dynamo: Tyler Deric; Jalil Anibaba, David Horst, Agus,DaMarcus Beasley (Abdoulie Mansally 67); Alex, Ricardo Clark; Andrew Wenger, Cristian Maidana (Leonel Miranda 75), Giles Barnes ©; Erick Torres (Will Bruin 56)
Unused substitutes:Joe Willis, Collen Warner, Boniek Garcia, Raúl RodrÃguez
TOTAL SHOTS: 14 (Giles Barnes 4); SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 (Andrew Wegner, Giles Barnes tied with 2) FOULS: 18 (Alex, Agus tied with 4) OFFSIDES: 1 (Andrew Wenger 1); CORNER KICKS: 3 (Cristian Maidana 2); SAVES: 3 (Tyler Deric 3)
Sporting Kansas City: Tim Melia; Seth Sinovic, Matt Besler ©, Nuno Coelho, Chance Myers (Jimmy Medranda 62); Roger Espinoza, Soni Mustivar, Benny Feilhaber; Graham Zusi (Saad Abdul-Salaam 77), Dominic Dwyer, Brad Davis (Diego Rubio 67)
Substitutes Not Used:Alec Kann, Ike Opara, Lawrence Olum, Paulo Nagamura
TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Roger Espinoza, Dominic Dwyer tied with 3); SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (Dominic Dwyer 2); FOULS: 14 (Roger Espinoza 3); OFFSIDES: 3 (Dominic Dwyer 3); CORNER KICKS: 8 (Benny Feilhaber 5); SAVES: 5 (Tim Melia 5)
Disciplinary Summary:
HOU: Alex (caution) 29
HOU: Jalil Anibaba (caution) 53
SKC: Roger Espinoza (caution) 62
HOU: Ricardo Clark (caution) 90+5
Referee: Drew Fischer
Assistant Referees: Jonathan Johnson, Kevin Klinger
Fourth Official: Edvin Jurisevic
