LA GALAXY vs HOUSTON DYNAMO
STUBHUB CENTER, Carson, Calif.
March 21, 2015 (WEEK 3, MLS Game #24)
10:30 p.m. ET (MLS LIVE)
MLS Cup foes for three times in four years but now both members of the Western Conference, the LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo meet for the first time this season when the clubs face off Saturday evening at StubHub Center. The Galaxy return home after maintaining their undefeated start to the year in dramatic fashion, snatching a late 2-2 draw at the Portland Timbers last weekend. The Dynamo are on the road for the first time after splitting a pair of games in Houston, coming off a 1-0 loss to expansion side Orlando City SC.
- The Galaxy return home with their second result in as many matches to start the season, snatching a late 2-2 draw at the Portland Timbers on Sunday afternoon. The Galaxy are undefeated in their last 21 matches in all competitions at StubHub Center, since losing the season opener a year ago.
- The Dynamo hit the road for the first time in 2015 following a win and a loss at BBVA Compass Stadium to open the season, falling 1-0 to Orlando City SC on Friday evening on an own goal.
- The Dynamo have won the last four league meetings between the teams, including a 1-0 victory last year at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo also took a 1-0 victory in the last meeting between the clubs at StubHub Center, in 2013. The Galaxy’s last league victory against the Dynamo came May 25, 2011, a 1-0 win in Carson.
- The teams met in three MLS Cups over a four-year period, the Galaxy winning all three, in 2009, 2011 and 2012, all in Carson.
REFEREE: Juan Guzman. AR1 (bench): Fabio Tovar; AR2 (opposite): Apolinar Mariscal; 4th: Kevin Stott
MLS Career: 49 games; FC/gm: 25.5; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 16; pens: 12
SUSPENDED: none
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (18 meetings): Galaxy 6 wins, 18 goals … Dynamo 8 wins, 21 goals … Ties 4
AT LA (8 meetings): Galaxy 3 wins, 10 goals … Dynamo 3 wins, 2 goals … Ties 2
RETURN MATCHES: 5/22: LA Galaxy vs. Houston Dynamo, 7 p.m. PT (UDN); 7/25: Houston Dynamo vs. LA Galaxy, 8 p.m. CT
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