Lineup Notes: Houston Dynamo vs. Minnesota United

DYNAMO STARTING XI (4-3-3):

• Joe Willis; Boniek García, Adolfo Machado, Jalil Anibaba, DaMarcus Beasley; Ricardo Clark ©, Eric Alexander, Alex; Alberth Elis, Erick Torres, Mauro Manotas

STARTING XI NOTES:

• The Dynamo are using their sixth different starting lineup in six games thus far on the season.
• MF Alex is making his 44th start overall for the Dynamo and the 92nd of his MLS career.
• MF Eric Alexander will make his fifth start of the season, his eighth as a member of the Dynamo and the 135th of his career tonight.
• DF Jalil Anibaba is making his 152nd career start in MLS regular-season competition and his third in a row tonight.
• DF DaMarcus Beasley returns to the starting lineup after a two-game absence and will make his 153rd career start and 65th as a Dynamo tonight.
• MF Ricardo Clark will make his 297th start in MLS play and his 222nd for the Dynamo tonight.
• FW Alberth Elis makes his fifth start of the season and his second in a row tonight. Elis has played in all five games this season and will extend that streak to six at the opening whistle.
• MF Boniek García is making his second consecutive start at right back and his fifth as a member of the Dynamo. García also started three games at right back in the 2015 season.
• García will make his 125th career appearance in MLS competition tonight.
• DF Adolfo Machado is starting his sixth consecutive game.
• Machado, Alex and Clark will now be the only three players to have started all six games this season.
• FW Mauro Manotas makes his third consecutive start. Manotas started 10 games in 2016, scoring six goals in those games.
• FW Erick Torres will make his 13th start for the Dynamo and his 57th overall in MLS play.
• With a goal tonight, Torres would extend his scoring streak at BBVA Compass Stadium to four consecutive games and would up his total to seven on the year, equaling the second-highest single-season total in his career.
• GK Joe Willis will make his 50th career start and his first of the 2017 season. Willis started 24 games a year ago for the Dynamo.

SUBSTITUTES BENCH:

• MF Juan David Cabezas returns to the 18-man matchday roster after not dressing in each of the previous two games while recovering from a concussion.
• GK Tyler Deric would make just his second career appearance as a substitute if he were to enter the game tonight.
• MF Joseph Holland is on the bench for the fourth consecutive game. An appearance as a substitute tonight would be his Major League Soccer debut.
• DF Kevin Garcia would make his Major League Soccer debut if he comes on as a substitute tonight.
• FW Romell Quioto returns to the 18-man matchday roster for the first time since March 18 at Portland. Quioto suffered a separated left shoulder on March 24 while representing Honduras against the United States and has missed each of the last two games for the Dynamo due to the injury.
• FW Vicente Sánchez is on the bench for the second consecutive game and stands to make his third appearance of the season if he comes in as a substitute this evening.
• FW Andrew Wenger can continue his streak of having played in every game this season, and could make his fifth appearance off the bench, if he sees action this evening.