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the next one that's the the same thing the same playoffs 22 Houston verus LFC I might the next one in Manning v v the team news for the DN minor adjust for the team Dy to get up and down that right Al leading [Music] withal opport to continue to build the gos that they are they're playing for Houston B we on the wayes LC Houston LFC they're starting right now LFC versus Houston let's see who wins Le starting with AMI kind of shadowing directly underneath ALU will be able to pinch with the ball's on the left K pitching when the ball's on the right but bance of posession going to be for a very quick transition based team for lafc lafc play tonight and the Columbus Crew playing ear in the day they transition from Lees cup to the MLS stretch run is officially complete this is Griffin dorsy rerer dorsy takes of it now the dyn can do what they like to do yeah it's going to be really interesting to see the spots that Griffin dorsy picks tonight because obviously he's going up with one of the most Ruth players in Major League Soccer Denny Bongo fantastic season 23 goals 14 assists in all competitions but the right back for the Houston Dynamo is going to have to pick and choose when he provides with without the ball when he wants to get forward and really attack that left hand side already lcus Houston Oh froma Long all right throw [Music] you look at fonte you immediately see the physical attributes wide shoulder big builds when we spoke to Ben OLS earli in the season a comparison to a stury striker that he knows can get goals and the the comparison was to Chicho arango but that is the goal that people are seeking with a DP number nine he's he's a bigger body than chichu arango the hope is that he can be as ruthless and efficient in the attacking phase of play as Chicho Rango but he going to play it a little bit differently because I think he's more of a he's a hybrid between a n and a 10 so we'll see how he leads the line but he's got a lot of really [Music] gooda game Opening Up Down by SHO sliding in Sanchez who did not start the game on Wednesday good win there by Sergi Valencia shoulder Tosh shoulder with ALU Advantage Houston well that last phase of buildup for LFC is exactly what they're so efficient and ruthless with finding Denny bonga into space on that left hand side of the attack but again why was just talking about Griffin dorsy going to have to be very very smart with the moments he tries to get forward like this but also recognizing if they turn the ball over donga that space it's incredible how quickly he can pull away from Defenders and find himself in opportunties like this KN through butter gets by three Dynamo Defenders finally able to slow him down as arour Hollings head Max shano how valuable he has been for LFC over these last five six weeks where he's been an everyday starter Jus Moro injured in the open Cup game expected to miss a little bit of a stretch here we'll get more details on that which means shano and now Eddie seura thrust into that backline when they play with the three center backs we always like to check early with the win probability big Edge for C could be but as expected ATO the one thing I will say about Houston D they're just side that has enough talent to score goals that was the extreme Focus right coming excuse me this stage of the Season Just5 goals scored only 31 conceded but when you flip the conversation LFC 43 goals scored just 30 conceded so if B can be that goal scorer that unlocks not only his positional play but the players around him that will be an incredibly important acusation for Ben olon in the Houston D you mentioned how these two teams will play again next week otherwise it would have been a an off week it's an international break for many mls clubs hurricane Barrel rolling in early July LFC made the trip they had an alternate lineup initially released the game was moved to an earlier hour hurricane moved in soon expected out able to be play scheduling occurrence a year ago where these two teams ended up playing four days apart the Dynamo won both those games in 2023 including here one settle and they beat lcy was a deat that sitation worst loss in season they were able to recover to make MLS c yeah one of the difficulties for LFC is going to find a unique balance of the starting 11s and the substitution patterns with the amount of games and midweek games that they're having to deal with with all of these competitions that said if you're Steve chundo and you can turn to edwarda you can turn to Tim tman you can turn to hos you can turn to Martinez you can bring on an Olivia giru not many excuses but LFC Staying Alive in so many competitions this is the price you pay to be successful I asked that to Steve tro and he says you you'd hope that the successful teams getting a little bit of a break unfortunately more fixers you got to deal with it I gu have the open cup here September 25th against spting Kansas City I'm a live stream that one the opening cup the US the US cup I'm live stre tonight for the third fastest manager in to get WIS League it's been a life part of support of this club is you get big dates that you get to enjoy you have another one September 25th to look forward to I think we talk about LFC we talked about obvious acquisition player and L O'Brien coming onone froming Forest but I think keeping this man keeping this man might the stroke of Genius during the summer transfer window rumors around both of them make CHC Valen o to o'ri line some time with DC United a few seasons ago but coming over on loan from Nottingham for picks a good spot ball comes back to him can't keep it on frame he played0 that goal against Colorado and I think a very strong addition to the Midfield core for LFC made his first start Wednesday in the US Open Cup victory came on at the half he was the first sub off the bench in the leagues Cup Final I think when people saw that the realization that leis O'Brien is not here to make up numbers he's here to contribute on loan from naam Forest kalal Chuck the one change in the Houston 11 coming in for the blessing [Music] also with LFC in that 2022 on this cup winning season that's so interesting watching a a Hector on the ball because he plays as a number 10 but he's a number 10 is almost like a deep line six and obviously his ability to go through generate passes cutting balls and see the way that These Fine Lines open up in terms of space it's incredible for also have that by [Music] straight one shoot B showing what he is capable of oh watch the way Bou starts the dance one one as this B comes up and over the top he's got the Run of Kika that's taken away from the central ball inside outside he sends Mikel down for a hot dog I don't know if he rolled his ankle but he's having difficulty walking this off and it just shows how good Matty bogush has been in this hybrid of a number n position for LFC getting the news and he's been called up to the Polish national team they will have World Cup qualifying in 2025 that is the goal to be part of that play for a World Cup and Poland is a team that gener makes the big competition Let's see we going play two times this one the first LaRon long over the of sanche one of the things we've learned historically here at beo stadium is you got to challenge for that first ball but more importantly you got to win the second ball in this Midfield third especially with the amount of possession because we've seen evolution of at least the idea from maros Santos an Raza and Steve Telo that they want to be more possession based and that's great but their strength is transition so they're trying to figure out how to be more complete on both type of buildups but if you're going to isolate turn the ball over and commit numbers forward LFC is a proven commodity quickly hitting out the break and getting num for creting goal scoring chances you talk about possession with purpose and then there's possession and I would say this is kind of the ladder they a slow buildup but they look at the numbers for Houston look how numbers are committed forward and I say this is why they're at their most vulnerable as opportunities like this can play through the line we talk to Ben Olsson you change your strategy when you're on the road he says no I goes he likes to possess he feels it helps get the crowd out of the game and they're starting to build up in that department as Le O'Brien commits the foul on is a smart idea from Ben I agree with what he saying but the reality is you kind of also start to lower yourself to sleep with some unnecessary possession so the reality for Ben olon in A Night Like This is how can they take away the simple possession or the ruthless possession of LFC and still figure out when they do have the ball can they suck them out of spots because it's interesting when they play three in the back and they bring hings head and and they kind of tuck in they really create this this Christmas tree effect defensively say you're going to beat us you're only really going to beat us with wide service that's difficult to deal with with the size that LFC has def chips it over there is some training kick Houston last week against Toronto FC they try to get a goal from that position certainly a guy like aan Ping the strings Bish the players that tar the open C by the way Kai Kamara turning 40 years of age tomorrow you just don't say that C thisal incredible I that I I officially tomorrow as dny said and I told him 40s the new 30s and I I bet you we'll start saying that a little more frequently in the years ahead I think players taking better care of themselves feeling that they uh can commit to the game technology strength and conditioning the the nutrition after being able to get on the plane and come home directly after a game I was going to mention that one to so you'll have company and I don't think he's going to stop at 40 kalal Chuck awkward header to defend there by shano but it got the job done see shano one of four French born players on this lafc squad he represents luxg Denny a Parisian represents come on he'll be off in the World Cup qualifying his country here too no score early days here at talked about The Possession for the Dynamo and how they approach playing on the road they've done well they have six Road WIS which is two more than they've had this season at Shell energy position L and houst and it's not just simple possession playing around the back four in your own defensive third this is possession higher up the field and right now big guy's a good what 10 to 15 yards into the opponent's half and he's the last defender of the Houston dyn on this week hopeing that deal with some personal issues when they have KT him out 11 but he's there Marlo would have been the alternative Steve Clark this team certainly wants to win the dyn disappointing game against Toronto FC where they they dominated in every Department prior to that round of 32 in the leagues cup knocked out by TCA who came from a go down to force penalties yeah really interesting it's a 325 setup defensively in the structures Eddie seura will then step into the Midfield to deal with K as tries to be an offset well done for Houston playing through the lines space for qual put into his path by head dorsy into the Midfield Basi represents as we have the player Spotlight which is presented by All State you are in good hands there isia picked an injury up against Atlas late July leagues cup quad he has been cleared to play available tonight yeah listen he's such a fantastic player and he's such a massive presence in the midfield for the Houston think both sides [Music] Theon they want the buildup for these Western Conference playoff breaks could an attempt to play it out of the back reset hereis I'm just watching P's initial press he's got really good intent to trap the ball down one side and make it difficult for LFC to play through the line to keep it on the deck and really makes it easy for his midfielders to read what's happening right underneath it is and see that [Music] combin kick to slide and invert himself from the right hand side ends up doubling up or even playing as a 10 doubles up as a 10 and so then when that initial ball is up over the top and you break the line of pressure Pon is able to clean the ball up lay it off for a a to make that run [Music] theind spot but again keep an eye on the right hand side I think this is the rotation switch it could be beneficial and you can absolutely be punished as K SE pinching right off the back left shoulder right there of Le o'ri top the 18 y box that means Griffin dorsy is fully responsible for everything coming down that right hand side so he's dealing with and he's dealing with bonga on the soft Far Side haven't seen much of goang in the last few minutes after a bristling start free kick Ser Valencia who is in there every day asked him about the hurricane Barrel experience if he was pretty colorful about it I think he would like to uh experience again and also talking about as this one comes loose for kalal locked there by sigur hisor what I'm talking about got rotation down the right arour is the Workhorse for the Dynamo one again with the rotation coau comes in dorsy goes over arur drops and you still have the balance of effectively showing Defenders across the back line should this front three of LFC trying to break out once they regain possession but it's a fun little tactical chess match that's happening two different systems two different styles of play both teams with with a with a serious identity of how they want to showed their game model but just these little moments of can you capitalize or do you react too slow that's going to be the difference between these two teams tonight [Music] Esco new's old boys product much like Leonel Messi can also mention eel Bon got his start as a newes player Club in Rosario with an incredible history the Cradle of so much talent Basi no look Herrera really in the mixst of this game dorsy offensive weapon as a PB Point get up those position and that'll be the responsibility of Ryan huling head to deal with the overlapping run from dorsy fenko won't really want to get forward too high because he knows his responsibility is to cover the right shoulder of M there by [Music] sh with the after the mistake in the back well Sho it's the second time he's got caught just dangling on the ball takes the touch gets it caught underneath him thinks he can dribble out of possession excuse me out of pressure foron he's very active very very impressed with his defensive work rate you don't see a lot of attacking players specifically number NS that want to back press and apply that type of immediate pressure on the opponent Wanga off the toes towards o almost got there for an intervention by Escobar back into the mixer B ni Touch by Deni trying to point the finger there a little chall from Wonga as they fail to clear the lines Escobar comes across it's a quick little snapped in ball from Valencia and Denny banga gives up on that ball because he thought Mel had taken the touch over that in line and they were going to get a corner in the ground that banga covers he just pops up everywhere well it's pick your poison it really is if you're the two Central Defenders spenko or M because the importance of staying with Matty Bou and figuring out exactly where he is but when he sucks himself out then you got to deal with either the wide runs or ofar trying to lead Bon or the inverted runs for both and Denny B the pon implementation is really interesting because this Dynamo Club has been learning to play All Season duny with a false nine and look at it a different way talking to Ben they want him to play as a nine a traditional nine but you've already touched on some of those other layers that they want to see him perform on a regular basis it's a big jaw but I think they feel they have a guy who can pull it off SE F was the number nine the problem was he was just not scoring goals and he was picking up injuries so you play koal against nine for a little bit you had hybrids of different formations that just allowed attacking players up and it was kind of nine by committee based on possession and movement off the ball but yeah Bon was the guy identified and one of three persp and asheron and Pat onad know exactly what they're doing rebuilding this Ste for LC that Poss everyone inside the Dynamo half with the exception of Max shano he is Towing the line Sanchez no look burn it on bogish reactive from kco you can tell lifting his efforts against one of his former clubs play on kuk brought down there Shake by O'Brien holling play left or right depending on who's in the 11 sagur up and over each Match Night host Kevin Ean is joined byak the cat all the fun here on MLS season pass go sit with in for a little bit come sit back with us tune in one of the other games it's it's your Pearl right there I feel like every Sunday I I get home I go to H TV hit the MLS button and go back and watch the entire match catch up on everything that we've missed here great service all at your fingertips fenko has advertised the [Music] possessing opening for dorsy big cut didn't want to try it off his left foot B no look ALU up it over oh H go of hug right side and again Griffin dorsy perfectly possession build on the aliu leading goal scorer opens up his hips far post he's trying to pick out that side net unbelievable save from hugs in all looking for his over cross started every MLS game he started every game with a a couple exceptions in the early open cup stages now allar player she along the way that one Falls and long able to loc it firsta putting up massive numbers he was Golden Boot winner year ago he's in the Mixr 16 goals which was coming into match 31 goal off the lead and scored more goals than anybody else in League's cup I think it was what 12 goals during League Cup competition he has 23 goals 14 assists in all competitions that's a lot Dynamo threatening a tough team to play and prepare against kle he's so calm a an the number 16 for the Houston Dynamo and you can see leis O'Brien paying a little bit more attention to him because when he does get on the ball like right here is checking back to be that outlet for Steve Clark he's so good with the way he manipulates the ball away from the opponent that you almost got to back off that if you can't apply the immediacy of the pressure that he's just going to pick and choose where he wants that next build up to come hasn't had the season he had 2023 is uh prevented that in large part but they're hoping a big finish he looks refreshed had 17 assists a season ago we played 30 games this is his 20th game this season that's part of the Hope right that Ezekiel Fon guy that put away some of the ball his first MLS start since July 15th of 2023 when he was a member ofc unit enjoy playing in this leag foul for a really dangerous anle as Ryan huling said doesn't feel like he's done much but you can see that swipe the ball gets away from him takes the legs out from underneath griffindor seeing a really easy call for our referee tonight Al VI dangerous team in set pieces but it's from theck according to our not AE kick or third one LFC hasn't been great with goals against so24 in Major League Soccer that they've conceded from piece opportuni all good in the eyes of into the 3252 [Music] D Houston D Mo first goal I don't know they'll geted for the free kick with all extra Tes but I don't think the first and the new DP bearing fruit one sett Dynamo but the production from the striker they've long wanted Ezekiel Bon the 27-year-old Argentine coming over from AEK Athens he scored against TCA the other night this one poor clearing from lafc and this is more right place right time Ezekiel Bon opens up his MLS account pivots the hips and just keeps the ball on the de the to give the Houston Dynamo a one lead here in the 28th minute ATO Stadium kind of the poacher goal which you will sign up all day for if you're Ben Olen you want those guys who are lethal when that ball is loose who can react that quickly eel is the guy one sett for the visitors here just short of the half hour mark they become a very dangerous team of the lead it's the lead that Ben ol and compan so desperately craved to start this first half per against LFC this is the second timea feels as [Music] though top of the of Griffin dorsy dorsy sold it pretty well he sold it great yeah I think it might have touched him but that's the second time Denny bonga feels as though an unjust decision has gone against him and La FC D Bo good with these Corner kicks they want those chances outside track on bogush it's just so calm and smooth aren aren this is we see a fair bit of Dynamo games this is close as good as I've seen them we haven't seen the ruthless efficiency that we're used to see specific to lafc here at home in all competitions 15 wins one loss four draws here at beo Stadium this season for lafc so to see an opponent have a I guess OPP 11 and when they SC first when I should say when they lead I guess have going score maybe or my going score update win probability I'm sure there'll be some changes there are LFC still gets a med 30% chance to come back and win this game come back the Damo specific to this next 5 minutes but for the rest of the half what exactly changes in terms of the mentality the style and the substance of what we've seen so far they've after first LC problem computer numbers feels that the dyn are not going to win this game even with the one advantage it's not me saying that it's the computer it's kind of hi pass what's your point Max it's hard to suggest that Lac here at Stadium doesn't score multiple goals against any of opponents that they come up against that being said this is a very atypical performance since Ben Olen has taken over the Houston Dynamo to have the self belief to deal with the pressure sustain that and then figure out ways that they can capitalize on just the small margins whether at home or on the road six wins five losses two draws they they've been pretty good pretty comfortable away M now active like how much work there he goes again into the teeth of the LC defense head back to Bon he is a menace right now LFC having some issues [Music] defending frco first card of the if you're going toay the restart of theame you got try to be astle as possible the Prem League huge moment in the Prem League kick the ball away but if going to be that obvious with Franco Escobar just lping the ball in the 3252 it's an easy I mean you can see I'm you expect me to do I got to got to book him that's his decision not mine LFC have been in front of PR much every game with the exception of two those are the two that got away from them this season the lost to Columbus in the leags Cup Final let's see and when they fell behind to Vancouver in a leags cup game here which they ended up losing in penalties the game they have taken the lead No Looking Back might be Ty up let's [Music] see the scor haven't really come that close in the form of an opportunity yeah that that's probably down to good amount of that's a [Music] f c for hon and Houston they was able to get that touch to try to burst forward down that left side so an important few minutes and a dangerous few minutes for the Houston D now boths being sh yellow one for unnecessarily Ki the away this one just for a late challeng ont head still down struggling whatever occurred well the difficulty in moments like this match is when you're dribbling at full pace and you're planting and you're getting a touch of the ball with that type of motion from dorsy listen I don't think it's malicious intent other than to try to win the ball but that doesn't mean that you're not going to get rolled up on if Ryan holling said in that [Music] situation it in the field of play so it's 11 gets itou immed I have another one Houston [Music] yo cards right now the open cup was Valencia and compos we see if Omar compos is a factor holling head still laboring but again Max to to that point I mean think about the wealth of options that Cho has on that bench ATA tman compos Olivia giru any of those guys you see him starting 11 no brain of course they have cover everywhere get worried competition yes worried gets compromised with injuries long mention DET tells about the situation I went out to the LFC training this week and seeing them run 11v 11 you know it is quite a luxury that they're getting to enjoy at this point and and listen at the end of the day it's about great business the years they they've made some tough decisions they haven't made rash decisions and it's been very clear asow he not Happ feels as though he should have a couple of corner kicks early he the withal and then unnecessarily just T tugging at was an arur once he turn the ball over yeah it just pulls back and he's a call for V again 16 goals as he looks to go back to back with the Golden Boot chuango and Christian pente 17 I don't think either one have scored tonight not even making the game roster for our up an injury last week so he's going to is going to be there to claim [Music] it AFC defeating the Dynamo in the Western Conference [Music] Houston huge boost was a huge boost for them a season ago in front it gets stopped at the last moment by L crating it looked they might give that a longer look he is convinced that that ball was in want it continues to be the man of the hour yeah from our angle it looked like that might have crossed the line irrespective incredible athleticism hit the post too so he's a little worse for and I don't know if you can see it's just off camera to your left hand side out it's signaling to the players that he's he's kind of wiping his hands left to right he's saying that ball did not cross the line so that much more of an incredible second save of the night I'm not sure which one's better from Hugo l I guess to the have to some bodies on who has made his MLS arrival in a big way it's so far worth every single penny that theya thata to be great from incredible stuff from the number six sliding tackles from Sanchez then Palencia O'Brien Denny bonga tight quarters for Le o' you mention starting of Eda who was clear to play earlier in the week and Timothy back from his injury sh couple assists for him offs let's see this how close that to going in well again methodical build up down this left side and comes a one-on-one battle between Valencia and ALU Al WIS the batt and ases up snapc watch quickly scers to his left side gets a touch before it crosses the entirety of the goal line the second of the night just CL from still has those Springs to get from Post to post awesome header from Bon he row above everyone something the Dynamo do well heading the ball get into those positions do it off Corner kicks and from the flow of play es Aaron long little slide header had to hustle to get it for the Val into space CLK RIT got there in front for the the DN these are the team built by the Home Depot and there is some fire power you touched on it for LFC and we have some some power there for the Dynamo to yeah K Kamar edwarda OSU headlining the bench for LC [Music] first [Music] final team this starting 11 hased themselves incredibly well here on the road at LFC again the first 10 minutes I think we saw the dominating form that we've seen all season long from LFC specific to playing at home but they bet it in they found better possession and now they're really forcing LFC to chase the numbers in the Midfield and drop probably much deeper than they wanted to too much space there for Han they have SE have to build on rotations because of the schedule there goes B ALU Outside Inside arour death by a thousand passes the Dynamo looking for that soft spot crossed in Long es UR yeah they obviously don't have the ability to take advantage of the humidity that we see throughout the long summer months down in Houston but this is another form of suffering for LFC and this is because of that simple possession that they're doing a really good job of just making it difficult for LFC to recover the ball the team gos that change once B starts to stretch his legs tight qun turned over foul though to play it back according to AR v he's down yeah got piece of them but it's amazing to see how the Dynamo surge to get that ball back yeah they they do a really good job reacting in that first two or three seconds after they turn the ball on you can see the commitment in sprinting and closing down space some cing hav you know one of the blessings and then one of the curses for LFC in this back three is that you're going to be two versus sometimes three versus one with alone and that means that Morgan Sanchez they're going to get overrun specific to W sliding in and then the overlapping run of grim dorsy so the pros and the cons of these two formations and right now I think the Houston Dynamo is getting the better of the Tactical setup versus LCA switching to the right side [Music] [Music] you know it's the second or third time a bun D belonger get frustrated with how quickly and how easily the Houston Dynamo are playing out of the press because both he and Kika are initiating repress bogush is dropping deeper to try to deal with arter and this man a a he's got full control of that Midfield from Houston Time such an educated passer again into the kalal common collected again it's the second ball it's what we were talking about five minutes in this match for them to have a chance tonight they had to challenge for the first more importantly win the second dorsy get aick corner kick at both ends this is where the Dynamo can hurt you the ball in the air off a corner kick they don't get a lot of corner kicks but when they do they threaten 43 how many times the first goal coming off the back end of a free kick here's H it's good wood on an Escobar wide open and a handall that right off his left he FS as though he did nothing to justify the referee arm vial to blow the whistle against the Dynamo 3252 in full voice as always but there's one statistic that does not play in favor of LFC this season and that is trailing at the half in the seven pre games they have found themselves losing at the halftime whistle they have yet to come back and win a game four losses three draws not a good look statistically at this stage of the season for LFC despite the options Off the Bench minutes added time is presented by we will have two minutes it's a big Benchmark that comes up with regards they getting this game to halim foul against Bon yeah it's our it's our first time Max qu up close and personal he's got some words for Sho they're mixing it up right now and said I I love his presence two players going back he took a he took a tap to the back of the head he gave a tap with the back of the elbow but really really impressed with the work rate in the presence of Ezekiel Leon I mean Sho still wants out of blood there two Big Fellas getting uh introduced Fon reported $8.5 million transfer feed from a AEK Athens where he had a big season goal scoring wise 15 goals in the Greek League well he's been all over the place right he was at Roma he was at spartac Moscow and one of the conversations we had with Pat onstead and Ben olon was because he's played in so many different countries they thought the adaption process to Major League Soccer to the United States specifically Houston might be quicker than say a normal player coming over from an experien his first time outside of his home country and or a country and he doesn't speak the language you with the foul H AFC just can't get into these goal scoring positions underneath for leis O'Brien sh up maybe you can equate the style of the Columbus Crew albe a different style but still possession based to a team that frustrates lafc pretty consistently but this Houston Dynamo side that was a really impressive first 45 minut and getting a goal from Ezekiel his first in Major League Soccer was another important step in hopes for the full points 71% possession for the Dynamo they've had it with purpose shots on Target LFC have not registered one in that half Houston unbeat this season when they lead it e e e e e half time is welcome to the audial timee report pretty uh interesting Optics after 45 minutes the world famous stalker head on the premises he's always here not just the Dynamo are leading dunny but the way they've been able to do playing out of the back connecting passes and putting LFC under the CAU all predictions from the start of the opening whistle were in favor of Lac the result coming the win on the road press and continu pressure ofon whether that be on Max Cho or whether that be the back press in the midfield for Sanchez or Le O'Brien there was some heavy work load from Hugo in that first half and the build up coming down this left hand side on the looking for that PO side big old save windower up and over the crossbar that has eyes for that upper left hand corner a phenomenal save from hug could have been worse the Dynamo could have a clean set of heels as they uh were able to put LFC in all sorts of peril so it's a small little nip of the heels from huling head but they lack the ability to clear the lines and it falls to Bon the 27y older he already scored in the league againsta now he up hisss it on [Music] the alyu was a thorn in the side not too often but when he did he caused some problems for Sergio Valencia as this B comes in who is it once again he thinks he's crating he's run into the corner he's got the second goal of the match watch this recovery from that angle you think oh maybe it did cross the line in the entirety incredible scamping ability down to his left side Hugo two massive massive saves for the former French International Damo going like this when's the last time you saw LFC with to be the obviously that's not your own defens the race of the Golden Boot is presented by off of Major League Soccer we touched on it Suarez has moved up to 16 inter Miami winning again and P mus we haven't really paid much attention but he's on the top page takes anothera [Music] well the locals here hoping to enjoy a home game LC have 10 games from this point forward but only four here at Stadium including this one see if they can fix a couple things guess going all right e e e e e e e e e e e e e all right now the second half let's see September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month you can show your support by sharing a message of Hope for children and families in the fight against cancer learn more about the campaign and how you can support an MLS soccer.com let and welcome back the fans here at beo Stadium enjoy the sound of a tradition that began 2022 MLS Cup certainly love it here and speaking of the fans the supporter cam is brought to you by hotels.com find your perfect somewhere in the hotels.com app they always get a big lather going there the 322 and see supporters they doing good you get in that area prepare to roll up your sleev yeah sub will be two LFC going to come in and replace El Sanchez so that's fresh legs and experience in the Midfield alongside Le O'Brien but Edward o West is coming in and replacing Maxim Sho so you go from this 352 defensively 343 offensively to that straight up iconic 433 formation what we've come to expect when LFC is at their most ruthless so two changes maxing a massive tactical adjustment to give them better numbers in that Midfield to deal with the amount of possession we saw from the Houston Dynamo in the first half I think we expected changes in that mid going a little the alternate approach certainly the reconfiguration of the more traditional back four and for the Houston Dynamo they're going to be acutely aware of what this looks like but how quickly can they adjust and continue to maintain the type of performance we saw at the end of that first half so point counter point between on the Seline glad you join us MLS second playoff push teams starting to glitch the playoffs AFC unable to be in that position yet in Miami are through they win again so trying to get some fingers on a potential supporter Shield should be the club's first it's extraordinary what Martino and that done after losing such an influential player like lonel Messi and to continue to find the consistency of results to be able to pull away at the top of the Easter Conference keep an eye Columbus Crew and FC Cincinnati that Trifecta at the top of the East is going to be frightening come The Knockout stages of the Eastern Conference playoff such an intriguing development we know it's everyone a shot feels like not everyone has a shot in 2024 when you see that ruling class in the East The two Ohio clubs inter Miami the two Ellen clubs as it stands in the west who can break that hold of those top five Herrera so more bodies in the Midfield intercepted by banga can not underestimate the reaction [Music] stays up top with denaa flanking but immediately you see the numbers look different and feel different with the black jerseys and what we saw in terms of the dominance of orange jerseys getting for for the Houston dyn in that first half switches it dors the one thing I also think Max when you go to a flat four and you're dealing with Bon it's more clarified roles between andar in terms of the responsility C and then's the responsibility or at least cility of tracked sitting deep that have pretty exciting bench of their own deep blessing who started the last game has started Lawrence anali the 22 initiative player who's been telling us getting closer and closer to starting a game he's come into every game since his arrival with the dyn so he certainly reacts to What LFC are doing TWA who did not dress on Wednesday for the open cup clear to play for this one and he's he's already counting on his fingers hey this bu guy he just came in the game yeah yellow from Herrera third yellow card to keep Ane on seen the fourth one yeah and it's the the danger is the way and the angle in which he's come he's come from behind and when you get those legs wrapped around the opponent who doesn't see protect himself of you'll see a player like B getting rolled up on and that's where you're worried about the concern of the ankle getting caught underneath the body of a a but here's the crav part mat bogush four goals outside the penalty area scored this season 2024 for LFC can he how to f a couple from the free kick and you got to like his chances here he has some buffer between him and the wall LFC really good from set pieces 14 goals when the ball is stopped this season third in MLS and M got it through that's their first shot on target at the very least nice evasive maneuver from Timothy updated win probability it's starting to creep further into the dynes they above %1 we talked about it right at thex probably the wor static you'll see attributed to LC this season is when they either allow the first goal or they Trail at half time in the seven games that it's happened this season in Major League they behinds we saw this response from Steve Telo to take off I Sanchez Maxim shano bring Ona andman and immediately go back to a very familiar 433 [Music] formation this shap and identity should try to negate how often we see kowalchuk as well as Griffin dorsy tucking in on this right hand side Away by Valencia fouman yeah from this angle back we'll get a better view of what you see from kuk and Griffin dorsy in terms of the buildup so when you have the wide shot and the ball's on that left hand side for the Houston attack just keep an ey on the bottom side of your screen kowal right there hunting internalizing himself and you'll see dorsy Pop Up in some different spots that I think have caused LFC a good the ball turned over Ki [Music] how manytimes have we seen a similar type of buildup before the acquisition of Ezekiel Pon these two smaller attacking players a little bit of trick little bit of deception and just half chances generated see that he and love linking up with one another Brian struggling a little bit maybe just got winded corner kick a a kri have it here keep your eye on number 10 has been breached already I'm here said let's play he's taking his sweet time oh just dropped o'ri and now L like what are you doing C now escar showing exactly what O'Brien was up to a cheeky look from leis O'Brien well the but he's been agitating Ezekiel F since the opening whistle and finally shown yellow from arm VI ol loves it he wants an agitator drives Tillman onlya thought he could play it to himself and start run kowalchuk esan Dynamo with numbers redirected bychenko he is offs offside I'll take a look at the yellow to that man Ezekiel he opened up the score line in the 28th minute he feels the tug he's got the arm there's little bumps nothing much but little Sher listen what are we doing here that's Morgan he knows exactly what he's doing he's pulled up the landing here he's baited the referee and into a yellow card in his favor well bu did the shove and then the arm it's tip for T it's tip for tap I'm sure once it would like to if he's going to get a yellow card would like a little more meat on the bone than that and Ben thrilled with all of that minus yellow well we always choke around right we call the dark arts I call the the the the manipulation of the game within the game and I think right now we've seen a lot of little extras that haveen kind of nice started by Clark SL Houstan best opportunity for LC tonight well remember back in the day he was an attacking Winger and he is transitioned to outside Defender as he gets away no immediate pressure pulls it and as he strikes this ball well give credit to Steve Clark cuz he did a really good good job getting enough of that ball to push it away from Denny banga who was looking to pick up the scraps the back door balenci just got their first nice play by Esco right now priority refere that delay hopefully LC Twi it's a professional foul come through he recognizes he holds on