The goals of the match
Another one from the spot for Cristian Espinoza! 🎯 pic.twitter.com/AbPgW3QXIE — Major League Soccer (@MLS) April 2, 2023
Amine Bassi finds the equalizer from the spot for @HoustonDynamo! pic.twitter.com/Dl4pT11nPe
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) April 2, 2023
Cristian Espinoza converts the penalty kick and @SJEarthquakes take the early lead! pic.twitter.com/bmZWa6Bwaw
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) April 2, 2023
Thanks
Thank you for following the San Jose-Houston Dynamo MLS game.
END GAME
SAN JOSE 2-1 HOUSTON
90'
Add 5 minutes.
86'
Bouda and Kikanovic join
Ebobisse and Cowell leave
San Jose changes
76'
Ferreira and Quiñones enter
Baird and Carrasquilla come out
Houston changes
65'
GOAL SAN JOSE
Espinoza's low, placed shot makes it 2-1 and retakes the lead.
64'
The whistle blower awards a penalty kick in favor of San José.
63'
A possible penalty is reviewed in the VAR.
61'
Silva enters and Baldisimo leaves, San José changes.
59'
Monteiro of San José has been cautioned.
57'
Franco enters and Raines leaves, Houston changes.
55'
Espinoza with the shot, and the goalkeeper was getting the ball through his legs, and he was able to save his mistake.
46'
The second half begins between San Jose and Houston.
HALF TIME
SAN JOSE 1-1 HOUSTON
45'
Stores of Houston has been cautioned.
45'
Add 5 minutes more.
42'
HOUSTON DYNAMO GOAL
Amine Bassi shoots powerfully down the middle to tie the score 1-1.
40'
The referee awarded a penalty kick in favor of Houston Dynamo.
38'
Escobar in, Schmitt out, Houston change
33'
San Jose's Akapo has been cautioned.
17'
Mensah of San Jose has been cautioned.
7'
GOAL SAN JOSE
Espinoza tricks the goalkeeper to make it 1-0 on penalty.
6'
Penalty in favor of San José
5'
They claimed a handball and penalty in favor of San José.
0'
Kickoff between San Jose and Houston.
Minutes away
We are minutes away from kickoff between Houston Dynamo and San Jose Earthquakes.
Houston Dynamo substitutes
31 Micael
34 Thorleifur Úlfarsson
2 Franco Escobar
21 Nelson Quiñones
7 Ivan Franco
13 Andrew Tarbell
9 Sebastián Ferreira
27 Luis Caicedo
25 Griffin Dorsey
San Jose Substitutes
15 Tanner Beason
25 Ousseni Bouda
41 Emmanuel Ochoa
16 Jack Skahan
22 Tommy Thompson
21 Miguel Trauco
23 Oskar Agren
28 Benjamin Kikanovic
93 Judson
XI Houston Dynamo
12 Steve Clark, 17 Teenage Hadebe, 4 Ethan Bartlow, 22 Tate Schmitt, 5 Daniel Steres, 6 Artur, 16 Héctor Herrera, 35 Brooklyn Raines, 11 Corey Baird, 8 Amine Bassi, 20 Adalberto Carrasquilla.
XI San Jose
1 JT Marcinkowski, 26 Tonhão, 4 Jonathan Mensah, 3 Paul Marie, 29 Carlos Akapo, 55 Michael Baldisimo, 14 Jackson Yueill, 35 Jamiro Monteiro, 10 Cristian Espinoza, 44 Cade Cowell, 11 Jeremy Ebobisse.
Texans arrived
This is how the Texan team arrived for today's game.
Time to take care of business in San Jose. 💪#HoldItDown pic.twitter.com/6Vl6NvvHCM
— Houston Dynamo FC (@HoustonDynamo) April 2, 2023
The report
Here is San José's injury report for today:
Tonight's Availability Report in collaboration with Stanford Medicine. pic.twitter.com/gGN7PNjYCc
— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) April 2, 2023
How is San Jose doing?
Meanwhile, San José is in seventh place with 7 points and if they win, they will climb to fourth place.
How is Houston doing?
Houston is eighth in the Western Conference with 6 points, but if they win tonight they could be climbing to the fifth rung.
Start
San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo close Saturday's MLS activity with a vibrant clash. We begin with VAVEL's coverage of the game.
Tune in here San Jose Earthquakes vs Houston Dynamo Updates in MLS 2023
Do not miss a detail of the match with the with VAVEL. Follow along with us all the details, commentaries, analysis and rosters for this San Jose Earthquakes vs Houston Dynamo match for the MLS 2023 on VAVEL US.
What time is the San Jose Earthquakes vs Houston Dynamo match for MLS 2023?
This is the start time of the game San Jose Earthquakes vs Houston Dynamo of April 1st in several countries:
Argentina: 11:30 PM on Apple TV
Bolivia: 10:30 PM on Apple TV
Brazil: 11:30 PM on Apple TV
Chile: 11:30 PM on Apple TV
Costa Rica: 8:30 PM on Apple TV
Colombia: 9:30 PM on Apple TV
Ecuador: 9:30 PM on Apple TV
United States (ET): 10:30 PM on Apple TV
Spain: 4:30 AM on Apple TV
Mexico: 8:30 PM on Apple TV
Paraguay: 11:30 PM on Apple TV
Peru: 9:30 PM on Apple TV
Uruguay: 11:30 PM on Apple TV
Last games San Jose Earthquakes vs Houston Dynamo
The Texans have dominated the series in the last five games, winning three games, drawing one and losing one.
San Jose Earthquakes 1-2 Houston Dynamo, 2022 MLS season
Houston Dynamo 4-3 San Jose Earthquakes, 2022 MLS season
San Jose Earthquakes 1-1 Houston Dynamo, 2021 MLS season
Houston Dynamo 2-1 San Jose Earthquakes, 2021 MLS season
San Jose Earthquakes 2-0 Houston Dynamo, 2019 MLS season
Key Player Houston Dynamo
Mexico's Héctor Herrera has gradually earned a starting spot with the team but, above all, he is starting to regain the pace of play that he showed at some point in European soccer and could be more than key to lift the team.
Key player San Jose Earthquakes
Goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski has been key in keeping the team from conceding so many goals this season with some important saves, and is expected to have a good day so that the team can get three points at home.
Last roster Houston Dynamo
12 Steve Clark, 17 Teenage Hadebe, 4 Ethan Bartlow, 22 Tate Schmitt, 5 Daniel Steres, 6 Artur, 16 Héctor Herrera, 35 Brooklyn Raines, 11 Corey Baird, 8 Amine Bassi, 21 Nelson Quiñones.
Last roster San Jose Earthquakes
1 JT Marcinkowski, 26 Tonhão, 4 Jonathan Mensah, 3 Paul Marie, 29 Carlos Akapo, 55 Michael Baldisimo, 14 Jackson Yueill, 28 Benjamin Kikanovic, 10 Cristian Espinoza, 44 Cade Cowell, 11 Jeremy Ebobisse.
Houston Dynamo: Keep the winning momentum going
After a bad start to the campaign with two losses in a row, the Houston Dynamo have got back on track with two wins in a row, both at home, and now they are on a mission to take points away from home.
San Jose Earthquakes: improving on offense
With 7 points and two games without a win, the San Jose Earthquakes will try to get back to winning ways considering that they have only been able to score 4 goals in 5 games offensively and will have to improve in this aspect.
The Kick-off
The San Jose Earthquakes vs Houston Dynamo match will be played at the PayPal Partk, in San Jose, United States. The kick-off is scheduled at 22:30 pm ET.
Welcome to minute by minute coverage of the MLS 2023: San Jose Earthquakes vs Houston Dynamo!
My name is Adrian Hernandez and I will be your host for this game. We will provide you with all the information on VAVEL US.