San Jose Earthquakes                      Houston Dynamo
Pos Name                     SL EL Ag     Pos Name                     SL EL Ag
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GK Dorde Petrovic            26  6  n     GK Will Smith                25 10  n
SW Thiago Silva              30  5  n     SW Joe Hollywood             23  6  n
DF Wesley Fofana             29  3  n     DF Seb Gallagher             29  4  n
DF Reece James               18  7  n     DF Dylan Copestake Newman    25  4  n
DF Phil Neal                 10 10  n     DF Uri Lupienska              8  6  a
MF Moises Caicedo            20 10  n     MF Jack Perry Williams       30  5  n
MF Facundo Buonanotte        18 10  n     MF Mathieu Brissett          15  2  n
WG Mykhailo Mudryk           17 10  n     WG James Mann                26  3  n
FW Joao Felix                29  7  n     WG Pawel Kwrotslaw           18  9  a
FW Peter Osgood              27  8  n     FW Clinton Van Ry            24  6  n
FW Nicolas Jackson           17 10  n     FW Nigel Fairweather         16  9  n

Min 0: San Jose opens up with a 4-2-4 L while the Dynamo will play a 4-2-4 E.
Min 0: Today's referee is Alon Atie (HOMER/STRICT).
Min 3: Joao Felix (SJ) seizes on a horrible clearance from the American keeper...
        ...finds Peter Osgood busting into the box...
        ...who shoots...
        ...saved by Will Smith!
Min 3: The Refs whistle is blown...
        ...Pawel Kwrotslaw looks bewildered at the site of a yellow card...
        ...as are the away fans...
        ...A rousing chorus of We hate the man in black starts in the stands.
Min 11: Mathieu Brissett (HOU) surges forward with a weaving run...
        ...but Thiago Silva (SJ) brings it to an end with a well-timed tackle on the edge of the box.
Min 16: Joao Felix and Nicolas Jackson weave a neat interchange...
        ...which sees the Ivorian scamper clear...
        ...he outpaces the Houston defense and lifts a classy ball high but Will Smith gets a hand to it!
Min 17: He's lost it!...
        ...Mathieu Brissett (HOU) swings an elbow at Peter Osgood after a heavy tackle...
        ...and deservedly gets a red card.
Min 18: Dylan Copestake Newman(HOU) is forced to reposition to MF.
Min 25: Peter Osgood (SJ) weaves on the edge of the box...
        ...little pass to Moises Caicedo ...
        ...and his teammate drives from the edge of the box...
        ...Will Smith comes out of the goal and hoofs the ball clear. 
Min 28: The ball comes in to the area from Wesley Fofana...
        ...he rattles it off Will Smith...
        ...Joao Felix (SJ) tries his best to miss but scores. GOAL!...
        ...a superb play and the early lead for the Quakes...
        ...score now: SJ 1 - HOU 0
Min 36: Moises Caicedo  (SJ) bends his shot towards the goal...
        ...but Will Smith just gets a touch on it...
        ...excellent save! 
Min 37: Joao Felix (SJ) now gets a chance to cross...
        ...he looks for Phil Neal but it evades him...
        ...sadly Will Smith missed it too and it drifts into the back of the net GOAL!...
        ...San Jose are looking strong now...
        ...score now: SJ 2 - HOU 0
Min 37: Nigel Fairweather (HOU) whips in a decent looking cross to the six yard box...
        ...but Reece James (SJ) is there to clear with his head.
Min 38: A superb strike from Joao Felix (SJ)...
        ...who smashes one with power from 20 yards out...
        ...and into the bottom left-hand corner GOAL!...
        ...yet another one for San Jose; Coach Stephen Williams is furious...
        ...score now: SJ 3 - HOU 0
Min 41: After a brief skirmish at midfield, Uri Lupienska is awarded a yellow card!...
        ...the official is clearly playing to the crowd on this occasion!?
Min 43: Here comes Moises Caicedo  (SJ)...
        ...getting onto Nicolas Jackson's ball behind the defense...
        ...he slots it coolly past Will Smith GOAL!...
        ...Stephen Williams suggests to Will Smith that he might want to dust off his resume...
        ...score now: SJ 4 - HOU 0
Min 45: Malo Gusto on for Wesley Fofana(DF)...
        ...Malo Gusto will play DF.


HALFTIME SCORE: San Jose 4 - Houston 0

Min 48: Pawel Kwrotslaw (HOU) takes the ball into the Quakes half...
        ...chips a great ball over three defenders to find Uri Lupienska...
        ...who fires it over the goal.
Min 50: Seb Gallagher (HOU) escapes the offside flag...
        ...as a ball is played up to him...
        ...but Malo Gusto (SJ) muscles out the big striker before he can control.
Min 62: Now the ball comes to Joao Felix (SJ)...
        ...Moises Caicedo  has space on the left and Joao Felix tries to play him in...
        ...only for Seb Gallagher (HOU) to stick out a boot and just intercept.
Min 67: The Ref pulls Moises Caicedo  (SJ) up for spitting? Surely he can't be serious??
Min 74: The Dynamo sit back and absorb pressure...
        ...before Nicolas Jackson's (SJ) ball into the box is cut out by Joe Hollywood (HOU).
Min 75: SJ now playing Stall
Min 88: Uri Lupienska makes a hash in defense...
        ...under pressure form Peter Osgood (SJ)...
        ...and Mykhailo Mudryk collects the ball on the edge of the box...
        ...the Ukrainian smashes the ball past Will Smith...
        ...and well over the bar.


FINAL SCORE: San Jose 4 - Houston 0


Man Of The Match: Joao Felix (SJ)

San Jose Earthquakes 
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Dorde Petrovic            26 26 26 11  0  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
SW Thiago Silva              30 30 30 21 -1  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Wesley Fofana             29 29 29 23  0  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
DF Phil Neal                 10 10 10  9  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Reece James               18 18 18 16  1  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Malo Gusto                26 26 26 20  0  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
MF Facundo Buonanotte        18 18 18 16  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF Moises Caicedo            20 20 20 18  4  n  4  0  1  3 90  7
WG Mykhailo Mudryk           17 17 17 15  4  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
FW Joao Felix                29 29 29 29  1  n  0  0  3  3 90  7
FW Peter Osgood              27 27 27 27  2  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
FW Nicolas Jackson           17 17 17 17  4  n  0  0  0  1 90  6

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  4  n  0  4  0  0 90  6
SW Joe Hollywood             23 11 11 10  0  n  0  0  0  0 90  5
DF Seb Gallagher             29 29 29 23 -2  n  0  0  0  0 90  5
DF Uri Lupienska              8 10 10  7 -2  a  4  0  0  1 90  4
MF Dylan Copestake Newman    25 20 20 20 -2  n  0  0  0  0 90  5
MF Jack Perry Williams       30 30 30 27 -1  n  0  0  0  0 90  5
MF Mathieu Brissett          15 15 15 13  0  n 10  0  0  0 17  6
WG James Mann                26 26 26 23 -3  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
WG Pawel Kwrotslaw           18 22 22 16  1  a  4  0  0  0 90  6
FW Clinton Van Ry            24 24 24 24  0  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
FW Nigel Fairweather         16 16 16 16  3  n  0  0  0  0 90  6

Statistics        SJ HOU
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Halftime           4   0
Fulltime           4   0
Shots On Target    8   0
Shots              9   1
Saves              0   4
Offsides           0   0
Penalty Kicks      0   0
Yellow Cards       1   2
Red Cards          0   1
Avg SL% Used      57  53
Revenue           66  66

MIN TEAM MT    GP    DEF   OFF 
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  1   SJ  L  58.50 133.97 162.12 
  1  HOU  E  43.00 105.09 174.19 
 18  HOU  E  30.50  82.59 170.44 
 46   SJ  L  57.00 130.97 161.37 
 76   SJ  S  85.50 159.47  97.87 
 76  HOU  E  30.50  77.09 170.44 

 Trainer's Report
Reece James (SJ) was awarded a Captain's Bonus.
Joao Felix (SJ) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
Facundo Buonanotte (SJ) played 90 minutes and earned a TP.
Seb Gallagher (HOU) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
HOU has 0 TP and James Mann could not be trained.
Mathieu Brissett (HOU) was sent off today, and now has 10 DP.
    He'll miss 1 game (starting next session).