- Memo Rodriguez (8')
- Maximiliano Urruti (42')
- Deiber Caicedo (80')
Dynamo hold off Whitecaps for 2-1 win
HOUSTON -- — Memo Rodríguez and Maxi Urruti scored first-half goals and the Houston Dynamo held off the Vancouver Whitecaps for a 2-1 win on Saturday night.
The Dynamo (3-2-2) took the lead in the eighth minute. Fafà Picault swinged in a cross from wide left, Whitecaps goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau was unable to corral it after a deflection off defender Bruno Gaspar and Rodríguez smashed home the putback.
Urruti doubled the lead in the 42nd minute with a side volley to finish Rodríguez’s corner.
Déiber Caicedo pulled the Whitecaps (2-4-1) within 2-1 in the 80th minute, dribbling around goalkeeper Marko Maric and drilling a right-footed shot through three defenders.
Houston’s Ariel Lassiter had a curling left-footer miss off the top of the crossbar in the 67th minute.
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Game Information
- Referees:
- David Gantar
MLS Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Real Salt Lake | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | +9 | 21 |
Minnesota United FC | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | +6 | 20 |
LA Galaxy | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | +4 | 19 |
Vancouver Whitecaps | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | +8 | 18 |
Colorado Rapids | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 18 |
Austin FC | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 16 |
LAFC | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
Houston Dynamo FC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
St. Louis CITY SC | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | +1 | 13 |
Sporting Kansas City | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
Seattle Sounders FC | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
Portland Timbers | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
FC Dallas | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
San Jose Earthquakes | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 7 |