Goals and Highlights: San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 Houston Dynamo in MLS | 04/01/2023

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

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SAN JOSE 2-1 HOUSTON

Add 5 minutes.

Bouda and Kikanovic join

Ebobisse and Cowell leave

San Jose changes

Ferreira and Quiñones enter

Baird and Carrasquilla come out

Houston changes

GOAL SAN JOSE

Espinoza's low, placed shot makes it 2-1 and retakes the lead.

The whistle blower awards a penalty kick in favor of San José.

A possible penalty is reviewed in the VAR.

Silva enters and Baldisimo leaves, San José changes.

Monteiro of San José has been cautioned.

Franco enters and Raines leaves, Houston changes.

Espinoza with the shot, and the goalkeeper was getting the ball through his legs, and he was able to save his mistake.

The second half begins between San Jose and Houston.

SAN JOSE 1-1 HOUSTON

Stores of Houston has been cautioned.

Add 5 minutes more.

HOUSTON DYNAMO GOAL

Amine Bassi shoots powerfully down the middle to tie the score 1-1.

The referee awarded a penalty kick in favor of Houston Dynamo.

Escobar in, Schmitt out, Houston change

San Jose's Akapo has been cautioned.

Mensah of San Jose has been cautioned.

GOAL SAN JOSE

Espinoza tricks the goalkeeper to make it 1-0 on penalty.

Penalty in favor of San José

They claimed a handball and penalty in favor of San José.

Kickoff between San Jose and Houston.

We are minutes away from kickoff between Houston Dynamo and San Jose Earthquakes.

 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

 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

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.

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.

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

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

Meanwhile, San José is in seventh place with 7 points and if they win, they will climb to fourth place.

Houston is eighth in the Western Conference with 6 points, but if they win tonight they could be climbing to the fifth rung.

San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo close Saturday's MLS activity with a vibrant clash. We begin with VAVEL's coverage of the game.

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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

The Texans have dominated the series in the last five games, winning three games, drawing one and losing one.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

My name is Adrian Hernandez and I will be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL US.