Dynamo vs Sporting Kansas City: Highlights, stats, and quotes

The Houston Dynamo held on to a scoreless draw against Sporting Kansas City Saturday night, even playing more than half the match down a man. Matias Vera’s first half red card saw Kenny Bundy’s side reduced to ten, but Houston fought until the end and nearly grabbed a winner.

MATCH SUMMARY

Houston Dynamo FC 0 – 0 Sporting Kansas City

Saturday, September 10, 2022

Venue: PNC Stadium - Houston, Texas

Referee: Tori Penso

Assistants: Brian Poeschel, Chris Elliott

Fourth Official: Natalie Simon

VAR: Daniel Radford

Attendance: 15,169

Weather: 90 degrees, clear skies

SCORING SUMMARY

None

DISCIPLINE SUMMARY

HOU: Matias Vera (caution; foul) 18’

HOU: Sebas Ferreira (caution; dissent) 38’

HOU: Matias Vera (caution; ejection; foul) 41’

SKC: Nicolas Isimat (caution; foul) 65’

HOU: Paul Caffrey (caution; dissent) 66’

LINEUPS & STATS

Houston Dynamo FC: Steve Clark; Adam Lundkvist, Ethan Bartlow, Teenage Hadebe, Zarek Valentin; Matías Vera (C), Coco Carrasquilla, Darwin Quintero (Darwin Cerén 46); Fafa Picault, Sebas Ferreira (Nelson Quiñones 76), Corey Baird (Thor Úlfarsson 66)

Unused Substitutes: Michael Nelson, Tim Parker, Zeca, Sam Junqua, Marcelo Palomino, Beto Avila

Total shots: 11 (Fafa Picault 4)

Shots on goal: 3 (Fafa Picault 2)

Fouls: 13 (Darwin Cerén, Sebas Ferreira, Teenage Hadebe, Fafa Picault, Matías Vera tied with 2)

Offside: 0

Corner kicks: 5

Saves: 6 (Steve Clark 6)

Sporting Kansas City: John Pulskamp; Ben Sweat (Robert Voloder 83), Andreu Fontas, Nicolas Isimat, Kayden Pierre; Erik Thommy (Roger Espinoza 71), Rémi Walter (Uri Rosell 72), Felipe Hernández (Cam Duke 83); Dániel Sallói, William Agada, Johnny Russell (C) (Marinos Tzionis 68)

Unused substitutes: Kendall McIntosh, Kaveh Rad, Khiry Shelton

Total shots: 20 (William Agada 5)

Shots on goal: 6 (William Agada and Marinos Tzionis tied with 2)

Fouls: 8 (William Agada and Nicolas Isimat tied with 2)

Offside: 1 (Erik Thommy 1)

Corner kicks: 6

Saves: 3 (John Pulskamp 3)

HOUSTON DYNAMO INTERIM HEAD COACH KENNY BUNDY

On the effort of the team with a man down:

“The one thing that you want out of a group is heart, you want willingness to work as hard as you can for 90 minutes for the group.