Lineup Notes: Houston Dynamo at Vancouver Whitecaps FC

DYNAMO STARTING XI (4-3-3):

• Joe Willis; Adolfo Machado, Alejandro Fuenmayor, Leonardo ©, Andrew Wenger; Eric Alexander, Tomás Martínez, Darwin Cerén; Romell Quioto, Mauro Manotas, Alberth Elis

STARTING XI NOTES:

• GK Joe Willis will make his fourth start of the season and his 61st career MLS regular season start tonight.
• Willis can record his 12th clean sheet in MLS regular-season play and his first of the season.
• Willis can earn his 18th career win as a starter.
• DF Andrew Wenger will make his 104th career MLS regular season start today and his ninth start of the season.
• Wenger will be starting as a defender for the eighth time in his professional career and for the fourth consecutive match.
• DF Adolfo Machado will make his 41st career start and his eighth of the year tonight.
• DF Alejandro Fuenmayor will make his fifth MLS regular season start and his third in a row, which will be the longest streak of his young career.
• Fuenmayor could score in back-to-back games for the first time in MLS.
• DF Leonardo will make his seventh start of the season and his 36th with the Dynamo tonight.
• Leonardo will wear the captain’s armband for the second time this season and first time since April 14 at San Jose.
• MF Eric Alexander will start his 149th career game and make his 199th career appearance this evening.
• MF Darwin Cerén will make his eighth start for the Dynamo and his 75th career start tonight.
• MF Tomás Martínez will make his 13th career start and will play in his 17th MLS game tonight.
• Martínez needs one goal to match his season total from 2017.
• FW Romell Quioto will make his fifth start of the season and the 19th of his career tonight.
• Quioto can record an assist in his fourth straight game, which would extend his career-long streak.
• Quioto can score in back-to-back games for the first time this season and the first time since he scored in the first three games of the 2017 season.
• Quioto needs one goal to reach 10 with the Dynamo.
• FW Mauro Manotas will make his 43rd career start and will play in his 73rd career game.
• Manotas needs two goals to match his scoring total (6) from 2016, the second-highest of his career.
• FW Alberth Elis will make his 35th career appearance and his 27th start tonight.
• Elis needs one assist to set a new single-season career high with five on the year.

SUBSTITUTES:

• GK Chris Seitz could make his 103rd appearance, and just his second as a substitute, if he comes in tonight.
• MF Arturo Alvarez could make his 244th career appearance if he plays tonight.
• MF Eric Bird could make his MLS debut if he make an appearance tonight.
• MF Boniek García can make his 147th career appearance if he comes in tonight.
• MF Luis Gil can make his Dynamo debut if he comes in tonight.
• MF Memo Rodriguez can make his 13th career appearance if he plays tonight.
• Rodriguez could equal his scoring total from 2017 with a goal, which would be his second of the season.
• Rodriguez can score in back-to-back games for the first time in his professional career.
• FW Mac Steeves can play in his fourth professional game if he comes in tonight.