Houston Dynamo vs New York Red Bulls: Live Gamethread

THE BASICS
Houston Dynamo at New York Red Bulls
Sunday, June 30, 1:00 p.m. CT
Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ

BROADCAST INFORMATION
ESPN2 - 1:00 p.m. CHANNEL LISTINGS
Yahoo! Sports Radio 1560 AM - 1:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. pregame)
La Ranchera 850 AM - 1:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. pregame)

REFEREES
Hilario Grajeda. AR1 (bench): Bill Dittmar; AR2 (opposite): Brian Poeschel; 4th: Kevin Terry Jr. MLS Career: 87 games; FC/gm: 24.3; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 15; pens: 13

INJURY REPORT

HOUSTON DYNAMO -- OUT: Calen Carr - left knee; Anthony Arena - right ankle sprain; QUESTIONABLE: Brad Davis - left hamstring strain; Boniek Garcia - right hamstring strain

NEW YORK RED BULLS -- OUT: Ian Christianson - right foot injury, Digao - heel injury

HEAD-TO-HEAD

• ALL-TIME (15 meetings): Red Bulls 5 wins, 17 goals ... Dynamo 3 wins, 16 goals ... Ties 7

  PREVIEW: Dynamo vs Red Bulls

  Sunday night, the Houston Dynamo travel to Red Bull Arena to face the New York Red Bulls. Will they be able to break out of their recent slump and earn much needed points?
  
  
• AT NEW YORK (7 meetings): Red Bulls 5 wins, 12 goals ... Dynamo 0 wins, 4 goals ... Ties 3
• RETURN MATCHES: 9/8: Houston Dynamo vs. New York Red Bulls, 4 p.m. CT (UniMas); 10/20: Houston Dynamo vs. New York Red Bulls, 4 p.m. CT (UniMas)
• The visiting team has never won in league play in the all-time series between the teams. The Red Bulls are 5- 0-3 all-time at home vs. Houston; the Dynamo are 4-0-3 all-time at home vs. New York.
• The Red Bulls did win the second leg of a conference semifinal series in Houston in the 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs, advancing 4-1 on aggregate after a 3-0 win at Robertson Stadium, following a 1-1 draw in the first leg.
• Coaches record: Dominic Kinnear vs. TOR: P14 W4 L3 D7 ... Ryan Nelsen vs. HOU: P1 W0 L0 D1