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Kansas City 2-1 Houston Dynamo - September 23, 2023 / MLS 2023

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MLS 2023 - Round 27 - Western Conference

Children's Mercy Park - Kansas City - United States

September 23, 2023 - 19:30

18 033

Kansas City

2 - 1

Houston Dynamo

(penalty) Johnny Russell

William Agada

45+6'

45+9'

Teenage HadebeAssist by Ethan Bartlow

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7' - Goal Johnny Russell7

34' - Yellow card Nemanja Radoja34

39' - Red card Johnny Russell39

45' - Yellow card Franco Escobar

51' - Goal William Agada51

54' - Goal Teenage Hadebe

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46' - Substitution William Agadais substituted by Rémi Walter46

46' - Substitution Teenage Hadebeis substituted by Micael photo Corey Baird

46' - Substitution Nelson Quiñonesis substituted by Corey Baird

60' - Substitution Sebastian Kowalczykis substituted by Artur

62' - Substitution Nemanja Radojais substituted by Roger Espinoza photo Daniel Sallói

62' - Substitution Gadi Kindais substituted by Daniel Sallói62

70' - Substitution Aliyu Ibrahimis substituted by Griffin Dorsey

73' - Yellow card Erik Thommy73

74' - Yellow card Griffin Dorsey

76' - Substitution Héctor Herrerais substituted by Ivan Franco

83' - Yellow card Luis Caicedo

86' - Substitution Erik Thommyis substituted by Felipe Gutiérrez86

88' - Yellow card Dany Rosero88

96' - Yellow card Daniel Sallói96

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Kansas City

2 - 1

Houston Dynamo

Kansas City Houston Dynamo

Team line-ups

Kansas City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

23Agada5146

William Agada

Nigeria

B.date17/09/1999

Age24 years

H1m76

positionCentre forward

7Russell739

Johnny Russell

Scotland

B.date08/04/1990

Age33 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Forward

11Shelton

Khiry Shelton

United States

B.date26/06/1993

Age30 years

H1m91

positionStriker

10Kinda62

Gadi Kinda

Israel

B.date23/03/1994

Age29 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

26Thommy8673

Erik Thommy

Germany

B.date20/08/1994

Age29 years

H1m74

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

6Radoja6234

Nemanja Radoja

Serbia

B.date06/02/1993

Age30 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

18Ndenbe

Logan Ndenbe

Belgium

B.date09/02/2000

Age23 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

3Fontàs

Andreu Fontàs

Spain

B.date14/11/1989

Age33 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

5Rosero88

Dany Rosero

Colombia

B.date06/10/1993

Age29 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

17Davis

Jake Davis

United States

B.date03/01/2002

Age21 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

29Melia

Tim Melia

United States

B.date15/05/1986

Age37 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
29	G	Tim Melia		37	258	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Dany Rosero	88	29	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Andreu Fontàs		33	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Logan Ndenbe		23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Nemanja Radoja	6234	30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Gadi Kinda	62	29	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Jake Davis		21	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Erik Thommy	8673	29	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	William Agada	5146	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Johnny Russell	739	33	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Khiry Shelton		30	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Houston Dynamo

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

18Ibrahim70

Aliyu Ibrahim

Nigeria

B.date16/01/2002

Age21 years

positionRight Winger

32Kowalczyk60

Sebastian Kowalczyk

Poland

B.date22/08/1998

Age25 years

H1m69

positionOffensive Midfielder

20Carrasquilla

Adalberto Carrasquilla

Panama

B.date28/11/1998

Age24 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

21Quiñones46

Nelson Quiñones

Colombia

B.date20/08/2002

Age21 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

16Herrera76

Héctor Herrera

Mexico

B.date19/04/1990

Age33 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

27Caicedo83

Luis Caicedo

Colombia

B.date18/05/1996

Age27 years

H1m71

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Smith

Bradley Smith

Australia

B.date09/04/1994

Age29 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

17Hadebe5446

Teenage Hadebe

Zimbabwe

B.date17/09/1995

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

4Bartlow

Ethan Bartlow

United States

B.date02/02/2000

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

2Escobar45

Franco Escobar

Argentina

B.date21/02/1995

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

12Clark

Steve Clark

United States

B.date14/04/1986

Age37 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Steve Clark		37	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Teenage Hadebe	5446	28	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Ethan Bartlow		23	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Bradley Smith		29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Franco Escobar	45	28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Luis Caicedo	83	27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Héctor Herrera	76	33	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Adalberto Carrasquilla		24	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Sebastian Kowalczyk	60	25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Aliyu Ibrahim	70	21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Nelson Quiñones	46	21	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Kendall McIntosh		29
19	D	Robert Castellanos		25
4	D	Robert Voloder		22
8	D	Graham Zusi		37
54	M	Rémi Walter	46	28	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Roger Espinoza	62	36	394	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Felipe Gutiérrez	86	32	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Daniel Sallói	6296	27	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
77	F	Marinos Tzionis		22

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Andrew Tarbell		29
31	D	Micael	46	23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Daniel Steres		32
28	D	Erik Sviatchenko		31
6	M	Artur	60	27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	M	Brooklyn Raines		18
7	M	Ivan Franco	76	23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Griffin Dorsey	7074	24	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Corey Baird	46	27	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

William Agada

Alan Pulido

OUT

Gadi Kinda

Rémi Walter

OUT

Khiry Shelton

Daniel Sallói

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ethan Bartlow

Erik Sviatchenko

OUT

Aliyu Ibrahim

Corey Baird

OUT

Bradley Smith

Artur

OUT

Franco Escobar

Griffin Dorsey

OUT

Adalberto Carrasquilla

Micael

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Peter Vermes

552

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Vermes vs Houston Dynamo

19 victories

14 draws

15 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 2023

Vermes vs Olsen

8 victories

5 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Ben Olsen

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Olsen vs Kansas City

5 victories

5 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 2023

Olsen vs Vermes

5 victories

5 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 2023

Referee

Chris Penso

10 victories	7 draws	6 losses	Kansas City23 matches	General total	Houston Dynamo28 matches	6 victories	6 draws	16 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Kansas City2 matches	Season total	Houston Dynamo3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on September 23, 2023					Latest figure on November 11, 2023

4th official

Ramy Touchan

2 victories	2 draws	1 loss	Kansas City5 matches	General total	Houston Dynamo4 matches	0 victory	2 draws	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Kansas City1 match	Season total	Houston Dynamo1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 23, 2023					Latest figure on September 23, 2023

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Key figures

Johnny Russell scored 5 goals vs in Major League Soccer

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ben Olsen has done less than 1.08 goals conceded per game .

Johnny Russell scored 8 goals vs in his professional career

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

-1	8	San Jose Earthquakes	41 pts	31 rd
	9	FC Dallas	39 pts	29 rd
+1	10	Sporting Kansas City	38 pts	31 rd
-1	11	Minnesota United	37 pts	30 rd
	12	Austin FC	34 pts	29 rd

General ranking

+1	2	Los Angeles FC	45 pts	30 rd
-1	3	Seattle Sounders	45 pts	30 rd
	4	Houston Dynamo	43 pts	30 rd
+1	5	Real Salt Lake	43 pts	30 rd
+2	6	Portland Timbers	42 pts	31 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSporting Kansas City 2-2 Real Salt Lake12/07/2023

VSporting Kansas City 1-0 Chivas Guadalajara31/07/2023

LSporting Kansas City 1-4 Deportivo Toluca04/08/2023

VSporting Kansas City 3-0 San Jose Earthquakes26/08/2023

VSporting Kansas City 2-1 St. Louis City02/09/2023

LSporting Kansas City 0-3 Nashville SC20/09/2023

Overall

LSporting Kansas City 1-4 Deportivo Toluca04/08/2023

VSporting Kansas City 3-0 San Jose Earthquakes26/08/2023

VSporting Kansas City 2-1 St. Louis City02/09/2023

LInter Miami 3-2 Sporting Kansas City09/09/2023

VMinnesota United 0-1 Sporting Kansas City16/09/2023

LSporting Kansas City 0-3 Nashville SC20/09/2023

Current form

Away

LAustin FC 3-0 Houston Dynamo24/06/2023

LSeattle Sounders 1-0 Houston Dynamo01/07/2023

DColorado Rapids 0-0 Houston Dynamo15/07/2023

DOrlando City 1-1 Houston Dynamo21/07/2023

VReal Salt Lake 0-3 Houston Dynamo26/08/2023

DLos Angeles Galaxy 0-0 Houston Dynamo02/09/2023

Overall

VHouston Dynamo 3-1 Real Salt Lake23/08/2023

VReal Salt Lake 0-3 Houston Dynamo26/08/2023

VHouston Dynamo 2-0 Columbus Crew30/08/2023

DLos Angeles Galaxy 0-0 Houston Dynamo02/09/2023

DHouston Dynamo 1-1 St. Louis City16/09/2023

VHouston Dynamo 4-1 Vancouver Whitecaps20/09/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	5	7
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	4	7
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

11	General ranking (Competition total)	4
8	General ranking (Home / Away)	13
1308	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1148
19	FBDB index ranking (National)	8

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	29
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
9	Victories (Competition total)	12
7	Victories (Home / Away)	2
8	Draws (Competition total)	7
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
13	Losses (Competition total)	10
6	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

39	Goals scored (Competition total)	41
25	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
43	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.41
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.71
1.43	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.14
1.27	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.64

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
3-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (3 times)

Bookings

49	Yellow cards (Competition total)	73
22	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	36
3	Red cards (Competition total)	5
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Alan Pulido	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Amine Bassi
Alan Pulido	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Amine Bassi
Alan Pulido	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	6 penalties	Amine Bassi
Alan Pulido	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Amine Bassi
Erik Thommy	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	9 assists	Héctor Herrera
Johnny Russell	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Héctor Herrera
Alan Pulido	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	4 goals, 2 assists during the last 6 matches	Corey Baird

Historical head to head

Home

25 matches

12 v

7 d

6 l

42 gf

33 ga

Away

30 matches

7 v

9 d

14 l

28 gf

41 ga

Total

55 matches

19 v

16 d

20 l

70 gf

74 ga

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

14 v

9 d

7 l

41 gf

28 ga

Away

25 matches

6 v

7 d

12 l

33 gf

42 ga

Total

55 matches

20 v

16 d

19 l

74 gf

70 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 07, 2020
Home	4 - 0	March 07, 2020

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	August 25, 2020
Away	5 - 2	August 25, 2020

Latest head to head

July 08, 2023 - MLS 2023

Houston Dynamo

2 - 2

Kansas City

May 10, 2023 - US Open Cup 2023

Houston Dynamo

1 - 0

Kansas City

September 10, 2022 - MLS 2022

Houston Dynamo

0 - 0

Kansas City

May 25, 2022 - US Open Cup 2022

Kansas City

2 - 1

Houston Dynamo logo Houston Dynamo

March 05, 2022 - MLS 2022

Kansas City

1 - 0

Houston Dynamo logo Houston Dynamo

Best historical scorers against Houston Dynamo

Johnny Russell	7 goals	2018 - 2022
Dom Dwyer	7 goals	2013 - 2016
Alan Pulido	6 goals	2020 - 2023
C.J. Sapong	4 goals	2011 - 2013
Gadi Kinda	4 goals	2020 - 2021
Benny Feilhaber	3 goals	2015 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/04/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Kansas City

Mauro Manotas	8 goals	2016 - 2020
Brad Davis	5 goals	2006 - 2013
Will Bruin	5 goals	2012 - 2015
Alberth Elis	4 goals	2017 - 2020
Nate Jaqua	3 goals	2007 - 2008
Darwin Quintero	3 goals	2020 - 2021

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/04/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Houston Dynamo

Roger Espinoza	36 matches	2008 - 2023
Graham Zusi	33 matches	2009 - 2023
Matt Besler	30 matches	2009 - 2020
Seth Sinovic	22 matches	2011 - 2019
Chance Myers	20 matches	2008 - 2016
Daniel Sallói	17 matches	2017 - 2023

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/04/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Kansas City

Brad Davis	28 matches	2006 - 2015
Oscar Boniek Garcia	25 matches	2012 - 2021
Ricardo Clark	23 matches	2006 - 2017
Corey Ashe	21 matches	2007 - 2014
Will Bruin	19 matches	2011 - 2016
Bobby Boswell	18 matches	2008 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/04/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Kei Kamara

126 matches

47 matches

2008 - 2013

Brad Davis

27 matches

328 matches

2006 - 2016

Abe Thompson

22 matches

3 matches

2008 - 2009

Jalil Anibaba

17 matches

46 matches

2015 - 2017

Servando Carrasco

9 matches

24 matches

2013 - 2015

Tyler Pasher

2 matches

39 matches

2016 - 2022

Total : 6 players

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They played in both sides

Brad Davis

27 matches

328 matches

2006 - 2016

Kei Kamara

126 matches

47 matches

2008 - 2013

Jalil Anibaba

17 matches

46 matches

2015 - 2017

Tyler Pasher

2 matches

39 matches

2016 - 2022

Servando Carrasco

9 matches

24 matches

2013 - 2015

Abe Thompson

22 matches

3 matches

2008 - 2009

Total : 6 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/04/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	St. Louis City	53	31	16	5	10	58	39	+19
+12	Los Angeles FC	45	30	12	9	9	44	34	+10
-13	Seattle Sounders	45	30	12	9	9	37	31	+6
4	Houston Dynamo	43	30	12	7	11	42	35	+7
+15	Real Salt Lake	43	30	12	7	11	42	45	-3
+26	Portland Timbers	42	31	11	9	11	41	48	-7
-27	Vancouver Whitecaps	41	29	11	8	10	47	43	+4
-18	San Jose Earthquakes	41	31	10	11	10	36	40	-4
9	FC Dallas	39	29	10	9	10	34	33	+1
+110	Sporting Kansas City	38	31	10	8	13	41	44	-3
-111	Minnesota United	37	30	9	10	11	38	40	-2
12	Austin FC	34	29	9	7	13	40	46	-6
13	Los Angeles Galaxy	33	28	8	9	11	39	48	-9
14	Colorado Rapids	22	29	4	10	15	21	45	-24

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Kansas City 2-1 Houston Dynamo - September 23, 2023 / MLS 2023

Kansas City

2 - 1

Houston Dynamo

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Vermes vs Houston Dynamo

Vermes vs Olsen

Manager

Olsen vs Kansas City

Olsen vs Vermes

Referee

4th official

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Houston Dynamo

Best historical scorers against Kansas City

Players with most games played vs Houston Dynamo

Players with most games played vs Kansas City

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking