HOUSTON DASH DEFEATS CHICAGO STARS 5-0
- Michael Thervil
- 11 hours ago
- 3 min read
Written by Michael Thevil
[HOUSTON DASH CHICAGO STARS] Tonight's matchup between the Houston Dash and the Chicago Stars is one that will be entered into the record as an outstanding match played by the Houston Dash. With the Houston Dash scoring three goals in the first half with the first two scored by Kat Rader at the fifth and 42 minute of the match, followed by Linda Ulmark scoring another goal at the 48 minute it's easy to say that this match is a wrap and that the Houston Dash will close out with another win.
By halftime, the Houston Dash was leading in every statistical category with no way for the Chicago Stars to make a comeback. While the Chicago Stars are playing a good game, it appears that it's simply not good enough to intercept and stop the momentum that the Houston Dash have created, developed, and maintained throughout the match on the pitch. Looking at the final stats of tonight's matchup, the Dash possessed the ball 53% of the time, with a total of 394 passes, in which they had nine key passes, for a pass accuracy rate of 81%. The Chicago Stars possessed the ball 47% of the time with a total number of 342 passes, with seven of those passes being key passes, for a pass accuracy rate of 79%.
The Dash took a total of 11 shots, all of which were inside the box, with seven of those shots landing on goal. They were also able to block one of the Chicago Stars' shots. In contrast the Chicago Stars had three shots on goal with 10 shots inside the box and led when it came to blocked shots as they blocked three shots executed by the Houston Dash. The Dash took a total of three corners, executed 10 crosses with one being successful. The Chicago Stars took 12 shots, just one more than the Dash, executed 13 crosses with five of those crosses being successful.
The Dash won 44 duels, performed three saves, and were called for being offsides two times. Chicago won 23 duels, performed two saves, and were called for being offsides three times. The Dash had 18 throw in’s while Chicago had 19 throw in’s. The Dash dominated Chicago in terms of total tackles, having 22 with 17 of them being successful to Chicago’s 11 in which only six were successful. Chicago racked up 16 fouls to the Dash’s six. Both teams were issued one yellow card apiece. Neither team received a red card throughout the match.
The next Houston Dash match up will feature them facing off against Bay FC on Sunday, August 23 with kick off starting at 5pm at the PayPal park in San Jose, California. The current win probability appears to be in favor of Bay FC 53%-55% with the Houston Dash standing at a 26%-28% chance of winning with 20% chance of a draw occurring between the two teams. Despite Bay FC being defeated by the Houston Dash 1-0 during their previous match, fans of the Houston Dash believe that if their beloved team continues holding the line with the intensity and teamwork that they’ve demonstrated thus far, they will have no problems defeating Bay FC.
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