Houston Dynamo v Portland Timbers result

Full-time · Houston Dynamo 3–2 Portland Timbers

Major League Soccer · Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:30 GMT · Shell Energy Stadium

Updated 2 Nov 2026, 03:25 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Houston Dynamo · Portland Timbers · Head-to-head

Houston Dynamo 3–2 Portland Timbers — Houston Dynamo won this Major League Soccer match.

Match report, in numbers

The result

Houston Dynamo beat Portland Timbers 3–2 at Shell Energy Stadium in Major League Soccer on Sunday 15 March. Expected goals (xG) tell a different story: Portland Timbers, from fewer shots (17 to 19), created the better chances, 2.37 xG to 1.20 (the provider’s expected goals for this match). Context.

The goals

Houston Dynamo came from behind: Portland Timbers led 1–0 at half-time. The goals — Portland Timbers: Gage Guerra (45’) and K. Velde (80’, assisted by F. Surman); Houston Dynamo: Guilherme (62’, assisted by M. Bogusz), Felipe Andrade (77’, assisted by Guilherme) and M. Bogusz (90’, assisted by Jack McGlynn). N. Markanich (90+3’) was sent off.

Discipline

Rubiel Vazquez, USA showed six yellow cards and one red — against 3.5 yellows a game across the last 16 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — Houston Dynamo: E. Ponce (45+1’) and Guilherme (90+13’); Portland Timbers: K. Miller (24’), A. Lassiter (45+5’), J. Fory (58’) and F. Mora (85’).

What it changes

Houston Dynamo have scored 19 goals, the sixth-fewest of the 15 clubs (2026 so far, after 14 games, ranked per game). Houston Dynamo have conceded 23 goals, the fifth-most of the 15 clubs.

Portland Timbers have scored 22 goals, the eighth-most of the 15 clubs (2026 so far, after 14 games, ranked per game). Portland Timbers have conceded 28 goals, the third-most of the 15 clubs.

Portland Timbers have lost their last three matches in all competitions.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, Guilherme (Houston Dynamo) 11.2, M. Bogusz (Houston Dynamo) 9.1 and F. Surman (Portland Timbers) 8.7 led the match.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Result: Houston Dynamo 3–2 Portland Timbers · Major League Soccer
Venue: Shell Energy Stadium · Houston
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez, USA
Head-to-head (last 6): Houston Dynamo 4 · draws 1 · Portland Timbers 1 · 3.17 goals/game
Recent form: Houston Dynamo 1W 1D 3L · Portland Timbers 1W 1D 3L

Houston Dynamo 3–2 Portland Timbers (Major League Soccer): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 2 November 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

1 / 1.25

Goals

against 1.63 / 2.63 · 3 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

4.63 / 4.17

Corners

against 6.13 / 8.17 · 2 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 6 matches

4.63 / 4.17

Shots on target

against 4.75 / 7.5 · 3 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 6 matches

2.75 / 2.67

Cards

against 2.63 / 2.67 · 4 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 6 matches

3.5 yellows

Referee · Rubiel Vazquez, USA

23 fouls a game

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over 16 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 8 March 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 8 March 2026. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Houston Dynamo for / against	Line	Portland Timbers for / against
Goals scored	1 for · 1.63 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.25 for · 2.63 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	4.63 for · 6.13 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	4.17 for · 8.17 against n 6 Last 5
Shots	12.63 for · 14.13 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	10 for · 18 against n 6 Last 5
Shots on target	4.63 for · 4.75 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	4.17 for · 7.5 against n 6 Last 5
Fouls committed	12.63 for · 14.75 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	11.83 for · 13.17 against n 6 Last 5
Cards shown	2.75 for · 2.63 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	2.67 for · 2.67 against n 6 Last 5

Referee: Rubiel Vazquez, USA — 3.5 yellow cards a game, 0.25 red cards, 23 fouls over 16 matches.

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Houston Dynamo

Houston Dynamo Goalkeeper

Houston Dynamo — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
J. Bond	2	90180 min	63 /90	31.5 /90	00 /90

Houston Dynamo — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Houston Dynamo before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
J. Bond n 8	90	3.2 8/5

Houston Dynamo Defensive

Houston Dynamo — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
Lucas Halter	2	90180 min	73.5 /90	00 /90	21 /90	136.5 /90	31.5 /90	10.5 /90
E. Sviatchenko	2	88175 min	31.5 /90	21 /90	00 /90	73.6 /90	10.5 /90	10.5 /90
Antonio Carlos	2	69137 min	32 /90	32 /90	00 /90	74.6 /90	21.3 /90	00 /90
A. Resch	1	4545 min	12 /90	12 /90	00 /90	36 /90	00 /90	00 /90
L. Ennali	2	90179 min	10.5 /90	21 /90	00 /90	115.5 /90	10.5 /90	00 /90
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Houston Dynamo — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Houston Dynamo before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
J. Bond n 8	90	0 0/0	0.3 2/0	—
L. Ennali n 8	88.5	1.1 6/3	2.4 6/6	—
J. McGlynn n 8	88.9	0.8 4/2	0.6 4/1	—
E. Sviatchenko n 8	79.5	0.3 2/0	0.6 4/0	F. Surman
D. Holmes n 8	56.6	1.8 6/1	2.4 7/4	—
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Houston Dynamo — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Houston Dynamo before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
L. Ennali n 8	88.5	1.3 6/3
J. McGlynn n 8	88.9	0.8 5/1
E. Sviatchenko n 8	79.5	0.7 3/2
D. Holmes n 8	56.6	2.2 6/2
Antonio Carlos n 8	79	1.1 6/2
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Houston Dynamo Attacking

Houston Dynamo — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
M. Bogusz	2	90180 min	00 /90	00 /90	42 /90	00 /90	42 /90	31.5 /90
Guilherme	2	86172 min	21 /90	00 /90	31.6 /90	21 /90	21 /90	21 /90
E. Ponce	1	9090 min	00 /90	00 /90	22 /90	11 /90	00 /90	00 /90
Ondrej Lingr	1	4545 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	12 /90	12 /90
L. Ennali	2	90179 min	00 /90	00 /90	10.5 /90	10.5 /90	00 /90	31.5 /90
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Houston Dynamo — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Houston Dynamo before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
J. Bond n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
L. Ennali n 8	88.5	1.1 6/3	1 6/2
J. McGlynn n 8	88.9	1.8 7/4	0.9 5/1
E. Sviatchenko n 8	79.5	0.6 4/0	0.4 3/0
D. Holmes n 8	56.6	0.6 3/0	0.2 1/0
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Houston Dynamo — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Houston Dynamo before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
J. Bond n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
L. Ennali n 8	88.5	0 0/0	0.4 3/0
J. McGlynn n 8	88.9	0.1 1/0	0.5 4/0
E. Sviatchenko n 8	79.5	0 0/0	0 0/0
D. Holmes n 8	56.6	0.2 1/0	0 0/0
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Portland Timbers

Portland Timbers Goalkeeper

Portland Timbers — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
J. Pantemis	3	90270 min	134.3 /90	82.7 /90	00 /90

Portland Timbers — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Portland Timbers before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
J. Pantemis n 8	91	4.2 8/5

Portland Timbers Defensive

Portland Timbers — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
F. Surman	3	90270 min	41.3 /90	51.7 /90	31 /90	113.7 /90	00 /90	00 /90
B. Bye	3	87261 min	72.4 /90	10.3 /90	00 /90	134.5 /90	20.7 /90	10.3 /90
A. Bonetig	2	87174 min	42.1 /90	31.6 /90	21 /90	63.1 /90	31.6 /90	00 /90
J. Fory	2	84167 min	10.5 /90	31.6 /90	00 /90	52.7 /90	42.2 /90	00 /90
Ian Smith	2	53105 min	54.3 /90	21.7 /90	32.6 /90	97.7 /90	10.9 /90	10.9 /90
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Portland Timbers — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Portland Timbers before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
F. Surman n 8	91	0.5 3/1	0.5 3/1	E. Sviatchenko
J. Pantemis n 8	91	0.1 1/0	0 0/0	—
K. Velde n 8	90.8	1.7 7/5	2.7 8/6	—
B. Bye n 3	87	0.7 2/0	0 0/0	—
Antony n 8	88	1.2 5/3	1.3 6/2	—
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Portland Timbers — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Portland Timbers before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
F. Surman n 8	91	1.4 5/3
K. Velde n 8	90.8	0.5 4/0
B. Bye n 3	87	2.4 3/3
Antony n 8	88	0.8 4/2
Gage Guerra n 8	37.4	0.9 3/0
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Portland Timbers Attacking

Portland Timbers — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
Gage Guerra	3	62185 min	00 /90	10.5 /90	21 /90	10.5 /90	21 /90	00 /90
K. Kelsy	3	3192 min	00 /90	11 /90	11 /90	00 /90	32.9 /90	11 /90
A. Lassiter	3	2059 min	11.5 /90	00 /90	11.5 /90	11.5 /90	11.5 /90	00 /90
K. Velde	3	90269 min	00 /90	00 /90	51.7 /90	31 /90	41.3 /90	31 /90
Antony	3	86258 min	10.3 /90	00 /90	41.4 /90	10.3 /90	20.7 /90	20.7 /90
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Portland Timbers — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Portland Timbers before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
J. Pantemis n 8	91	0 0/0	0 0/0
F. Surman n 8	91	0 0/0	0 0/0
K. Velde n 8	90.8	1.7 7/5	1 6/2
B. Bye n 3	87	0.3 1/0	0 0/0
Antony n 8	88	0.9 6/1	0.1 1/0
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Portland Timbers — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Portland Timbers before kick-off, to 8 March 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
J. Pantemis n 8	91	0 0/0	0 0/0
F. Surman n 8	91	0 0/0	0 0/0
K. Velde n 8	90.8	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
B. Bye n 3	87	0 0/0	0 0/0
Antony n 8	88	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0
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Match Statistics & Details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Houston Dynamo		Portland Timbers
48%	Possession	52%
1.20	Expected goals (xG)	2.37
19	Shots	17
6	Shots on target	9
7	Shots off target	3
6	Blocked shots	5
11	Shots inside the box	13
10	Corners	6
0	Offsides	2
12	Fouls	9
2	Yellow cards	4
1	Red cards	0
6	Saves	3
408	Passes	454
85%	Pass accuracy	85%

Houston Dynamo Player Stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
J. Bond	90	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.3
E. Sviatchenko	90	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.5
Felipe Andrade	90	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	7.5
J. McGlynn	90	0	1	2	1	4	1	0	7.9
M. Bogusz	90	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	8
Guilherme	90	1	1	2	2	3	0	Y	9.3
L. Ennali	89	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	6.3
D. Holmes	81	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	7.2
Lucas Halter	70	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6.3
D. Samassekou	69	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6.2
E. Ponce	45	0	0	1	0	1	0	Y	6.6
H. Herrera sub	45	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	6.5
A. Resch sub	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.5
Ondrej Lingr sub	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.2
N. Markanich sub	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	R	5.2
I. Aliyu sub	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.6

Portland Timbers Player Stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
J. Pantemis	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
B. Bye	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5.6
F. Surman	90	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	7.5
K. Miller	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	Y	6.3
J. Fory	90	0	0	0	0	1	0	Y	5.9
D. Chara	90	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	7.3
K. Velde	90	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	7.7
Gage Guerra	89	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	6.9
A. Aravena	71	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	6.7
A. Lassiter	71	0	0	2	1	0	0	Y	6.5
David Pereira da Costa	63	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6.6
J. Ortiz sub	27	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6.3
Ian Smith sub	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.6
F. Mora sub	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	Y	6.3
K. Kelsy sub	8	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	6.6

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Houston Dynamo v Portland Timbers — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Houston DynamoLLDWL

Last 5: 1W 1D 3L · 1 scored / 2 conceded per game

Portland TimbersDLWLL

Last 5: 1W 1D 3L · 1.2 scored / 2.8 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Houston Dynamo 4 · 1 draw · Portland Timbers 1 · 3.17 goals/game

2025-09-21 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Portland Timbers
2025-03-30 Portland Timbers 3–1 Houston Dynamo
2024-06-02 Portland Timbers 2–2 Houston Dynamo
2024-03-17 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Portland Timbers
2023-10-22 Portland Timbers 1–3 Houston Dynamo
2023-08-21 Houston Dynamo 5–0 Portland Timbers

League standing · 2026

Houston Dynamo#5 pos51 pts34 pl0 GD

Portland Timbers#7 pos46 pts34 pl+1 GD

Goals per game

Houston Dynamo scored1.26

Portland Timbers scored1.82

Houston Dynamo conceded1.26

Portland Timbers conceded1.79

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What is the head-to-head record between Houston Dynamo and Portland Timbers?: In their last 6 meetings, Houston Dynamo won 4, Portland Timbers won 1 and there was 1 draw, averaging 3.17 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Houston Dynamo and Portland Timbers?: Recent form — Houston Dynamo 1W 1D 3L; Portland Timbers 1W 1D 3L.

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