Guilherme scored on a first-half penalty kick and the Houston Dynamo picked up their fourth consecutive victory by defeating the visiting Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 on Saturday night.
Jonathan Bond notched his fourth consecutive shutout, but it didn’t require a save as Houston allowed no shots on goal.
The Dynamo weren’t exactly dynamic, with nine total shots and two on frame.
Houston (11-6-2, 35 points), which has a seven-match unbeaten streak, largely controlled the field of play, maintaining possession for nearly 58% of the 90 minutes.
The result came in front of a sold-out crowd following back-to-back road victories.
Houston was without coach Ben Olsen, who sat out a one-game suspension because of yellow card accumulations. Assistant coach Juan Guerra was in charge of the bench.
The Galaxy (5-8-7, 22 points) are winless in their last six matches and haven’t scored in either of their two outings this month. The Galaxy played a man down after a straight red card on defender Emiro Garces, who entered the match at halftime, in the 58th minute.
Guilherme’s 12th goal of the season gave him four straight games with one goal. The three league leaders have 13 goals on the campaign.
The penalty kick came in the 21st minute after Houston’s Lawrence Ennali drew a foul in the box. John Nelson of the Galaxy committed the infraction.
Goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski made one save for the Galaxy.
The two teams previously played to a 1-1 draw in Los Angeles on May 23.
–Field Level Media
