TUKWILA, WASH. – Tacoma Defiance (13-9-5, 46 points) won 2-0 over Houston Dynamo 2 (9-11-7, 36 points) on Sunday evening at Starfire Stadium Stadium. Gio Miglietti scored both goals as a second-half substitute, giving him five on the season, as Lars Helleren kept a clean sheet. The result vaults Tacoma into second place in the Pacific Division and fourth place in the Western Conference. Hervé Diese’s side next travels to St. Louis CITY2 for a Decision Day matchup on Sunday, October 6 at CITYPARK (1:00 p.m. PT / Apple TV).
MATCH SUMMARY
Tacoma Defiance 2 – Houston Dynamo 2 0
Sunday, September 29, 2024
Venue: Starfire Stadium
Referee: Brad Jensen
Assistants: Conrado Garcia, Tyler Spiczka
Fourth official: Dion Coxe-Trieger
Weather: 60 degrees and mostly cloudy
SCORING SUMMARY
TAC – Gio Miglietti (Burke Fahling) 64’
TAC – Gio Miglietti (Cody Baker) 90’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
TAC – Sota Kitahara (caution) 28’
HOU – Diego Gonzalez (caution) 49’
TAC – Blake Bowen (caution) 51’
HOU – Ousmane Sylla (caution) 57’
LINEUPS & STATS
Tacoma Defiance – Lars Helleren; Cody Baker, Stuart Hawkins, Elias Katsaros (Antino Lopez 82’), Blake Bowen; Snyder Brunell – captain, Sota Kitahara; Sebastian Gomez (Burke Fahling 63’), Chris Aquino (Yu Tsukanome 62’), Braudilio Rodrigues (Travian Sousa 63’); Osaze De Rosario (Gio Miglietti 62’)
Substitutes not used: Mohammed Shour, Owen O’Malley, Kalani Kossa-Rienzi
Total shots: 18
Shots on goal: 9
Fouls: 12
Offside: 0
Corner-kicks: 8
Saves: 2
Houston Dynamo 2 – Xavier Valdez; Daniel Omar Barrett (Jeferson Medina Obando 90+4’), Obafemi Awodesu, Isaac Mwakutuya, Kieran Glen Sargeant; Jefferson Valverde, Sebastian Rodriguez (Exon Suazo Arzu 69’), Diego Gonzalez – captain; Mattheo Dimareli (Andy Duvan Batioja Renteria 46’), Stephen Annor Gyamfi (Isaiah Reid 46’), Ousmane Sylla
Substitutes not used: Nicolas Defreitas-Hansen, Ifeanyi Udanoh, Josue Souza Dos Santos, Jordy Jorley Burbano Angulo
Total shots: 11
Shots on goal: 2
Fouls: 15
Offside: 0
Corner-kicks: 5
Saves: 7
