North Texas tied Houston Dynamo 2 3-3 in last night’s Texas Derby before losing penalty shootout.
Their sole point keeps North Texas firmly within playoff contention, but drops them just behind Houston in the standings.
Just five minutes into the match a turnover by Santiago Ferreira allowed Houston to score.
Although North Texas outnumbered Houston 7-4 in their defensive box, another mistake from Ferreira led to a penalty that Marcelo Palomino put bottom-left, just out of Antonio Carrera’s reach.
Now at the 24th minute, Houston had secured a comfortable 2-0 lead.
Soon after, Ferreira would come off for Tomas Lacerda, an unfortunate ending to the 17-year-olds day.