Houston coach Wilmer Cabrera’s gamble of leaving two key attackers on the bench, introducing them later as Impact tired, probably won this game for the home side.
Impact are now 0-7-1 from their MLS visits to the Dynamo.
Yet, despite not producing a performance of high quality, Montreal looked like they would comfortably see this one out with a share of the spoils. It would be wrong to suggest the visitors did enough to win it, they didn’t, but then Evan Bush wasn’t that busy either.
The decisive moment came in the 86th minute, when one of those key Dynamo attackers, Romell Quioto reacted sharpest to his own blocked attempt as the ball ricocheted away from Sagna.