Lineup Notes: Houston Dynamo vs. Sporting Kansas City

DYNAMO STARTING XI (4-3-3):

• Tyler Deric; Adolfo Machado, Philippe Senderos, Leonardo, DaMarcus Beasley; Ricardo Clark ©, Juan David Cabezas, Tomás Martínez; Alberth Elis, Erick Torres, Alex

STARTING XI NOTES:

• The Dynamo will utilize their 33th different starting lineup in 35 matches this year.
• Seven members of the Starting XI will make their playoff debuts tonight, and three others will make their postseason debuts with the Dynamo this evening.
• MF Ricardo Clark will start his 24th career playoff game tonight.
• Clark will start his 18th career playoff game with the Dynamo, ranking third in club history for playoff games started.
• Clark will start his 303rd career game and make his 286th career start across all competitions for the club tonight.
• Clark can score his third career playoff goal and first since 2013.
• GK Tyler Deric will be making his playoff debut tonight.
• DF Adolfo Machado will make his playoff debut tonight.
• Machado will play as a right back for the first time this season due to an injury suffered by DF A.J. DeLaGarza on Oct. 22 vs. the Chicago Fire.
• DF Philippe Senderos will make his playoff debut tonight
• Senderos returns to the Starting XI for the first time since Oct. 15 vs. Sporting Kansas City.
• DF Leonardo will start his fifth playoff game tonight and first as a Dynamo player.
• DF DaMarcus Beasley will make his 18th appearance and 17th start in the postseason.
• Beasley will start his first postseason appearance as a Dynamo player.
• Beasley will be making his first playoff appearance since 2003. The 14-year gap between playoff appearances is the second-longest by a player in MLS history, behind Colorado GK Tim Howard’s 15-year gap between appearances (2001-2016).
• Beasley has two career goals in the playoffs and could score his third tonight.
• MF Juan David Cabezas will be making his playoff debut tonight.
• MF Tomás Martinez will be making his playoff debut tonight.
• Martínez returns to the Starting XI for the first time since Oct. 15 at Sporting Kansas City.
• FW Alberth Elis will make his playoff debut tonight.
• Elis returns to the Starting XI for the first time since Oct. 15 at Sporting Kansas City.
• FW Erick Torres will be making his playoff debut tonight.
• Torres returns to the Starting XI for the first time since Oct. 15 at Sporting Kansas City.
• FW Alex will make his first career start in post season play and his second career appearance in post season.
• Alex can score his second career goal in postseason competition.

SUBSTITUTES:

• GK Joe Willis can make his third career playoff appearance if he comes into tonight’s game. An appearance off the bench would be Willis’ second overall.
• DF Jalil Anibaba can make his third career appearance in postseason and his first with the Dynamo if he comes into tonight’s game.
• MF Eric Alexander can make his 10th career appearance in the postseason if he comes into tonight’s game.
•  Alexander can make his second career goal in postseason competition and first since 2013.
• MF Boniek García can make his 12th career playoff appearance if he comes into tonight’s game.
• García leads all current Dynamo players with three career playoff goals and can score his fourth. He can also extend his streak of scoring in the playoffs every year that the team has qualified.
• FW Mauro Manotas will make his playoff debut if he comes into tonight’s game.
• FW Romell Quioto will make his playoff debut if he comes into tonight’s game.
• FW Vicente Sánchez can make his second appearance in postseason play if he comes into tonight’s game.