HOUSTON DASH DEFEATS BAY FC 1-0
- Michael Thervil
- Jul 25
- 2 min read
Written by Michael Thervil
[Houston Dash Bay FC] With a much-needed victory for the Houston Dash over Bay FC last night, the Houston Dash were able to not only see where they needed to improve, but they also appeared to get a clear understanding of where they tend to excel. Looking at the key stats, it suggest that the Houston Dash did in fact tend to somewhat struggle against Bay FC just by the numbers and percentages; and because of that many Bay FC fans feel as if not only did the Houston Dash win by the skin off their teeth, but they feel as if the Dash simply got “lucky”. But lucky or not, the Houston Dash walked away with the win with the final score being Houston Dash one which was scored by Midfielder Linda Ullmark at the 90’+1’ mark, Bay FC, zero.
While the Houston Dash possessed the ball 48% of the time with a total number of 398 passes. Of those 398 passes, 304 (76%) were accurate passes. Bay FC possessed the ball 52% of the time with a total number of 415 passes. Out of those 415 passes, Bay FC had 341 (82%) were accurate passes. The Houston Dash had a total of 18 throws while Bay FC had 16. When it came to taking shots, both the Dash and Bay FC tied with seven when it came to shots on goal. However, the difference lay in the total number of shots that were taken by each team, with the Houston Dash taking 16 shots to Bay FC 18. The Houston Dash was able to block two shots taken by Bay FC, in contrast Bay FC was able to block four of the shots taken by the Houston Dash.
When it came to duels won, Bay FC would come out on top by winning 37 duels to the Houston Dash’s 27. The Houston Dash racked up two yellow cards during last night's match while Bay FC only received one. No red cards were issued. Bay FC took a total of eight corners while the Dash took four. Both teams tied when it came to saves and fouls committed (7). Defensively, the Dash had nine tackles, seven interceptions, 24 clearances, and 57 recoveries. In contrast, Bay FC had seven tackles, 14 interceptions, 25 clearances, and 54 recoveries. Bay FC was called for being offsides three times; Houston Dash had no calls for being offsides.
The next Houston Dash match will be on August 1st, and they will be facing off against Gotham FC at Shell energy stadium. Kickoff is scheduled to be at 7:00pm.
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