BROADCAST INFORMATION:
FOX Sports Houston - 3:30 p.m.
MultiMedios Houston - 3 p.m.
La Ranchera 850 (SPN Radio)
SportsTalk 790 (ENG Radio)
REFEREE:
Drew Fischer. MLS Career: 1 game; FC/gm: 29.0; Y/gm: 3.0; R: 0; pens: 0
INJURY REPORT:
TORONTO FC -- OUT: GK Stefan Frei (L lower leg); FW Danny Koevermans (L knee ACL tear); QUESTIONABLE: FW Nicholas Lindsay (L knee surgery recovery); DF Jeremy Hall (L hamstring strain)
HOUSTON DYNAMO -- DOUBTFUL: FW Will Bruin (calf contusion)
HEAD-TO-HEAD:
- ALL-TIME (11 meetings): Toronto FC 3 wins, 12 goals ...Dynamo 3 wins, 16 goals ... Ties 5
- AT TORONTO (5 meetings): Toronto FC 2 wins, 6 goals ... Dynamo 0 wins, 4 goals ... Ties 3
- FUTURE MATCH: 8/25: Houston Dynamo vs. Toronto FC, 7:30 p.m. CT
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. The Dynamo came storming back with two late goals to salvage a 3-3 draw in the first meeting, June 20 at BBVA Compass Stadium.
- Houston's 2-0 victory in the final meeting between at Robertson Stadium, last July 9, was the Dynamo's first vs. TFC since 2009. Toronto FC had won two in a row vs. Houston after two draws.
- Toronto FC have never lost to Houston at BMO Field, with two victories and three draws in five meetings all- time in Ontario.
- Coaches record: Dominic Kinnear vs. TOR: P11 W3 L3 D5 ... Paul Mariner vs. HOU: P1 W0 L0 D1
- LAST MEETING (MLS): 6/20: HOU 3, TOR 3 (Boswell 20; Bruin 73, 90 - Hall 13; Koevermans 22, 45)
Dynamo Starting XI & Bench:
Toronto FC Starting XI:
Kocic; Henry, Eckersley, Emory, Morgan; Lambe Dunfield, Frings, Silva; Amarikwa, Johnson