THE WIN:
- Improved the Dynamo’s record on the season to 11-10-10 overall and 10-1-4 at home.
- Improved Houston’s record to 10-1-4 at BBVA Compass Stadium this season.
- Moved Houston’s record against Minnesota United FC to 1-0-2 this season.
- Gave the Dynamo an all-time record against Minnesota United FC of 1-0-2 overall and 1-0-1 in Houston.
- Improved the Dynamo’s record against Western Conference opponents to 6-6-9 on the year.
- Was head coach Wilmer Cabrera’s 21st win as an MLS head coach.
DYNAMO STARTING XI (4-3-3):
- Tyler Deric; A.J. DeLaGarza, Adolfo Machado, Leonardo, Dylan Remick; Ricardo Clark ©, Eric Alexander, Alex; Romell Quioto, Mauro Manotas, Alberth Elis
TEAM NOTES:
- The Dynamo used their 29th different starting lineup in 31 matches this season.
- The Dynamo have now scored at least two goals in 13 of their 15 home games this season.
- The Dynamo were tied at halftime for the 11th time this season. It marked the first time this year that the team won after being tied at halftime. Houston is now 1-4-6 this season when level at intermission.
- The Dynamo outshot Minnesota United FC 19-8 in the game. It marked the 18th time this season that the Dynamo had more shots than their opponents, and their record in those games improved to 9-5-4.
- The Loons had the better of possession, holding the ball for 58.2 percent of the game. It marked the 25th time this season that Houston had less possession than its opponent, and the Dynamo moved to 11-5-9 in those games.
- The Dynamo completed 80.0% of their pass attempts in the game. It marked the eighth time the club had a passing accuracy of over 80%, and they improved to 2-4-2 in those games.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER NOTES:
- FW Vicente Sánchez tied a career high with two assists. It was the third time in his career that he had multiple assists in a game, and the first time since Sept. 26, 2015 for Colorado at Houston.
- Sánchez’s two assists of tonight gave him five on the season, matching his career high set in 2015 with the Colorado Rapids.
- Sánchez recorded an assist for third consecutive game, extending his career-long streak.
- Sánchez made his 18th appearance of the season when he came off the bench for MF Alex in the 63rd minute.
- FW Alberth Elis scored his 10th goal of the season when he headed home a cross in the 69th minute. He became the sixth player in Dynamo history to reach double digits in a season and the second, joining Brian Ching, to do so in his first year with the club.
- Elis scored in back-to-back games for the third time this season.
- Elis made his 17th start of the season and his 24th appearance overall.
- FW Romell Quioto scored his sixth goal of the season when he headed home a corner kick in the 85th minute.
- Quioto scored his second game-winning goal of the season and his first since the season opener vs. Seattle Sounders SC on March 4.
- Quioto started his 13th game of the season and made his 20th appearance in league play.
- MF Eric Alexander returned to the Starting XI for the first time since May 6 vs. Orlando City and played 73 minutes. It was his ninth start of the year and the 139th of his MLS career.
- MF Alex played in his 150th career MLS game tonight. He made his 26th start of the season and the 112th of his career.
- MF Ricardo Clark started his 315th career game in MLS regular-season play tonight. That tied him with MLS legend Landon Donovan for 12th on the league’s all-time games started list. His next start, his 316th, would move him into a tie for 10th all-time with current Dynamo assistant coach Davy Arnaud and former Colorado Rapids star Pablo Mastroeni.
- In the 18th minute, Clark to surpassed 2,000 minutes played in a season for the fifth consecutive year and the ninth time in his MLS career.
- DF A.J. DeLaGarza started his 27th game of the season and the 223rd of his MLS career tonight.
- GK Tyler Deric earned his 25th career win and improved his record to 25-27-23.
- Deric made his 77th career start tonight and his 23rd of the season.
- In the 20th minute, Deric surpassed 2,000 in a season for the second time in his career and first time since 2015.
- DF Dylan Remick played in his 55th career MLS game tonight. He made his 11th start of the season and the 42nd of his career.
- DF Leonardo started his 26th game of the season and the 105th of his MLS career tonight.
- DF Adolfo Machado started his 31st consecutive game. He is the only player on the team to have started every game this season.
- Machado played all 90 minutes for the 31st consecutive match. He and New York City FC defender Alexander Callens are the only field players in the league who have played every minute for their clubs this year.
- FW Mauro Manotas made his 22nd start of the season and his 30th appearance of the year tonight.
- In the 24th minute, Manotas surpassed 3,000 career minutes played in regular-season competition.
- FW Andrew Wenger made his 20th appearance of the season and his 52nd with the Dynamo when he came into the game for FW Mauro Manotas in the 62nd minute.
- DF DaMarcus Beasley made his second appearance off the bench with the Dynamo and second this season when he came into tonight’s game for MF Eric Alexander in the 73rd minute. He previously came on as a sub against the New York Red Bulls on April 1, playing 13 minutes in that game.
