The Houston Dynamo were very weakened by the absences of some of their key players in their mid-week match against Minnesota United, and were stuck at a goal-less draw. They will be now traveling to DC for their next match, where they will be hosted by DC United on Saturday, July 22nd. DC United are coming off an extremely frustrating loss on the road against the Seattle Sounders, and they will be looking to return to winning ways in their return home.
Houston Dynamo (8-7-5) are coming into this match after a frustrating and goal-less draw on the road against Minnesota United. Both teams were missing some key players in that match, and despite Houston’s relative dominance, both teams settled for a point each. Houston have not been in good form lately, having won just one of their last 8 matches in all competitions (1-3-4). Even so, they are still sitting at the 3rd spot of the Western Conference with 29 points after 20 matches. However, they have been terrible on the road for one more season, as they have yet to win a match after 10 tries (0-7-3). They have only kept two clean sheets so far on the road, but they have conceded multiple goals on 8 of their 11 road matches in all competitions. The Dynamo will be coming into this match with a handful of absences, as George Malki and Eric Alexander have been ruled out due to injuries, while Boniek Garcia, Alberth Elis, Romell Quioto and Erick Torres are on international duty at the Gold Cup.
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DC United (5-12-3) are coming into this match after suffering a massive overturn loss on the road against the Seattle Sounders. They were excellent in the first 50 minutes of the match as they had taken a solid 3-0 lead, but they saw their opponents score 4 goals in a 30 minute span, and were eventually left empty-handed from a match that they scored 3 times. They have been in awful form lately as this was their 5 consecutive loss in all competitions, having also dropped out of the US Open Cup in that span. They are still sitting at the bottom of the Eastern Conference with just 18 points after 20 matches, featuring both the worst offense in the league with 17 goals and the worst defense in the Conference with 35 conceded. They will be coming into this match with quite a few injury concerns, as Patrick Mullins has been ruled out, Rob Vincent, Nick DeLeon and Bobby Boswell are still listed as questionable to participate, while the most important absence is that of goalkeeper Bill Hamid who is away on international duty.