Houston Dynamo at Vancouver Whitecaps FC: Highlights, stats, and quotes
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The Houston Dynamo once again came from behind to pick up a point on the road with Artur’s stoppage time equalizer earning a 1-1 draw against the Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday night.
MATCH SUMMARY
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1-1 Houston Dynamo FC
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Venue: BC Place - Vancouver, British Columbia
Referee: Jon Freemon
Assistants: Micheal Barwegen, Chris Wattam
Fourth Official: Alain Ruch
VAR: Shawn Tehini
Attendance: 20,738
Weather: 70 degrees, indoors
SCORING SUMMARY
VAN: Brian White (penalty kick) 6’
HOU: Artur (Amine Bassi) 90+1’
DISCIPLINE SUMMARY
VAN: Andres Cubas (caution; foul) 26’
VAN: Belal Halbouni (caution; foul) 36’
HOU: Sebastian Kowalczyk (caution; foul) 39’
HOU: Pablo Ortiz (caution; foul) 42’
HOU: Brooklyn Raines (caution; foul) 45+1’
HOU: Amine Bassi (caution; foul) 65’
HOU: Brooklyn Raines (ejection; delaying restart) 90+7’
LINEUPS & STATS
Vancouver Whitecaps FC: Yohei Takaoka; Mathias Laborda, Belal Halbouni, Edier Ocampo, Edier Ocampo; Sebastian Berhalter, Andres Cubas, Jeevan Badwal (Thomas Müller 61’); Jayden Nelson, Emmanuel Sabbi (Ali Ahmed 61’), Brian White (c) (Daniel Rios 76’)
Unused substitutes: Ralph Priso, Bjørn Utvik, Kenji Cabrera, Jean-Claude Ngando, Tate Johnson, Isaac Boehmer
Total shots: 14
Shots on goal: 3
Fouls: 14
Offside: 2
Corner kicks: 4
Saves: 1
Houston Dynamo FC: Jonathan Bond; Felipe Andrade (Junior Urso 82’), Pablo Ortiz, Antonio Carlos (Ethan Bartlow 64’), Griffin Dorsey; Brooklyn Raines, Artur (c), Jack McGlynn, Ondrej Lingr (Toyosi Olusanya 82’), Sebastian Kowalczyk (Amine Bassi 64’), Ezequiel Ponce (Lawrence Ennali 72’)
Unused Substitutes: Jimmy Maurer, Duane Holmes, Michael Halliday, Femi Awodesu
Total shots: 12
Shots on goal: 2
Fouls: 12
Offside: 4
Corner kicks: 4
Saves: 2
HOUSTON DYNAMO HEAD COACH BEN OLSEN
On keeping up the fight:
“We are still finding out who we are. That is not only our groups, who is best, the partnerships, the pairings and the tactics. That is also the type of soul we have and what type of collective group we are when things are not going well. That identity is still forming. In the last two weeks, we saw some personality and some reactions that make me optimistic about the next eight games and going forward. Unfortunately, we are still figuring it out, and a lot of teams are not at this stage. The moxie that we showed over the last two weeks is an important one that you need in this league, and we are going to need if we are going to make a run at this thing.”
On Artur’s goal as captain:
“We have asked a lot of (Artur) this year, and it is nice when a guy who does all the little things for the group and cares so much about what is going on here, can get some notice from scoring a goal. It is just a good moment for him.”
HOUSTON DYNAMO MIDFIELDER ARTUR
On the result:
“It was an important result for us against a good team on the road. Of course, we need three points right now, but one point will help us as well. Now, we need to go with everything at home and keep pushing to get into the playoffs.”
On his goal:
“I saw that Lawrence (Ennali) stretched them and was going to sink the Vancouver midfielders inside the box a little bit. I saw the space and was ready when Amine (Bassi) passed the ball to me. I was happy to get a good touch on the ball, and I waited to see if the goalkeeper was going to be able to reach it. Luckily for us, it was a good strike, and we got the goal.”
On building off this result moving forward:
“Inside the locker room, we know we need to do a bit extra. We really want to be in the playoffs, and we have talked about this since the beginning. Right now, we are not where we wanted to be at this point in the season, but we believe we can climb in the standings and achieve a playoff position. Everybody needs to push because we all believe that we can be there. It does not matter where we play, we are going to keep working hard and pushing for results.”
