The Houston Dynamo will get their first rematch of the year this Saturday at BBVA Compass Stadium as Real Salt Lake comes town (7:15 p.m., TICKETS).
The two teams met in Utah on April 30, where Leonel Miranda put Houston ahead before two second half goals and some clutch goalkeeping from RSL gave them the 2-1 win.
"We saw what we expected to see from them [in that match]," Houston head coach Owen Coyle said. "They brought [Yura] Movsisyan in as a DP and they’ve added different pieces, with Sunny coming into the midfield and Chris Wingert in at fullback. We know about their front three – Movsisyan, [Joao] Plata and “Burrito” [Martinez], who was signed at a decent cost in the second half of last season – and they have good defensive players. But we know when we look back at that game that’s not one we should have left with zero points.
"We have to make sure we replicate a lot of the performance and do it for the duration of the match. They are very dangerous on the counterattack and their attacking players are capable of popping up in different areas, coming off the wing and dropping inside. We are playing a bit of catch up and we have to make sure when those home games come about that we capitalize on them and pick up the valuable three points."
