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Sporting KCSKC
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View photoFT: @HoustonDynamo grab crucial 1-0 win vs. @SportingKC: http://t.co/UFSs0Xthpk #HOUvSKC http://t.co/hfqVg0a6GM
90+3' Besler hammers a long ball downfield. Dwyer manages to redirect it on goal but it's into the hands of Deric. 1-0 #HOUvSKC- Match ends, Houston Dynamo 1, Sporting Kansas City 0.
- 90'+5'Second Half ends, Houston Dynamo 1, Sporting Kansas City 0.
- 90'+4'Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Dominic Dwyer tries a through ball, but Paulo Nagamura is caught offside.
- 90'+4'Attempt saved. Dominic Dwyer (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matt Besler.
Dynamo with a terrific counter that starts from a Raul clearance. Alex's ball across is poor, however, and the chance is gone #HOUvSKC- 90'+2'Offside, Houston Dynamo. Alex tries a through ball, but Erick Torres is caught offside.
- 90'+1'Foul by Chance Myers (Sporting Kansas City).
- 90'+1'Erick Torres (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Sporting KC not using their heads with the man advantage. #HOUvSKC- 90'Foul by Jordi Quintillà (Sporting Kansas City).
- 90'Alex (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
What in the world is Benny thinking there? #HOUvSKC- 88' SKC looking for a way through, but Houston has dropped deep and remained organized since going up 1-0. #HOUvSKC
- 88'Foul by Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City).
- 88'Erick Torres (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 88'Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Benny Feilhaber tries a through ball, but Chance Myers is caught offside.
- 88'
MBenny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
Down a goal with less than 10 min, let's have our back line play kick back #sportingkc- 86'Stoppage over. They are ready to continue.
- 86'MBernardo AnorD#16Seth Sinovic
Should have waited for the Mattapult there. Going to take something like that for Sporting to bunker-bust, I think. #HOUvSKC- 85'Stoppage in match Rasheed Olabiyi (Houston Dynamo) because of an injury.
- 85'Foul by Dominic Dwyer (Sporting Kansas City).
- 85'Rasheed Olabiyi (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83' Excellent diagonal ball from Quintilla to Sinovic, whose cross to the far post is headed wide by a leaping Nagamura. #HOUvSKC
- 83'Attempt missed. Paulo Nagamura (Sporting Kansas City) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Seth Sinovic with a cross.
- Owen Coyle giving instruction to Beasley on the sideline. Trying to get the team to focus for the last ten minutes #HOUvSKC
#SKC couldn't mount a taxidermy project, much less an attack in this match.- 80'Attempt saved. Dominic Dwyer (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Chance Myers with a cross.
- 80'MJordi QuintillàMSoni Mustivar
- 80'
MAlexF#17Will Bruin 
Sporting just looks burned out. Zusi hasn't been himself since the World Cup (though, that's not completely his fault). #SportingKC #HOUvSKC- 77'Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Kevin Ellis tries a through ball, but Jacob Peterson is caught offside.
- 76' #SportingKC settling into a period of dominant possession as Houston is playing down a man due to Boniek Garcia's ejection. #HOUvSKC
- 76'Attempt saved. Jacob Peterson (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Graham Zusi.
- #sportingkc really needs to figure out their backline. Just a mess.
- 74'Attempt missed. Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Graham Zusi with a cross.
- 74'DSheanon WilliamsMBrad Davis
Even up a man, SKC still will not win this match, b/c Kevin Ellis will manage to give up another goal. #sportingkc
- Dom Dwyer is a pest, but opponents still aren't allowed to beat him about the head. #HOUvSKC
- 72'Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Will Bruin.
- Red Card to Boniek Garcia for what appeared to be a flung elbow to Dwyer's face. On replay, looked incidential #HOUvSKC
- Giles hits the bench and has his head in hands while medical staff go to work on him. Rough night for the Jamaican International #HOUvSKC
- 70'Dominic Dwyer (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 70'Foul by Óscar García (Houston Dynamo).
- 70'D#27Óscar García (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the red card.
- 69'Erick Torres (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 69'Foul by Seth Sinovic (Sporting Kansas City).
- 68'F#31Erick TorresFGiles Barnes
- 67' GOAL for Houston. DaMarcus Beasley does Bad Man things down the wing and Bruin toe pokes in for this 11th of the year #HOUvSKC
- 67'1 - 0F#17GOAL: Will BruinGoals this Season: 11
- 62' TIM MELIA, LADIES AND GENTS! Incisive attack from Houston as Clark squares it to Barnes, but @TimMelia28 makes the reflex save! #HOUvSKC
Losing guys mid season for Gold Cup hurt and could tell Coyle didn't know how to handle it like Dom #Dynamo- 63'Foul by Paulo Nagamura (Sporting Kansas City).
- 63'David Horst (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 63'
Attempt saved. Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Will Bruin. - 62'Attempt saved. Giles Barnes (Houston Dynamo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Clark.
- This is some of the worst attacking I've seen from the #Dynamo in a long time. They need to figure this out before end of season
- Miranda with a little sombrero over Nagamura and the Dynamo unleash a counter... until... it goes nowhere. #HOUvSKC
SAVE: Tim Melia makes a great stop on Brad Davis
60' Davis with a left-footed shot from 25 yards or so because why not, but it skips right into Melia's hands. #HOUvSKC- 60'Foul by Rasheed Olabiyi (Houston Dynamo).
- 60'Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 60'Attempt saved. Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo) left footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Óscar García.
- And Cubo makes the jog from warmups and looks like he'll get a half hour tonight. #HOUvSKC
- 58' Barnes is walking off gingerly but under his own power, we'll see if he can continue. #HOUvSKC
- 58'Stoppage over. They are ready to continue.
Great hustle from Bruin but his cross is long to Leo and poor Miranda is cleaned out by Sinovic. Yellow. #ForeverOrange #HOUvSKC- 57'Stoppage in match Leonel Miranda (Houston Dynamo) because of an injury.
WHY! WHY PETERSON! He can't score unless we're playing Toronto! #HOUvSKC- 56'Foul by Seth Sinovic (Sporting Kansas City).
- 56'Leonel Miranda (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- Small flurry of activity from both teams: Anomaly or sign of better things to come? #HOUvSKC
- 56'D#16Seth Sinovic (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
- Don't think Melia would have gotten that if Ellis wasn't there. He was going one way and the ball the other. Good work from Ellis. #HOUvSKC
- 54'FJacob PetersonFMarcel de Jong
- 53'Offside, Houston Dynamo. Rasheed Olabiyi tries a through ball, but Brad Davis is caught offside.
Brilliant counterattack from the #Dynamo- 53'Corner, Houston Dynamo. Conceded by Kevin Ellis.
- 53'
Attempt blocked. Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Brad Davis. - Two really unremarkable corner kicks by Graham Zusi. Anyone got an idea on why he's been in a funk for a year? #HOUvSKC
SAVE: Tim Melia is finally tested by Ricardo Clark- 51'Leonel Miranda (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51'Foul by Seth Sinovic (Sporting Kansas City).
- 51'Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by David Horst.
- 50' Long throw from Besler is flicked on by Myers, but Bruin heads it out for a corner at the back post. #HOUvSKC
- 51'Attempt blocked. Dominic Dwyer (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Graham Zusi with a cross.
- 50'Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Will Bruin.
- 47' Bruin is played through inside the box but Besler does very well to get his foot to it and clear. Zusi subesquently fouled. #HOUvSKC
- 48'Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48'Foul by Giles Barnes (Houston Dynamo).
- Encouraging sign early in the second half: Players are making faster moseys off the ball. #HOUvSKC
- 47'Foul by Dominic Dwyer (Sporting Kansas City).
- 47'DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
The second half is underway. Let’s see if SKC can get into the box more this half. #HOUvSKC- Second Half begins Houston Dynamo 0, Sporting Kansas City 0.
- First half highlight: Deric falling asleep on the pitch from boredom and blocking a shot on the way down. #HOUvSKC
- 45'+2'First Half ends, Houston Dynamo 0, Sporting Kansas City 0.
- Boniek flirted with danger. Danger flirted back. #HOUvSKC
Olabiyi has a good touch, is two footed, and physically imposing, and moves around with ease. #ForeverOrange #HOUvSKC- 45'Dominic Dwyer (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45'Foul by Óscar García (Houston Dynamo).
- 45'D#27Óscar García (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card.
- And with that, we're missing arguably our most important player for the next match against the red hot Sounders. ...GREAT. #HOUvSKC
- 43'
Attempt missed. Giles Barnes (Houston Dynamo) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by David Horst. 
SHOT: Giles Barnes sends a long-range effort over the bar- 42'Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 42'Foul by Rasheed Olabiyi (Houston Dynamo).
- 42'Dominic Dwyer (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42'Foul by David Horst (Houston Dynamo).
- #Dynamo not using the wings either would help create more space and opportunities.
All the attacking of Sunday night but with an opponent willing to play along! #HOUvSKC- 41'Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 41'Foul by Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City).
- 41'D#5Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
- 40'Foul by Rasheed Olabiyi (Houston Dynamo).
- 40'Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- Zusi with too much club for that shot out of the rough. #HOUvSKC
- 39'Hand ball by Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo).
The referee in #HOUvSKC just played advantage on a foul that was really really close to a penalty. Huh?!- 37'Dominic Dwyer (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 37'Foul by David Horst (Houston Dynamo).
Is there anything less threatening these days than a @HoustonDynamo set piece? How things have changed #HOUvSKC- 35'Foul by Giles Barnes (Houston Dynamo).
- 35'Tim Melia (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35'Foul by Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City).
- 35'Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- First yellow goes to SKC for a bad tackle on Bruin. San Zusi been bad. #ForeverOrange #HOUvSKC
- 33'DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 33'Foul by Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City).
- 32'Foul by Soni Mustivar (Sporting Kansas City).
- 32'Will Bruin (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 32'MSoni Mustivar (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
Sporting KC and Houston doing what Sporting KC and Houston do on a Wednesday night. Put me right to sleep. #HOUvSKC- I was going to say that's a yellow for Sinovic, but if Barnes didn't get a yellow, neither should Seth. Yay for consistency. #HOUvSKC
I've completely lost faith in Miranda #HOUvSKC #ForeverOrange- 30'Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 30'Foul by Leonel Miranda (Houston Dynamo).
- 29'David Horst (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29'Foul by Dominic Dwyer (Sporting Kansas City).
- 27'Óscar García (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 27'Foul by Seth Sinovic (Sporting Kansas City).
- 25' Feilhaber slips a delightful through ball into the path of Nagamura, but he's flagged off side. Man, that was close... #HOUvSKC
I love Beasley. What a man. #HOUvSKC- 25'Foul by Chance Myers (Sporting Kansas City).
- 25'Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 24'Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Benny Feilhaber tries a through ball, but Paulo Nagamura is caught offside.
If Barnes gets a yellow card he's gonna miss next match #houvskc #foreverorange
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- Solid defense from DaMarcus Beasley, age 76. #HOUvSKC
- 22'Attempt blocked. Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Benny Feilhaber.
- 21'Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 21'Foul by Giles Barnes (Houston Dynamo).
- 20' Olabiyi scampers forward and flashes in a low cross from the right flank. Matt Besler there to clear out of play. #HOUvSKC
- 20'Hand ball by Marcel de Jong (Sporting Kansas City).
- My wife advises me that she still has negative feelings toward Brad Davis. #HOUvSKC
Way to stay standing until you reach the penalty box and then fall down, Bruin. #SportingKC- 16'Corner, Houston Dynamo. Conceded by Kevin Ellis.
- Will Bruin isn't a lone striker. It makes it al.ost impossible for him to succeed. #ForeverOrange #HOUvSKC
- 15'Foul by Seth Sinovic (Sporting Kansas City).
- 15'Leonel Miranda (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jake and Nate keep talking about this match getting physical. When does Dom put on the Olivia Newton-John tights and leg warmers? #HOUvSKC
De Jong protecting Feilhaber & Nagamura protecting Zusi has shown signs of KC playing whole width on road as opposed to a side. #HOUvSKC
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- 10'Will Bruin (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 10'Foul by Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City).
- Leo showing a bit of hustle out there. Hope it means he wants to stick around long term. #TheFutureIsOrange #ForeverOrange #HOUvSKC
- This is a good sign: Oscar and Brad way off on a simple restart. Waste offensive chance and turn ball over... #ForeverOrange #HOUvSKC
- 6' Feilhaber spreads it wide to Zusi who serves a bouncing cross into the middle from the right wing, but Boniek Garcia intercepts. #HOUvSKC
- 7'Foul by Marcel de Jong (Sporting Kansas City).
- 7'Giles Barnes (Houston Dynamo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 6'Foul by Óscar García (Houston Dynamo).
- 6'Marcel de Jong (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- Oh, man ... that's rough. Somewhere in Chile, Luis Marin has just conceded a goal to the Dynamo. #HOUvSKC
- 4' Horst topples Feihaber from behind and it's another free kick for the visitors, this one from near the center circle. #HOUvSKC
- 4'Foul by David Horst (Houston Dynamo).
- 4'Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 3' Marcel de Jong gets on the end of Zusi's set piece, but his header from the corner of the six-yard box is high and wide. #HOUvSKC
- Oscar at RB....I know he can do the job on paper but.... #ForeverOrange #HOUvSKC
- 2'Attempt missed. Marcel de Jong (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Graham Zusi with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 2'Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 2'Foul by DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo).
- 1'Foul by Rasheed Olabiyi (Houston Dynamo).
- 1'Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
First Half begins.
KICKOFF: Houston Dynamo vs. Sporting Kansas City | September 23, 2015
HIGHLIGHTS: Houston Dynamo vs. Sporting Kansas City | September 23, 2015- Oh hey Donatas Motiejunas sighting. This has to be his fourth or fifth game this season. #ForeverOrange
Game in hand goes away tonight. Better be traded for 3 points. #sportingkc
- Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Goals and Assists
| 67' | | Will Bruin Assisted By: DaMarcus Beasley, Brad Davis |
Disciplinary
| 32' | | Soni Mustivar Reason: Unsporting Behavior | |
| 41' | | Matt Besler Reason: Unsporting Behavior | |
| 45' | | Óscar García Reason: Unsporting Behavior | |
| 56' | | Seth Sinovic Reason: Unsporting Behavior | |
| 70' | | Óscar García Reason: Unsporting Behavior | |
| 88' | | Benny Feilhaber Reason: Persistent Infringement |
Substitutions
| 54' | | Jacob Peterson Marcel de JongF |
| 68' | | Erick Torres Giles BarnesF |
| 74' | | Sheanon Williams Brad DavisM |
| 80' | | Alex Will BruinF |
| 80' | | Jordi Quintillà Soni MustivarM |
| 86' | | Bernardo Anor Seth SinovicD |
Match Information
MLS at BBVA Stadium
Houston, TX
Attendance 18037
Weather Partly Cloudy
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