Despite playing the final 30 minutes, including stoppage time, down a man, the Houston Dynamo played Real Salt Lake to a scoreless draw tonight at Rio Tinto Stadium to extend their unbeaten streak to five consecutive matches overall, and four in a row away from home.
The Dynamo went down a man when MF Alex was issued a pair of yellow cards in the span of 60 seconds and was sent off by referee Robert Sibiga. The first caution came for a push on Real Salt Lake MF Albert Rusnák, and a minute later Alex was again shown yellow for leaving his studs up on a challenge with RSL MF Kyle Beckerman on a bouncing ball.