After Sporting Kansas City blew it at Real Salt Lake on Decision Day and the Houston Dynamo did the job at home against Chicago, the Dynamo jumped into fourth in the Western Conference, giving them a home playoff game and their third matchup against SKC since Oct. 11, this time in a knockout round postseason contest on Thursday.
Lineups
Houston Dynamo:
It’s very hard to know exactly how this will look. Wilmer Cabrera likes to rotate his lineups, and it’s possible this is (personnel-wise) far off. But my best guess is a 4-3-3 with Tyler Deric in goal behind a backline of DaMarcus Beasley, Leonardo, Adolfo Machado and Jalil Anibaba, who replaces AJ DeLaGarza, the starting right-back who tore his ACL on Sunday.