Postgame Notes: Houston Dynamo 3, LA Galaxy 2

THE WIN:

• Improved Houston's record to 3-3-2 on the season.
• Gave the Dynamo back-to-back wins at home for the first time this season.
• Improved Houston's all-time record against the LA Galaxy to 10-10-7 in the regular season, 7-5-3 in Houston and 4-1-1 at BBVA Compass Stadium.
• Improved Houston's record against Western Conference clubs to 1-2-0 on the year.
• Improved Houston's record in May to 1-0-0.
• Was Head Coach Wilmer Cabrera's 25th career victory in Major League Soccer.
• Was Cabrera's 16th regular-season win on the Dynamo sidelines.

TEAM NOTES:

• With DF Alejandro Fuenmayor’s goal in the third minute, the Dynamo have now scored three goals inside of the first five minutes of matches this season and five times inside the first 15 minutes. Houston improved to 3-1-0 this season when scoring inside of 15 minutes.
• The Dynamo scored first, striking in the third minute through DF Alejandro Fuenmayor. It was the fifth time this season that the Dynamo scored the game’s first goal, and they improved to 3-1-1 when scoring the first goal.
• The Dynamo scored three goals in the match. It was the third time in five home games this season, and the 11th time in 22 home games under head coach Wilmer Cabrera that Houston scored at least three goals.
• The Dynamo and the Galaxy were tied at halftime, 1-1. It marked the third time this season that the Dynamo were level with their opponents at intermission, and the team improved to 1-2-0 this season when tied at the break.
• Houston outshot the Galaxy 16-10. The Dynamo have outshot their opponent in seven of their eight games this year, and they are now 3-3-1 in those games.
• The Galaxy had the better of possession in the game, holding the ball for 54.8 percent of the match. It was the fifth game this year in which the Dynamo had less of the ball than their opponent. They are now 2-1-2 this year with more than 50 percent of possession.
• The Dynamo used their eighth different starting lineup this season. Since the start of the 2017 season, head coach Wilmer Cabrera has now used 40 different starting lineups in 42 matches.

DYNAMO STARTING XI (4-3-3):

• Joe Willis; Andrew Wenger, Adolfo Machado, Alejandro Fuenmayor, DaMarcus Beasley ©; Eric Alexander, Darwin Cerén, Tomás Martínez; Romell Quioto, Mauro Manotas, Alberth Elis

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER NOTES:

• MF Memo Rodriguez scored his fourth career goal, and first of the season, when he headed home a loose ball in the 90th minute for the game-winning goal.
• Rodriguez scored his first career game-winning goal with his 90th-minute headed strike.
• Rodriguez made his 12th career appearance and third of the season when he came on for MF Eric Alexander in the 84th minute.
• FW Romell Quioto scored his second goal of the season when he fired a direct free kick past LA GK David Bingham from a tight angle on the left side of the penalty area in the 47th minute.
• Quioto recorded an assist in his third straight game, giving him the longest such streak of his MLS career, when his free kick in the third minute set up DF Alejandro Fuenmayor’s goal.
• With his assist in the third minute, Quioto matched FW Alberth Elis for the team lead with four on the season.
• With his goal and assist tonight, Quioto has played a role in eight of Houston’s last nine goals dating back to April 21 vs. Toronto FC, when he scored, assisted or helped create all five of the Dynamo’s goals in a 5-1 win.
• Quioto made his fourth start of the season and the 18th of his career tonight.
• DF Alejandro Fuenmayor scored his first goal in Major League Soccer when he volleyed home a free kick from FW Romell Quioto in the third minute. Fuenmayor became the ninth different Dynamo player to score this season.
• Fuenmayor made his fourth MLS regular season start.
• MF Eric Alexander started his 148th career game and made his 198th career appearance tonight.
• DF DaMarcus Beasley made his 179th MLS regular season start tonight and his 91st start for the Dynamo.
• MF Darwin Cerén made his seventh start for the Dynamo and his 74th career start in MLS regular-season play.
• FW Alberth Elis tied for the team lead with three chances created in the match. He also had two shots on goal, raising his league-leading total to 19 on the year.
• Elis made his 34th career appearance and his 26th start tonight.
• MF Boniek García made his 146th career appearance when he came in for FW Mauro Manotas in the 67th minute.
• García surpassed 12,000 minutes played with the club across all competitions. He came into the match with 11,984 career minutes played and saw action in the final 22 minutes to give him 12,006 career minutes across all competitions.
• DF Leonardo made his 122nd career appearance when he came in for DF Adolfo Machado in the 64th minute. It marked just the eighth appearance as a substitute in his MLS career.
• DF Adolfo Machado started in his 40th career appearance tonight.
• FW Mauro Manotas made his 43rd career start and appeared in his 72nd career game.
• MF Tomás Martínez made his 12th career start and played in his 16th MLS game tonight.
• Martínez surpassed 1,000 minutes played in MLS tonight. He entered the game with 927 minutes under his belt and passed the milestone in the 73rd minute.
• DF Andrew Wenger made his 103rd career MLS regular season start tonight and his eighth start of the season.
• GK Joe Willis made his third start of the season and his 60th career MLS regular season starttoday.
• Willis earned his 17th win as a starting goalkeeper in MLS.