Houston Holds Off Seattle 1-0 at Lumen Field

Houston beat Seattle 1-0 at Lumen Field, and the Dynamo got there with one header and a strong night from the man in goal.

Lucas Halter scored it in the 26th minute. Mateusz Bogusz sent a cross in after a corner, and Halter met it from the centre of the box and put his header into the bottom right corner. Houston led 1-0 and never gave it back.

Jonathan Bond was the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 8.6. He made 5 saves and kept the clean sheet. Seattle pushed for an equalizer, with Cristian Roldan taking 4 shots and adding 6 defensive interventions, but the Sounders could not find a way past Bond.

Houston moves to 14-9-9. Seattle falls to 11-10-11. Chirp's Sim had Seattle winning 42% of the time over 10,000 simulations, so the home side was the slight underdog in the model, and Houston took advantage.