CCL: Houston Dynamo vs Santos Laguna Live Game Thread

THE BASICS

Houston Dynamo vs Club Santos Laguna
Tuesday, March 5, 7 p.m. CT
BBVA Compass Stadium
First meeting between the two clubs

BROADCAST INFORMATION
Fox Soccer - 7 p.m. (Click here to view channel guide)
Yahoo! Sports Radio 1560 AM 6:30 p.m.
La Ranchera 850 - 6:30 p.m.

LAST MATCH (MLS / HONDURAN FIRST DIVISION)

• The Dynamo are coming off a 2-0 win over D.C. United in the season opener on March 2.
• The win increased the Dynamo's home unbeaten streak to 26 games in MLS play and 31 games in all competitions.
• Houston took the lead in the 80th minute when D.C. United defender James Riley headed a Brad Davis corner kick into his own goal.
• Ricardo Clark sealed the game for Houston 10 minutes later when he fired a shot past Bill Hamid to give Houston a 2-0 win.
• Lineup: Tally Hall; Kofi Sarkodie, Bobby Boswell, Jermaine Taylor, Corey Ashe; Boniek Garcia, Adam Moffat, Ricardo Clark (Luiz Camargo 89), Brad Davis (Warren Creavalle 85); Giles Barnes (Brian Ching 87); Will Bruin.
• Santos currently sits in sixth place in LigaMX and are coming off a 3-1 win over Jaguares last Friday.
• Los Guerreros are 4-3-2 with a +5 goal differential through nine matches.
• In their last match, Herculez Gomez recorded a brace and Oribe Peralta added a third to increase his goal-scoring total to five on the season.
• Lineup: Oswaldo Sanchez; Jorge Estrada, Rafael Figueroa, Felipe Baloy, Osmar Mares; Darwin Quintero (Candido Ramirez 90), Marc Crosas, Juan Rodriguez, Nestor Calderon; Oribe Peralta (Mario Cardenas 89), Herculez Gomez (Andres Renteria 74).

2012-13 Champions League

Opponent Date Round
@ CD FAS (El Salvador) 3-1 Group Stage
@ CD Olimpia (Honduras) 1-1 Group Stage
CD FAS (El Salvador) 4-0 Group Stage
CD Olimpia (Honduras) 1-1 Group Stage

PREGAME READING:

STARTING LINEUPS:

Houston Dynamo

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Houston's starting XI: Hall; Sarkodie, Boswell (C), Taylor, Ashe; Creavalle, Clark, Moffat; Garcia, Bruin, Barnes <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23CCL">#CCL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23HOUvCSL">#HOUvCSL</a></p>&mdash; Dynamo Theory (@dynamotheory) <a href="https://twitter.com/dynamotheory/status/309102129522548736">March 6, 2013</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Dynamo available subs: Marscheider, Brunner, Davis, Johnson, Camargo, Driver, Ching <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23CCL">#CCL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23HOUvCSL">#HOUvCSL</a></p>&mdash; Dynamo Theory (@dynamotheory) <a href="https://twitter.com/dynamotheory/status/309102702682591232">March 6, 2013</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Santos Laguna

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>El 11 de <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Santos">#Santos</a> Sánchez, Estrada, Galindo, Baloy, Mares, Rodríguez, Crosas, Salinas, Quintero, Gómez y Peralta.</p>&mdash; Dynamo Theory (@dynamotheory) <a href="https://twitter.com/dynamotheory/status/309103247388459009">March 6, 2013</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>