Houston Dynamo vs Seattle Sounders: Prediction, lineup, how to watch

Last week Houston was thin on players thanks to national team call-ups. This week all of their players are back, but so are the players for the Seattle Sounders. You can check out our game preview here.

Basics

Houston Dynamo vs Seattle Sounders

Saturday, April 4, 9pm CT

CenturyLink Field, Seattle, WA

How to Watch

ROOT SPORTS Southwest (8:30 p.m. pregame)

Yahoo Sports Radio 1560 AM

La Ranchera 850 AM (Spanish)

Injuries

Dynamo:

OUT: None.

PROBABLE: DaMarcus Beasley - L hamstring strain; Ricardo Clark - R costochondral fracture

Seattle:

OUT: None.

PROBABLE: Osvaldo Alonso - groin surgery; Clint Dempsey - R hamstring strain; Chad Marshall - neck strain; Obafemi Martins - R quad contusion

Prediction

Sounders have a hard time keeping a lead while the Dynamo have a hard time scoring. With Giles Barnes back in the mix this week the Dynamo will be able to find the back of the net.  1-1 draw.

Fan Lineup

It was a close call between the 4-4-2 and the 4-5-1 but in the end the 4-4-2 won out. Also winning the fan vote was goalkeeper Tyler Deric. It was a three-way tie between David Horst, Jermaine Taylor and Leonel Miranda. The rest of the top players were as follows:

DaMarcus Beasley (LB) 95.7%
Ricardo Clark (DM) 78.3%
Brad Davis (LM/CAM) 100%
Raul Rodriguez (CB) 78.3%
Kofi Sarkodie (RB) 91.3%
Luis Garrido (CM) 82.6%
Oscar Boniek Garcia (RM/CAM) 95.7%
Giles Barnes (FW/CAM) 91.3%

Lineups

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Your <a href="https://twitter.com/SoundersFC">@SoundersFC</a> XI to face <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonDynamo">@HoustonDynamo</a>:&#10;&#10;Frei&#10;&#10;Mears&#10;Evans - C&#10;Marshall&#10;Remick&#10;&#10;Rose&#10;Alonso&#10;Pineda&#10;Neagle&#10;&#10;Dempsey&#10;Martins&#10;&#10;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SEAvHOU?src=hash">#SEAvHOU</a></p>&mdash; Sounders Matchday (@LIVESounders) <a href="https://twitter.com/LIVESounders/status/584520155218092032">April 5, 2015</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Starting XI vs. <a href="https://twitter.com/SoundersFC">@SoundersFC</a>: Deric; Sarkodie, Rodríguez, Taylor, Beasley; García, Clark, Garrido, Sturgis, Davis ©; Barnes <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForeverOrange?src=hash">#ForeverOrange</a></p>&mdash; Houston Dynamo (@HoustonDynamo) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonDynamo/status/584525619532181504">April 5, 2015</a></blockquote>
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