Starting XI Notes | Houston vs. Sporting KC

060119 Starting XI

DYNAMO STARTING XI (4-3-3):

  • Joe Willis; Adam Lundkvist, Maynor Figueroa, Kiki Struna, A.J. DeLaGarza; Matías Vera, Boniek García (C), Tomás Martínez; Romell Quioto, Mauro Manotas, Alberth Elis


INDIVIDUAL PLAYER NOTES:

  • GK Joe Willis can make his 96th career start in MLS regular-season play and his 74th with the Dynamo. It will be Willis’ 98th career appearance in league play.
  • Willis can earn his 26th win with the Dynamo in MLS regular-season play and the 32nd of his MLS career.
  • DF Adam Lundkvist will make his 11th appearance – and start – of the season today and his 28th league appearance for the Dynamo.
  • DF Maynor Figueroa returns to the starting lineup for the first time since May 15 vs. Portland. It will be Figueroa’s 10th appearance and 10th start for the Dynamo, and his 90th career appearance in MLS regular-season play.
  • DF Kiki Struna will start his 11th game in league play for the Dynamo. It will be his 14th start and 14th appearance for the club in all competitions this season.
  • DF A.J. DeLaGarza can make his 12th start of the 2019 MLS season today. It will be DeLaGarza’s 242nd career start in league play.
  • MF Matías Vera will make his 12th start of the season and his 16th in 17 matches across all competitions this year.
  • MF Boniek García will make his 182nd appearance in MLS regular-season play today.
  • García will wear the captain’s armband for the 11th time this season and will make his 12th start of the year.
  • MF Tomás Martínez will start his 12th game of the season and the 49th of his MLS career.
  • FW Romell Quioto will make his fourth start of the season today and his ninth league appearance for the Dynamo this year.
  • Quioto can tie FW Erick Torres (14) for 10th on the club’s all-time scoring list with his next goal
  • FW Mauro Manotas will make his 110th career appearance in league play for the Dynamo and his 77th career start.
  • Manotas needs one goal to pass Brad Davis (41) for third on the club's regular-season goals list.
  • Manotas could record his eighth career multi-goal game, which would tie Will Bruin for the most in club history.
  • FW Alberth Elis returns to the starting lineup after missing last weekend’s game with a concussion. He will make his 12th appearance and 11th start of the year, and the 68th appearance and 55th start of his MLS career.
  • Elis can reach 5,000 minutes played in his MLS career if he plays through the 79th minute tonight. He enters the game with 4,921 minutes played to date.
  • Elis can pass former Dynamo FW Will Bruin (20) for fifth on the club’s all-time assist list with one tonight.



SUBSTITUTES:


  • DF DaMarcus Beasley is on the bench for the first time this season. He could make just his third appearance as a substitute with the Dynamo, and his 13th appearance off the bench in his career, if he comes into tonight’s game. It would be his 213th career appearance in league play.
  • MF Darwin Cerén can make his 105th career appearance in league play and 30th with the Dynamo if he enters the game tonight.
  • GK Tyler Deric could make just his second appearance as a substitute and his first since Aug. 29, 2014 at Sporting Kansas City.
  • DF Kevin Garcia can make his fourth appearance of the season, his second in a row and his second off the bench, if he comes into tonight’s game. It would be his 22nd career appearance in league play.
  • FW Marlon Hairston can make his eighth appearance of the season for the Dynamo and his 103rd career appearance if he enters the game tonight.
  • MF Tommy McNamara could make his 105th career appearance in all competitions and extend his streak of playing in every game in all competitions this season if he enters the game tonight.


  • MF Memo Rodriguez can make his 12th appearance of the year and his fourth off the bench if he comes into tonight’s game.