STILL SUFFERING: KANSAS CITY CURRENT DEFEATS HOUSTON DASH 3-0

Written by Michael Thervil

STILL SUFFERING: KANSAS CITY CURRENT DEFEATS HOUSTON DASH 3-0 | PHOTO BY HOUSTON DASH

[Kansas City Current Houston Dash] With the Kansas City Current delivering a devastating defeat to the Houston Dash, many fans were left wondering if the Houston Dash, a team that started off the season on fire, has now been washed out for the remainder of the season. With the Kansas City Current defeating the Houston Dash 3-0, it dealt a tremendous blow to the morale of the fans of the Houston Dash last night. Getting right into last night's stats, the Kansas City Current has two assists and possessed the ball 52% of the time. They took a total of 13 shots with four shots landing on target. They were able to block 5 of the Houston Dash’s shots.

Looking at the ball passing rate of the Kansas City Current, they ended the match with a total of 453 passes with a pass accuracy rate of 80%. They also took a total of five corners and executed 18 crosses with three being successful; against the Houston Dash. Kansas City Current also won 43 duels against the Dash and acquired four saves with 12 clearances. Both teams tied when it came to fouls with seven a piece. Playing a clean match, the Kansas City Current received no yellow cards, no red cards, zero penalty kicks, and were never called for being offsides. Diving deeper into Kansas City’s stats, they had 28 throw in’s, they also took 12 shots that landed inside the goal box with 1 landing outside. They also had 91 missed passes and two counter attacks. With nine key passes out of 362, and with 18 tackles in which 11 were successful it was easy to see how and why the Houston Dash simply didn’t secure the win last night.

The Houston Dash in contrast, had zero assists as they possessed the ball 48% of the time. They took eight shots with four of the shots (50%) being on target. They also blocked two of Kansas City Current’s shots. The Houston Dash also executed 425 passes while missing 88 passes with an equal passing rate of Kansas City Current standing at 80%. They took two corners and executed eight crosses with two of those crosses being successful. The Houston Dash were also called for being offsides once. They won 44 duels and were able to save the ball twice. They also had 36 clearances and 22 throw in’s. The Houston Dash were able to get one shot inside the goal box while ultimately kicking seven shots outside the goal box.

The Houston Dash rounded off the match with 19 successful tackles out of 26 total. Last night’s match just wasn’t a good match for the Houston Dash. The next Houston Dash match will be played against the San Diego Wave (7:00pm kickoff) with another match quickly following against the Angel City FC (7:45pm kickoff). Both matches will be held at the Shell Energy Stadium.