BROADCAST INFORMATION:
NBC Sports Network - 1:30 p.m. (Comcast: SD = 49 HD = 649; AT&T U-Verse: SD= 640 HD=1640; DirecTV: 603; Dish Network: 151)
KBME 790 (ENG Radio)
La Ranchera 850 (SPN Radio)
REFEREE:
Silviu Petrescu. MLS Career: 46 games; FC/gm: 27.5; Y/gm: 3.8; R: 8; pens: 7
INJURY REPORT:
HOUSTON DYNAMO -- OUT: DF Kofi Sarkodie (R foot sprain); GK Erich Marscheider (R shoulder sprain); PROBABLE: FW Brian Ownby (L elbow dislocation)
LA GALAXY - OUT: DF Andrew Boyens (L sports hernia surgery); DF Omar Gonzalez (L knee surgery); QUESTIONABLE: DF A.J.DeLaGarza (R heel bruise); DF Leonardo (R knee surgery)
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES:
HOU: Geoff Cameron (USA)
LA: Landon Donovan (USA), Robbie Keane (Ireland) SUSPENDED: LA: Hector Jimenez (through May 26)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: LA: David Beckham
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: LA: Juninho, Landon Donovan
HEAD-TO-HEAD:
ALL-TIME (15 meetings): Dynamo 5 wins, 17 goals ... Galaxy 6 wins, 17 goals ... Ties 4
AT HOUSTON (8 meetings): Dynamo 3 wins, 9 goals ... Galaxy 3 wins, 7 goals ... Ties 2
LAST YEAR (MLS): 5/25: LA 1, HOU 0 (Donovan 45) 10/23: HOU 3, LA 1 (Moffat 27; Boswell 48; Costly 74 - McBean 88)
This is the only league meeting between the clubs this season.
It's a rematch of MLS Cup 2011, when Landon Donovan's goal gave the Galaxy a 1-0 victory at The Home Depot Center and the third league crown in club history.
Of the last seven MLS Cup Finals, the Galaxy or Dynamo have played in five - the Galaxy in 2005, 2009 and 2011, and the Dynamo in 2006, 2007 and 2011.
The Dynamo haven't defeated LA at The Home Depot Center since 2007. The Galaxy have won five meetings in a row in Carson, including MLS Cup 2011 and the 2009 Western Conference Championship.
Houston's league win last year in the regular season finale snapped a five-game winless run vs. LA.
Coaches record: Dominic Kinnear v LA: P23 W9 L9 D5 ... Bruce Arena vs. HOU: P8 W5 L3 D1
Dynamo Starting XI & Bench:
Galaxy Starting XI:
Perk; Franklin, DeLaGarza, Gaul, Dunivant; Jordan, Beckham, Walker, Magee; Barrett, Buddle