Lineup Notes: Houston Dynamo at Chicago Fire

DYNAMO STARTING XI (4-3-3):

• Joe Willis; Andrew Wenger, Adolfo Machado, Alejandro Fuenmayor, DaMarcus Beasley ©; Eric Alexander, Tomás Martínez, Boniek García; Romell Quioto, Mauro Manotas, Alberth Elis

STARTING XI NOTES:

• GK Joe Willis will make his fifth start of the season and his 62nd career MLS regular season start today.
• Willis can record his 12th clean sheet in MLS regular-season play and his first of the season.
• Willis can earn his 18th career win as a starter.
• DF Andrew Wenger will make his 105th career MLS regular season start today and his 10th start of the season.
• Wenger will be starting as a defender for the ninth time in his professional career.
• DF Adolfo Machado will make his 42nd career start this afternoon.
• DF Alejandro Fuenmayor will make his sixth MLS regular season start today.
• DF DaMarcus Beasley will make his 180th MLS regular season start today and his 92nd start for the Dynamo.
• MF Eric Alexander will start his 150th career game and make his 200th career appearance this afternoon.
• MF Tomás Martínez will make his 14th career start and will play in his 18th MLS game today.
• Martínez can score in back-to-back games for the first time in his career and can set a new career high with his next goal, which would be his third of the season.
• MF Boniek García will make his third start and eight appearance of the year today. For his career, it will be his 119th start 148th appearance.
• FW Romell Quioto will make his sixth start of the season and his 20th career MLS regular season start today.
• Quioto needs one goal to reach 10 with the Dynamo. He could become the 15th player to score at least 10 goals with the Dynamo
• FW Mauro Manotas will make his 44th career start and will play in his 74th career game.
• Manotas needs one goal to match his scoring total (6) from 2016, the second-highest of his career.
• Manotas can score in back-to-back games for the second time this season and the fourth in his career
• Manotas needs three goals to tie Dwayne De Rosario (24) for sixth on the club’s all-time scoring list.
• Manotas can surpass 4,000 minutes played with the club in league play if he is on the field for at least 49 minutes on Sunday.
• FW Alberth Elis will make his 36th career appearance and his 28th starts today.
• Elis can record a goal or an assist for the second consecutive game and for the eighth time in 10 games this season.
• Elis’ next assist would be his 10th for the club, which would make him the 12th player in club history to record double-digit assists in a career.

SUBSTITUTES:

• GK Chris Seitz can make his 103rd appearance if he comes in today.
• DF Leonardo can make his 37th regular season appearance for the Dynamo if he comes in this afternoon.
• MF Arturo Alvarez can make his 245th career appearance if he plays today.
• MF Eric Bird can make his Dynamo debut if he comes in this afternoon.
• MF Luis Gil can play in his second game for the Dynamo and make his 157th career appearance if he comes in today.
• DF Adam Lundkvist can make his Dynamo and MLS debut with an appearance today.
• MF Memo Rodriguez can make his 13th career appearance if he plays this afternoon.
• Rodriguez could equal his scoring total from 2017 with a goal, which would be his second best of the season.