HOUSTON DASH VS. SEATTLE REIGN DRAW 0-0

Written by Michael Thervil

HOUSTON DASH VS. SEATTLE REIGN DRAW 0-0 | PHOTO COURTESY OF HOUSTON DASH

[Houston Dash Seattle Reign] Last night's Houston Dash match against the Seattle Reign resulted in neither team walking away with a definite win, instead the match ended with neither team being able to score a point rendering a final score of 0-0, a draw. With 5,465 Houston Dash fans in attendance, last night's rainy weather didn’t seem to faze them and neither did the time the match ended at roughly 10pm. Starting off with the positives, there were no red cards issued to either team. No penalty goals were executed by either team.

Ball possession appeared to be just about equal between both teams as the Houston Dash fell slightly behind the Seattle Reign with maintaining ball possession 48% of the time, while the Seattle Reign possessed the ball 52% of the time. The Houston Dash also fell behind the Seattle Reign in terms of total successful passes having executed 372 successful passes with a passing accuracy rate of 76%. The Seattle Reign in contrast took a total of 409 total passes and had a pass accuracy rate of 79%.  Looking at passes completed, the Dash ended the night 281 passes completed while the Seattle Reign ended the night with 322 passes completed. It should be noted that the Houston Dash had 91 missed passes and the Seattle Reign didn’t fall too far behind with 87 missed passes. The Dash had 13 key passes, and the Seattle Reign had 10 key passes. Both teams tied when it came to crosses by having 19 crosses each.

The Houston Dash took a total of 19 shots while the Seattle Reign took a total of 16 shots; both teams also tied when it came to placing shots on target with five shots on target apiece. The Dash also led when it came to blocked shots, blocking 7 shots from the Seattle Reign while the Seattle Reign blocked five of the Dash’s targeted shots. Looking at shots inside and outside the goal box the Houston Dash stood at eight and 11 while the Seattle Reign stood at 10 and six respectively. The Houston Dashes were also called for being offside one time as the Seattle Reign were called offside twice.

When it came to duels won, the Houston Dash won 35 duels and the Seattle Reign won 44 duels. Both teams tied when it came to save, save five balls apiece. The Houston Dash racked up 11 fouls, just one more than the Seattle Reign who had 10 fouls by the end of the night. Both teams fared equal when it came to counter attacks with one apiece. Lastly, the Houston Dash had 7 successful tackles, and the Seattle Reign ended the night with 12 successful passes. The next Houston Dash game will be against the Utah Royals on Wednesday, May 6 at the America First Field with the match starting promptly at 9pm.