Lineup Notes: Houston Dynamo vs. Colorado Rapids

DYNAMO STARTING XI (4-3-3):

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

STARTING XI NOTES:

• GK Joe Willis will make his ninth start of the season and his 66th career MLS regular season start this evening.
• Willis can record his 12th clean sheet in MLS regular-season play and his first of the season.
• Willis can earn his 20th career win as a starter and improve his record this season to 5-3-1.
• DF Andrew Wenger will make his 106th career MLS regular season start today and his 11th start of the season.
• Wenger will be starting as a defender for the 10th time in his professional career.
• DF Leonardo will make his 11th start of the season and his 40th with the Dynamo tonight.
• DF Alejandro Fuenmayor will make his eighth MLS regular season start today and his ninth appearance of the season.
• Fuenmayor returns to the lineup after being suspended for the previous two games.
• DF DaMarcus Beasley will make his 184th MLS regular season start today and his 96th start for the Dynamo.
• MF Eric Alexander will start his 153rd career game and make his 203rd career appearance today.
• MF Tomás Martínez will make his 17th career start and will play in his 22nd MLS game tonight.
• MF Boniek García will make his seventh start and 12th appearance of the year today. For his career, it will be his 123rd start and 152nd appearance.
• FW Romell Quioto will make his ninth start of the season and his 23rd career MLS regular season start today.
• Quioto needs one assist to reach 10 with the Dynamo in regular-season play. He would become the 16th player in club history to reach double digits in assists.
• FW Mauro Manotas will make his 47th career start and will play in his 78th career game.
• Manotas needs one goal to match his scoring total (6) from 2016, the second-highest of his career.
• Manotas needs three goals to tie Dwayne De Rosario (24) for sixth on the club’s all-time scoring list.
• FW Alberth Elis will make his 40th career appearance and his 32nd start today.
• 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.
• Elis needs three goals to reach 20 in MLS regular-season play and become the eighth Dynamo player to score 20 or more goals.

SUBSTITUTES:

• GK Chris Seitz can make his 103rd appearance if he comes in today.
• MF Arturo Alvarez can make his 248th career appearance if he plays today.
• MF Eric Bird could make his second appearance of the season if he comes in today.
• MF Luis Gil can play in his sixth game for the Dynamo and make his 161st career appearance if he comes in tonight.
• DF Adam Lundkvist would play in his third game if he comes in this evening.
• MF Memo Rodriguez can make his 15th career appearance if he plays this evening.
• Rodriguez could equal his scoring total from 2017 with a goal, which would be his second best of the season.
• DF Philippe Senderos can play in his fifth career game if he comes in tonight.
• Senderos can return to regular season play after missing the last 10 games due to an injury.