Ibrahim Aliyu’s fifth-minute objective held up because the deciding rating in Houston Dynamo FC’s 1-0 win over visiting Charlotte FC on Saturday.
The victory prolonged Houston’s unbeaten streak to 6 matches (3-0-3). The Dynamo are additionally 2-0-3 of their final 5 house matches.
Charlotte FC’s personal four-match (3-0-1) unbeaten run ended with Saturday’s defeat. It was solely Charlotte’s second loss in its final 11 matches (6-2-3).
Steve Clark made 4 saves for his fourth shutout of the season. The Dynamo (8-6-6, 30 factors) have allowed solely 23 objectives over 20 matches performed this season.
In a gathering of two of the league’s prime defensive golf equipment, Houston wanted simply 5 minutes to interrupt down Charlotte’s again line. It was the primary time this season that Charlotte FC (9-7-5, 32 factors) allowed a objective throughout the first half-hour of a match.
Amine Bassi and Sebastian Ferreira every acquired assists for his or her roles in Aliyu’s fifth objective of the season. Bassi’s cross discovered Ferreira in the midst of the field, and Ferreira’s canny go discovered Aliyu proper in entrance of the web for the end.
The Dynamo held 69.9 % of the possession within the first half, and this management led to a number of different first rate scoring probabilities. Ferreira launched a shot simply barely extensive of the submit within the thirty third minute, and two minutes later, the striker simply barely missed a ultimate contact on an Aliyu cross in entrance.
After Houston dominated the primary 45 minutes, Charlotte FC saved issues far more even through the second half. Charlotte had its closest scoring likelihood within the seventy fifth minute, as Iuri Tavares’ canny back-heel go arrange Liel Abada for a harmful shot blocked by Clark.
Sebastian Kowalczyk virtually scored an insurance coverage objective for the Dynamo one minute into second-half stoppage time, however goalkeeper Kristijan Kahlina made an enormous cease to maintain Charlotte’s probabilities alive.
Charlotte FC captain Ashley Westwood was unavailable resulting from a warning accumulation suspension. Westwood had performed each minute of Charlotte’s earlier 20 matches.
–Discipline Stage Media