Toluca vs Houston Dynamo: how to watch the match, lineups and prediction for the 2024 Leagues Cup Round of 32

The Leagues Cup 2024 continues with the round of 32, where Toluca will face the Houston Dynamo in it Shell Energy Stadiumnext Friday, August 9th.

The Red Devils reached this stage by winning both of their Group Stage matches, after beating 3-1 Chicago Fire with doublet of Marcel Ruiz and a target of Ricardo Angulo. Already in the second match against the Sporting Kansas Citythey emerged victorious 2-1 thanks to the Canelo Angulo and the Uruguayan Maximilian Araujo.

On the other hand, The Orange He started his participation on the wrong foot when he fell in front of the Atlas by the minimum, plus their 3-0 win over the Real Salt Lake through the Mexican Hector Herrerathe Brazilian Michael dos Santos and an own goal by Justen Gladput them on the other side.

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When? Friday, August 9th
Where? Houston Texas
Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium
Schedule: 18:30 hours

Channel: Apple TV
Streaming: MLS Season Pass on Apple TV

Unfortunately for the choriceros, they will not be able to count on the Uruguayan Federico Pereirawho was injured against Kansas City. The first reports have launched that the Uruguayan is missing the rest of the Leagues Cup and would probably be completely ruled out for the Apertura 2024. Given the South American’s absence, his replacement would be the Brazilian Luan Garciawho replaced him in the last match.

Regarding the round of 32 match, the Brazilian goalkeeper Tiago Volpi He launched: “Competitions like the Leagues Cup leave no room for error. We had a lot of problems with our elimination last time. We had a very good tournament and in the end we fell short in the match against Minnesota, an elimination that we did not want. So we have to understand that this type of tournament leaves no room for error and we have to always be focused because we want to reach the final and we want to be champions. We are happy with the results, with the six points obtained but always with the objective of improving. We know that there are things that we can improve and that is the feeling, happiness for achieving the objective of qualifying in first place, of getting the six points, but with the duty of knowing that there are things to improve.”.

Goalie: Tiago Volpi
Defenses: Luan García, Bruno Méndez, Jesús Gallardo, Brian García
Midfielders: Marcel Ruiz, Victor Arteaga, ‘Canelo’ Angulo
Forwards: Robert Morales, Alexis Vega, Juanpi Dominguez
Substitutes: Jean Meneses, Frankie Amaya, Maxi Araujo, ‘Gacelo’ Lopez, Luis Garcia, Abraham Freyfeld, Claudio Baeza, Carlos Orrantia, Isaiah Violante, Ronaldo Dimas, Abraham Villegas

After the second goal of Hector Herrera in the year, the technician Ben Olsen praised the captain.

“Hector showed what he always shows when he steps onto the pitch. That is: leadership, calmness, patience and quality. He is a winner and it was great to see him play tonight. The goal itself was like the cherry on the cake for him.”the strategist launched.

In addition, Andrew Tarbellwho played his sixth match of the year, once again played a decisive role in the orange team’s clean sheet victory. The veteran 30-year-old goalkeeper made six key interventions, including one in the 17th minute after a corner kick.

Goalie: Andrew Tarbell
Defenses: Micael Santos, Erik Sviatchenko, Franco Escobar, Griffin Dorsey
Midfielders: Artur Lima, Hector Herrera, Amine Bassi
Forwards: Ezequiel Ponce, Ibrahim Aliyu, Latif Blessing
Substitutes: Sebastian Kowalczyk, Gabriel Segal, Lawrence Ennali, Daniel Steres, Ethan Bartlow, Jan Gregus, Steve Clark, Brad Smith, Sebastián Ferreira, Tate Schmitt, McKinze Gaines

Toluca 3-1 Houston Dynamo

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