Houston Dynamo vs Colorado Rapids: Prediction, lineup, how to watch

Houston and Colorado are both thin this week thanks to call-ups and injuries with Houston faring worse in the roster battle. You can check out our match preview and infographic here.

Basics

Houston Dynamo vs Colorado Rapids

Saturday, March 28, 7:30pm CT

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TX

How to watch

ROOT SPORTS Southwest (7 p.m. pregame)

Telemundo Houston (11 p.m. broadcast)

Yahoo Sports Radio 1560 AM and 850 AM (Spanish)

Injuries/Call-ups

Dynamo:

OUT: None.

DOUBTFUL: Ricardo Clark - R costochondral fracture

QUESTIONABLE: DaMarcus Beasley - L hamstring strain; Nathan Sturgis - R sartorius strain

UNAVAILABLE: Boniek Garcia, Luis Garrido, Giles Barnes, Jermaine Taylor - international duty

Rapids:

OUT: Drew Moor - R knee injury; Marlon Hairston - shoulder

QUESTIONABLE: Carlos Alvarez - ankle; Axel Sjöberg - foot

UNAVAILABLE: Shane O'Neill (U.S. U-23) - international duty

Prediction

Both teams are thin at defense this week, but have outstanding goalkeepers. Colorado have yet to score this season and the Dynamo keep it that way. 1-0 Dynamo

Fan Lineup

78% of fans went with a 4-4-2 line up this week and once again all but one person went with Tyler Deric. It came down to just two votes that separated David Horst and AJ Cochran for the starting spot at center back. The lineup looks like this:

Corey Ashe (LB/RB) 83.3%
Will Bruin (FW) 94.4%
Brad Davis (LM/CAM) 99.1%
David Horst (CB) 57.4%
Alexander Lopez (CAM/FW) 62%
Rob Lovejoy (LM/FW) 89.8%
Leonel Miranda (LM/RM) 90.7%
Raul Rodriguez (CB) 93.5%
Kofi Sarkodie (RB) 98.1%
Nathan Sturgis (DM) 83.3%

Lineup

Sarting XI vs. @ColoradoRapids: Deric; Sarkodie, Horst, Rodríguez, Beasley; Miranda, Clark, Sturgis, Davis, Lovejoy; Bruin #ForeverOrange

— Houston Dynamo (@HoustonDynamo) March 28, 2015

The #Rapids96 starting XI for #HOUvCOL. Let's go Rapids, clapclapclapclapclap. pic.twitter.com/kc0oneCH8z

— Colorado Rapids (@ColoradoRapids) March 28, 2015