{"id":72254,"date":"2021-06-19T19:43:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T02:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=72254"},"modified":"2021-06-20T00:20:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T07:20:26","slug":"lafc-vs-houston-dynamo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=72254","title":{"rendered":"LAFC, Dynamo Draw One Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Jose Cifuentes broke the 0-0 tie for LAFC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Tim Peterson <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Los Angeles) – LAFC and Houston scored eight minutes apart in the second half and ultimately battled to a 1-1 tie Saturday night before a capacity crowd at Bank of California Stadium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

LAFC dominated the game but was unable to produce more than Jose Cifuentes goal in the 50th minute. It was enough for a tie but not enough for a victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diego Rossi had a couple of chances early for LAFC but his kick was wide right in the fourth minute and wide left in the 11th as he got free on the left side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 23rd minute Eduard Atuesta let one fly from distance but it was wide left as well. In the 34th Carlos Vela set up Mark-Anthony Kaye with a nice cross in the box in front of the net but Kaye was unable to take advantage as his effort was high and sailed over the net.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One minute of stoppage time was added in the first half but neither side could break through and the teams went into the locker room tied at zero. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cifuentes then took advantage of a corner kick taking control of it and sending it by Houston goalkeeper Marko Maric to draw first blood for LAFC in the 50th minute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eight minutes later the Dynamo, undeterred, tied it when Fafa Picault fought through a hard check and dished the ball to Maximiliano Urruti in the middle who found the back of the net.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eduard Atuesta helped LAFC maintain control of the ball.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Over the final 30 plus minutes neither LAFC or the Dynamo had many chances to take the lead. Five minutes of stoppage time was added.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rossi had his best chance of the night when he had a clean look in front of the net. He got his leg into it, but ripped it high and it flew over the top of the crossbar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The numbers showed that LAFC controlled the match. They outshot Houston 15-2 and had more shots on goal 4-2. They had possession of the ball 65 percent of the time but on this night it was only good enough for a deadlock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the draw LAFC is now 2-3-3 while the Dynamo is 3-3-3.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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