Houston Dynamo                            Colorado Rapids
Pos Name                     SL EL Ag     Pos Name                     SL EL Ag
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GK Will Smith                25 10  a     GK Lukas Gutlbaier           31  7  p
SW Dick Solomon              22  4  n     SW Michael Sollbauer         11 10  n
DF Seb Gallagher             29  8  n     DF Benjamin Bockle           27  7  n
DF Tej Rekhi                 23  7  n     DF Horchata Fridge           24  6  n
DF Uri Lupienska              8  6  a     DF Leopold Querfeld          23  8  n
MF Anton Carlsen             28  6  n     MF Karim Onisiwo             19 10  n
MF James Clark Ross          25  6  n     MF David Schnegg             10 10  n
WG Aiden Roddy               29  6  n     WG Moritz Oswald             13 10  n
WG Pawel Kwrotslaw           18  5  n     FW Ercan Kara                27  6  n
FW Clinton Van Ry            24  4  n     FW Maximillian Entrup        23  6  n
FW Nigel Fairweather         16  7  n     FW Marco Grull               15 10  n

Min 0: Houston opens up with a 4-2-4 E while the Rapids will play a 4-2-4 L.
Min 0: Today's referee is Rob Lye (STRONG/LOOSE).
Min 4: Ercan Kara finds some space in the middle of the pitch...
        ...hits an audacious 30-yard shot...
        ...Will Smith palms the shot onto the bar...
        ...it spins back to Leopold Querfeld who heads the ball...
        ...but Seb Gallagher (HOU) is there to knock it out of danger.
Min 7: Marco Grull (COL) collects on that right flank...
        ...his cross ricochets to the American striker Horchata Fridge...
        ...whose finish is high over the bar.
Min 9: Benjamin Bockle gets overlapped by Nigel Fairweather (HOU)...
        ...who threads it to Clinton Van Ry...
        ...who hits it right into the hands of Lukas Gutlbaier.
Min 10: Maximillian Entrup (COL) lays the ball off for David Schnegg around the D...
        ...he looks to bend one into the top corner...
        ...and gets it horribly wrong and horribly wide. 
Min 12: A superb strike from Anton Carlsen (HOU)...
        ...who smashes one with power from 20 yards out...
        ...but its caught by the alert Rapids goalie Lukas Gutlbaier.
Min 12: Maximillian Entrup (COL) gets himself in the book by scything down Clinton Van Ry.
Min 13: Brilliant play by Tej Rekhi (HOU) on the right...
        ...he whizzes clear and crosses low for Pawel Kwrotslaw...
        ...who tries to strike it but clumsily knocks it out of play.
Min 14: Pawel Kwrotslaw (HOU) is on the left and looks to cross...
        ...the ball floats over Lukas Gutlbaier...
        ...and just over the woodwork for a goal kick.
Min 17: Pawel Kwrotslaw's (HOU) goal-bound effort is blocked brilliantly by Horchata Fridge (COL)...
        ...and it loops up and into the hands of Lukas Gutlbaier.
Min 20: Uri Lupienska hits a short back-pass...
        ...and Ercan Kara (COL) latches on...
        ...but he can't beat an alert Will Smith.
Min 21: Tej Rekhi (HOU) finds space on the left...
        ...he skirts the edge of the box...
        ...and hits a right foot shot...
        ...James Clark Ross sticks a leg out and deflects the ball past Lukas Gutlbaier...
        ...and well wide of the net.
Min 22: Nigel Fairweather (HOU) is booked for a heavy tackle on Ercan Kara. 
Min 34: Period of head tennis in the middle of the pitch...
        ...finally a ball is played along the ground towards Maximillian Entrup (COL)...
        ...but the impressive Dick Solomon (HOU) is able to get the ball back to Will Smith.
Min 36: Seb Gallagher finds some space in the middle of the pitch...
        ...hits an audacious 30-yard shot...
        ...Lukas Gutlbaier palms the shot onto the bar...
        ...it spins back to James Clark Ross who heads the ball...
        ...but Michael Sollbauer (COL) is there to knock it out of danger.
Min 36: Superb sliding block by Seb Gallagher (HOU) denies Maximillian Entrup a sure goal...
        ...after great work from Marco Grull in the Houston box.
Min 43: Tej Rekhi (HOU) tries a wildly ambitious effort from distance...
        ...which trundles back to Lukas Gutlbaier in a restful Sunday type of way.


HALFTIME SCORE: Houston 0 - Colorado 0

Min 51: Now the ball comes to Ercan Kara (COL)...
        ...Benjamin Bockle has space on the left and Ercan Kara tries to play him in...
        ...only for Tej Rekhi (HOU) to stick out a boot and just intercept.
Min 56: Ercan Kara (COL) finds Karim Onisiwo steaming through the middle...
        ...he gets into the area...
        ...but Seb Gallagher (HOU) is there to make a key tackle.
Min 60: Benjamin Bockle(COL) limps off the pitch...
        ...Flavius Daniliuc (COL) on for Benjamin Bockle at DF.
Min 60: James Mann on for Pawel Kwrotslaw(WG)...
        ...James Mann will play WG.
Min 62: Michael Sollbauer(COL) limps off the pitch...
        ...Alexander Schlager (COL) on for Michael Sollbauer at SW.
Min 63: Clinton Van Ry (HOU) whips in a decent looking cross to the six yard box...
        ...but Flavius Daniliuc (COL) is there to clear with his head.
Min 64: Ercan Kara opts to attack the goal on his own...
        ...Seb Gallagher greets the intruder at the gate and strips him of the ball.?
Min 66: Period of head tennis in the middle of the pitch...
        ...finally a ball is played along the ground towards Marco Grull (COL)...
        ...but the impressive Seb Gallagher (HOU) is able to get the ball back to Will Smith.
Min 68: Flavius Daniliuc hits a short back-pass...
        ...and Clinton Van Ry (HOU) latches on...
        ...but he can't beat an alert Lukas Gutlbaier.
Min 71: Clinton Van Ry (HOU) takes off down the left...
        ...he outpaces the defense picks out Nigel Fairweather...
        ...who takes a shot but Lukas Gutlbaier had little trouble catching it. 
Min 75: Superb sliding block by Tej Rekhi (HOU) denies Horchata Fridge a sure goal...
        ...after great work from Maximillian Entrup in the Houston box.
Min 77: Now the ball comes to Anton Carlsen (HOU)...
        ...James Mann has space on the left and Anton Carlsen tries to play him in...
        ...only for Horchata Fridge (COL) to stick out a boot and just intercept.
Min 82: The ball is hooked on towards Moritz Oswald (COL)...
        ...who takes on Dick Solomon on the edge of the area...
        ...Dick Solomon  gets control to erase the opportunity.
Min 86: Clinton Van Ry (HOU) now gets a chance to cross...
        ...he looks for Anton Carlsen but it evades him...
        ...Flavius Daniliuc (COL) is there to collect the ball and turn it back upfield.
Min 89: James Mann (HOU) does well to turn on the edge of the box...
        ...only to see his shot blocked by Horchata Fridge (COL).


FINAL SCORE: Houston 0 - Colorado 0


Man Of The Match: Lukas Gutlbaier (COL)

Houston Dynamo
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Will Smith                25 25 25 11  2  a  0  1  0  0 90  6
SW Dick Solomon              22 22 22 15 -2  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Tej Rekhi                 23 23 23 18  1  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
DF Seb Gallagher             29 29 29 23  2  n  0  0  0  0 90  7
DF Uri Lupienska              8 10 10  7 -2  a  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF James Clark Ross          25 25 25 25  0  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
MF Anton Carlsen             28 28 28 28  0  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
WG Pawel Kwrotslaw           18 18 18 16  1  n  0  0  0  2 60  6
WG Aiden Roddy               29 29 29 26  0  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
WG James Mann                25 25 25 22  1  n  0  0  0  0 30  6
FW Clinton Van Ry            24 24 24 24 -2  n  0  0  0  2 90  6
FW Nigel Fairweather         16 16 16 16  1  n  4  0  0  1 90  6

Colorado Rapids
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Lukas Gutlbaier           31 31 31 13  2  p  0  5  0  0 90  7
SW Michael Sollbauer         11 11 11  8  1  n  0  0  0  0 62  6
SW Alexander Schlager        25 12 12 11  8  n  0  0  0  0 28  6
DF Horchata Fridge           24 24 24 19  0  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
DF Leopold Querfeld          23 23 23 18  2  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Benjamin Bockle           27 27 27 21 -1  n  0  0  0  0 60  6
DF Flavius Daniliuc          16 16 16 12  2  n  0  0  0  0 30  6
MF Karim Onisiwo             19 19 19 19  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF David Schnegg             10 10 10  9  4  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
WG Moritz Oswald             13 13 13 11  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
FW Ercan Kara                27 27 27 27  0  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
FW Maximillian Entrup        23 23 23 23  0  n  4  0  0  0 90  6
FW Marco Grull               15 15 15 15  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6

Statistics       HOU COL
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Halftime           0   0
Fulltime           0   0
Shots On Target    5   1
Shots              8   3
Saves              1   5
Offsides           0   0
Penalty Kicks      0   0
Yellow Cards       1   1
Red Cards          0   0
Avg SL% Used      59  53
Revenue           63  63

MIN TEAM MT    GP    DEF   OFF 
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  1  HOU  E  59.25 131.52 183.67 
  1  COL  L  40.25 112.26 140.36 
 60  COL  L  34.75 101.26 137.61 
 61  HOU  E  59.25 131.52 197.32 
 62  COL  L  48.75 122.26 137.61 
 63  COL  L  35.75 102.76 137.61 

 Trainer's Report
Benjamin Bockle (COL) suffered a thigh bruise.
Michael Sollbauer (COL) suffered a thigh bruise.
Aiden Roddy (HOU) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
James Clark Ross (HOU) played 90 minutes and earned a TP.
Horchata Fridge (COL) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.