Houston Dynamo 4, New York Red Bulls 1
Saturday, April 1, 2017 – 8:30 p.m. ET
BBVA Compass Stadium | Houston, TX
Box Score
Scoring Summary:
NY – Bradley Wright-Phillips 2 (Sacha Kljestan, Felipe) 13’
HOU – Dylan Remick 1 (Alex) 14’
HOU – Erick Torres 4 (PK) 41’
HOU – Erick Torres 5 (unassisted) 56’
HOU – Erick Torres 6 (free kick) 90’ + 1
Misconduct Summary:
NY – Connor Lade (caution, foul) 28'
NY – Tyler Adams (caution, dissent) 44’
HOU – Dylan Remick (caution, foul) 70’
HOU – Erick Torres (caution, foul) 87’
New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Kemar Lawrence, Aaron Long, Aurelien Collin (Damien Perrinelle, 39’), Connor Lade (Sal Zizzo, 58’), Tyler Adams, Felipe, Danny Royer (Alex Muyl, 69’), Sacha Kljestan ©, Derrick Etienne, Jr., Bradley Wright-Phillips
TOTAL SHOTS: 11; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 11; OFFSIDE: 3; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 6
Houston Dynamo: Tyler Deric; Dylan Remick, Jalil Anibaba, A.J. DeLaGarza, Adolfo Machado, Eric Alexander, Ricardo Clark © (Boniek Garcia, 59’), Alex, Erick Torres, Andrew Wenger (Alberth Elis, 63’), Mauro Manotas (DaMarcus Beasley, 77’)
TOTAL SHOTS: 17; SHOTS ON GOAL: 10; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDE: 3; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 3
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
Referee's Assistants: Eduardo Mariscal, Jose Da Silva
4th Official: Mark Kadlecik
Attendance: 17,914
- Dynamo forward Erick Torres’ hat trick leads Houston past the New York Red Bulls, 4-1 on Saturday at BBVA Compass Stadium. Houston recorded four goals against New York for just the third time in the previous 24 meetings.
- Bradley Wright-Phillips opened the scoring with a goal in the 13th minute. Wright-Phillips ran into space and was found by Sacha Kljestan. The goal, BWP’s second of the season, comes days after the forward was signed to a new multi-year contract.
- Wright-Phillips, who was held scoreless through the first two matches, has scored a goal in two of the last three contests to bring his career league total to 71.
- Kljestan recorded the primary assist, which was his second assist of the season, and 69th in his MLS career. Kljestan has 36 assists as a Red Bull, and is now tied with Amado Guevara and Tab Ramos for second-most in franchise history.
- Felipe was credited with the secondary assist, which was his first of the season, to raise his career total to 37. The midfielder has tallied 13 as a Red Bull.
- Luis Robles recorded a season-high six saves in the loss.
- New York falls to 37-33-20 all-time in the month of April and 3-5-3 in April under head coach Jesse Marsch.
- Despite the loss, New York still owns a sizeable lead in the all-time series against Houston at 11-5-8.
- Head coach Jesse Marsch owns a 36-21-16 mark with the Red Bulls.
- With the loss, the Red Bulls fall into a three-way tie for second in the Eastern Conference with seven points (2-1-1) through five matches played.
- The Red Bulls wrap up their two-match road trip at Orlando SC on April 9. New York then returns for three consecutive matches at Red Bull Arena, beginning with a match against rival D.C. United on April 15.
