Live Game Thread: Houston Dynamo vs New York Red Bulls

The Basics

Houston Dynamo vs New York Red Bulls

Friday, July 4 7:30pm CT

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TX

The Broadcast

NBC Sports Network

Yahoo Sports Radio 1560 AM and 850 AM (Spanish)

Preview

The Houston Dynamo will be looking to put an end to a long slide when they meet the New York Red Bulls for a second time this season on the Fourth of July at BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo have lost a club-record five games in a row – now having gone nearly seven hours without a goal – following their 3-0 loss at Montréal last weekend. The Red Bulls, who hit the road following a 2-2 draw with Toronto FC last Friday, defeated the Dynamo 4-0 earlier this season at Red Bull Arena.

REFEREE: Ismail Elfath. SAR (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; JAR (opposite): Craig Lowry; 4th: Armando Villarreal MLS Career: 31 games; FC/gm: 25.1; Y/gm: 3.1; R: 9; pens: 10

SUSPENDED: none

WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: HOU: Jermaine Taylor ... NY: Armando, Lloyd Sam, Jamison Olave SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: HOU: Will Bruin ... NY: Thierry Henry, Lloyd Sam

DISABLED LIST: HOU: Mark Sherrod

INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: NY: Roy Miller (CRC)

Injury Report Presented by Houston Methodist (As of Wednesday, July 2)

Dynamo:

OUT: Tony Cascio - R knee surgery; Mark Sherrod - L knee ACL tear

QUESTIONABLE: Corey Ashe - R knee effusion; Jermaine Taylor - hip contusion

Red Bulls:

OUT: Dax McCarty - knee injury

HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (19 meetings): Dynamo 3 wins, 17 goals ... Red Bulls 9 wins, 30 goals ... Ties 7

AT HOUSTON (9 meetings): Dynamo 3 wins, 13 goals ... Red Bulls 2 wins, 12 goals ... Ties 4

FUTURE MATCH: 10/4: New York Red Bulls vs. Houston Dynamo, 6 p.m. ET