March 24, 2023 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) – Houston Dash News Release
HOUSTON – The Houston Dash open the 2023 NWSL season and Houston Dynamo FC will close a two-game homestand at Shell Energy Stadium this weekend. Houston Dynamo 2 will also open the 2023 MLS NEXT Pro season when they face Austin FC II later today in the state capitol.
WHO: Houston Dynamo 2 at Austin FC II Houston Dynamo FC vs. New York City FC Houston Dash vs. Racing Louisville FC
WHEN: Friday, March 24 – 8:00 p.m. CT Saturday, March 25 – 7:30 p.m. CT Sunday, March 26 – 6:00 p.m. CT
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English: Mark Rogondino and Heath Pearce
Spanish: Adrian Garcia Marquez and Francisco Pinto TV: AT&T SportsNet Southwest (Glenn Davis and Jessica Stamp)
STREAM: Paramount +
RADIO: – ESPN 97.5 FM: (Glenn Davis and Bobby Boswell)
TUDN Deportes Houston 93.3 FM: (Daniel Mejia and Cesar Procel) –
DYNAMO HOST NEW YORK CITY
Houston earned their first three points of the season last Saturday with a 2-0 victory over Austin FC at Shell Energy Stadium. This was the first match of the year at the newly renovated venue that welcomed 19,000 fans on a chilly evening in the Bayou City. Houston took the lead in the 71st minute after the Dynamo were awarded a penalty kick following a handball inside the box. Amine Bassi earned his first start of the year and he converted the penalty kick for his first goal of the season.
Defensively, the Dynamo earned their first clean sheet of the season and goalkeeper Steve Clark finished with five saves. This was the 51st clean sheet for the Dynamo shot stopper and his first since a 0-0 draw with Sporting Kansas City at home on Sept. 10.
The Dynamo doubled their lead in the 86th minute after Hector Herrera and Griffin Dorsey combined for a give-and-go inside the box. Dorsey found the Dynamo captain in the heart of the box for a one-touch finish. That was Herrera’s first goal in MLS and he earned MLSSoccer.com Team of the Matchday honors for his performance against Austin.
This is the first meeting between both teams since the 2019 season and the first match in Houston since 2018. Saturday’s match is the sixth meeting between both sides and New York City enters with a slight advantage with a 2-1-2 (WLD) record. The teams have split the two meetings in Houston with the Dynamo earning three points on May 25, 2018, in the last meeting between both sides in Texas.
New York City have won two consecutive games and claimed…