Postgame Notes: Houston Dynamo 1, Portland Timbers 3

THE RESULT:

• Dropped Houston’s record to 7-8-3 on the year and 1-6-4 on the road.
• Moved Houston’s all-time record against Portland to 4-5-4 overall and 1-5-1 in Portland.

TEAM NOTES:

• The Dynamo conceded the first goal of the game for the ninth time this year when Portland scored in the seventh minute. They are now 1-5-3 when giving up the game’s first goal.
• Houston and Portland were tied at intermission, with the score knotted at 1-1. It was ninth time this year that the Dynamo have been tied at halftime, and they are now 2-4-3 in those games.
• Houston used their 21st different starting lineup this season. Head coach Wilmer Cabrera has now used 53 different lineup combinations in 55 games as the Dynamo head coach since the start of the 2017 season.

DYNAMO STARTING XI (5-3-2):

• Joe Willis; Andrew Wenger, Adolfo Machado, Jared Watts, Leonardo, DaMarcus Beasley ©; Eric Alexander, Boniek García, Tomás Martínez; Alberth Elis, Romell Quioto

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER NOTES:

• FW Romell Quioto scored his fourth goal of the season and the 11th of his MLS career when he tapped home a cross from FW Alberth Elis in the 12th minute.
• Quioto made his 16th start of the season and the 30th of his MLS career.
• FW Alberth Elis recorded his eighth assist of the season when he set up FW Romell Quioto’s goal in the 12th minute. Elis has now recorded at least one goal or assist in 13 of Houston’s 21 games this season.
• Elis made his 47th career appearance and his 38th start.
• MF Eric Alexander made his 17th start of the season and the 158th of his MLS career.
• MF Arturo Alvarez saw action in his 12th regular season game and his second in a row when he came on for MF Eric Alexander in the 85th minute.
• DF DaMarcus Beasley made his 17th start of the season, his 101st with the Dynamo and the 189th of his MLS career.
• MF Boniek García made his 11th start and 17th appearance of the year. For his career, it was his 127th start and 158th appearance in MLS regular-season play.
• MF Luis Gil made his 10th appearance for the Dynamo and the 165th of his career when he came on for FW Romell Quioto in the 74th minute.
• DF Leonardo made his 13th start of the season and his 42nd start in league play for the Dynamo.
• DF Adolfo Machado made his 48th career start tonight and play in his 15th game of the season tonight.
• MF Tomás Martínez made his 24th career start and appeared in his 29th MLS game.
• Martínez was available for selection after having the red card he received in Wednesday’s match vs. Philadelphia rescinded by the MLS Independent Panel on Friday afternoon.
• MF Memo Rodriguez made his 22nd career appearance and his third in a row when he came on for MF Tomás Martínez in the 60th minute.
• DF Jared Watts made his fifth start of the season and his fourth in a row. He appeared in his 66th career game.
• DF Andrew Wenger made his first start since June 9 vs. Colorado when he suffered a calf injury. It was his 12th start of the season and his 13th appearance.
• GK Joe Willis made his 51st regular season start with the Dynamo this evening.