Lineup Notes: Houston Dynamo vs. Chicago Fire

DYNAMO STARTING XI (4-3-3):

• Tyler Deric; A.J. DeLaGarza ©, Adolfo Machado, Leonardo, Dylan Remick; Eric Alexander, Alex, Juan David Cabezas; Romell Quioto, Mauro Manotas, Andrew Wenger

STARTING XI NOTES:

• The Dynamo will utilize their 32nd different starting lineup in 34 matches this season.
• GK Tyler Deric will be making his 80th career start today and his 26th of the season.
• Deric can keep his sixth clean sheet of the season and the 21st of his career with a shutout this afternoon.
• Deric can match his career high of 10 victories from the 2015 season.
• DF A.J. DeLaGarza will start his 30th game of the season and the 226th of his MLS career this afternoon.
• DeLeGarza will wear the captain’s armband for the first time this season
• DeLaGarza can surpass his career high of 2,644 minutes played in a season if he plays through the 34th minute.
• DF Adolfo Machado will be making his 33rd start of the season and 33rd in MLS.
• DF Leonardo will start his 29th game of the season and the 108th of his MLS career this afternoon.
• DF Dylan Remick will play in his 58th career MLS game today. He’ll be making his 13th start of the season and the 45th of his career.
• MF Eric Alexander will start his 11th game of the season and the 141st in MLS career today.
• FW Alex will play in his 153rd career MLS game today. He’ll be making his 28th start of the season and the 114th of his career.
• MF Juan David Cabezas will be making his 26th start of the year and his 27th MLS appearance.
• FW Romell Quioto will be making his 14th start of the year and his 22nd MLS appearance.
• FW Mauro Manotas will start his 24th game of the season and the 34th in his MLS career this afternoon.
• Manotas needs one goal to reach 10 for the year and become the sixth Dynamo player to reach double digits in a season, and the third this season.
• FW Andrew Wenger will play in his 159th career MLS game today. He’ll be making his 12th start of the season and the 95th of his career.
• Wenger needs to score two goals to reach 10 in his Dynamo career.

SUBSTITUTES:

• GK Joe Willis can make his 61st career appearance and 38th with the Dynamo if he comes into today’s game. An appearance off the bench would be Willis’ third with the Dynamo and fourth overall.
• DF Jalil Anibaba can make his 166th career appearance and his 38th with the Dynamo if he comes into today’s game.
• FW Vicente Sánchez can make his 76th career appearance and his 21st with the Dynamo if he comes into today’s game.
• Sánchez needs one assist to set a new career high with six on the year.
• MF Ricardo Clark can make his 338th career appearance and his 254th with the Dynamo if he comes into today’s game.
• MF Tomás Martínez can make his 10th career appearance if he comes into today’s game.
• FW Alberth Elis can make his 26th career appearance if he comes into today’s game.
• Elis needs one assist to tie for second on the team with FW Vicente Sánchez and FW Mauro Manotas (5).
• FW Erick Torres can make his 94th career appearance and his 50th with the Dynamo if he comes into today’s game.
• Torres needs one goal to match his career high of 15 from the 2014 season.